Novel-novel oleh Jane Orwell

Cole's POVApproaching me were my father's soldiers. They surrounded me with all forms of sophisticated weapons. “Look around you, Cole. You are outnumbered. Let the maid go or you'll be shot. It's not just a bullet; it's made with wolf bane. Of course, you know what that means?” One of them issued a warning to me. At the mention of wolfsbane, my nostrils flared up. Surviving the wolf's bane bullet is synonymous with going to the stream with the basket, hoping to fill it with water. The wolf's bane bullet will neutralize my healing process. I would probably not last 10 minutes after being shot. My rage has been tampered with. I already lost the battle even before it started.I narrowed my gaze at my father hoping he would speak in my favor. He glanced sideways and neglected me to my worries. It dawned on me that it was me against the world. “Have you suddenly gone deaf? Let the girl go. She's mine.” A voice commanded me from afar. It sounded familiar, yet I couldn't figure out th

Cole's POV“You mean Lila? Is the one you were referring to?” My father asked me with a bit of disbelief. He wasn't expecting me to make such a selection. “Oh, that's her name? Yes, she's the one. You got a problem with that?” My gaze flickered. I couldn't get my eyes off Lila. I couldn't even glare at my father anymore. Lila mesmerized me with her beauty. Lila wasn't properly dressed, yet I find her captivating. There's some uniqueness about her, I'm yet to decipher. Could her curved shape make her look like the epitome of beauty herself? Or her long black hair and hazel eyes that could make men fight just to have a taste of her? I would have argued if anyone had predicted that my mate would be this casual. Immediately, I stepped inside, and I felt the mate bond. I felt my senses tingling. I felt some butterflies in my belly like a teenager in love. I knew Lila and I were meant to spend the rest of our lives together as one. “You can't have her. She's untouchable. You might

Lila's POVAfter the party, I resumed my cleaning duty the next day. I was exhausted, Jade is making my life hell by giving me plenty of work to do.“You’ve done enough for today, go to your room. I'll find someone else to continue for you.” Holly said and patted my back. I felt so relieved after she dismissed me, I trudged to my room, tired and worn out.I couldn't shake the feeling that I was being followed but I was too exhausted to look back.I entered my room and was about to shut it behind me when it was pushed back.“Hey, girl.” Nolan pushed the door and forced his way in, shutting the door behind him “What do you want?” I asked bluntly.“I saw the way you were staring at me when I just arrived here. You want me.” He declared.“You are mistaken, I don't want you. Please leave, I need to rest.” I jeered. He pushed me on the bed and climbed on top of me, cuffing my hands over my head and tying them.“What are you doing?” I exclaimed, tears forming rapidly behind my eyeballs.I

Lila's POVTwo beautiful women walked in to greet him. And one of them walked towards me.“Hi, I'm Holly, one of Vance's concubines.” Her voice sounded so welcoming and genuine.“I'm Lila. Uhhhh, Vance's new concubine.” I answered with a gloomy look on my face. “C'mon, it's not that bad here.” She comforted me. Maybe I'm too quick to judge, but I can tell she is a good person. I feel safe in her presence.“Lila?” The other woman called me over Vance’s shoulder. I turned to look at her, my heart starting to beat when I saw her face.“Oh no, not again? It's that bitch Jade. I muttered.“You know her?” Vance asked me“Yes, I do. Good to see you again, Jade,” I greeted my high school rival politely. Jade and I studied at the same high school. She hated me and was a constant bully, always looking for ways to publicly humiliate me at every opportunity.“Good to see you too, Lila!” Jade guffawed with fake cheer infused in her voice. I know that antic anywhere, her gestures are fake as fuc

Lila's POVI was forcefully brought back to consciousness when a cold bucket of water was poured on me. Shivering from the cold, I looked around my surroundings and noticed I was locked in a cell in the Nightshade pack’s dungeon.As the memory of what happened last night at the mating ball ceremony came flooding back to me, it brought me to the present reality of my life.The cell was suddenly opened by a fierce-looking guard.“Who are you? Why am I here?” Lila asked. The guard came inside and dragged her out without saying a word. He held her roughly, dragging her with him to wherever he was taking her. Where are you taking me to? Please tell me if my mother is still alive. She begged the guard, but he kept ignoring her as he dragged her along with him, and they suddenly stopped.Lila looked up to see herself in the pack’s new building. Her father just finished the new pack house building project and planned to move in after the mating ball ceremony, before he was killed. Who was t

Lila's POVFrom time to time, I looked from right to left, awaiting the feeling I expected to feel when I met my mate.“I want to meet him, whoever he is.”“That's not possible, She can't be my mate.” I turned around at the sound of Beta Jace's voice as he moved to the center of the hall. The second light was visible on his forehead.My father's beta is my mate, and I didn't suspect all this while. I closed my eyes to see if I would experience a change in my body or hear the voice of my wolf speaking to me, but nothing was happening to my body, and I didn't hear the voice of my wolf.How could this be?I opened my eyes to see the disgusted look on my mate's face as he glared at me with anger in his eyes. I was focused on experiencing the changes I would feel in my body when I met my mate and didn't pay attention to his earlier words.Did he mean it when he made that statement? “I, Beta Jace of the Nightshade pack, reject you, Lila Winters, as my mate. I heard Jace's words of rejecti