Kill Me Alpha, Before I Do (Beast Of Flames Book 1)
"You kill so wonderfully well, little Raven," he murmured, his voice incredibly smooth, "but you did a terrible job hiding yourself. That beautiful scent of yours... wood, jasmine, and blood. It's unmistakable."
Thirteen years ago, ten-year-old Romy Hawthorne hid in the vineyard and watched the Supreme Alpha, Rowan Ashwing-Kael Vexley, pull a bloodied blade from her sister’s chest as her home burned.
Now, Romy is "Viper"—a lethal, wolf-less assassin.
When a twenty-million-dollar bounty drops on the man known as the Beast of Flames, she eagerly takes the job. Her mission: infiltrate his territory, plunge a silver knife into his heart, and avenge her family.
But her target is a dangerously powerful Fire Lord who has spent the last decade hunting the real syndicate that murdered his fiancée. When Romy breaks into his stronghold, he doesn't find a victim, he finds the surviving little sister of the woman he lost.
And to their absolute horror, she is his fated mate.
Bound by an agonizing supernatural tether where every ounce of physical pain she inflicts on him is violently mirrored in her own body, Romy is completely trapped. With enemies closing in, she must make a choice: Will she fulfill her lifelong vow and kill the monster who ruined her life? Or will she surrender to the intoxicating fire of the Alpha who would burn the world down to keep her safe?
#Enemies to Lovers #Fated Mates #Assassin/Alpha #Touch Her and Die #Revenge #Forced Proximity, #Misunderstanding #Hidden Identity #Steamy.
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Chapter: Chapter 141Romy povThe wind howling off the Stormveil cliffs tasted of oncoming snow and ozone, whipping the hem of my emerald-green gown against my boots as I stood near the edge of the ancient stone altar. From this height, the entire valley was laid out like a massive, jagged chessboard of gray limestone and dark pine forests, with the winding ribbon of the gully road disappearing into the northern mist. Below us, the estate was a hive of controlled, intense activity; vanguard soldiers were moving crates of ammunition, reinforcing the courtyard walls, and running tactical diagnostics on the perimeter sensors. But on the high cliffside pavilion, a different kind of preparation was underway–one that looked like a celebration, but felt entirely like a trap. "The dress is too light for this weather, Romy," Rowan’s deep voice rumbled behind me, cutting through the rush of the wind as he stepped onto the stone platform, his heavy hand coming down to rest on the small of my back. He had disca
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Chapter: Chapter 140Rowan's POVThe basement vault doors had barely finished sealing shut when the metal staircase leading down from the main garage level shook beneath the weight of approaching footsteps.I knew who it was before they appeared.The scent of wet mountain air reached me first. Cold rain. Diesel fuel. The sharp trace of iron and oil that clung to the heavy canvas jackets of men who had spent hours outside in the storm.Zaric and Maddox. They came through the doorway moments later, both carrying the exhaustion of the southern ridge on their faces. Their boots left streaks of mud across the concrete floor as they moved toward the iron table where Aaron's ancient Hunter records were still spread open.Zaric did not waste time explaining himself. He dropped a mud-covered satellite terminal beside the old leather cylinders, the impact making the parchment edges shift beneath the sudden weight.“We have a problem.” His voice w
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Chapter: Chapter 139RomyThe vault had never felt so small.The stone walls that had protected generations of Stormveil leaders now seemed to close around us, trapping the weight of thirteen years of unanswered questions inside the cold air. The smell of old parchment, iron, and the faint copper scent of preserved records filled my lungs as Aaron kept his finger pressed against the ancient Hunter codex.I stared at the pages in front of me.For most of my life, the night my family died existed only as pieces–a flash of orange light through the nursery window, and the sound of wood collapsing somewhere above me, my sister’s hands shaking as she covered my mouth before I could scream.I had spent thirteen years trying to put those pieces together. I had convinced myself that there had been a reason. A war. A territory dispute. A power struggle between families that ended with my family's blood spilled on the ground. But the pages sitting in front of me made everything worse, because there was nothing simp
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Chapter: Chapter 138Rowan's POVThe last notes of the cello were still hanging inside the glass conservatory when the oak doors opened behind us.I did not turn immediately.For a few more seconds, I kept my hand around Romy's waist and let the waltz finish. Her green dress brushed against my boots as we moved through the final steps, the morning light spilling through the glass roof and catching the red strands of her hair where they rested against my shoulder.It was the first peaceful morning we'd had since the timber mill–the first time I could hold her without wondering if an alarm would sound, a message would arrive, or someone would try to take her from me again.Then I heard footsteps–not the careful steps of servants, not the quiet movement of guards.Heavy. Urgent.Aaron.I turned my head slightly, my chin still resting against Romy's hair.He stood in the doorway with a leather document cylinder tucked beneath his arm. His face had lost all color, his expression carrying the kind of tension th
