Chapter: 32 - SlumberMelissa’s POV“What’s going on?” Dylan has skipped all the formality when she arrives at the hospital and sees me standing alone. She immediately takes off her jacket and wraps it around my body, giving me a spare helmet. I put it on and get on the motorcycle, ready to leave.But she won’t let me. “Look, you can’t ask me to pick you up from the hospital and say nothing. You look like death. Is it that bitch Eleanor again? Or that bigger bitch Andrew?”“No, I just went in because I wasn’t feeling well,” I mutter. “Today is the day I’m supposed to find a final resting place for Allie, and I can’t do it alone. I need you.”“Then I’ll be there.” Dylan’s voice has softened. “I’m sorry. Let’s go and do that, okay? Everything will be alright.”I nod, and it’s the only thing I can do to stop myself from crying. I’m shaken. Throughout the ride to the memorial park, I tremble, thinking of the comments that Eleanor said offhand about Allie.I have a strong feeling that she knows, but I just hav
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Chapter: 31 - MysteryMelissa’s POVThe dark satisfaction that floods into my body watching the red splotch on Eleanor’s cheek grow and spread, copying the exact mark of my hand. I step back, watching her gasp and clutch her cheek. “Andrew will know about this,” Eleanor says in a low voice. She’s rubbing her cheek hard, which I assume is to leave a redder mark for Andrew to see. “As soon as he comes here—”“You taunt me about being alone when all along Andrew isn’t here for you either,” I interrupt. “At least I know he’s not here for me because we’re divorcing. What about you?”She lets out an unhinged laugh. “He might not be here now, but he will be here soon. I already called him, and he will find out what you did!”“I told you to stay away from me. You don’t listen, you get slapped. That’s just how it works. I warned you. Keep my daughter’s name and anything about her out of your mouth.”“You bitch,” she hisses under her breath. “He will never tolerate this from you!”“By all means, tell him,” I say d
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Chapter: 30 - SickMelissa’s POVI look around for help. The last thing I want is for the two men to square off. I find Eleanor standing by the closest table, her face dark with rage. I can basically feel her jealousy all the way to the door.I know it’s just a matter of time before she shifts the attention back to herself.Just like clockwork, Eleanor walks up to Andrew, but not before faking a limp. She puts her hand on her chest, her face contorted in fake pain. “Andrew, I don’t feel so well….”Andrew turns around, and Eleanor collapses on cue. He lets me go with a slight push, rushing towards Eleanor to prop her up in his arms. His face is slack with worry, and immediately he forgets all about me. “Move out of the way, I’m taking her to the hospital!"Andrew moves quickly. He scoops up Eleanor in his arms and gets up. For some reason, he lingers by the door, looking at me and Zane, but in the end he just leaves.I heave a sigh of relief, but my chest is still tight. I sit down at the waiting benche
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Chapter: 29 - InterruptionMelissa’s POVIt’s a struggle, trying to think of where to take a rich man to dinner when I only have my credit card. But I manage to take Zane to a pretty upscale Japanese restaurant in the hotel, which he seems happy about.“I haven’t dined here before,” he admits. “I only flew in from Paris a week ago.”“So you live there?”“For the past three years, yes.” Zane smiles and nods at the waiter who brings in our sushi. “But before that, I was here in New York. That’s how we met.”“So you’re really going to keep that mystery going, huh?” I say, laughing as we’re about to sample our food.Zane and I keep talking, but as we do so, I start to feel a little stirring at the side of my head. The migraines have been happening pretty often, so I figured out a way to deal with them: taking aspirin before they get too bad. I excuse myself to go to the bathroom, popping two aspirin pills and drinking some water. I stare at myself in the mirror, noting how gaunt I look. “It’s alright,” I whisper
