Novel-novel oleh Quill-Shadow

“You should hate me,” He said softly, his cold gaze searching her warm eyes. She just looked up at him, a tired smile on her face. “I'm done. I don't have the strength to hate anyone anymore.” “Then you'll learn,” He murmured. “I'm not the kind of man you survive loving.” ****** Yara is born without a wolfㅡ an outcast to her own pack. Betrayed by her own family, she is banished and falls into the arms of the one man she's never supposed to meet. The lycan king. The one who everyone fears. She's his second chance. He's her last. But fate has a cruel way of playing and the stakes begin to get higher. Will they prevail? Or will the truth tear them apart before they can?

​For five years, Nerissa Vane was the perfect, silent wife to Lysander Blackwood. She endured his coldness, his family’s disdain, and the humiliation of taking birth control every night to ensure she didn't "trap" a man who hated her. She was the woman who secretly saved his family from ruin, yet he saw her as nothing more than a desperate social climber. ​When Lysander’s first love returns and falls pregnant, the mask finally slips. Lysander doesn't hate children—he only hates the idea of having them with Nerissa. After a tragic accident where Lysander leaves a bleeding, pregnant Nerissa behind to save his mistress, Nerissa realizes that love cannot be begged for. ​She leaves behind a wedding ring, a positive ultrasound, and the truth about the debt he can never repay. By the time Lysander realizes he chased away the only woman who truly loved him, the "placeholder wife" is gone, and the powerful Vane Heiress has risen in her place. He wants her back, but this time, Nerissa isn't playing by his rules.

Fünf Jahre lang war Nerissa Vane die perfekte, stille Ehefrau von Lysander Blackwood. Sie ertrug seine Kälte, die Verachtung seiner Familie und die Demütigung, jeden Abend die Antibabypille zu nehmen, damit sie keinen Mann „in die Falle lockte", der sie hasste. Sie war die Frau, die seine Familie heimlich vor dem Ruin gerettet hatte, doch er sah in ihr nichts weiter als eine verzweifelte Aufsteigerin. Als Lysanders erste Liebe zurückkehrt und schwanger wird, fällt endlich die Maske. Lysander hasst keine Kinder, er hasst nur die Vorstellung, sie mit Nerissa zu haben. Nach einem tragischen Unfall, bei dem Lysander die blutende, schwangere Nerissa zurücklässt, um seine Geliebte zu retten, erkennt Nerissa, dass man um Liebe nicht betteln kann. Sie hinterlässt einen Ehering, einen positiven Ultraschall und die Wahrheit über die Schuld, die er niemals zurückzahlen kann. Als Lysander begreift, dass er die einzige Frau vertrieben hat, die ihn wirklich geliebt hat, ist die „Platzhalter-Ehefrau" verschwunden, und die mächtige Vane-Erbin ist an ihre Stelle getreten. Er will sie zurück, doch diesmal spielt Nerissa nicht nach seinen Regeln.

I trusted my husband with everything. My heart, my father's company and even my life. But he took all three. Julian married me to steal my father's empire. He smiled at me across our wedding table while secretly loving my stepsister. And when I had served my purpose, when I was no longer useful. He had me drugged, chained to a chair, and burned alive. Then I woke up. Back in my wedding dress and back in that dressing room. Two hours before I walk down the aisle and hand my life to a man I now know will destroy it. Not this time. I grabbed a pair of scissors, cut off my dress, climbed out the window, and went straight to the one man Julian feared most. Lucius Thorne. Cold, brilliant, and the most dangerous billionaire in the city. I threw myself in front of his car and offered him a deal. But he did not want my money, he wanted me. Good. Because I wanted his power and I planned to use every piece of it to take Julian apart before he ever got the chance to touch me again. I died once. But I came back to make them regret it.

"Tu devrais me haïr," dit-il doucement, son regard froid cherchant ses yeux chaleureux. Elle leva simplement les yeux vers lui, un sourire fatigué sur le visage. "J'en ai fini. Je n'ai plus la force de haïr qui que ce soit." "Alors tu apprendras," murmura-t-il. "Je ne suis pas le genre d'homme qu'on survit à aimer." Yara est née sans loup — une paria au sein de sa propre meute. Trahie par sa propre famille, elle est bannie et tombe dans les bras de l'unique homme qu'elle n'était jamais censée rencontrer. Le roi lycan. Celui que tout le monde craint. Elle est sa seconde chance. Il est sa dernière. Mais le destin a une façon cruelle de jouer, et les enjeux ne cessent de grimper. Vont-ils triompher ? Ou la vérité les déchirera-t-elle avant qu'ils ne puissent y parvenir ?