Prince Maddox, the soon to be ruler of Nitraville, has all the women in his kingdom on their knees for him with his striking features and long fangs. He's the most arrogant and ruthless man to live in Nitra, getting every girl he wants and everything he wants. Screwing with him may just mean you could be his next drink. Willow, an innocent life who likes to write books and keep to herself in her isolated acreage, is one of the most nice and shy people you could ever meet. She grew up with her Grandparents after her mother died giving birth to her, and her father abandoning her for another family soon after that. Though she's written and dreamt of it, she never has felt the warm touch of a man who loves her. Her lips remain unkissed. In order for Maddox to become the king, he must find a woman to secure the throne once and for all. Then one day, the two finally collide after months of pending alignment, but in the worst possible way of course... Who could love such a monster?
Lihat lebih banyakWillow’s POV
After a long summer of gardening, taking care of the pantry in my backyard and writing my alternate universes, it’s finally that time of year again: harvest.
Now I’m by no means a farmer, but I do live off the land, as I have been for the past 3 years. Being here all alone in this acreage with no one but my 3 cats Dottie, Izzy and Lucy and two dogs Charlie and Maya is definitely not easy, but the six of us make it work. They kill the mice, rats, insects and scare off the coyotes, then I’ll give them food, shelter and all the love any pet could hope for.
With harvest time also means a “holiday” for me as well. During late August and September I’m only focused on harvesting and preserving as much food as I can for the winter. If need be, I could always hit the small supermarket in Cloudry and shop for the bare necessities, but growing everything (almost everything) myself is much better and cost-effective. Thankfully, the publishing of my books have gotten me to the life I have always dreamt of- even written of some sort of fairytale I always wanted to be the main character in.
“C’mon, Luc,” I chime out as I hold open the door for the distracted white kitten who’s playing with her racoon-like tail in the dark of midnight. She lets out a whiny meow in response then begins running towards the house.
A whisk of the cold fall air has me closing the door imeddiately behind her as she enters the cottage. Shivers run down my spine in response and I scurry over to the furnace where all the animals are currently laying about on the furniture and on their beds.
Before heading off to bed, Im sure to fill up their water dish and give them all a loving pet on their heads. I also lock every door to the outside as well.
My dogs are good at guarding the place, but I know that there's been some recent incidents with my neighbors farm animals lately. Only a few weeks ago, they found a dead cow- blood sucked dry- laying in the paster amongst the other cows. Not even a couple days later two of the kids; a young girl named Casey and a little boy named Tommy, never returned from an evening walk out to check on the animals. No one has found the bodies yet, though, so theres still a lingering hope out there that they're alive.
I sigh as I crawl under the thick quilt, flicking on the lamo beside me as I pull out my latest find at Barnes and Nobels: The Winter Garden by the famous Kristin Hannah. This woman's books are truly amazing.
Then, after an hour long reading session, I find my eyes beginning to shut against my will, so I set down the book on the bedside table and shut off the lamp.
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The next morning...
The first thing I hear is the howling of the dogs as I wake from my ever-so-great sleep. Kidding, it sucked. All I dreamt of last night was finding my only friends - my animals of course- dead, a sucked dry from whatever terrible being has been making it's way through the valley.
Suddenly, there's the same annoying scratching on my door I hear every morning. "Oh quit, Maya, would ya?"
With a sigh, I roll myself out of bed and practically drag my nearly corpse-like body towards the door. As soon as I twist the handle, Maya, my little black lab squeezes through along with two cats.
I smile, picking up a fuzzy throw blanket from the bed and wrap it around my bare shoulders. "Good morning to you too," I remark, giving them all a scratch on the head.
I exit the bedroom and begin making my way towards the kitchen. Without hesitation, I flick on my Keurig and put a coffee pod into the slot. My gaze directs out towards the window, noticing that it is likely going to be a foggy, depressed day today.
But as I look closer out the window, I notice something. Mr. Wilson-my neighbor who is usually out at this time on his morning walk- is laying still in my back yard.
"Oh my good god," I gasp out. I let the blanket resting on my shoulders drop to the lineloum floor as I rush towards the porch door.
My stride becomes a sprint in no time as I come apon Mr. Wilson. "Mr. Wilson!" I cry out. When I reach him, I'm stopped immediatley- hesitantly when I see dark blood running out of a bite on his neck. I drop to my knees and place my hand over his heart.No beat. No nothing.
