AURELIA
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“No”
I let out that word despite knowing that it would only fuel Alpha Raiden’s anger.
He could get angry but I had the right to say no to him. I was done with him. I was done giving him every part of me without asking for parts of him in return. I was done loving him with all of me even though my heart was kicking against the idea of that.
“What was that, mate?” Alpha Raiden asked, his voice low and challenging.
I inhaled sharply, finding it hard to repeat that single word. I averted my eyes and took steps away from him and the bed. He shouldn’t be able to keep me around while he wants another woman– but he could do that. He was the Alpha.
He could have his cake and eat it.
“Do you need me to repeat myself, woman!” Alpha Raiden growled impatiently and I nearly jumped out of my own skin as he pumped fear into my bloodstream.
He started peeling his shirt off without caring about me and angrily, he hissed, his eyes burning holes into my face, “Strip this instance!”
That was a command.
Yet, shakily, I retorted, “I won’t be doing that. If you want sex, get it from the woman you are passionate about. I’m no longer your wife and left to me, I would have ended this wretched bond that keeps us tied to each other. I would have freed you–”
“ENOUGH OF YOUR NONSENSE, MATE!”
Alpha Raiden snarled like the beast he was.
Gone was the man who showed passion to Larisa this morning. He wasn’t that man with me. He had never been and he would never be.
“You think you can defy me just because we are no longer married legally? Because we are divorced? I’m still your mate and Alpha and you will obey me.” He spelled out, dropping his pants to the floor and standing before me in all his naked glory.
I shook my head, shoving the urge to take a minute and look at his well-sculpted body for what might be the last time as tears threatened to spill out of me, “You are not happy with me. You can no longer be my mate, Alpha Raiden. Make this easier for us all and–”
The rest of my statement was cut off when I was suddenly swept off my feet not like some angel but like a weed… I was uprooted like a weed and thrown on the bed without much effort on Alpha Raiden’s part.
I yelped, “No. I don’t want this. You can’t do this.” Tears streamed down my face.
“You don’t have to want it. I want it.” Alpha Raiden seethed. He ran his hand over his length and my eyes fell to the thick piece of flesh that I had always been drawn to since the day we officially became mates. Heck, I was addicted to that part of him but now? Now I was scared. “I can do this because I am your mate and I will do it because you do not get to say no to me, mate.”
“Please, D-don’t d-do t-his–” I cried, folding my legs into myself as I sobbed and voiced my refusal.
Alpha Raiden’s gray eyes dilated and I thought I saw him hesitating but he tugged at my feet, yanking me flat on the bed and before I could let out even a cry, he flipped me over, my chest flat on the bed.
As he gripped my hands, holding them on the low of my waist, he whispered into my ears, “You will soon beg me to give you more, mate. You cry now but you will only moan out ‘Alpha’ in a few minutes.”
I wanted to call him out so bad and let him know that it was wrong of him to kiss another woman this morning only to return to my bed. I wanted him to know that he shouldn’t want the woman he divorced earlier today the way he wanted me.
His want for me… or should I say, his want for my body was obvious from the redness of his balls. I had sighted that before he flipped me over and as much as I didn’t want him to touch me, a bigger part of me loved that he wanted me badly.
A part of me wanted him to rough handle me in bed and for him to kiss me while he claimed me as his mate over and over again… I wanted him to see no one else but me, not even his dearest childhood lover.
Alpha Raiden ripped my dress from my waist downward and just like he said, my cry was replaced by a loud moan when he pushed himself into me. His hold on my hands loosened with every move of his waist and he groaned into my ears, singing a passionate song to me.
“How could he not see how we fit beautifully?” I thought to myself while my mate devoured me and I took all he had to give, making myself believe that he was here in bed with me not just for my body but for me…
I mean, there was something different about the way he hit my sweet spot repeatedly, making me scream as orgasm washed over me like an angry wave. It was almost as if he was making sweet rough love to me… like he was punishing me for wanting to tear us apart by rejecting him yet apologizing for making me sign the divorce papers….
