LOGIN“Elara.” Her name was a warning, a plea as she turned in his arms. “Your brothers—” “Aren’t here.” She reached up, and his sharp inhale of breath as her fingertips grazed the sharp line of his jaw made her smile, “It’s just us both tonight.” She saw the moment the last thread of control he was holding onto snapped, and the next moment he was sliding his hand into her hair, pulling her closer before his lips crashed against hers with a force that stole her breath. Her brothers would probably kill him if they found their sister tangled up with their friends but she didn’t care. Just tonight - she would unapologetically take the one thing her body has been yearning for. 🌸🌸🌸🌸 He was her fated mate. Her brothers’ best friend. And absolutely forbidden. One accidental murder shattered Elara’s human life and revealed the truth, and awakened a truth buried in her blood for nineteen years. She is no ordinary girl. She's a werewolf princess with a kingdom to reclaim and a dangerously attractive beta who makes her wolf sing….literally. But Thorne is off-limits: her overprotective brothers would exile or kill him for touching her, yet the pull between them is undeniable, primal and intoxicating leading to stolen glances and of course stolen nights of pleasure. As if surviving her awakening and being placed with the burden of saving a kingdom wasn’t hard enough, Elara discovers a darker threat: An aunt who wants her dead. Now she must navigate her new identity, fight for her throne and resist a forbidden bond that could either save her… Or destroy her.
View MoreCassandra Salvatore
~•~"Hurry the fuck up, Cassie, we'll be late." I rolled my eyes, not bothering to answer her as I continued applying my mascara. I wanted to look like a different person today because I didn't want to be recognized.People were nosy and if I managed to run into anyone I knew, they may report me to my father or my boyfriend."Cassie!" Juliet snapped, poking her head inside her room. I came to her place to get ready because I didn't want my father to get suspicious. It was crazy. I was an adult, but I still stayed at his place because someone needed to keep my siblings safe and I happened to be the oldest of us all."Chill, Jules." I rolled my eyes again. With how much I was rolling my eyes because of my best friend, I was certain I would be cross-eyed in a few years. "There's no time limit. You said it yourself, it goes on all night.""That doesn't mean we should go late and miss out on all the fun."I sighed subtly. I didn't know what interested her about it but she was hellbent on going to a BDSM club. She had been disturbing me for months, begging me to go with her, but I'd never been a fan of the idea.Last week, we made a bet and she won, so she demanded I go with her.She just didn't want to go alone because she wasn't sure what would happen when she got there. After all, there was strength in numbers and because I was a nice caring friend, I agreed even if I thought the whole idea of bondage and all those things was absurd.I dropped the mascara on the dressing table and faced her. "Fine, I'm ready." Then, I splayed my hands in front of her. "How do I look?"Jules' eyes roamed across my body once, twice, and then, she told me to spin. I did a little spin, blushing and she said, "Simply fantastic."Jules' bright idea for our outfit was lingerie. I didn't concede to that despite her telling me that that was the dress code for the club. I ended up wearing a white bralette and matching shorts that showed part of my bum. I didn't have much anyway."You're so going to enchant the men there."My blush stayed still on my cheeks. I hated that I blushed so easily and I hated that it was very visible. "I'm not going there for any man. I have Rafael, remember?"It was her turn to roll her eyes. Jules disliked Rafael and she didn't have any qualms about showing it. He knew she hated him and he hated her as well. I'd tried to make peace between them because why the hell wouldn't my boyfriend and best friend be on the same page? But they were both stubborn as hell and had an insane amount of ego."Rafael is a dick, Cassie. I'm certain you know that."A frown adorned my face. I didn't like talking about Rafael with her. It always ended up with her telling me to break up with him.I wouldn't say I loved Rafael, but I cared deeply for him. We'd been together for six months now. Our relationship wasn't perfect — no relationship was — but we managed to make do and hearing Jules saying negative things about it wouldn't help at all. I knew the reason why she kept calling him a dick, but I and Rafael were already past that. She was the only one that held on to the past."Let's just go," I told her, effectively ending the conversation as I picked up my coat from the bed.Jules sighed, picking up her coat as well. While my coat was red, Jules' was black. She was clad in a very sexy red lingerie that was more ropes than actual material, showing off her assets. She had a decent amount of those, sometimes, I was envious of her."Our uber is here by the way," she smiled tightly, starting to walk out of the room. I followed suit until we were out of the apartment and waited until she was done with locking it before we went downstairs.We didn't say a word to each other as we spotted the Uber and deposited ourselves in it. I didn't like the fact that there was a weird mood between us at the moment when we were supposed to be having fun. Well, when she was supposed to be having fun. I was just going for moral support.I wasn't a very outspoken person, but I couldn't keep stuff from Jules which was why I decided to address the matter at hand before we reached the club. "Why do you always have to make me feel bad about Rafael? You know how much he helps."Jules also wasn't good with keeping stuff to herself, no matter how blunt it came out. "Which is exactly why you need to get a job. He'll hold it against you someday.""I have a job interview on Monday, Jules." I reminded