To be sure, I place two fingers on his neck and wait pateintly for a pulse- for anything, really. This man doesn't deserve an ending like this, he's too kind and such an amazing person. He brings me free eggs from his chicken coup every Sunday for godsakes!
Hanging my head low and letting my frizzy, curly hair plop in front of my colour-runned face, I wipe the blood from my hands onto my night gown. But before I can even let out a strain of emotion, I can feel strong hands dig roughly into my arms and pull me up to the ground so fast that Im nearly lifted off the ground.
"Now are you sure that you wanted this one, Maddox?" the person grasping me says daringly. "I had thought maybe we keep this one... For fun, ya know?"
I knew it. I knew there was some horrible person going around and murdering those poor animals. I just didn't know that they would come out in the broad daylight like this.
My eyes shut tightly as I can hear the crunching of footsteps begin to approach me slowly. The hands wrapped around my arms are starting to dig into my skin, leaving tingles of pain all throughout me.
I feel a cold finger lift my chin gently, then a thumb caressing over my tightened jaw. "You're right, Brother. We will keep her. Wasting a beauty of this kind would do us no good."
The brother chuckles deeply and I am set from my tippy toes to my feet in an instant. I don't dare open my eyes, though. Fear is crawling through me worse than when I had to watch my father skin a deer when I was little.
One of them sighs. "Open those eyes for me, Princess. Let me see who you are..."
So I do, even though I know shouldn't. When the sun gleams into my eyes, it takes me a few moments to realize that there's a rather beautiful man standing in front of me, croutched down and gazing at me contently. "Who are you?" I mumble, anger bubbling up inside of me. More fear than anything, really.
He chuckles and stands, his body towering over me like a giant, and suddenly, I feel like an ant about to be crushed. "Maddox," he replies. "My name is Maddox Archfiend. Prince of NitraVille and this is my brother, Samuel." Maddox gestures towards the other man. "He too, is Prince of NitraVille."
My brows furrow in confusion. There is no Kingdom near me; I've never even heard of this "NitraVille". Who are these people.
I cross my arms tightly against my chest, giving a small glance back towards my little cottage. My animals are now looking out the window, wagging their fluffy tails, awaiting me to open the door to let them out.
Then Charlie and Maya begin to bark, and next thing I know, Maddox is nearly on top of me now, a bright smile with... with long, sharp teeth on display...
"No no no!" I scream, wiggling against his grasp. His head bends down into the crease of my neck and I can feel his wet, bloody lips against my skin.
He breathes me in deeply and sighs out contently. "You smell delicious, my beautiful Willow."
My entire body freezes when the word, "Willow", leaves his mouth. How on earth does this man know my name?!
And as I try to question this strange knowledge of his, an ear-piercing scream lets out of me as I feel his sharp fangs dig into the side of my neck...
Willow’s POV“Where are we going?” I finally ask after letting Maddox carry me like some broken object down the hall, not even the least bit bothered when a guard or a maid passes by, shock quite evident on their faces when they lay eyes on the whole situation going on here.He doesn’t answer my question, though, and just continues to hold me against him so I don’t try to flee.I let my head flop back in exhaustion from barely getting a damn word out of this man. “Just let me down for God's sake!” I push on his broad chest, and he finally lets me down on the ground. I straighten myself out, shaking my head in disbelief, and I begin walking away from him, back towards the bedroom. “I walk you know. And I can also stay very cozy in that bed alone, so I’m going back and you can do what
Hey guys!This is the second last chapter of this book so I’ve decided that when it ends, you can vote whether or not there should be a second book in the reviews. Also, I’ve included some backstory to Maddox’s family with the new doctor that has been added recently and will be in the next book if there is one. Anyways, enjoy! Maddox’s POV “What?” Williamson shoots his head up after fluffing a pillow underneath the arm she’s receiving blood from. He sighs and storms over to me, snatching all four tests out of my hand. He may be half my height and weight, but this man is the last person I will ever argue against; he’s scarier than my father most times. I see the negative one first, giving me this strange, ‘are-you-stupid?’ Look before I motion for him to look further, then he sees the other three which are all positive.