“You like that, don’t you…” Alpha Raiden said, jerking within me. “You’re mine to keep, mate. Your body and soul belong to me and you dare not reject me. I’m in charge of you…”
It was hard to tell if that was him or his wolf but those were the last words I heard as another orgasm hit me hard… hard enough to make me lose my consciousness and slip into a sweet terrorizing nightmare.
By the time I woke up, it was morning, and Alpha Raiden was gone as always and I had bruises and hickeys on my body. As always.
“Maybe Larisa was a dream. Maybe there were no divorce papers…” That thought flickered in my mind as I stretched my sore body and pushed myself off the bed, walking to the door in my ripped dress and hoping that yesterday was one bad nightmare.
But when I turned the doorknob, I realized that I had been locked inside the sex room. This was when it occurred to me that I had not only become the Alpha’s hated Prisoner but I had also become the Alpha’s hated sex slave.
Like he wanted to prove that to me, Alpha Riaden didn't come to the room again until he wanted sex again and he didn’t let me out of the sex room for days. Each time he came for me, he rode me to bliss and I let him because there was no other choice… at least not for me.
AURELIA~~The next few days went in a blur. Much to my relief and dismay, Alpha Raiden stopped coming to the room. He hasn’t been here for the past two nights. He didn't let me leave the sex room and I also didn't know what was going on out there in the pack. I also didn’t have the energy to do anything more than shower in the adjoining bathroom and wrap myself in the sheets that still smell like Alpha Raiden and I. I was crazy for and about him. As stupid as that might sound. Usually, my meals were delivered to me by servants who would push my tray of almost disgusting food through the space that I woke up to find underneath the door. The space was just big enough to let the tray in and out of the room. Clearly, I had been living the life of a prisoner yet I dared not reject Alpha Raiden and free myself from the torment he was putting me through. The fear of what he was capable of doing to me if I tried to reject him again kept getting in the way… or maybe I was too scared of
AURELIA~~I lay in bed… in agony. My eyes were swollen and my body burning from the intense and unbearable pain that I had to endure all through the night. It was a new day – the day Larisa would be crowned Luna of the Dark Moon pack. The day I would be dethroned and publicly insulted. Perhaps I should be out there fighting for my title and my mate but I was still suffering from all she and Alpha Raiden spent the night doing. I felt it all this time. Maybe it was because Larisa already told me about their steamy moments, I couldn't tell but I felt the effect of every thrust, touch, and kiss that my mate pleased Larisa with over the night. For some reason, the bond carried Alpha Raiden’s betrayal to me.I lay in bed lifelessly. “Please take my soul now, Moon Goddess. Let me die now. I can’t take this anymore.” I thought to myself, hoping that the moon goddess would hear my internal cry as I couldn’t part my lips to speak. I just wanted to die. If I died, everyone would get t
AURELIA ~~ I couldn’t remember the last time I was this happy. No! No, I actually do. The last time I was exceedingly happy was the day I found out that the charming Alpha Prince who had saved me from bullies countless times was my destined mate. Gosh, I was so happy. I foolishly believed that he would be good to me and that we would have a great family. That was the last time I felt real happiness. And to be honest, even right now, I felt something more than happiness. I felt fear. Fear for the life of my child if anyone finds out that I am pregnant. Larisa would have me killed and from his past reactions to me, Alpha Raiden would definitely get rid of my child and me just so he could have a clear path back to his lover. I gasped, “I need to get out of here. I need to go far away from all of them.” In haste, I tried to push myself off the bed but I failed miserably, falling right back on the bed when the pain I had forgotten seized my body again. “Aahh…” I cried out
