Corrupt Temptation
Sloan Vale isn’t just a billionaire—he’s a king in a world built on whispered names, silk-bound power, and decadent sin. By day, he’s untouchable. Polished. Controlled. But by night, he rules The Crimson Order, a secret society where the elite indulge their darkest desires and make deals sealed with blood and pleasure.
He’s never had a reason to break his own rules. Until her.
Ivy Sinclair is a broke, brilliant art student just trying to survive. When she delivers a painting to an exclusive event, she stumbles into a hidden world she was never meant to see. Sloan’s world. The moment he lays eyes on her, he knows she doesn’t belong. Too innocent. Too pure. Too tempting.
She should have run. He should have let her.
But instead, he offers her a choice: walk away and forget what she saw… or surrender to him and learn just how deep the rabbit hole goes.
Ivy agrees but she’s not as innocent as she seems. As Sloan draws her deeper into his dangerous orbit, he finds himself addicted to her softness, her fire, her secrets. She awakens something in him that’s been dormant far too long. Obsession. Protection. Lust.
But Ivy didn’t stumble into his world by accident. She’s running from something darker. Something deadly. And when her past collides with his empire, both of them will have to decide what’s worth more: power or passion. Vengeance or love.
In a world where everything comes with a price… will she be his salvation, or his ultimate ruin?
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Chapter: CHAPTER 154: The broken OrderAuthor's pov.Willa's throat broke open in a raw piercing cry the moment she saw Ivy. A frail confused woman she staggered forward and threw herself into her sisters wide arms. “Ivy!” In a maze of limbs and tears the sisters held on to one another in the middle of the grand hallway. Willa was hit by a wave of reality as Ivy's arms encircled her slender body. It wasnt a dream. Solid and breathing against her Willa was alive. Ivy burrowed her face in her sisters dusty hair and cried “Willa… oh my God Willa. It's you... I thought I wouldn't see you ever again.”Willa's body was shaking uncontrollably and her voice was a choked whisper. “All night long I ran. I just kept running without knowing where I was going. I could hear them talking while they held me in a cellar. Their purpose was to be used against you.”A fierce protective instinct took precedence over all other considerations and Ivy held her closer. “Willa it's over now. You're all right. We're safe.”There was a quiet symp
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Chapter: CHAPTER 153: The DismantlingAuthor's pov Ever since Sophia's desperate search for Sloan a subdued anticipation and an odd silence had hung over the mansions great halls. Victor showed up on schedule his demeanor a façade of composed professionalism. Sloan had called him sharply and asked for an urgent meeting Victor's mind was buzzing with all the possible outcomes. He walked into the foyer with a relaxed self-assured smile prepared to talk about whatever urgent issue had come up. Sloan was waiting for him with his arms folded across his chest and a somber expression. There was no small talk or the customary cordial greeting. There was an unspoken tension in the air right away. They were speaking in a low voice that was barely audible in the hall when the sound of heavy deliberate footsteps on the marble floor abruptly broke the silence. A group of police officers filed into the mansion their presence a startling intrusion in the opulent setting. Victor's assured grin wavered. His gaze flitted to Sloan a qu
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Chapter: CHAPTER 152: The Garden SerpentAuthor's pov Sophia smiled as she walked with a light assured gait. She had awoken from a particularly restless night with a renewed sense of purpose and energy. The early morning light coming through the mansions windows felt like a new beginning and a sign that things would get better today. Ivette's room was where she was going. She wanted to see her before they were overwhelmed by the tasks of the day and more importantly to find out where Ivette had gone the previous evening. Sophia was acutely aware of the minute changes occurring in the mansion and Ivette's abrupt late-night departure had been a noticeable shock. After reaching Ivette's door she was ready to knock when she heard a low agitated voice coming from inside. It was from Ivette.The voice was more piercing tinged with a desperate rage Sophia had hardly ever seen. Curiosity held her back a strong and perilous force. She hesitated and pressed her ear against the cool doors wood. “Don’t blame me Victor! I followed yo