Willow’s POVI’m sitting on the edge of this infamous bathtub, impatiently waiting for the water to reach the desired point as I also anticipate the results of all four tests lined up on the counter.I’ve decided that if the tests are negative, I’m going down in this water with the help of whatever potion shit Maddox keeps here in this medicine cabinet and some of my old razors which I’ve already begun to pry apart.Before preparing for all this, I made sure that no one was in the other room by continuously calling out for help. I know someone would’ve responded- especially Maddox if he were here. Knowing him he would likely just tell me to do what I was told then threaten to inflict some sort of cruel punishment on me.Fuck. That scar in my bac
WIllow’s POVA few weeks later…Misery. Absolute misery. Nothing but misery and pain down here in this cell with no one to speak to but the occasional rat that will scurry by me, searching for any bits of food I’ve left because I felt too sick to eat the disaster they give me on a plate.All my life is at this point is an endless loop-hole; everything goes spiraling downhill, then the next I’m too in love or happy to even see the consequences that there are to come with having emotion like that. Then, everything just repeats and repeats, but in a worse manner every single time.I should’ve known when Maddox brought the kids in after I found him sleeping next to me that morning that shit was going to hit the fan because Maddox had a plan; Maddox always has a plan and I should know that.
Willow’s POVIn the morning….Last night was the best night I’ve had in weeks so far, even if Maddox slept in the same bed as me just so we could put on a show for the twins so that they won’t have any suspicions with our relationship. I guess they’re nearly three, but really, in reality, they’re very smart for their age.I’m predicting that Flynn is going to make a good ruler with his father with his ‘political’ views one day and Ella will end up at the top of her class. And maybe, just maybe, I can convince Maddox to let her go to one of prestigious universities in Nitraville or somewhere in the dark realm.Out of the two of them, I’m really not sure who will rule yet. It is too early to tell their real personalities, even if they become more and more prevalent everyday. Things and interests can change, especially at an ag
Willow’s POVWhere the hell did he even go? It’s not like I was wrong or anything because seriously, if I’m their mother, should I not be able to see them? They’re so young, though, so will they even care that I’m gone? Maybe all I was to them was another caring person towards them who fed them with my own body for a year handmade sure they got everything they needed. But that’s all for Maddox now, isn’t it? I’m just here now to produce more children for him so I don’t get my neck tied up in a noose and be hung in front of the entire kingdom.I’m beginning to think that the noose may just be the best option now. All I want to do is rip these bandages off of my skin, open up my wound, and let myself die from infection and blood loss.The pain is too much to bare now. I’ve lost every go
Maddox’s POVI slam the notebook shut between my tensed up fists and toss it to the ground, too angry to even look in Willow’s now hurt and tearing-up eyes.“You should know by now that after having been married for nearly four years now that I’m not fucking stupid when it comes to you trying to run away from me. This would’ve the what… FOURTH time you’ve tried to escape, and this time you even left your own two children behind with nothing but a stupid love letter to them that they can only read when they’re older!” I bellow, pacing up and down the room, wanting nothing more than to grab my belt that’s laying on the washroom floor and whip her back until she’s begging me for my forgiveness.“For christ sake, Willow, they’re only three years old! Do you really think that
Willow’s POVA week later…Maybe the wolf coming after me wasn’t such a bad thing… maybe, just maybe, it was bette than that to happen than being chased by Maddox until he became so angry with me that I would end up being a meal.Yes, I went through pain with that stupid wolf having almost smashed my arm in half, nearly leaving half of it on the ground, but it was so much less pain than what Maddox has been putting me through these past three years- even more now that I think about it. The kids are going to be three soon.Oh no… I’m going to miss their birthday, aren’t I?Well, I hope my death doesn’t disturb that too much. The last thing I want if for my babies to be sad on their big third birthday.Fuck, maybe I should’ve postponed my exit to a little later.Well, whatever. What’s done is don
Maddox’s POVWhat can possibly be taking her so long? She said she was just cleaning up, and I don’t really mind if the bedroom is messy because God knows how much worse I’m about to make it.I knock again, calling out her name again. “Willow?” I holler through the door, wrapping my fist against the wooden door again, and place my ear against it.I hear nothing. Usually it’s very obvious she’s in here with all the cleaning and cooking she’s usually doing to keep herself busy.Why isn’t she answering? She always answers me.I keep my head placed against the door, just listening for even the slightest movement. Well, that’s until I hear a very distinct splash from outside.“That’s it,” I mutter, pulling th
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