ALPHA RAIDEN ~~Without warning, my heart tightened, and my breath hitched, causing me to gasp in pain and shock as the wind carried those words of rejection to my ears. … Reject you, Alpha Raiden Flockhart of the Dark Moon Pack as my mate and Alpha.Her words of rejection. I heard them in my soul and I felt the impact in my bones instantly. Pain coursed through my body and god did I hate the way my soul cried out for losing its other half yet I was furious. “Are you alright?” Larisa questioned, her voice sounding so far away even though she had been beside me, clinging to me since the party began. “Raid!” She exclaimed out of what I assumed was genuine concern. However, I snapped ferociously, ignoring Larisa, “How dare she!” My outburst was triggered by the rage and pain that was rapidly taking over my body and even though it was all Aurelia’s fault, I ended up ruining Larisa’s party when I barked out orders to my warriors, “Bring her to me!”I didn't have to mention her name
ALPHA RAIDEN~~She was nowhere to be found. It's been three months of searching for my destined mate who chose to reject me and somehow escaped the room, my mansion, and my pack without notice. My soul was still hurting and my heart still bled on a daily basis even though it's been three months. “It’s high time you give up on finding her, Raiden. She is gone.” Andrew, My Beta and closest friend said to me as he walked up to me in his overflowing dark brown robe. I frowned, glaring at him, “Why would I give up, Drew? You know what’s at stake if I don't find her.” “No, I don’t. Perhaps you should tell me.” Andrew retorted with a shrug. Although this will be the umpteenth time I will be telling him this since the search for Aurelia began three months ago, I still voiced, “No one rejects me, escapes my pack, and goes Scott-free. I have to find her to make an example out of her and make it known that I am not to be disrespected.” Andrew chuckled, stopping dead in his tracks and ve
AURELIA~~Hiding in plain sight has always been one of my few talents. Although I have always been singled out, I have also perfected the act of blending in and making sure I was not seen by the prying eyes of anyone who could prey on me… And by anyone, I meant everybody that I had come across in the past months, including Alpha Raiden’s men. Alpha Raiden…For someone who doesn't give a shit about me, he was quite persistent to find me. I knew he was sending his men out to every corner and small town so he could trap me again and punish me. That was his style. But I beat him this time. After all, I had survived the harsh world that I found after I escaped the Dark Moon Park. I survived for eight months, moving from one rogue territory to another, from one small dangerous town to another. I discovered that there was a whole different world beyond the territory of Dark Moon Pack where I have been all twenty-one years of existing as my pathetic self. “Move it!” Someone snarled beh
AURELIA~~Against all odds, I rose again, pushing my legs against the floor of the forest and pushing beyond the limit of any pregnant woman. “That bitch killed June. Don’t let her escape.” An angry masculine voice roared somewhere behind me. Their determination to catch me wasn’t shocking but the energy I suddenly obtained, the energy pumping through my veins as I ran, my hands on my lower belly, was alarming. Although I couldn’t see clearly in the dark forest, I let my legs carry me despite the fact that I kept falling over and over again. Every part of me was hurting, including my belly. The scratches from June’s fingers stung as my beads of sweat trickled over them.June… I killed her.She was the first person I would ever kill and as much as I hated it, her name has been etched in my memory. It would have been easier if she had remained some faceless and nameless woman… but now I knew her name and I would have to live with that for the rest of my life which might not be v
AURELIA ~~ *FIVE YEARS LATER* “This is just the beginning, Lia. Get your ass up!” Alpha Tristan’s voice echoed through the sparing section of the field. My ringing head and sore muscles protested as I pushed myself off the floor. “Clear your head and focus on your opponent. She won’t go easy on you just because you have fallen a thousand times in the last fifteen minutes.” His voice hit my eardrums again and again, I obeyed him, forcing my gaze to stay focused on the fierce brunette who had used my body as a mop to clean the field floor since we started sparring fifteen minutes ago. The fierce brunette, Jessica, smirked at me, “Listen to the Alpha, Lia. Going easy on you isn’t an option in my cookbook.” “I can only hope killing me during training isn’t in that book of yours as well, Jesi.” I retorted with a plea but amusement flashed through Jessica’s eyes as she threw another punch my way. I dodged. Yet I found my body crashing to the floor again before I could protect
