Tanya POV: (Audrey's Stepsister)“Oh, darling. Your hair's a mess!” My mother cried when I walked into the dining area. She was dressed to kill, and I had no doubt that she planned to meet someone important. “I'm a mess, Mother,” was my retort as I opened the fridge to pull out the milk carton. “Good morning to you too, by the way.”“You are not a mess,” she chided, taking a bite of her toast. “And you definitely shouldn't feel that way because of a boy.”I paused, feeling the urge to defend my ex-fiancé’s honor. “Roman is not a boy, Mother. He’s in his early thirties, for Luna's sake.”“He's an immature pig-headed man then,” she scowled, adding another strip of bacon to her food. “Any man who doesn't see my daughter for her true worth should be ashamed of his existence-” “Audrey's the problem, not Roman,” I snapped, surprising her with my outburst. “She stole him from me, Mother. He's probably been charmed by her!” My mother's brows furrowed at my last statement. “Charmed?” “Yes!
Panic filled me in that moment, and I made to run away, but the man blocked my way. “Leaving so soon?”“Get out of the way!” I hissed, trying to escape again and being blocked once again. “What the hell is your problem?!”“I'll let you go on one condition,” he said, the cocky look on his face not fading away. “Give me your number.”“Have you gone mad?!” I whisper-yelled.He grinned. “For you, darling? Yes.” He definitely wasn't getting my number! I was about to yell bloody murder when I heard a shuffle from the other room. “I'll check,” I heard the deep voice say. Frantic, I searched for a way out, then my eyes settled on the keycard the man held. The door attached to that number was just beside us.The man was still grinning like he expected me to accept his offer.“Fuck you,” I cried, snatching the key from him and running to the door, before opening and racing in. It took a few minutes, but as soon as I heard another door open and close, I heaved a sigh.“Well,” an amused voice
“Let me go,” I said, feeling a bit weak in the knees. He didn't answer, merely staring down at me, as though assessing me.“You're all bark and no bite,” he finally remarked, making no attempt to move. I got annoyed. “How dare you-” “Look at yourself, Tanya.” He scoffed. “You're so pitiful. The diamond of the Hill family was found crouching outside a hotel door, listening in on her mother's conversation. Isn't that concerning?”I gritted my teeth, shame and indignation rushing into my veins at the same time. “You can't tell me what or who I am, you bastard.” “Oh?” he blinked. “But Audrey and the whole town can do that? Because she's definitely making rounds with your ex right now, and I assure you, many people are supportive of their relationship. You, on the other hand, have been tossed aside.”“Shut up.”“Imagine this. You crying and bingeing a chick flick series, while Audrey moans and writhes under Roman, his dick filling her multiple times.”“Shut up.” But the imagery began t
And thus began our time of adventure. Jacob was full of jokes, and we kept laughing everywhere we went. At the fountain I'd wished for the goddess’ help to navigate my way through life. We finally arrived at the restaurant he'd been raving about, and had not been kidding. Their vanilla-flavored yoghurt was one to die for! “Ugh,” I groaned when I'd ordered a second plate. “This is divine!”“Right?” he replied, smiling, but there was something odd about his smile, like he was hiding something from me. I didn't allow that thought to linger, however. “I'm glad you're enjoying yourself, Audrey.” “Thank you for bringing me here!” I said, beaming through my icecream induced haze. When we'd finished at the restaurant (he'd convinced me to eat proper food), the clock read seven thirty. We hugged and I said goodbye, but he insisted on walking me home though Paul was there, with his eyes that seemed to have bored into my back from the beginning to the end of our meeting. As we strolled to t
“Well I never,” a female voice behind me said, causing the three of us to pause. “Roman Blackburn, standing up to those scoundrels. Color me impressed.”I turned to see Bianca Chevrolet, my father's former secretary and ex-whore, though she never liked the second title. She'd stayed on the council even after he was gone, and though I didn't mind, I was always grateful for the fact that she kept her mouth shut, merely watching in the background. “What are you on about?”“Nothing, young man.” She had a mischievous grin. “Except that I can finally give to you what your father wanted me to.”My eyes narrowed, though my curiosity was piqued. “What?” “He wasn’t sure whether you would one day stand up to them, but today I saw you act just like he would have. It was a blessing to behold.”“The fuck you talking about-” “Later,” she said, handing me a piece of paper. It had an address scribbled on it, and my brows furrowed when I saw it. “Come visit sometime. I'd be expecting you.” Jacob
He broke the kiss and slowly moved downwards from my neck, ensuring that not a single area was left untouched by his lips. I squirmed, but one of his hands pinned me down, while the other slowly inched towards my thigh. “Roman,” I rasped. “W-wait-” He paused, raising his head from the crook of my neck. “Yes?”“Why-” I took in a deep breath. “Why are you doing this all of a sudden? You haven't talked to me in a while, so why-” “I missed this,” he responded. “Is that enough for an answer?” I gulped, noting the change in his voice. He didn't want to speak further. I nodded slowly. “Can we continue?”I nodded again and let out a gasp when his fingers finally entered my core. “You'd do well to quieten now,” he murmured, resuming his descent with his lips from the crook of my neck. But I didn't - couldn't obey that, not with the pleasure his fingers were causing my body.“Fuck, baby,” he groaned. “You feel so good.” Then he increased his rhythm, and I felt so close to exploding, like