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Chapter: 28 - Dinner DateMelissa’s POVSo Andrew rigged the game for his precious little Eleanor.Bitterness blooms in my chest. I know that I shouldn’t feel this way, but right now I just can’t help it. I can’t believe that Andrew would go out of his way to win this whole thing for her.Does he know that I would use the money for our divorce? Is that why he blocked my way to the finish line? Or is he just setting Eleanor up in a good position to marry, to be approved by his grandfather once we’re officially separated?The truth is, I have no clue. None of those options make sense considering he doesn’t want to divorce me.Or at least, that’s what he says.“I’m going to leave now,” I tell Yolanda as the ceremony ends and everyone is slowly filing out. “Thank you, Yolanda. Thank you for everything you did to give me an opportunity.”Yolanda hugs me and kisses my cheek. “Melissa, you of all people deserve to have your work shown to the world. I can’t wait for everything you’re about to put out.”I smile, holdin
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Chapter: 27 - Cheater Third Person POVMelissa is stunned. For a moment she can’t speak. But Zane smiles down at her and her surprise melted into pure gratitude. She looks at Yolanda, who gives her a very subtle wink. Melissa can’t help but smile, knowing that this is what Yolanda fought for. Thanks to her, there’s a second prize to be won.A prize that just might be bigger than the first prize.Melissa’s joy is heavily contrasted by the sour face of Eleanor. The mechanics of the contest clearly stated that there would only be one winner. Why is she sharing the stage with Melissa now? Not only that, but why does it seem like Eleanor got the shorter end of the stick?“I thought only the real winner would be able to get a contract to work for a fashion house,” Eleanor says to Andrew, unable to hide her displeasure. “Do you think there might be some kind of foul play here? Honey?”She nudges Andrew, but he’s not paying attention to her. “Andrew?” she says again, but Andrew doesn’t even blink.Did he hear he
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His Regret: The Alpha King Wants Me Now
“You rejected me,” I spit out, pushing his hands off me. “You humiliated me. You said you already loved someone else. So why are you doing this to me now?”
Fire dances in his eyes. “That wasn’t love. What I feel for you now is love.”
“And why do you think I can still love you after all that?”
“Because I’ll earn it,” he growls, towering over me, cornering me against the wall. He pins me flat with his body, letting me feel his raging hardness. “Day by day, little by little. I’m going to make you love me.”
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Monica Redding works in the world of passion, but she’s never known true desire until she was being actively pursued by someone she doesn’t know. From leaving cryptic messages to elaborate gifts, her admirer elevated his game to manipulating her life… and killing anyone who dared to hurt her.
Cornered, she has no choice but to face him.
Only to find out that it’s the man who rejected her a long time ago.
None other than the Alpha King.
Monica is the Alpha King’s regret… and now, his obsession.
And he will stop at nothing to take her back.
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Chapter: One Hundred Thirty-FourROMAN.It’s been horrible enough being stuck there wrapped in vines next to a dead body, and but it proves to be a better option than seeing the woman you love bleeding because she helped you, at the risk of your children.And as though things can’t get any worse, Monica takes one look at me and passes out in my arms.The next events are a blur after that. We all take her back to the infirmary this time, under the strict care of August. All the nurses are scrambling around her, and I just stand uselessly at the side, watching them do all the work.All I can think about is Monica and our baby. And how fucking stupid I am for putting them in that situation.I know why August called her. Because when he tried to take off the vines himself, they wouldn’t come off. They cut into my flesh and even now that the wounds healed, I can still feel the ghost of them digging into my skin, filling me with the strange sensation they did before. That thirst, that need to consume something….“Roman.”M
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Chapter: One Hundred Thirty-ThreeMONICA."What?" I splutter.Even as August just said that, I can't help but think back to what I saw when I thought I entered the portal. The world turning black, the vines twisting on the ground like a bunch of black snakes....How did they manage to get to the real world like that?"Let's go," I say, pushing past him and walking out into the hallway before anyone can stop me."Monica!" Mom calls out after me. I can hear her footsteps behind me, getting faster and faster as I descend the steps. "Monica, you have to think about the baby.""I am trying to think about the baby, and I can't do that if I'm just going to sit still while something happens to the father," I snap, pushing past the guards who are trying to block me. "Get out of my way!""Why did you have to tell her?" Mom demands at August behind me. "You know that she shouldn't be involved in things like this! What would Roman say?"August doesn't say anything. I know that August is smart enough to know that Roman wouldn't be