Princess Katie Anne~~I almost couldn’t believe that Davien had no experience.Yes, he was that good. With his tongue. His fingers. His lips. Hell! He was that good.And he paid attention to every reaction. Every movement that made me moan or got my back off the bed. He would do that same movement and focus on that same angle just to make me feel good, but he didn’t overdo it.He sucked when needed. Bite me tenderly when needed. Grabbed my breasts and fondled them through the soft material of my nightwear.“Oh, fuck!” I cried out, and my legs began to shake right after Davien pinched my taut, aching nipples as he bit my sensitive, throbbing clit simultaneously.“You like that, don’t you?” Davien breathed, his breath tickling my cunt before he ran his tongue over me like I was his favorite ice cream flavor.How was I supposed to respond when he did that, earning a loud moan from me?“Use your words, Cat.” Davien breathed once again, and as cringy as that pet name sounded, it worked f
DAVIEN~~The smell of her strong desire found me in the depths of my subconscious and woke me up effortlessly. It was a natural reaction of a male to his female's desire, but while I knew that, I didn’t expect Katie to say those words without blinking.“I want you between my legs, Mate.”Fuck!I had never understood the concept of desire. At least, not until now.I had seen Damien with many women and even heard him with them, but I had never thought of taking any woman to my bed. Not that they wanted me anyway. They always went for the better twin, and I wasn’t. Sadly.Also, while I had seen my fair share of pretty women, I had never felt drawn to them, even when I tried.However, with Katie, it came naturally.My member hardened within a twinkle of an eye, and my body burned to hold her closer. Katie's words kept echoing in my head, pouring gasoline on the indescribable desire that woke me up in the first place.I groaned in response, and Katie scooted closer, her hands on my face
Princess Katie Anne~~I had no reason to doubt my mate anymore. Huh, maybe I do, but I have chosen to trust him and see where what we have takes us. I have also forgiven Dolf for choosing to leave me because that's what I needed to heal and move forward with Davien.“Speaking about moving forward, Katie, I believe it’s time to complete the mate bond with Davien,” Zuri chimed into my mind while my eyes lingered on Davien’s peaceful face.He was sleeping soundly beside me even though I couldn’t, as I was worried that the path he had chosen would hurt him. Just yesterday, he had taken the first steps toward deceiving his dad, and now we were waiting for Alpha Jarrett to respond to Davien's text.In a few hours, the sun would take its place in the sky, and I hadn’t gotten a wink of sleep—“What Zuri is trying to say is that you should consider taking Davien’s pants off, grabbing his cock, and riding him—,” Zoe began, explicitly explaining what Zuri had said.If I was close to falling a
DAVIEN~~I would be lying if I said my heart didn’t skip a beat when I first heard these words: “We need you to cooperate with your dad, Davien. Be the spy that he wants you to be.”However, seeing the way Katie reacted and stood up for me warmed my heart. She would have stood by me if I had said no to her parents. She wouldn’t have called me weak or pathetic. That was reassuring, and it helped me realize that I was in a safe place.That’s why I have chosen to accept this assignment.After all, saying no to my dad’s demands for information would be a very dangerous move. He wouldn’t be as cool-headed as the royal family. I thought to myself, “This is the best side for me to be on.”“We know this will be hard for you, Davien, which is why you can always back out,” Alpha King Raiden said before he even began to explain what I would be doing as a two-way spy.“I want to do this, King Raiden. I won’t back down until we contain the situation,” I uttered confidently.How I wished my heart