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Chapter: CHAPTER 151: The Bitter Taste of FailureIVETTEWith a chilly smile on my lips I entered the mansion through the hefty front doors. Inside the atmosphere felt different heavier and burdened by the weight of unspoken sorrow. It was the ambiance I had meticulously planned and was anticipating. My mind had been replaying the scene all morning: the desperate muttering the womans agonized cries, the abrupt tragic silence and finally the solemn procession of bereaved family members and distraught employee's. It was a bitterly perfect triumph. I had had the perfect plan. This powerful odorless liquid which I obtained from a contact was the result of days of painstaking preparation. There were only a few drops of this supplement added Ivy's meal.It was a slow-acting poison designed to resemble an unexpected sickness a terrible fever that would eat away at her from the inside out. It was intended to gradually kill her while removing the baby and erasing any evidence of my involvement. I had visualized her, her glowing beauty wani
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Chapter: CHAPTER 150: The Great EscapeWILLA.The silence of my room was a canvas for every sound I could hear—the distant creak of a pipe, the soft hum of electricity, the rhythmic pounding of my own heart. I lay on the thin mattress, my body a coiled spring of tension, waiting. Victor's words echoed in my mind, a careless whisper that was now my only hope"Don't lock her in. I don't want her scared." I knew it was a lie, a cheap trick to make me feel safe, but it was a lie I was going to use against him. I waited until the footsteps of the guards had faded completely, until there was nothing but a deafening, oppressive quiet.I crept off the bed, my bare feet landing silently on the cold concrete floor. The darkness was absolute, a heavy blanket that hid my movements. I made my way to the door, my fingers finding the cool metal of the handle. I turned it slowly, the click of the latch an explosion of sound in the silence. I held my breath, waiting. No one came. No one shouted. With a trembling hand, I pushed the door o
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Chapter: CHAPTER 149: The Iron Bars of DoubtWILLA.The tour of the "grand facility" was a chilling procession through a house of horrors disguised as a school. I walked through cold, echoing hallways, past doors that were either locked or ajar, revealing young people who looked more like ghosts than students. The grim reality of the place, with its stained walls and flickering lights, was a sharp contrast to the silky promises of Victor and Ivette.Finally, a guard led me to a small, nondescript door and pushed it open. "This is your room," he grunted, his face a hard mask. "It's a five-to-one, but you'll be getting it all to yourself, for now."I stepped inside and my heart sank. It was a concrete box. The room was small, with a single, small window high on one wall. A narrow bed with a thin mattress was pushed against the opposite wall. The floor was bare, a cold slab of cement, and the air was thick with the smell of mold and old fear. The guard left without another word, the heavy metal door clicking shut behind him with
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The Lycan King's Forbidden Mate
"Touch her, and I'll rip your throat out with my bare hands."
For centuries, King Valerian Goremane has ruled the Shadowpeak Territories with brutal efficiency, his heart as frozen as the northern wastelands he conquered. The most powerful Lycan in existence, he's never bowed to anyone, until the night he catches her scent.
Aria Thorne isn't supposed to exist. Born human in a world ruled by wolves, marked with a strange silver birthmark she's hidden her entire life, she's survived by staying invisible. But when she accidentally crosses into Shadowpeak during a desperate escape from her abusive stepfather, everything changes.
Valerian knows instantly, she's his. His fated mate. The one weakness he swore never to have.
But there's a problem. An ancient prophecy declares that the king's true mate will either be his salvation or his complete destruction. The same prophecy that caused Valerian to reject and exile his first mate twenty years ago, a decision that cursed him with a beast he can barely control.
Now, with Aria's life hanging in the balance, enemies closing in from every direction, and his own pack questioning his sanity, Valerian faces an impossible choice: claim the woman fate has given him and risk everything he's built, or let her go and lose the only person who's ever made him feel human.
Aria refuses to be owned. Valerian refuses to be denied. And the prophecy? It's only just beginning to unfold.
In a kingdom ruled by blood and power, can love survive the beast within... or will it awaken something far more dangerous than either of them could imagine?