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Chapter: Chapter 137Romy's POVThe cedar wardrobe doors creaked slightly when I pulled them open with my right hand, my eyes moving over the rows of dark leather tunics and heavy trousers that filled most of my side. A few dresses and silk outfits had somehow found their way between them over the last few months, mostly because Rowan kept insisting that I needed clothes that were not designed for hiding knives.My left hand still throbbed beneath the wooden splint Maddox had tied around my thumb the night before, but the pain had settled enough that I could ignore it when I wanted to.I reached for a simple black wool shirt that would sit comfortably over the bandage and still allow me to strap my ceramic blade beneath the sleeve.“Leave the boring clothes alone, Romy.” Rowan's voice came from behind me, making me pause before I could reach the fabric.I turned and found him leaning against the doorway of the dressing room, alre
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Chapter: Chapter 136Romy's POVThe first grey light of dawn filtered through the heavy cedar shutters of the master bedroom, leaving pale strips across the ceiling and the foot of the bed. Outside, the mountain wind rattled faintly against the windows, but beneath the thick wool blankets, I could barely feel the cold.Rowan's body was warm against mine, his arm wrapped firmly around my waist while my cheek rested against his chest. My left hand lay carefully between us, secured to the wooden splint Maddox had fixed around it several hours earlier. The pain had reduced into a dull throb that only became strongerwhenever I moved too quickly, but after everything that happened at the timber mill, it was something I could tolerate.For the first time since Caleb dragged me into that tunnel, everything around me was quiet. No chains, no alarms, no smell of smoke or wet stone–just Rowan's heartbeat beneath my ear.I stayed on the bed for a while, letting myself feel something I'd spent most of my life treatin
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Game Over, Mr. Devoss: Your Wife Is Gone
She buried Elara Cooper to become no one. He fell in love with a waitress who didn't exist.
Isla Sterling built a new life out of nothing , no father's empire, no family name, just a job, a studio apartment, and the man who made her believe she deserved it: Jaxon Devoss, billionaire CEO, husband, and the one mistake that nearly killed her. When a kidnapper's ultimatum forced Jaxon to choose between his pregnant ex and his wife, he chose wrong , and Isla paid for it with an explosion, a $10 million bribe, and a life she had to erase all over again.
Years later, Elara Cooper runs an empire of her own, raising the son Jaxon doesn't know he has. When his company comes crawling to her boardroom for a bailout, she holds all the leverage and every reason to burn it to the ground. But Jaxon isn't done fighting for her. This time, he's determined not to choose wrong again, and reclaim the family he lost.
But some betrayals cannot be forgotten, and loving him again may destroy her twice.
#Secret Identity #Secret Baby #Love Triangle, #Forced Reunion #Second Chance Romance #Redemption #Reunited Lovers #Billionaire romance.
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Chapter: Starting Over Or Trying ToChapter 24Jaxon POVMy head was pounding before I even opened my eyes.For a few seconds I stayed exactly where I was, staring into the dark behind my eyelids, trying to figure out why my mouth tasted like whiskey and why every muscle in my body felt like it had been dragged through a war.Then the memories started coming back.The bar. Ethan's voice. The drive home, my mother standing at the door and then Lucinda helping me upstairs. I opened my eyes slowly, already sensing something was wrong before I even turned my head.She was beside me. Lucinda was asleep, her hair spread across the pillow, the sheet pulled around her shoulders. For a moment I just stared at her, trying to work out how I'd gotten here."What the hell." My voice came out rough. "What happened last night?"Lucinda stirred, blinking awake, and it took her a second to register the panic in my voice before her own expression shifted into confusion. "Jaxon, what's wrong?""We slept together." It sounded more like an
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Chapter: Too Many Shots To CountJaxon POVThe bar was mostly empty by the time I got there.A few regulars sat at the counter, voices low under the music, and the bartender gave me the same look he always did when I walked in alone.Not pity. Not curiosity. Just recognition.He'd learned a long time ago not to ask questions, not after the explosion. Not after the weeks I spent drinking more than I slept. Not after I started showing up here whenever being inside my own house felt impossible.I took our usual booth in the back and ordered a whiskey before I'd even taken my coat off.Twenty minutes later, Ethan slid into the seat across from me. He was still in the same shirt from earlier, sleeves rolled up, hair slightly messy, like he'd left wherever he was without stopping to think about anything but getting to me.He looked at me for a few seconds before he said a word. Then he waved the bartender over. "Beer."The bartender nodded and walked off.Ethan leaned back. "Okay. Start talking.”So I did. I told him about