It'd taken everything I'd had not to do more to Audrey in the morning, but it had been even harder to act so nonchalant about it. I was still wound up, and though the plan was to relax and free myself up in her arms, it'd been virtually impossible because I found myself thinking of how many men had done that. It was a stupid thought, I knew, but I couldn't help my line of thought. I couldn't help anything when it came to her. I groaned, tracing circles on the side of my head with three fingers. “Oh, fuck it.” I just had to get through this period with my mind intact. How I was going to do that, I had no idea, but I had to. I so terribly had to. I threw myself into work for the entire day, luckily not receiving any calls from anyone. For a moment it seemed the goddess was on my side.That was, of course, until I heard Audrey's laugh from her room window while I approached my house later that day. I'd stilled, mesmerized. The sound of her laugh never failed to amaze me. The richn
“We're not coming closer till we're done talking. Oh, and-” she pulled away the robe from her shoulder, revealing more skin and a bit more of her left breast. I swallowed. “For every discussion we conclude, I'll take this robe off my body by a bit. Till it all falls off.” Her gaze drew me in like a moth to a flame. “Meaning we have two more discussions.” Two more? I lifted a brow. If she dropped the robe off the other shoulder- oh. She'd tied the belt.Sneaky woman. Beautiful, sexy sneaky woman.I nodded, trying to ignore the fact that more blood had flown into my dick. “Whatever you wish, babe.”There was a surprised look in her face at the endearment, but she smiled, and I knew she'd loved it. “The next one is about the night you stormed off.”“You'd been with Jacob,” I breathed, my gaze zeroing in on the part of her chest that was exposed. I wanted to bury myself in them.“My eyes are up here, Roman,” she said, a hint of amusement coating her words. “And I'm sorry if that hurt yo
Tanya POV:When the doorbell rang for the fourth time, Marvin groaned, his cum spilling into my mouth as he emptied himself. Then he caressed my hair and opened his eyes. “Stay here, baby,” he said when the doorbell rang again. “I'll be back soon.”I watched him leave, feeling empty. When was the last time I felt alright? Truly alright? I couldn't remember. The past few days had been a whirlwind of mind blowing sex for Marvin and I. He would corner me everytime he had the opportunity, no matter the location, and make me cum numerous times, then clean me up and tend to me like I was some priceless object. Before, I'd have been touched by those actions, but after my mother's death, I was merely existing. I'd lost all form of contact with life and the only reason why I was still here was because I realized there was nowhere I could go. None of my mother's men would be willing to take me unless I could offer them something, and I wasn't going to give my body to the same old coot my moth
Audrey POV:I fluttered my eyes open to the view of a room, my body felt like a thousand needles were stabbing into my side.I groaned and opened my eyes before shutting them almost immediately from the brightness of the candlelight that shone in the corner of the room.It was then I realized that I was on a relatively soft object, and when I moved my hand slightly, I felt a mattress. Alarm bells rang in my head, and I sat up abruptly, wincing from the pain that shot through my body."No! Don't move abruptly!" a familiar male voice yelled, and a figure ran to me. I was almost flinched when a sweet smell engulfed my nostrils, and I blinked rapidly, now clearly seeing the man bending over me and cussing. “Oh, thank Luna. The wound didn't reopen.” "Roman?" I muttered questioningly, trying to wrap my head around how he got here. The last thing I remembered was running from those rogues, and fighting for myself. He looked sadly at me. "Hey." "H-how are you here? Where are we? How did
Audrey POV:I raced through the woods, my heart pounding in fear. I'd shifted in the course of my escape, and my senses were terribly heightened now. It was as though I was one with the woods. Every scent, every twig crack, every noise…I could perceive them all. I could especially perceive the wolves that were currently bounding after me. The sound of their snarls echoed in the woods behind me, causing stabs of fear to run through my heart. I almost couldn’t breathe.The cold air slashed through my lungs as I ran, my paws slamming against the damp earth, scattering leaves and dirt in every direction. My heart thundered in my chest, a deafening rhythm that drowned out everything- save for the snarls behind me. They were getting closer to me, each one louder and more closer than the last. The forest around me blurred, a dizzying smear of bark, shadow, and moonlight. Twigs snapped under my foot, branches tore through my fur.Somewhere, somehow, in the middle of my desperate run for s
