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Terri Clare
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Bride of the Beasts

Bride of the Beasts

The Scions rule the world now. Born of celestial light, they turned on their creators and claimed the earth for themselves. But their victory came at a cost—every daughter of their kind has withered into dust, and extinction looms. So they hunt human women to survive. Anwen has always been fragile. Sickly. Ordinary. She was meant to be hidden away in a sanctuary, safe from the monsters who would claim her. Instead, she’s taken by three of the most feared shifters alive. A Dragon, cold and untouchable. A Lycan, lethal and always too close. A Minotaur, silent and watching—like she’s a puzzle he intends to solve. They expect her to die like the others. Another delicate human who won’t survive the bond. But Anwen doesn’t break. She burns. And the longer she remains in their fortress, the more their control begins to unravel. Their magic bends toward her. Their instincts sharpen. Their possessiveness turns feral. Others want her. Their High King demands her. But these three won’t give her up. Because the fragile human they stole? She might be the most dangerous creature in their world. And they’re done pretending she isn’t theirs.
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Chapter: Chapter 91: Her Little Sanctuary
ANWEN'S POVMy frown only deepened the longer I stared at the enormous iron doors.Brammon remained exactly where he was, standing proudly before them as though expecting me to be impressed.I looked from him to the doors, then back to him again, trying to make sense of it all."You got me..." I began cautiously, forcing a smile, "...a door?"Neither the corners of his mouth nor his brows so much as twitched.He simply looked at me.I tilted my head. "Is there something behind it?" I asked. "Another room?"He pressed his lips into a thin line before clicking his tongue loud enough to echo down the corridor. "It's a lift, Anwen.""Oh..." I murmured, the word small and uncertain.Then my smile faded. "What's... a lift?"He stared at me in disbelief. "How could you not know what a lift is?"I crossed my arms and frowned right back at him. "I spent my entire life hidden away in a tiny cottage," I reminded him. "Of course I wouldn't know."Brammon let out a long, resigned sigh and shifted
Last Updated: 2026-08-06
Chapter: Chapter 90: The Kings' Presents
ANWEN'S POVWhen I woke the next morning, I immediately sensed their presence in my chambers.I opened my eyes, and there they were.Fenric sat beside me on the bed. Brammon occupied a nearby chair. Rhydan stood by the window, his arms folded across his broad chest.For one terrifying moment, panic seized me.I braced myself for another punishment. Another lecture reminding me I'd broken the rules.But their faces weren't hard. Their postures weren't tense. Their voices weren't sharp.If anything, they looked... tender. Suspiciously so.They behaved as though yesterday's nightmare had been neatly folded away and tucked out of sight.Only my body remembered. The welts across my bottom, the soreness, the dull ache deep in my bones—those lingered like quiet echoes.I groaned, and Fenric's hand was immediately over mine."You're awake," he said, offering me an easy smile that looked almost relieved.Brammon leaned forward, his gaze sweeping over me. "Are you hurting anywhere?"I looked at
Last Updated: 2026-08-04
Chapter: Chapter 89: Brammon's Doubt
BRAMMON'S POVFenric carried Anwen back to her chambers, her small frame curled against his chest—frustrated, exhausted, and sobbing inconsolably.I'd given her the strongest sleeping draught I could prepare as soon as she and Fenric had settled into bed. Now she lay fast asleep, cradled securely in Fenric's arms as he held her close.After what we'd put her through today—the punishment, the torment of denial, the way we'd driven her body past its limits—she needed long, uninterrupted rest.Yet even in sleep, her shoulders trembled from time to time, a quiet sniffle escaping her as though her body still remembered the ordeal, even if her mind had drifted far from it.And every time it happened, Fenric would press gentle kisses to her brow, her temple, and the tip of her nose. So impossibly tender for someone who had been utterly ruthless only moments before.Across the room, Rhydan remained where he'd stationed himself against the stone wall, his arms folded across his broad chest. Hi
Last Updated: 2026-08-02
Chapter: Chapter 88: Bound and Breathless
ANWEN'S POVMy bottom still throbbed.Brammon's twenty strikes layered beneath Fenric's fresh ones, merging into a relentless, burning ache that made even the smallest movement unbearable. It was too much.Three punishments for a single mistake.And the third still loomed like a storm on the horizon."Please." My voice cracked with desperation. "I've been punished enough."Fenric's thumb drifted up to trace the bridge of my nose. A gesture that should have felt comforting now felt like a second collar tightening around my throat."You went into the forbidden section, Anwen," he said quietly. "And you touched a forbidden book."His hand slid down to cup my jaw, his fingers firm. "If anyone else had caught you," he said, "the punishment would have been far more severe."Something inside me snapped.I slapped his hand away.The crack of skin against skin echoed through the hall, and I was already speaking—reckless, furious—the words tumbling out before fear could silence them."This isn'
Last Updated: 2026-08-01
Chapter: Chapter 87: Dinner for Four
ANWEN'S POVThe movement above my head, at the shackles securing my wrists to the headboard, stirred me.I heard a click, then my wrists were free.I woke fully—instantly—the way you do when you sense danger already in the room. My arms dropped from the headboard, heavy and tingling as blood rushed back into them. I clutched them to my chest as I sat up.Brammon stood beside the bed, watching me.I grabbed at my neckline, yanking the fabric up to cover what he'd left exposed hours ago. The dress was wrinkled, damp in places, a humiliating reminder of everything that had happened. I curled in on myself, drawing my knees to my chest, making myself as small as possible, wishing I could disappear into the mattress."Please." My voice cracks, raw from earlier screaming. "No more."I couldn't take any more of his punishments.Not merely the spanking—that had only been the beginning. It was everything that followed: the calculated teasing, the humiliation, the merciless way he used my body.
Last Updated: 2026-07-31
Chapter: Chapter 86: The First of Three
BRAMMON'S POVI lowered Anwen's hips back to the table and unsealed her. My release spilled out immediately, trickling down her thighs in thick, wasted ribbons.I stared at her for a moment—sprawled there like an offering, her face tear-streaked and discontented, her body still aching with need. Beautiful. Always so fucking beautiful, even when she was miserable.I reached for her. I didn't bother righting her bodice or pulling her sleeves up to cover those ample breasts. She'd lost that privilege. Instead, I hauled her up and over my shoulder, her torso dangling down my back, her warmth pressed against my chest.She didn't resist. Not a single squirm as I carried her. I hiked her skirt up again, exposing her bottom so close to my face I could see every mark I'd left. Raw. Tender. Angry red. My handiwork.I ran my palm across the heated flesh.She hissed, her body jerking against me.I climbed the stairs with her still draped over my shoulder, each step deliberate. When I reached her
Last Updated: 2026-07-30
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