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Chapter: The Door I Didn’t OpenChapter 22Jaxon POVI came home late from dinner with a group of investors, already exhausted before I even got through the front door.My tie hung loose, my jacket was slung over one arm, and all I wanted was a shower and a few hours of sleep before another long day at the office.The house was unusually quiet.I figured Lucinda had already gone to bed, which was fine by me. I wasn't in the mood for another conversation about my mother, dinner plans, or whatever event they'd decided I needed to attend next.I climbed the stairs and headed for my bedroom. The door was closed. I pushed it open without knocking. It was my room, after all.Then I stopped.She was standing in the middle of the bedroom. Her coat was on the floor by her feet and she wasn't wearing anything under it.I honestly thought I'd walked into the wrong room. I stood there staring at her, completely thrown, while she lifted her chin like she'd been waiting for this all evening."Lucinda, what are you doing?"She bit
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Chapter: No Reason Left To StayChapter 21Jaxon POV"Marcus, we are not pushing the Riverside groundbreaking back another month.""That's not what I'm asking," Marcus said, leaning forward. "I'm asking for enough time to renegotiate the materials pricing before we lock ourselves into numbers we'll regret six months from now."Across the table, Denise scoffed. "We already promised the client a spring start. If we move it again, we look unreliable. We've already delayed once.""For reasons completely outside our control.""The client won't care.""They'll care when the project goes over budget."I sat at the head of the table listening to them go back and forth far longer than I needed to. Usually I'd have ended it ten minutes in. That day, I let them keep going.It was easier to listen to two department heads argue about concrete and suppliers and timelines than think about what was waiting for me at home."Mr. Devoss." Denise's voice finally pulled me back into the room. "You need to make the call."I looked down a
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Chapter: Grief That Didn’t MatchChapter 20Jaxon POVI was going through the final pages of a contract when my phone started ringing on the desk.I barely glanced at it at first. I'd spent most of the morning moving from one meeting to another, and the documents in front of me still needed reviewing before I could leave the office. The phone stopped, then started again a few seconds later.With an irritated sigh, I picked it up and Lucinda’s name flashed across the screen.I almost didn’t pick up the call. She'd already called twice that morning, and I wasn't in the mood for another conversation about dinner plans or whatever my mother had talked her into now.Still, I decided to answer. "I'm at work, Lucinda. You should–""Jaxon."Her voice was thin and shaking, nothing like the cheerful tone she normally used on the phone."I'm bleeding," she whispered. "There's so much blood. I don't know what's happening."I pushed my chair back and stood up so fast it scraped loudly against the floor."Where are you?""At the ho
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Chapter: A Life I Let HappenJaxon POVThree weeks after the memorial, Lucinda began to move into my home little by little.The first thing was an overnight toothbrush. I’d noticed it on a Tuesday morning, standing there half awake, staring at a pink toothbrush sitting next to mine like it had always belonged there. I didn't say anything about it, didn't have it in me to make it a thing, so I just picked up my own and got ready for work like the sight of it hadn't bothered me at all.That was how most things had gone since the memorial. Nothing changed all at once. Lucinda didn't show up with suitcases and announce she was moving in. Pieces of her life just started appearing around mine, until I stopped noticing when one became ten.A few dresses took over one side of my wardrobe, then there was a drawer in the bathroom—a pair of shoes by the entrance.Somehow she had a key now, even though I couldn't remember permitting anyone to make one.My mother started visiting more too, especially now that Lucinda was usual
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Chapter: DRAINED BY THE VAMPIRE 1Elara pov The night the King’s Commander came for me started like any other. The cloying scent of my mother’s stew simmered on the hearth, my father was repairing a fishing net by the weak light of an oil lamp, and I was trying to mend a tear in my own simple dress. The The knock on the door did not sound like a friendly one, It was heavy, sharp, and seemed to suck all the warm air out of our small cottage.My father froze, his hands hovering over the rough twine. My mother stopped her stirring, the wooden spoon dripping a pale broth onto the stone floor. We all knew who that was–no one usually got knocks like that unless it was the King’s men.My father straightened as much as he could and went to the door and opened it just a crack. "Yes?" he asked, his voice thin. “How may we help you?”The door was pushed open without ceremony, and in stepped a man dressed in black leather and polished steel. The King’s Commander. I’d seen him before, from a distance, during the harvest festival