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Chapter: One Hundred Thirty-TwoMONICA.My dreams are fragmented. Spliced into so many pieces that it doesn’t feel like a dream. I’m being constantly thrown from one image to another, shifting so fast that I can’t understand anything.At first, I see the portal. Then, the man who spoke to me. I see the silver wolves, the vines, and Roman’s face… until it morphs to Janus’s face.We’re once again back in the room with him in that robe, his mask lying on the mattress. Larissa’s body is on the floor, slowly oozing blood. He’s staring at it, then he turns to me.“It’s a shame, isn’t it?” He lets out a dry laugh and shakes his head. “All that death, all that carnage… and for what? For you to be back where you started? The wife of a man who never really achieved anything. A Queen for a man who does not deserve to be called a King.”“Yeah, and you think you deserve it, right?” I ask him, my voice strangely echoing in the walls. “You think you’re just the man for the throne.”Janus touches the mask next to him. “I do. I thin
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Chapter: One Hundred Thirty-OneROMAN.“I have no clue what you mean,” I say, starting to get a little annoyed. “Can you just promise me that you won’t wander around and make us worry like that? Especially Monica. She’s pregnant.”“I know that,” she says with a sigh. “I just wanted to let you know. It’s dangerous out there. Something else is among us.”I want to believe her. I know that she won’t come to me if she didn’t feel like this was right, but I can’t help but doubt her. Maybe it’s just my need to have everything stay in this perfectly danger-free state. I’m going to have a child and I want everything to be safe.But with that in mind, it would just make sense for me to see this through.If I prove that something is up, then I can get to the bottom of it.If I prove that nothing is going on, then I can focus on keeping Katherine and the Creatures away from the woods and distanced from trouble.“Take me back to the portal where you saw this place,” I say. “You and me alone. Don’t take the others with you.”The
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Chapter: One Hundred ThirtyMONICA.I back off, shaking my head. The man just stares at me looking amused.Technically there’s nothing wrong with the whatever’s happening around me right now. He’s not hurting me. I mean, this whole thing might not even be real. This could be something that my mind just made up. I know for a fact that a place like this doesn’t exist in the world or in Terra Lycaon. This could just be entirely my imagination.But why does it feel real?And why does he sound so convincing?“No,” I manage to say, but even then my tongue feels thick. Maybe too big in my mouth. “I need to leave, and you will show me the way out. I want none of this bullshit.”The man smiles wider. “Why do you wish for a way out? This place is yours.”“What does that even mean?” I’m getting angry, but at the same time, his gaze is making me nervous. “Let me leave!”It’s not going to work on him. I can scream here all day and he won’t budge. I just need to find my own way out.I turn around and run as fast as I can, cro
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Chapter: One Hundred Twenty-NineMONICA.The rational voice inside my head—the one that's melded with my wolf spirit—is telling me to back off and never come back.But a different voice is telling me to come closer.And the second voice is what's strong."You can't go in there," my wolf spirit tells me firmly, but the second voice comes in swiftly."You should go in there," it tells me in the form of smooth, deep male voice. The strange thing is that it sounds familiar and not at the same time. At first, it even sounds like Roman. “Don’t you want to see what happened to your mother? I thought you were out here looking for them.”“Monica,” the first voice says, now almost fading into the background. “Walk away from the portal while you still can.”It makes sense, because when I look at the portal, all I see is… an invitation. I don’t know what about the dark stone and the thorns around it is welcoming me, but it just feels like there might be something worthwhile on the other side. Is this just my brain trying to come
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