“What are we possibly going to do that for?”I continue looking out the window though I can feel Alora’s glare on me. When it becomes a steady piercing feeling on my neck, I respond.“You said it yesterday that I ought to do something about it, didn't you?.”“Yeah, but what’s in it for you? And don’t tell me something like there isn’t anything in it for me, there obviously is.”I am, speechless.I turn to Alora so she can see the look in my eyes because hey, I'm trying to do what she almost crucified me for not doing. I’m going to involve myself in Ariana and Alvin’s business, and I am bringing her along to see why I do not do some things, but she’s already assumed I have my motive for going there.“How smart of you.”I mean she’s right, of course I do, but every experience is a learning experience as is fondly said, and I feel Alora needs some education. She stares at me warily before looking away and asking,“Can you give me a breakdown at least of what to expect?”I shake my head,
“This isn’t the first time something like that is happening is it?”I give Alora no response. She asks again,“You guys have done this before.”Again, I give no response, but just to make her feel less guilty, I sigh and I see her take that sigh, hang onto it like a lifeline, and immediately rush into an apology.“I am so sorry, Luna Sophia.I'm so sorry. I never knew this was what would happen. I didn’t know they’d speak to you that way. I said all those horrible things to you.”Alora stumbles on the rest of her words and while I am happy - while I am somewhat pleased that she got to experience this firsthand, I didn’t bring her with me just so she could apologize to me for what she said yesterday. Her reaction shows she still has a somewhat innocent heart. I brought her here to learn a lesson.“Why do you think I never responded to any of Ariana’s quips?”Alora snaps her mouth shut because I interrupt her mid-apology, and she blinks twice, probably trying to process my statement bef
Caelum’s pov.Sophia comes storming into my room as I come out of the baths.Her face is sheet white.She doesn’t get a sheet white face when she’s shocked. I know that, I've been making background checks now.She gets the sheet white face when she’s dumbfounded. When she can’t wrap her head around something.Her knuckles are bloodshot though, and I can see the note, crumpled, and being squeezed so tight it’d probably take two men to pry her fingers off it. I wrap my towel more firmly around my waist, and I move to get some pants or a robe.A robe.I comment as I take it.“I see you’ve gotten my apology.”It takes a while.It takes enough time for me to collapse into a chair, run a hand through my wet hair, and cock an inquisitive brow up at the lack of an answer before she finally responds,“You flogged him.”I nod because I did.I considered a more permanent punishment. A more defining act, like taking a limb, but I'm measured with my punishments.“YOU FLOGGED HIM, BLOODY.”I hear t
Sophia's pov.Caelum lights a fire up in me.“Ouch.”Caleum lights a fire I cannot deny.“You like that Sophia.”The sounds of us making out are nothing short of violet and filthy. Caleum kisses me like a man starved. Like he’s been starved of the sun and my mouth brings him sunlight. Like he’s been starved of air and my skin is his oxygen.Like he’s going to devour me. Completely.Totally.I moan because each time he nips at my lips, each time his hands come in contact with my hips, each time his tongue snakes around mine, each time he pulls my lips in, it feels like my brain sparks with this indescribable pleasure.I hear Caelum groan too, my name nothing less than a prayer on his lips, because this isn’t making out, this is war.He prays my name, so he can win this war. He doesn’t give me the chance to be able to form his on my lips because I can barely get any words out. He’s not giving me the chance.I can feel something underneath me. My body is as sensitive as an unstable emo
THE SPINERIDGE MANSION.Violet’s pov.“No.”I tap Alpha Ulric’s arm repeatedly, panting heavily as I do so while he slams into me.Ulric’s grunts give me a wild beating in my pulse because I know what is going to happen when he starts grunting like this. I feel him slam into me, over and over and over. Sometimes he manages to hit some pleasure spots, and other times, he just keeps on thrusting, despite my discomfort, despite my winces.He has his hand tangled in my hair and I have my back arched, on my hands and feet while he stands at the foot of the bed, thrusting relentlessly.I moan despite whatever I might be feeling. The moans are necessary.Ulric’s grunting comes faster again and I tap his arm again, try to push him away, his thrusting becomes faster and as always, it’s like the tapping only spurs him on, the pushing only makes him even want to be closer, the struggle… the struggle just makes him want to have his wayI mutter my final lines in this scene as I feel Ulric swell i
Violet’s pov.Alpha Ulric and I catch a shower together, and the experience is magical. All the while I can't stop thinking of how many times we’ve done this. Of how many times I've become his go-to. He promised me he would give her up for me, and he did. He kept to his promise.He wants me to go up against her.I will.She’s the old while I am the new.She didn’t know how to keep a hold on her man. I know how, and life is a battle of the fittest. I am the fittest.“Ah, Alpha Ulric!”“Moan my name baby.”My thoughts veer off track with the way he handles me, and he groans again, pushing me against the cold glass walls.I notice how this bathroom is also so well suited for this act and I chuckle to myself. Alpha Ulric bites my ear and asks in that husky tone, “Is something funny, Violet?”I can sense a tinge of danger in his tone so I craft my response as carefully as I can.“I was just wondering, does it ever cross your mind, that this bathroom was restructured with the thought of ba
Sophia’s pov.“This is very weird.”The sun is brilliant today. The air from the open windows is borderline rejuvenating, but Alora does not hesitate to say whatever is on her mind and I hate her for it.I glare at her, and while she returns my glare she thankfully leaves me the fuck alone.She turns to Caelum instead,“Why is she blushing? And… is that color on your cheeks, Mr Maximoff?Did you two bang last night?”Caelum’s head snaps up from his book immediately and there’s a very dramatic rise to his nose. He looks like he’d strike her down with thunder from his eyes if he could.Alora scoffs and before I can tell her maybe she’s poked him just enough, she remarks in a biting tone, “The book you’re reading, it’s in French.”Caelum’s response is sharp, “I understand French perfectly.”“And it doesn’t matter that it’s also a collection of fairy tales, does it?”I want to say she has him but again Caelum’s response is just as sharp, “I like a good story where I can find it.”Alora sm
Alora does not trust me. And that's so smart of her.Right as we leave the house, she lets me take control of the wheel even when I tell her I might not be the best at driving. She tells me quite frankly, "I don't believe you", and I chuckled at the time…“Hey watch it, lady!”The man’s angry shout goes right over my head because he was the one not in his lane!"You really don't know how to drive do you?"I shrug and keep a firm hold on the steering wheel so it doesn’t veer off track. I wouldn't want us to get to our destination looking all bloody and in pieces.My plan for today revolves in my mind and I can't say why but it annoys me. It doesn't just annoy me, it makes me feel like this won't work.I thought going to Alvin had been the best choice earlier - thought he would at least look at the fact that he has known me for a far longer time than he did Ulric, but instead, he tried to lay his hands on me.I also thought Alvin would have the common sense to know that siding with me