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Chapter: FRANTIC LUST 4Kimberly pov The next few minutes were an eternity. We stood in our respective corners, the silence filling the room like a physical presence. The initial haze of lust was gone, replaced by a cold and sharp clarity. Every detail was hyper-real, the lingering, musky scent of sex, the rough texture of the wall against my back.I buttoned my ruined blouse as best I could, the gaping hole a constant, silent scream. I felt exposed, marked. My body ached in places I hadn't thought about in years–a pleasant, lingering soreness that was a direct contradiction to the turmoil in my head.He hadn't moved. He was just watching me, his arms crossed again. But the posture was different now, less like a cage and more like a shield. He looked as uncomfortable as I felt. The powerful, arrogant predator was gone, and in his place was a man who had just made a catastrophic mistake with a woman he couldn't stand."You good?" he finally asked, his voice rough.The question was so plain, so ridiculously
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Chapter: FRANTIC LUST 3Kimberly povHe hissed, his hips jerking forward into my hand. "Fuck, Clarke.""That's the idea, Croft," I shot back, stroking him, my thumb spreading the wetness already beading at his tip.He shoved my skirt up around my waist, his fingers hooking into the waistband of my panties. He didn't pull them down. He ripped them. The thin lace gave way with a sharp sound, and I moaned, a deep, shameful sound of pure lust.He kicked my feet apart, and then his fingers were there, sliding through my wet folds, finding my clit with unerring, brutal accuracy.I cried out, my back bowing off the wall. His touch was nothing like I imagined. It wasn't gentle or tentative, It was knowing and possesive . He circled the hard nub, pinching it, rubbing it until my thighs were shaking."Is this what you wanted?" he murmured against my jaw, his fingers working me, pushing me closer to the edge. "To get fucked in an elevator by the dinosaur?"I couldn't answer. I could only pant and moan, my hips riding
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Chapter: Frantic Lust 2Kimberly povThe heat was the first thing that became unbearable.It wasn't a sudden feeling, but a slow, creeping oppression. The tiny, sealed box of the elevator was an oven, baking us in our own body heat. The starched collar of my blouse was already damp against my skin. I could feel a trickle of sweat slide down between my shoulder blades and the single red light seemed to pulse in the suffocating darkness.Across from me, Julian shifted, the sound of his shoes scuffing on the floor loud in the silence. He unbuttoned the cuffs of his shirt, rolling the sleeves up to his elbows, revealing his thick, corded forearms dusted with dark hair. The sight was so random that it sent another jolt through me."Hot in here," he said, his voice a low rasp."No kidding," I shot back, my throat dry. I wanted to take off my blazer, but the thought of being in just my blouse– of exposing more skin while he was less than a few feet away, made me feel strangely vulnerable. So I just stood there, my
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Chapter: Frantic Lust 1Kimberly povI should have been home an hour ago. I should have been pouring a glass of cheap red wine and sinking into my couch. Instead, I was staring at the back of Julian Croft's head.He was leaning over my desk, pointing at a paragraph in the quarterly report. His jacket was stretched tight across his shoulders, outlining the hard muscle beneath. His tie was loosened–a rare sign that he was tired. "Here, Clarke," he said, his voice a low rumble that vibrated through my desk and up my arms. "This projection is extremely favorable."I didn't look up from my screen. "It's an educated projection, Croft. Based on emerging market trends. A concept you might not be familiar with, since your entire department seems to operate on 'what we did last year'."He straightened up, and I felt his presence behind me like a furnace."My department brings in sixty percent of this company's revenue, Clarke. Your 'emerging market trends' are a gamble. A very expensive one."I spun in my chair to fac
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Chapter: THE WELCOME 4Chapter 4Celia pov"I've been ready since last night," I breathed.And with that, he surged into me. The water made the movement slow, fluid, but the sensation was just as overwhelming as it had been before. He filled me completely, stretching me in a way that was both painful and intensely pleasurable. I wrapped my arms around his neck, holding on as he began to move.He set a slow, deep rhythm, each thrust a long, hard stroke that hit me in just the right spot. The water buoyed us, making us weightless, and the only sounds were our ragged breaths, the gentle slap of water against our bodies, and my soft, helpless moans."You feel so fucking good," he growled, his hands gripping my ass, pulling me deeper onto his cock. "So tight, so wet."I couldn't form words. I could only hold on and ride the wave of pleasure he was creating. My head fell back against the tiled wall, my eyes closed, my entire world narrowed down to the feeling of him inside me, the sensation of his hands on my sk
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