Princess Katie Anne~~“We need you to cooperate with your dad, Davien. Be the spy that he wants you to be.”My mom’s words pricked my soul like poisonous needles.“She has got to be kidding,” Zuri was quick to blurt.Zoe, on the other hand, stifled a groan. “They all have got to be kidding. We should keep him away from those who traumatized him, not push him toward them.”I completely agreed with my wolves. This was bizarre, and from the look on my dad's, Auntie Susanna's, and Beta Andrew’s faces, I could tell they knew about this plan as well. This was the assignment Davien had been anxious about.Although my mate tried to hide the fact that he was nervously waiting for my dad to tell him what the assignment would be, I didn’t fail to sense how fast his heart was racing through the bond.Not in my wildest dreams would I have thought my parents would want Davien to be a spy… to spy on his own family.Even though they had hurt him in the past, they remained his family. The best thin
Alpha Prince Kyle’s POV ~~Breakfast was jolly.Every member of my family was smiling and chatting happily. It felt good to see them happy, but that didn't stop my heart from pounding with every second that passed.“Seems like we aren't the only nervous ones around the table,” Rio muttered to me, urging me to look at Davien.The deep frown on Davien’s face was enough to know that he was worried about the assignment my Pa said he had for him. I wouldn't be worried if I were him because Pa wouldn't put him in charge of anything he couldn't handle.On the other hand, I wasn't certain I could handle saying the right words when I had to reject Camila. I tried to do it alone in my bedroom, but I was scared I would say the wrong words and wouldn’t be able to undo it.So I decided that I would do it before my family. Of course, my younger siblings wouldn't be there—I didn't trust Ronald not to lose his newly acquired cool if he somehow found out that rejecting his best friend was my way of
DAVIEN~~Every time I felt like I was understanding this family, they shocked me without trying. This morning, it started with a family duel. If that was normalized in my family, Damien and I would have killed each other, and maybe my dad would have ended my life long ago.I didn’t know what to expect when we got to the field behind the palace, but when the duel began, I realized that it was more of a fun bonding time than a violent moment.At least, that was what I believed as we cheered for Ronald and Kyle. However, that belief shifted when the tip of the wooden sword with Ronald tore Kyle’s skin enough to cause bleeding.The fun was sucked out of me even though I saw Ronald smiling genuinely for the first time in days. My eyes widened when Kyle launched another attack that seemed more intense than the previous ones.Yet, every member of the royal family cheered them on.“He is going to hurt him, Katie. Shouldn’t we stop this? I think it has gone too far,” I whispered to my mate
ALPHA PRINCE KYLE’S POV~~Despite thinking for the past two days, I still couldn’t come to a conclusion. Clearly, I had to break the bond between Camila and me, or more appropriately, I had to pause the bond. That was the best option.Yet I couldn’t seem to accept it.Instead, the bond was fighting against the thought of pausing it.However, it was only a matter of time before my family, including extended family like Camila’s parents, began to pester me. With that knowledge in mind, I forced myself out of bed that morning and decided to participate in the morning training with my family.Usually, we train on the field behind our home. Just us. Once a week.They were surprised to see me walk out through the back door, but they quickly pulled themselves together. At least everyone else did, but Ronald didn’t. My brother glared at me, burning deep holes into my head.He was such a good friend. Right?“We better have a talk with that one soon,” Rio said those words to me, and I could
Princess Katie Anne~~“Rejecting Camila is the best solution.”Auntie Susanna’s words echoed around us all, and my heart clenched painfully for Kyle and Camila.Her statement brought about questions, one being, “How is that the best solution?”Although I was too dazed to spark or ask questions, my mom wasn’t. She kept a straight face as she asked, “What do you mean, Suzy? We are looking for ways to prevent the kids from hurting. The pain of rejection is ten times worse than the pain of separation, Suzy.”Right? How on earth does rejection make sense?Even Uncle Andrew muttered, “That’s too extreme, Susanna. Camila’s wolf spirit could get hurt, and that would affect her. She might never get a wolf or shift if Kyle rejects her, and Kyle’s energy would also depreciate, which means he would become less worthy to become the next ruler.”We all looked back at Auntie Susanna, but as her lips parted, Kyle etched, leaving no room for argument, “I won’t reject her. I can never do that to her.