Novels by Rida Sarii

Chapter 4Karis POVI was still enthralled by his presence when I felt my body hit the floor.The intruder had suddenly jerked off his hand and I fell, knocking the air out of my lungs as I struggled to process what had just happened."Who are you?" I asked him as I stared at him, forcing my expression to harden, ignoring the way I had just been looking at him moments ago.You're a boy now, Karis. I reminded myself. A boy just like him. There was no way I could fall for my fellow boy or even be staring at one the way I had been staring at this one.I was supposed to dominate and prove that I was strong and fearless. I kept reminding myself, clinging to that thought like armor."Pack the remaining things of yours in the room and leave. I do not need a roommate," he suddenly said, his voice calm but commanding, like someone who was used to being obeyed without question.I was shocked and speechless for a while as I stood motionless, staring at him, my mind struggling to catch up with hi

Chapter 3Karis' POVI stood silent in the line as I awaited for the morning check session to end, my shoulders squared, my breathing steady, forcing myself to blend in even when every instinct in me screamed that I did not belong here.A month had passed since I ran away to Lunaris Academy to hide myself, a whole month of pretending and of surviving."I'll never get married to an old man like the rogue King! I will not become a vessel to just birth warriors for his clan," I recalled what I had told myself on the day when I had left home, the words still burning with the same defiance that had pushed me this far."My future is bright and I am not a freak. I will awaken my wolf when the time is right," I added silently, as if trying to remind myself, as if saying it enough times would make it true.A teacher walked towards me and I had to raise my head to notice him, my heart tightening slightly at his approaching figure. There was a female behind him, her presence far more unsettling

Chapter 2 Karis' POVAn embarrassment and disgrace. That was all I amounted to before my father. A bargaining chip that he didn't mind giving away, as though my life held no weight beyond what it could offer him.I arrived at the front of a duplex apartment, standing there longer than I usually did, my feet rooted to the ground as hesitation crept in, wrapping tightly around my chest.This was Dante's house, I thought. And Dante was my boyfriend. The only man in the pack who never failed to acknowledge me and my feelings. He was the only one who understood me. The only one who paused to care about how I was and how I always felt whenever my father chose to embarrass me before the pack, all so my sister wouldn't feel bad."Dante, can you marry me before next week?" I stood at his front door, rehearsing what I had come to discuss with him about, my lips moving soundlessly as I tried to steady my racing heart.We've been dating since I was eighteen, after he'd watched how my father insu

Chapter 1Karis' POV"I can't marry him father! And you can't force me to! All my life I've sacrificed my happiness for this family, for you to accept me as your daughter even if you never did, but marrying the old rogue King is what I won't do this time around!" I snapped, my voice rising well above everyone else in the room, echoing harshly against the cold stone walls as if even they recoiled at my defiance.My father slapped me the second the words left my lips, the sharp crack splitting through the air, louder than the raging storm outside. My head snapped to the side, the sting blooming across my cheek like fire, but I refused to let a tear fall. My step sister, Carissa smirked as she looked at me, her lips curling in satisfaction, her eyes gleaming with cruel delight as though my pain was the very thing that fed her pride."Who else do you expect to marry him then? Carissa?" My father's voice thundered, his presence suffocating, heavy with authority and anger that always see