her, even if I wasn't sure if I was going to get the job or not.Getting a job in New York was a very hard task, especially if one didn't have any connections; I didn't. The job interview I had was for the position of an assistant, but I planned to work my way to the top if I ever got the chance to work there at all. It was a huge ass company."Yeah, and pray you bag it." She said, lacking a filter. "I honestly can't wait for the day you'd drop Rafael's ass.""Jules." I scolded."Sorry, sorry." She raised her hands in surrender. "I won't say anything else this night."A small smile formed on my lips as the driver finally pulled up to our destination. Jules paid the driver and we got out, staring at the red sign at the top of the building that read 'Fantasia'. And that was the beginning.THORNE'S POVMy brother laughed—a sound that made my skin crawl because it sounded exactly like mine."Kidnapping the queen might not have been part of the original plan," he said, still grinning. "But it's so much more fun this way, don't you think? The Mistress decided a little improvisation was in order.""You're insane." I kept my voice low, aware that anyone could walk past my door. "Do you have any idea what you've done? They're mobilizing the entire pack—""To search for their precious queen. I know." He examined his nails casually. "It was almost too easy, really. Following the main guards, staying close to her. And do you know the best part?" He looked up, his eyes—my eyes—gleaming with malicious amusement. "They all thought I was you. That's the perk of being identical twin brothers, isn't it?"My blood ran cold. "They saw you. With the queen.""They saw Thorne Blackwood, loyal Beta, doing his job." He shrugged. "No one questions the Beta when he's escorting the queen to her
[Thorne’s POV] ***I couldn’t stop pacing.Back and forth across my room like a caged animal. My wolf was clawing at my insides, demanding I do something, fix this, protect my pack.I’d failed.I had fucking failed to protect my queen. Failed to do the one job I’d been entrusted with since becoming Beta.And now Aiden and Liam were facing the unthinkable—their mother, taken. Possibly hurt, or possibly worse.My hands clenched into fists so tight my nails drew blood.But what broke my heart the most was the image of Elara’s face that was stuck in my head.The terror in her eyes when I’d told her. The way her entire body had started shaking, like she was coming apart at the seams. The broken sound she’d made before her brothers had rushed her out of the hall.My chest squeezed painfully.My mate was in agony, and I couldn’t comfort her. Couldn’t pull her into my arms and tell her we’d fix this, that everything would be okay. Couldn’t do anything except stand there like a useless fuckin
Hours later, the tension from this morning had settled into something manageable.My mother was still quiet. Still holding that ring Tom had given her like it might disappear if she let go. But she’d helped me get ready, had fixed my hair when my hands wouldn’t stop shaking, had told me I looked beautiful.We weren’t okay. Not yet. But we would be.Now I stood at the entrance to the main hall with Aiden on my right, Liam on my left, and Thorne a few steps behind, maintaining his annoying professional distance.Looking at his tight face, his blank and cold expression as he marched down the hall with us, it was hard to believe it was those same eyes that had looked at me with such heated intensity, that had made my entire body burn this morning.“Ready?” Aiden asked.I smoothed down the royal blue gown one more time. “As I’ll ever be.”The doors opened, and the hundreds of voices rising in a cheer caught me off guard… only for a second.Before I took in the sight, and I could not stop t
I couldn’t breathe.Trying to fill my lungs with air was proving to be an impossible task, because my chest and throat were too tight as I locked the door behind me.My whole life, every single piece of it had been nothing but intentional lies stacked on top of each other until I didn’t even know what was real anymore.Tom and Sarah. The two people I’d trusted most in this world were nothing but liars.Fucking liars.And because of their lies—because they’d hidden the truth, suppressed my wolf, kept me in the dark about what I was—I’d killed someone.Theo was dead because I hadn’t known. Because the shift had hit me without warning, without control, without any fucking clue what was happening to my body.If they’d just told me. If they’d just been honest instead of playing house and pretending I was their normal human daughter—A sob tore out of my throat.My hands were shaking. No—my whole body was shaking. The rage was building again, that same burning heat that had consumed me in t
It was already sunrise but I was finding it hard dragging myself out of bed until a sharp and loud knock came at my door and I jerked up immediately, instantly on alert.For a second I thought it was a dream—another one of those where Thorne showed up at my window and I had to watch him leave again
One week passed by in a blur and frenzy of fabric swatches and vendor meetings and budget spreadsheets that made my head spin.One week of watching the festival come together piece by piece, transforming from an idea into something real.One week of not thinking about Thorne.Well… trying not to th
I had no idea how long we slept tangled in each other’s arms, but I didn’t want it to end. Because the warmth of Thorne’s arms felt so much like home… peaceful and safe.It gave me a comfort I’ve not felt for a long time now.And I wished it would last forever.Until a sharp and loud knock came on
The ride back home was quick and quiet. After Liam had tried to make me talk like a bazillion times and I refused, he gave up and just stared out the window.By the time we walked into Aiden’s study, I was practically giddy with excitement.“You guys are back so soon,” Aiden remarked, looking up fr






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