ELORA"You will be disguised as the king's sex slave. Your job is the simple one of acting convincingly." Skye eyed me. "Do you understand, Elora?"I realized that I had been staring at her so I jumped. "Yes, Your Highness.""The beauticians will come up here in the wee hours of tomorrow. They will dress you up in your costume. You should expect to be dressed shabbily." She explained placing a comforting hand on my shoulder.This action promoted me to ask the question that had been burning in me.Was it appropriate to ask Skye questions?She did seem approachable and relaxed now with her loose breeches and leather jacket. There wasn't any belt tying anything together or boots on her feet. "Do you have something to say, Elora?" She asked, jolting me.I guessed I was that transparent or Skye just had the knack for reading people."Well, yes. I was thinking that wouldn’t we be recognized? Most especially the king. He’s not the least bit…you know." I rubbed my palms together anxiously wa
ELORAI shifted in my seat wondering how I was to spend hours in such a small space with the king. All our meetings always ended with me losing my ability to breathe and reason and I was sure as hell that this was not going to be different.I stole a glance at him again now that the sun had begun its ascent bringing more light into the carriage.Where his red hair had made him look like a Greek god descended from the heavens, his now black hair made him look like he had risen from the lowest depths of the underworld to wreak havoc on the world. He looked dark and dangerous and somehow even more domineering with than he usually was. The coal dark curls fell in loose waves over his forehead that made his sapphire eyes stand out even more. How was I to breathe when there was perfection like this?The man looked like the very picture of every erotic fantasy a woman could have. The dim lighting in the carriage shadowed his features and added a dangerous air to him that sold the role he’d
ROMEThe carriage slowed and came to a halt before a wide clearing that appeared just a little past the boundary between Alkarod and Hanaerum. Their guards dismounted their horses and took watchful positions. The guards were all dressed in black disguises in a material of far less quality than their official Royal uniforms. Not a trace of the Royal insignia was in sight and all distinctly Lycan army weapons were changed to more common weapons. For this night, Rome was a merchant at a slave auction party, and it had to remain that way until the raid.Rome alighted from the carriage and was about to give Elora a hand to get off the step when he remembered he was to be her slave master, not King or gentlemen. And she wasn't his mistress, but a slave to be used and disposed of if she displeased him.He stepped away from the carriage not bothering to look behind him and started off to the opening of the Grove where the cave descended to the underground auction house. He sensed her walking
ROMEThe crowd cheered even louder at the brutal display. The sight of blood and tortured slaves seemed to heighten their lust as some of the men pushed some of the naked female servers against the iron fence and fucked them right there. Some even went after the male slaves and Rome had to fight to control his anger at the blatant disregard for those innocent people’s rights.The slavers came in almost immediately and pulled out the dead slaves from the cage, sending in a new set of slaves in less than a minute. Bets were placed with the slavers in blue standing before the cage, one counting the money and the other handing out betting slips. Rome's jaw felt sore from how hard he’d been clenching his teeth all night. His hands clenched tight as he fought back the urge to strangle someone. How could all of this happening right under his nose?The red cloud of rage that had blurred his vision receded when a whiff of rose fragrance brushed his nose and a feather light caress brushed acr
Rome watched carefully as one of the clients who he noticed was Lycan forced one of the slaves to splay her legs wide as he penetrated her. The girl looked about the same age as Elora's sister. Rome risked a glance at Elora and found that she had tears streaming down her face. She must have been reliving one of her worst nightmares. He pulled her along, his grip on her arm soft enough not to hurt her but hard enough to fool the slavers into thinking she was his slave.A bell suddenly rang within the tent, causing everyone to pause. It seemed that within the private auction, there was an even more private auction taking place. That was the place they wanted to be. Perhaps they would identify the bastard running this foul show.Elora tugged on his arm, her eyes hard as she nudged him subtly towards the sound of the bell. Rome looked at her, realizing that even if she hated being here, she might really want to help these slaves become free."All those who would like to partake of the ex
ELORAAs the king's large hand enveloped my head, I realized that I wasn't fully prepared to play the role required of me. It wasn't a surprise to me that we slaves were to please our masters sexually but I hadn't thought about being in this situation with the king.His grip on my head was gentle as he bobbed my head, up and down, over his crotch. If I wasn't so worked out about our disguise blowing up, I may have enjoyed having his hands on me. He sped up the movement and my face burned. I was never going to get used to this; the auction house and the inhumane way they treated slaves. This went on for a while before Farrel interrupted with a cackle. "I can see you lot are having a great time, right!" He laughed some more.The king released me and I crawled back to kneel on the cushions provided.I felt the King’s eyes on me sending a fresh wave of embarrassment through me. I wondered if he also felt awkward about the whole thing. He would never want me that way even in a real situat
