Novel-novel oleh Jesse Mgbikeh

When I woke up, he was still deep in sleep, his golden hair was splayed, his chest rising and falling. I didn’t think twice, after I slipped out of the room quietly, I started running, my legs trembling, lungs burning, heart hammering like it would burst. Branches tore at my arms, dirt scraped my feet, but I didn’t stop. All I could think of was putting enough distance between us… Everything inside me still felt shaky, unsteady like something wild had been awakened against my will. My lips were still swollen, my body still burning in embarrassing places, and I didn’t understand… I didn’t understand how I had lost that much control. I traced my way back through, heart pounding every time a breeze carried his scent that was still on my skin, his impossible, overwhelming, addictive scent. I kept shaking my head, trying to clear it. By the time I finally stepped into the house, my legs were numb. I barely even crossed the threshold before a voice exploded. “Where the fuck have

When I woke up, the first thing I did without even thinking was reach out and touch the other side of the bed.Cold. Empty.She wasn’t there.My eyes snapped open. A sharp growl ripped from my throat as I sat up, fists clenching so tightly my knuckles cracked.Where did she run off to?!The audacity.The nerve.Leaving my side after everything… after the bond… after the way she reacted to me.I summoned my beta through the mindlink, and told him to come now.He arrived quickly, stepped into the room and raised an eyebrow.“My king… seems your one true love ran away,” he said, tone annoyingly teasing.I turned slowly, glaring at him with enough fury to level the entire kingdom.“How dare she run away like that?!” I snarled. “Where were you?”Immediately, the playful look vanished from his face. He straightened, voice stiffening.“My king, I thought you wouldn’t want a single disturbance, so I left for a while. I didn’t know she would..”“Enough,” I growled, cutting him off.The bedshee

No one moved. No one dared speak. The gavel fell.Sold to the man in the middle! The guards hauled me forward, their grip tight and unrelenting. Rage and humiliation collided inside me. If I had a wolf… if my powers weren’t suppressed… I could fight them all. I could rip them apart.Outside, he was waiting. His face half-hidden, the shadows accentuating the sharp angles of his jaw and the smirk on his lips. “Interesting,” he said. “Interesting what?!” I snapped, anger flaring. “I’ve told you already! You’ve got the wrong girl! Why wouldn’t you listen?!” His smirk didn’t falter. I could feel the control he had, the quiet power that seemed to radiate from him like heat. And then… suddenly, darkness swallowed me again. When I woke up, I groaned, my head pounding in time with the anger coiling in my chest. The room was unfamiliar, cold, and so silent it pressed down on me. I had lost consciousness twice in one day. Twice. I sat up, dragging my hands over my face, shaking my head in

I went to my special private store room, my hands shaking as I dug through my little wooden box of potions.My long silver hair was so unique, so obvious would give me away instantly when I went out. I couldn’t risk it.I uncorked the small bottle with trembling fingers and drank the hair‑and‑eye changing potion in a single gulp. It burned down my throat, hot and metallic, and within seconds I watched my reflection shift:silver turning into deep, rich purple, and my eyes darkening from blue‑soft to green.I pulled on the plainest clothes I owned, nothing like the elegant dresses Ryan used to force me into.Then I left.I walked far, past the shops I knew, past the familiar paths, past anyone who might recognize me. Finally I reached a small, run‑down clinic. I stepped inside, voice barely steady as I asked the doctor, “C‑could you check me out, please… just basic tests.”Minutes felt like hours. My hands were cold. I couldn’t stop bouncing my leg.Then the doctor walked back in with

I held the little packet of medicine so tightly in my hand that it cut into my palm, but I didn’t loosen my grip. I couldn’t after the struggle it took to even get them. The doctor had warned me again that Aria’s lungs were weakening, that her fevers were worsening, that we were running out of options. I pushed through the cold night air, my steps slow, heavy… like each one was dragging a piece of me along the dirt path. I was tired. Gods, I was so fucking tired. My body felt wrong, it was all weak, sluggish, like my veins were moving sludge instead of blood. But I forced myself forward because my little sister needed me.Aria always needed me.And I always showed up for her. Always.By the time I reached home, my breath was unsteady, my fingers numb around the herbs. My only thought was getting to her room, giving her the medicine, brushing her hair back like I always did, telling her everything would be okay..I headed straight for Aria’s room, every instinct set on making her