Novels by Cynthia Robert

Delilah's POV The pounding on the door got louder and more aggressive."Open this door or we break it down!"Mom shoved me into my room and started throwing clothes into a bag. Her hands shook but she moved fast, grabbing anything within reach including my favorite books, the quilt my grandmother made, and photos of Dad."Change out of that dress," she ordered. "Put on jeans and a sweater, something you can travel in."I stood there frozen, still unable to process what was happening. The rejection, Sarah, Jaxon's hands on her, the bond ripping apart, and now warriors at our door ready to drag us out and whip us for daring to exist."Delilah!" Mom grabbed my shoulders and shook me hard. "I know you're hurting and I know this is terrible, but if we don't leave right now, they will hurt us worse. Do you understand me?"I nodded numbly and started pulling off the filthy white dress. My hands fumbled with the buttons and everything felt distant and unreal, like I was watching myself from

Delilah's POV Alpha Sterling's voice boomed across the ceremonial grounds. "My son will not bind himself to the daughter of a faithless whore who dishonored her mate's memory."The world tilted and I looked at Jaxon, waiting for him to defend me. To fight for us the way he promised this morning when his fingers were inside me and he swore I was his forever.He finally looked at me with ice blue eyes that were cold and empty."Jaxon Sterling, do you accept this female as your mate?""No." His voice was flat. "I, Jaxon Sterling, reject Delilah Calloway as my mate and sever our bond before the Moon Goddess and this pack."The pain dropped me to my knees. The mate bond that had glowed warm inside me for two years suddenly ripped apart and it felt like someone tore out my still-beating heart. The white dress pooled around me in the dirt as I screamed. Storm howled in pure agony inside my head and her pain mixed with mine until I couldn't tell where hers ended and mine began.The pack erup

Delilah's POV She grabbed my hair and slammed my head against the wall. Pain exploded through my skull. Before I could recover, Michelle punched me in the stomach and I doubled over gasping for air."You think you can touch me?" Sarah yanked my hair harder, forcing my head back. "You're nothing. Your mother is nothing. Just trash that should have been thrown out years ago."Another girl kicked my legs out from under me. I fell hard on the tile floor and Sarah didn't let go of my hair. I felt strands ripping from my scalp."This is what happens when you forget your place," Sarah hissed as she slammed my head against the floor. Stars exploded across my vision. "You're beneath us. Your whore mother is beneath us. You don't deserve to be in this pack."Michelle kicked me in the ribs. I heard something crack and pain shot through my side. I tried to curl into a ball but Sarah still had my hair."Maybe if we beat some sense into you, you'll finally leave," one of the other girls said. She

Delilah's POV "After graduation, you're mine. Publicly. No more hiding."Jaxon's lips brushed against my neck as he whispered the promise. We were tucked behind the library in our usual spot where no one could see us. His hand slid under my shirt, fingers tracing patterns on my bare skin that made me shiver."You promise?" I breathed out. "After three years of this, you'll really claim me in front of everyone?""I swear it." His ice blue eyes locked onto mine. "Three more days until graduation. Then I become Alpha and no one will ever hurt you again. You'll be my Luna and they'll have to respect you."I wanted to believe him so badly it hurt. For three years at Riverbend University, I endured hell. Male wolves grabbed my ass in hallways and called me easy. Female wolves spread rumors that I slept with professors for grades. They called me whore's daughter every single day because Mom dared to date again five years after Dad died.But Jaxon made it bearable. My fated mate, the future