ROMETension was building up and Rome sensed it. He couldn't sell Elora but there was no way he could resist without calling attention to himself. He was sure that someone had recognized her, there wasn't any other explanation for Farrel's request.He stood directly in front of Elora blocking her from the slaver’s view. He knew she would be terrified and he didn't want Farrel sniffing that out.Farrel took a step forward, trying to stand on his toes so as to reach Rome's height, but he still wasn't close. His breath was breath warm on Rome's face and the smell of alcohol stung his nose."Lycan, this shouldn't end in a brawl. I warn you. Take the offer or you won’t be walking out of here at all." Farrel was far from his usual excited self. He was dead serious. Rome knew he needed to act fast now. There was nothing he could do to contain the situation since somebody had noticed them. He closed his eyes and cleared his mind just like he had been trained to do since childhood, searching
ALKARODA bone-shaking cough reverberated from one end of the infirmary to the other. It was a sound that Alpha Rasmus and his wife were rapidly getting used to. The cough most times left their son weaker than ever and had bits of spittle and blood spraying the sir. His situation had worsened as the days went past and by now, lesser people would have lost all hope of his recovery. But his parents had always been stubborn and that helped them now.Their only hope, Elora, was far out of their reach and the Elves who promised to help them had sent a message stating that their territory wasn't safe enough for Rasmus to visit. The Blackfoot’s were sniffing around them, ready to attack when the time was fit. The elves didn't trust the Blackfoot’s. "My boy..." The Alpha's wife whimpered as she cleaned the spittle off his lips. "Have the elves said anything new?" She was constantly asking her husband for updates."No. If they have, I would have told you." The Alpha was irritated by her cons
SKYE AND NAURU“You know. This is our wedding night.” Nauru complained, staring at his bride who was swinging a sharp blade in just her underclothes and corset, painting an erotic image that his body appreciated most ardently.The woman’s eyes flashed angrily at him but she sent him a smirk and flipped her hair behind her shoulders.”Are you scared I’m going to beat you?” She asked in a sing-song voice.“Oh I know you’re going to beat me.” He told her. “You’re a Lycan.”“You should have thought about that before challenging me.” He didn’t exactly challenge her but he didn’t want to point that out to his stubborn wife.A lesser man would be intimidated by her strength but he was only turned on by the thought that she could snap a man in two without breaking a sweat. It had been love at first sight for him when she’d come marching into his court with her brother, the King. She’d caught him staring at her and lifted a brow at him and when they’d met later that night, they’d fucked hard a
ROME & ELORATHREE YEARS LATER“Damian you come back here this instant!” Rome laughed as he watched a heavily pregnant Elora chase their two year old son who’d taken to running bottomless around the palace much to his mother’s dismay and his father’s immense amusement.Her glare turned on him and he raised his hands in surrender.“I did warn you that I was very uninhibited as a child.” He told his wife catching up to her and placing his hands around her waist, pulling her as close to him as her belly would allow.A soft thump from her belly told him that the twins they were expecting in a month were more than eager to be free of their confinement. He laughed as Elora slapped his shoulder.“You see what you’ve done to me?” She complained. “I’m surrounded and invaded by savages.”He laughed, kissing her forehead, then began a slow journey to her lips. She sighed and wrapped her hands around his neck, burying her fingers in the hair at his nape. Even after two years the passion between th
ELORAI stared at the large double doors leading to the training room, frowning down at the floor. The king had written me a letter that while it indeed gave me insight to his true feelings about me still made me feel afraid to see him again.How could I get over the fact that he had only slept with me because he wanted to rid himself of me?How could I move on from the thought that I had trusted him to be different from all the males that had only wanted to use my body and degrade me but at the end of the day, he was exactly like them?I turned, backing the door.Why had I even come?My body warmed as I remembered how passionate the kings declaration of love for me was but he hadn’t even said the words I so wished to hear.I find that I’m absolutely enthralled by the feelings you have managed to evoke in my wounded heart. I am sure that I want to spend the rest of my life wrapped in the beauty that is you. Even now, the words touched me softly.He had talked about things I hadn’t no
ELORAI stared shamelessly at the king as we sat in the aftermath of the laugh we shared while talking simultaneously. He still wore his travel clothes like he hadn’t had time to change since we arrived at the castle this afternoon. Dark circles were under his eyes and his hair were rough as if he’d been running his hands through them.He looked ethereally handsome now but ruggedly so, unlike the usual clean shaven well dressed king he usually was. His dark hair curled and fell over his forehead in an unruly mess that had me itching to run my hands through it recalling how soft his hair was. I pressed my thighs closer together as my body responded to the memory of the scenario that had had me running my hands through his hair.I felt a hot blush climb upwards from my neck. I truly hoped he didn’t notice.“Has Noel been to see you yet?” He asked suddenly breaking my train of indecent thoughts.I nodded, unable to speak for fear I’d say something to embarrass myself.“How…How are you?”
