Without the knife, I was even more helpless than before. I was out of options, out of energy, out of…everything. Sinking into a pile on the floor, I covered my face and burst into hiccupping sobs. “Don’t cry.” His voice was gruff and cold, and I couldn’t tell if he was trying to comfort me or trying to get me to stop because it annoyed him. It didn’t matter. Even if I wanted to, I couldn’t stop. I lay there, weeping and trying to breathe through my sobs. The man let out a helpless sigh. He squatted down and touched my hair, running a hand through it. I ducked away from his touch. “I’ve been thinking about you for a long time, and I couldn’t help it. I’m sorry,” he said in a softer tone. Huh? He’d been thinking about me for a long time? He knew who I was… He’d pretended to be Roman and texted me.That meant he knew I was “involved” with Roman. And Roman had declared that I was his woman that evening at Nightshade. I wracked my brain to recall the men present that night. Men whose physi
This “Greyson” wouldn’t even show me his face, so it’s not like I expected him to enter his real name in. I lowered my head and was deep in thought when the man suddenly picked me up. I thought that he was going to do something ho rrific to me again, so I struggled desperately. Instead, he put me back on the bed, pulled up the quilt, and covered me with it. Then, he leaned over and said, “Have a good sleep. Don’t wait for Roman. He won’t come back.” I didn’t understand what he meant. “What do you mean?” He didn’t respond, just left quickly as if he had something urgent to deal with. As I watched him leave, I wished I could pounce on him and tear him apart. But I was so tired and weak that I couldn’t wait to fall asleep. I wished I had the stamina that someone like “Greyson” had. Even after all he put me through, thanks to his wolf nature, he didn’t even appear tired.Meanwhile, my weak human body was nothing but a betrayal on all fronts. Still, I forced myself to go sit on the sofa an
The man raised his chin, and the bodyguards behind Roman kicked at the backs of his knees and shins. Roman was caught off guard and fell to the ground. He was so angry to be so humiliatingly forced to kneel at someone’s feet that he didn’t care about anything else. He raised his head, gritted his teeth, and glared at the man in front of him. “How dare you treat me like this?” Roman started to stand back up, trying to keep the look of pain off his face; his finger wound was pure agony. “I will find out who you are, and I’ll kil Before Roman could finish his threat, the masked man had his knife out. Faster than Roman could blink, the man had sliced through his wrist tendons, leaving Roman’s hands dangling uselessly. The pain and shock was so fierce, Roman didn’t have time to process it before his m outh was slashed, followed by slashes on the tops of his thighs-clear down to the bone.The man didn’t even blink as he did all of this, his eyes shining cold and emotionless with his wolf. O
This morning, as soon as Damian and I left the house, the pack’s security guards stopped us. They said a group of men in black came to our house last night and stood at the door, guarding it. About half an hour later, they left. The security guards thought it was a little strange, but they figured it might be our relatives or something, since it was our mating night. He didn’t see a need to mention it until this morning. “But something felt off about it after I found out what happened, so I called you, but you didn’t answer. Then I remembered the strange people who came to the mating ceremony yesterday, and I was worried that something might have happened to you, so I rushed over here.” No wonder Harper and Damian hadn’t left yet. I probably would have delayed as well, though I felt terrible this was all because of me. “I’m so sorry, Harper. Yesterday, I had some trouble. There was a very important contract with Beta Starke, but I kept delaying giving it to him.So he got angry with m
Not get married?” Harper’s eyes widened. “I didn’t picture you for being an old cat lady.” “I was just joking.” Taya giggled. A giggle. That was good. Harper drew in a sigh of relief. She was probably just overreacting. Taya had always been the well-behaved and sensible one. Ever since they were little, Taya was the cautious one in their duo. She would never act recklessly, so there was nothing for Harper to worry about. After Harper and Taya chatted a bit more about the mating ceremony and the moonlight ritual, Damian came to pick Harper up. He had changed their flight to Malaysia to the evening, and Taya happened to be free, so she dropped them off at the airport. After telling Harper and Damian to have fun, I waved goodbye to them. After getting home, I went to the bathroom to wash up. My mind was a jumbled mess. It was very strange. Being touched by Roman made me feel disgusted. However, I didn’t feel disgusted when Greyson…did what he did.It wasn’t fully pleasurable, and he was
I’ll wait for half an hour. After sending this message, Greyson didn’t send anything else. He’d given his final word, and it seemed that was that. I wished I knew who he was in the wolf shifter hierarchy of things. Was he an Alpha who was used to having what he wanted when he wanted it? Or was he someone who was a Nobody was enjoying exerting power over a human girl. Power he didn’t have over anyone else. Something told me he was powerful no matter who he was, with. Especially if he truly had been behind what happened to Roman. I handed over the text messages to the shifter police, Mentioning Roman, since there was surveillance footage of him entering and leaving the hotel room. The police would investigate Roman and collect any evidence they could. But if Greyson told the police I wanted to kill Roman, that I had Drugs and a dagger there to do it… the shifter packs wouldn’t be lenient on me. They would charge me for attempted murder, and I knew how that would play out in a courtroom.
My tactics only delayed the inevitable. His movements were quick and domineering, and then I was pressed against the wall. After hugging and kissing me for a while, he surprised me with a hard pinch on my waist. “Ouch!” I yelped out. As soon as I opened my mouth to speak, his lips were on mine, his tongue invading my mouth. His kiss was still as wild as before, but the way he touched me was much softer than the last time. As if he were very familiar with my body, he touched me in just the right places, just the right way. His actions were so skilled, they made me feel like I wasn’t being forced… I wanted to beat myself to death as soon as that thought entered my head. How could this be pleasure? But …We had sex several times, and every time I sank into it. It was no different from when I was with Griffon. I even couldn’t help scratching his back later as we lay in bed. Was I completely crazy to think that this man’s body was compatible with mine? Greyson bit my earlobe and whispered,
The receptionist politely shook her head. “I’m sorry, I don’t know,” Even if she knew who it was, she wouldn’t dare to share information regarding a VIP. I knew better than to ask, but I was desperate. There wasn’t anything else for me here right now, and I couldn’t ask any more questions, so I thanked the woman and left the hotel. I grabbed my heart pills from my bag, but the bottle was empty. Sigh. Now I had to make a trip to the hospital. Joy. My favorite thing. The attending doctor asked about my physical condition, as usual. When he asked about my sleeping habits and I told him, he frowned. “Ms. Palmer, I’d like to admit you. I’m worried about the state of your heart, and I’d like to run some tests and see if we can’t find a new treatment option for you.” I refused. Staying in the hospital was just waiting for death, and I wasn’t going to waste the last moments of my life in some cold, sterile room.Besides, what else were they going to do for me? It wasn’t like they were going t