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Chapter: Chapter 49: Scars and SecretsPOV: AriaAfter the corrupted rogue dies, Zora examines my wound.Claws tore through my arm. Deep gashes. Burning from blood magic."This will scar.""Add it to the collection."She looks at me differently. Head tilting. Eyes narrowing."You have scars?""Doesn't everyone?"I remove my cloak. Show my arms in firelight.Years of William's abuse visible. Cigarette burns. Belt marks. Knife cuts.Some faded. Some still angry and red.Zora's face shifts. Something crossing her features I can't name.She removes her shirt. Turns.Her back covered in scars. Whip marks. Claw marks. Worse things I can't identify."Your father?" I guess."My Alpha father. Training." Her voice flat.We're both survivors.We sit by fire. Clothed again. Passing water skin between us.She talks. I listen."Valerian and I were close as children.""I heard.""Inseparable. Then our father started 'training' him. Breaking him." Her hands clench. "I tried to stop it.""What happened?""Father turned on me too. Said I wa
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Chapter: Chapter 48: The JourneyPOV: ValerianDawn breaks cold and grey.Aria dressed for travel. No armor—Bane said unarmed. Just cloak and determination.Warriors gathered to see her off. Silent. Respectful. Eyes wide.She stands before me. Chin lifted. But hands trembling."Two days. That's all.""Feels like forever."I kiss her. Crushing her to me. Hands in her hair. Like I'll never let go. Memorizing her taste. Her scent. The way she fits against me.Through the bond—ice creeping through both of us. Her chest tight. Mine tighter."Come back to me.""Always."She mounts the horse. One last look back.Silver eyes meeting my gold.Then: riding north.I watch until she's gone. Until not even dust remains.Feeling piece of my soul rip away with her.Through the bond—the connection stretching. My chest aching. Physical distance made real.Rykker's hand on my shoulder."She'll survive.""She has to."We leave tonight.But today: preparation.One hundred thirty-three warriors ready to march. Checking weapons. Armor. Su
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Chapter: Chapter 47: The ArgumentPOV: AriaBack at camp. Messenger gone.Valerian pacing. Back and forth. Like caged animal.Warriors backing away. Eyes averted. Giving us wide berth."You're not going.""Yes, I am.""Aria—""Those warriors are captive because of me.""They're captive because of BANE."My hands clench. "Because he wants ME. Same thing.""It's not!" His voice rising now.Mine rising to match. "If I go, you die!""If I don't, they die!""Better them than you!"Shocked silence.Did he just—"You don't mean that."His face twisted. Eyes closing. Jaw clenching.He does."I mean it." His voice rough. Raw. "I'd sacrifice a hundred warriors before I'd lose you."Through the bond—ice flooding my veins. His chest crushing. Can't breathe. Drowning in the sensation.Lost Saskia to his own choices. Can't lose me too. Would burn the world before letting that happen."Valerian, I understand—""No, you don't." He stops pacing. Faces me. "You didn't watch your first mate die because of your cowardice."First time he'
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Chapter: Chapter 46: The Tide TurnsPOV: ValerianI watch reinforcements descend the ridge.Torches illuminating the darkness. Hundreds of them.Like stars falling to earth.Our exhausted warriors stir. Heads lifting. Spines straightening. Breathing deepens.Through the bond—her tension releasing. Then uncertainty flooding through. Questions forming."Who are they?" Her hand finds mine."Everyone who owes me a favor." I squeeze back. "And some who don't."The wolves reach the base of the ridge. Moving toward Thornwood in organized columns.Leading them—a massive grey wolf. Older. Scarred. Standing tall. Warriors around him deferring. Moving with authority.Alpha Theron of Moonhaven.Two hundred Moonhaven warriors behind him.But he's not alone.Smaller packs joining. Eastern Reaches—eighty wolves. Southern Packs—one hundred twenty.Four hundred fresh warriors total.Our one hundred seventy-three plus their four hundred.Five hundred seventy-three.Against Bane's six hundred.Nearly even now.The grey wolf reaches the gr
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Chapter: Chapter 45: Earth's AnswerPOV: AriaDarkness.Not death. Something else.Awareness without body. Floating in green-gold light.Warm. Safe. Ancient.The grove.Not sentient exactly. But aware. Vast consciousness spread through roots and earth.Remembering.When Celestial Wolves walked freely. When they were guardians of sacred places.I see through the grove's memory.Celestial Wolves. Dozens of them. Silver and white. Glowing like stars.Protecting groves across the world. Balance keepers between human, wolf, witch, vampire.Until the war.Until they were hunted.Until they died out.The grove recognizing me now.Not words. Feelings flooding through the connection.Child of the First Ones.Guardian blood.Welcome home.Acceptance. Protection. Belonging.Green-gold light pouring into me. Different from my Celestial power.Earth magic. Old. Slow. Deep.Not fast healing. Thorough.Repairing damage I didn't know I had. Exhaustion from overuse. Internal wounds from power burn. Even traces of wolfsbane poisoning fro
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Chapter: Chapter 44: Blood MagicPOV: Valerian"THEY'RE ENHANCED!"Aria's scream through the bond hits like a blade between ribs.I see it instantly.Enhanced rogue tearing through two of my warriors. Too fast. Too strong.Its eyes pure black. Blood magic visible like oil on its fur.Another crashes into Zora's line. She barely dodges. Her claws rake its side—the wound closes. In seconds. Her claws did nothing. He enhanced them somehow.My chest tightens.We can't win this."VALERIAN!" Rykker's howl. He's cornered by three enhanced rogues.I'm there. Jaws closing on the nearest throat. But it barely slows. Throws me off with strength no normal wolf should have.Around me—warriors falling. Screaming. Dying faster than before.Aria's silver light blazes. Burning through enhanced rogues. It works. Barely. Some of her power just slides off them like water on oiled fur.The sacred wards of Thornwood are helping. But not enough.We need stronger ground.Center of Thornwood. The sacred grove.Ancient magic strongest there.
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