ROMEAs they crossed into the gates of Hanaerum, bells tolled in the lower city alerting their presence. As of their party was one to be ignored.Citizen’s stared open mouthed in shock as the large army rode through, some of them with scars and others, albeit healthy, with menacing expressions brought about by fatigue. Long had the thrill of their victory faded leaving behind exhaustion and muscle soreness.Rome was not immune to this phenomenon and wore his scowl even bolder than most because he’d not been given time with Elora at all during their trip.Skye worried he might scare her off with his intensity since his emotions were still high and besides the girl needed rest after the ordeal she’d been through.The doctor he’d ordered to look over her reported she was in excellent health and that the baby was doing fine but until he got to the castle and got Noel’s report, he didn’t think he could relax.Looking up at the grim castle walls, he couldn’t help but think that so much woul
ELORAI snarl as I stared down Alpha Rasmus' wife feeling stronger than I'd ever been. Whatever this remedy was that Gael had given me had not just helped with the pain but had somehow imbued me with more power than I'd had.I swiped my tongue on my snout still feeling the blood of that bastard on me. His death had been quicker than what he deserved but I was satisfied he'd no longer have the power to hurt me or my siblings again.His wife snarled at me as if to say: I'll kill you for murdering my husband. But even then I could see thee fear in her eyes.I felt the king's gaze on me but I didn't want to be distracted now.I'd been denied my revenge long enough.I spied Gael out of the corner of my eye, his look one of begging like he still wanted me to come with him.I felt sorry for the broken boy but my mind had been made up long ago and if he was wise he'd make sure the king didn't see him. Even though I understand that he didn't have much of a choice, I knew the king wouldn't be a
ROMEFeeling like he'd just woken up after a long night of drinking, Rome opened his eyes and took in his opulent surroundings which was a far cry from the dungeon he'd been in before he'd passed out.Speaking of the dungeon...He startled upright, struggling against the binds on his arms.Elora.He growled out his anger, straining even harder but the binds only seemed like they were getting tighter.What were these even made of?Those bastards had hit her. She looked nothing like the woman she had been in the castle but even if the bruises left her unrecognisable, his heart knew.He could smell her the moment he had been captured.It had taken all of his willpower to not kill those guards and grab her out of there.And that bastard...He had been standing right there.It was his fault that she had had to suffer like that.The second he freed his hands, the man would..."There's no point struggling against your restraints, boy king." The elven leader smiled walking into the broad cham
ELORAHelp! I wanted to yell out. Help me!There was black everywhere. I couldn't see anything.I tried to lift my hands but I couldn't. I couldn't feel my body.I was floating in a seemingly endless pool of black."You promised me they wouldn't hurt her!" A voice yelled at the edge of my consciousness.A small ray of light started at the edge of my vision becoming brighter and shocking me out of that empty plane."You promised me father!" The voice came again but this time I could recognize it.The bed beneath me felt harder than anything I'd ever felt but perhaps it was because I'd been floating for God knows how long.I tried to lift my hand but couldn't, they felt too heavy.I wanted to open my eyes but pain had me shutting my eyes again."Nggh." I groaned as pain raced through my system the further I regained consciousness.I groaned rolling to the side, looking for a position that would make it stop."Shhh. Stop Elora." Gael's voice came as a warm hand pressed softly on my shoul
ROMEThe ride to Alkarod flew by faster than anyone would have expected but Rome was grateful for the brevity of the journey as he didn't think he could bear to spend any more time away from Elora. It had been only a day and half since her capture but it felt like it had been ages.His beast had gone through a range of emotions and had settled on sadness now, whining constantly inside of him and setting him on edge. He had snapped more than once at the captain of his Elite but the Lycan, already used to his antics, showed no grief or frustration.Shouts went up at the Darwin pack gate tower as his riding party approached. He knew that the dust they kicked up must have made them look like bandits plus their lack of armour and his angry look wouldn't help matters."Stop!" A guard yelled just as they rode through the gates. "Who..."He didn't give the man the benefit of an answer as he plowed past him, nearly running him over with the horse. His eyes were on the pack house of Darwin Pack