Peering out of the window once again, Arabella grimaced. The street appeared empty, but she couldn't shake the feeling of being watched. She wondered if Sandro had managed to track her down and sent his henchmen after her. She sighed just as Thalia stepped into the room, dressed in jogging pants and a crop top."Where are you headed?" Arabella inquired."Where else?" Thalia replied."It's close to midnight, Thalia. Please don't tell me you're going for a walk," Arabella exclaimed, her eyes widening as Thalia nonchalantly shrugged her slender shoulders."I'm going for a jog. I need to clear my head," Thalia explained."At this hour?" Arabella shook her head. Thalia had been acting strange all day as if she were harboring a secret. Arabella had asked her multiple times, hoping for some insight, but had received no satisfactory answers. And now, Thalia was heading out for a jog at midnight."I find it more refreshing at this time of day," Thalia reasoned. "See you later."Thalia playfull
The moment they stepped into the car, Blaze cupped Arabella's face, pressing his lips to hers.Taken by surprise, Arabella's eyes widened. It took only a few seconds for her to respond to the kiss. She adjusted on the seat, her hands clutching Blaze's shirt, kissing him back with fervor. "Shit, Bella," Blaze groaned into the kiss as her hands slipped into his shirt, caressing his chest. The feel of her warm palms on his skin almost sent him over the edge, and his arousal awakened.Releasing her lips to stare at her, he asked, "Do we do it in here?" His brows furrowed as he saw a faint blush on her cheeks.She gazed around, then nodded."If it'll make you uncomfortable, I don't mind waiting until we get a proper...""It's fine, Blaze," She said. "You don't really need permission to fuck me.""Fuck you?" Blaze raised a brow, smirking at her. "Since when did you start talking like that?" "Since I met you," She muttered. "Are you going to keep talking, or are you going to take me and ma
"That was amazing," Arabella said, turning to her side. "I could do this every day."She placed her hand on Blaze's chest, caressing it."Arabella," Blaze groaned, glancing at his twitching dick. It was alive again and ready for another round. Only Arabella had this effect on him; he had never considered a repeat with any other woman."What?" Arabella said, leaning into him. She kissed his jaw, moving downwards, stopping at a nipple."I might not be able to resist taking you again," Blaze admitted, gripping her shoulder as she hovered over him, her breasts near his face."I wouldn't want you to," she replied."We need to talk," Blaze said, torn between his desire to lose himself in her again and the urgency of the matter that had brought him there in the first place.Arabella paused, her brows raised, then shook her head. "Can't it wait?" she asked, frowning."It could, but I might not have the chance to see you again after today," Blaze confessed.Arabella sighed, settling back into t
"I don't want to hear all the nasty details between my brother and you. I just need to know what he said and when he's coming back," Thalia said, pulling Arabella from her thoughts.Arabella's body buzzed, and she tingled all over. The second time hadn't been as frenzied as the first, but it was perfect. Blaze had taken her more slowly. She wondered if it was because he knew she was pregnant or perhaps it was something else. She couldn't tell, but she enjoyed it and felt slightly embarrassed when she walked in with a limp, Thalia watching her with disdain."He said he'll be back," Arabella replied, shutting her eyes and resting her head on the sofa."When?" Thalia pressed. "There should at least be a specific date. If I knew he was only coming here to fuck you, I wouldn't have told him you were with me."Arabella's eyes opened, and she glanced at Thalia, who began to pace the room. "We didn't just do that.""Yeah," Thalia nodded, rolling her eyes. "All the hickeys all over your skin su
At exactly 5:30 AM, Arabella and Thalia set out from the latter's residence, shrouded by the early dawn to avoid drawing attention.Arabella shifted in her seat, a hand gently cradling her stomach as she felt a twinge. Wincing, she stole a glance at it."What's wrong?" Thalia asked her gaze briefly on Arabella before scanning the room.They'd been driving for nearly an hour, yet the lingering fog veiled the sky. But Arabella's concern wasn't the weather. It was Blaze. Upon waking earlier, she'd received a disconcerting message from him.The fact that she couldn't reach him unsettled her. She hoped he was alright, but her worry extended to something more profound.It was her baby. "I told you not to bother about Cole," Thalia said. "He will come to us, and I am sure he would have suggested the same thing.""It's not about Blaze," Arabella replied, trying to dismiss Thalia's concern."Then what is it?" Thalia pressed."My baby," Arabella confessed. "It's been unusually active, and my s
Wincing as he awoke, Blaze's eyes scanned the cage he was trapped in. His hands were held in cuffs, tethered to the ceiling.He attempted to move, but every motion sent protests through his body. Sandro had personally dealt with him, rendering him powerless. It wasn't that he didn't want to fight back; he simply couldn't. Brianna had stripped him of his will before Sandro's arrival.Upon Blaze's return to the pack after meeting with Arabella, Sandro summoned him. Blaze believed Sandro had asked for him around the Villa, but no one had given him a satisfactory response.Perhaps he had received an answer but coerced it out of them, hence the reason he was summoned.Blaze remained unfazed when Sandro accused him of meeting Arabella. His lack of response had only angered Sandro, who then ordered him to be confined. It wasn't just confinement; he had been subjected to numerous beatings, which he bore without complaint. He believed he deserved every bit of it.However, it was Sandro's decla
"Are you coming with me to the monster's villa, or should I do this alone?" Arabella murmured. Her voice was hoarse from crying too much. Her eyes were swollen and painful, but compared to the ache in her heart, it was nothing.As Thalia didn't respond, Arabella reached for the car door, but Thalia swiftly snatched the keys from her hands, tucking them into her pocket."What the hell?!" Arabella exclaimed, her face contorted in a glare. "I shouldn't have told you my plan. I knew you'd try to stop me!""Of course I will," Thalia said. "I'm trying to reason with you, Bella. Going to Sandro's villa to confront him might be the riskiest decision I've ever heard.""He killed Blaze," Arabella said, her body trembling. "He killed Blaze!""We don't know for sure," Thalia pointed out."Blaze was talking to me, and then the shot rang out. I couldn't hear his voice anymore, Thalia. You might think I'm going crazy, but I heard it," Arabella said, her eyes shimmering with tears once more.She had
"There were two before you, and before them, there were two," Clarisse began. Her voice carried a solemn tone, casting an even more eerie atmosphere in the room where Arabella sat."This has been the way for centuries. Every hundred years, two are born," Clarisse explained."I'm not quite following," Arabella furrowed her brows."It's your history, Arabella. I believe you should have been told earlier, but circumstances arose," Clarisse continued. "It's important for future generations to know about this in case you end up carrying multiple children."Arabella's hand instinctively rested on her stomach as Clarisse acknowledged it. She supposed it was now painfully obvious that she was pregnant. There was no need to conceal it any longer."What do you know about me?" Arabella inquired. She had longed to uncover more about herself and her mother. Despite her father's evasiveness and silence on the matter, her curiosity still gnawed at her."You discovered you have a twin after meeting h