****“Brynn? Brynn?” Alissa had called her name for her to take her bath, breaking Brynn’s thought; she had been lost in the clouds of her dark thoughts since the time they had landed.It took everything in her not to cry and scream out her frustration at Killian and just tell him the damn truth, but it was harder than she had thought.All the while, on the trip back to him, she had locked herself in a wall and was hesitant to even look at him as they were both in the car; she had hoped Killian didn’t notice that she was so apprehensive and guarded.“ Brynn!” Alissa called again, as Brynn had almost been sealed back by her thoughts.“I’m sorry, I’m just…”Are you okay, Brynn? You know you can tell me anything; I won’t judge; I’ll listen to you; you don’t look at yourself. Alissa says as she comes around the bed and comes to sit down close to Brynn, causing the bed to dip lightly before she takes Brynn’s hand, “Tell me, I swear I’ll listen. Did something happen during the trip with mas
"What are you doing here?""I don’t need permission to see my business partner, do I?" Thalia countered, making Brynn let out a small huff.Thanks, then turned to Alissa, who had bowed her head in respect to her, and what is this lowly servant still doing here?""Don’t talk to her, she is my friend," Brynn says, but Thalia just chuckled and turned back to Alissa, giving the deadliest stare she could muster on her gold-plated, pristine face."You, get lost now," she says this time with a warning venom laced in her tone that had Alissa giving Brynn one last loom filled with an apology before she left."You know what you did is a disrespect to me, and you do know who I am." Brynn bluffed, hoping Thalia would take the bait."You think you’re Killian’s woman because he brought you to the private party and fucked you?" "Get over yourself, Brynn," Thalia says; she knew how to get under people’s skin, and it was working for Brynn."You don’t know what you’re talking about.""Of course I do. N
"Killian I-I" Brynn stuttered Fearing what he would do, she hated this cold drive between them, but she knew the cat was out of the bag, and it was no longer a secret.She felt like she was caught in a nightmare; this isn’t how she wanted him to find out, and she could feel the raw rage radiating off him as he stared her down.It didn’t help that Thalia stood at the side, snickering at Brynn’s misfortune. She turned to Killian, walking closer to him with a smirk on her face as she flipped her blond hair and took his arm."Killian! "Thank goodness you’re here; she was threatening me; she is a lying, conniving thief, hired by her fiancé Damon to spy on you!" She had clearly lied to him, and Brynn didn’t know what to do.She felt like screaming with each word that Thalia said felt like a glass shard being pieced into her heart."Thalia…" Killian said as it felt like the whole world had become silent from his cold aura as he turned coldly to her and said, "Get out." She snarled at Tha
•KILLIAN•I should have known something was wrong since the very first day. I should have followed my instincts and persisted until she told me everything.Even when I noticed she was uncomfortable the whole trip after her encounter with Damon at the party, I should have expected it.And even the message from my emails sent to me about her secrets seemed suspicious; it kept me in my office for hours, troubled me more than I expected, and I didn’t want it to be true."I need a smoke," I uttered to myself as I went by my study balcony to clear my head, lighting up a cigarette not until I noticed two figures that stood in the garden.It was Brynn and... Thalia? What the fuck was Thalia doing here? Before I could even question why she was in my estate so late, I saw her push Brynn down to the floor and a feral rage rose in me. "What the hell?" I muttered. I rushed out of my office only to see Alissa, the maid I had assigned to Brynn; she looked exhausted and worry filled her features. "M
Brynn felt empty.Empty couldn’t even fully describe how she felt, how broken and crestfallen she was right now, The moment Killian shut the door In her face, she fell to the ground. In agony, "It’s over; it’s all over." He will never see me the same way again! She cried endlessly.Her heart felt like it was being blown to pieces. "You have to wait for him, Brynn; wait and be patient; for sure he will come back, and you will tell him everything when he wants to listen," she tells herself in encouragement that she’ll wait. Four days had passed without any words from Killian. Brynn was desperate at this point; she had been locked in this room for days with no sign of Killian showing up and no sign of Alissa, the only person to whom she was close to some extent.She was anxious every time the door opened; she hoped it was Killian, but it was a different maid every day. It made Brynn nervous and made her think of different scenarios."What if Killian had abandoned me and the woman had no
Brynn’s body was shaking so much that she thought she would explode from not touching him; she had craved him for days, and all the more she wanted to talk to him and apologize, to say anything to change that untrusting look in his gaze that broke her heart.But she had been given no chance to, especially now that she was in between his legs, helpless and desperate for nothing but him."Killian," she started, but he hushed up as he raised his index fingers, which fell on her lips."Shhh, little wolf," Killian says coldly, and Brynn immediately obeys. She could feel her legs already getting weaker the more she knelt, but she was too focused on him to give a damn at the moment.His hand reached her lips. Tracing it as her lower lips opened up from the intrusion of his fingers, it made Brynn open her mouth wider to take in his thumb, which she sucked, rolling her lips around his thick, rough finger. "Of course you’re good for this, and only this.""I’m yours, remember?" She muttered agai
Killian wants to take his mind off Brynn, off the hate, the rage, and the painful thought of her that feels like it would eat him alive.All this time, she was right under his nose; the sources that he had read as part of his investigation showed that Ezra's only child had died, which is why he didn’t even bother at the time to look into her name.And that was a grave mistake he made. What were the odds that she was alive and right under his roof? All the nights he had spent with her, both pleasant and unpleasant; all the secrets he told her; the fact that he trusted her;He had tried to look over the fact that Brynn was from the Gold Crest pack, but this was worse: she shared the same blood as his sworn enemy, and she knew all this time that he couldn’t forgive her.He hated the tight feeling in his chest when he gazed down at her naked, wrecked frame; he wanted to reach out to her but had stopped himself and instead stormed out of the room, not to give into his inner temptation.Was
•BRYNN•The moment he left my room, I felt like my heart had been ripped out of me. I heard footsteps, but none of them had that familiar tone to them or his scent; he did reject me."Brynn, you can’t stay here sulking; you have to fight; let him know how much you regret everything and how much you love him," I tell myself as I dress up.I wore casual Jean pants and a white long-sleeved V-neck altered top before I packed my hair into a ponytail and just waited. I didn’t know what I was waiting for.Not until I heard the door unclick and saw Alissa standing outside it with an assuring smile but one laced with pity, like she had known what happened, I didn’t care if she pitted me against her as I ran toward her and hugged her; it was nice seeing a familiar face I could talk to. "Alissa, thank goodness you’re here," I muttered as I felt her hold me tighter.She was patient, not moving away from my gaze as I looked up to meet hers. "And how have you been, Brynn?""Not good." I couldn’t