Roman POV:The air that left my lungs at her statement slowly returned, but that still didn't stop the shock from flowing off me in waves. “What-” I paused at my choked voice, coughed, then started again. “What do you mean by that?”She gave me a sad look. “Roman, if I can't find Audrey right now, then it means she's in danger. Whether it is that she's unconscious- for someone could have knocked her out- or that she's…well…”“She's not dead.”No. It couldn't happen. She'd only just walked into my life. I couldn't lose her just like that. Audrey was a light, a beacon of hope that I could find love, even in this bleak world where I was surrounded by so much hate and betrayal. Mother shook her head. “Obviously, I don't wish for her to be. She's such a sweetheart. What I'm trying to say is-” “Audrey's not dead!” I snarled despite myself. She bit her lower lip and turned away. “No, Mother. She cannot be dead. For crying out loud, it hasn't even been up to a year since she stepped into m
Roman POV:“You did quite well,” Julian said to me while I watched Jacob supervise the cleaning of the conference room. It'd been about fifteen minutes since the meeting ended, and a part of me had reveled in the fear the elders had in their eyes whenever they crossed the body of their dead comrade. “You really didn't have to kill anyone though.”“They are infuriating,” I said emotionlessly as the cleaners began their job. “It was high time they learned that I wasn't just the old Alpha's son. I am the Alpha.” My best friend gave me a look. “I hope that doesn't mean you plan to resort to the harsh ways of your father.”“Never,” I grunted. “But I'll have to place some respect in these elders’ hearts. They need to be reminded of their position before me.” My Beta merely passed a breath through his mouth. “If you say so, Roman. I just really hope you're not using your anger with your mate's disappearance to cloud your greater sense of judgment.” “Audrey's disappearance has nothing to
Audrey POV:I gawked as Sam opened a portal the moment I accepted his hand. He grinned at me while the magic door pulsated with energy, and placed a leg into it. “Come on, young lady.”I hesitated, suddenly feeling very unsure and stupid. The moment he extended his hand, I'd snatched it without thinking. As soon as he opened the portal, it hit me. Just who exactly was I about to follow through a portal that only he knew that location it led to? Sure, he'd claimed to have known my father, but almost everyone knew my father then. Not only did I not know his true intentions, but he'd been part of the men that watched my humiliation. He cocked his head to the side when he saw my hesitation. “What's the matter?” “I don't know you. You might want to kill me,” I blurted, turning red when he began to laugh. “That's what you’re bothered about, darling?” he chuckled. “I just saved you from getting raped and potentially mauled by that piece of scum.” He stepped forward. “You really think you
Roman POV:“This is preposterous!” I glared at the elder who'd just spoken, and he wisely kept his mouth shut immediately. Lucky for him. I would have slit his throat if he made one more sound. I wasn't supposed to be here. I was supposed to be out saving Audrey. I was supposed to have gotten her into my arms, and rescued her from whatever hellhole Edward Kim had put her in. “I apologize for speaking out of turn, Alpha,” the elder who'd just interrupted my speech said, fear shining in his eyes. “I was just…I'm laden with emotion at how much torment this pack has fallen into.”I schooled my features into blankness. “Thank you so much for your concern, Logan, but you haven't even been around to know how much torment we are in right now.” He reddened and turned away, knowing what I'd said was true. Just like Diane Hill, he'd disappeared for a while, but he'd returned a bit earlier than she had. A nasty thought about him dying just like Kennedy and Hill crossed my mind, but i waved it
Audrey POV:I was returned to the dark room when the men had had enough of me. The visiting Brothers were not returning to their homes, so I was to be a spectacle for them again the following day. In the meantime, Derek wanted me to ‘rest’, which essentially meant he didn't want me to die yet. Normally I would have willingly killed myself to escape his torture, but I had people’s lives tied to mine. I had no idea what Edward Kim would do if I committed suicide. That would be against the deal we made, right? So I kept quiet and let Derek do whatever he wanted till he finally ended my life. My body was bruised all over again from the beatings Derek had given me, and every time I laid against the cold wall or put too much pressure on the side of my body that rested on the hard ground, I cried out in pain. I wanted to curl into a ball and cry, but I knew the would cause unimaginable agony. And Derek's words at the beginning about him wanting to hear me cry out in pain haunted me, so I f
Audrey POV:“I still don't know what exactly to do for her sendforth into the great beyond,” my holding master laughed as I coughed out blood, feeling the life slowly draining out of me. I'd been presented on a makeshift stage before some of the ‘Brothers’ that Derek had invited to watch my torture spectacle. They were surrounded by lots of food, and they chuckled at Derek's jokes while I writhed in pain. “Perhaps you should save her the torment of a prolonged death,” one of them said. “Just one swipe across her throat and you'll be done with it.”Derek seemed to consider the idea. “The issue now is, I don't want to do that. I don't want to be done with it so easily. She's still alive. Her eyes haven't lost their spark.” He bared his teeth playfully at me. “I need that spark to disappear first. Then I'll kill her.” Fear gripped me, and if my wrists weren't bound and my body hurting, I'd have attempted to slide away. “Any news from Kim?” another of the Brothers asked, spearing a pi