ROSANNEI pushed him. Hard. Throughout the whole ride back to the pack house, he didn't mention a single word. And even now that he walked me torwards Mikhail's mansion, he still remained quiet. I'd expected to feel disgust while he kissed me earlier, but it took a whole lot of strength to push him away. I wanted it. Clutching the shopping bag hard, I gave him one last glance before heading inside. As I climbed up the stairs, my pulse kept racing, heart kept hammering against my ribcage as Landon's face appeared before me. He shouldn't have. He really shouldn't have kissed me. I belonged to his brother. Slamming the door hard, I tossed the gown on my bed and inhaled a deep breath. How was I going to face Mikhail? ‘Calm down, Rosanne, there's nothing to worry about.’ Emerald's voice echoed in my ears and I sighed out loud. This shouldn't be a big deal. I have to forget about this, to let it slide and act normal. I walked towards my bed and parched onto it, pressing my back agai
ROSANNESunlight spilled through the lacy white curtains into my room, casting a warm glow on the glass resting on the coffee table. I'd been laying here for hours, counting the ceiling, staring at the coffee table, recounting everything that happened between Mikhail and I last night. I really didn't expect him to force himself on me again. I thought he was changing, but that was just a facade. Getting up slowly, I took slow strides towards the bathroom and turned on the shower. I stood there for a brief moment, allowing the water to wash down my sorrows, my pain, but it wasn't even working. I still felt Mikhail's hands on me, still felt his thrust weakening my leg muscles. I could still hear his voice sending shudders down my spine. I grabbed the soap and scrubbed it on my body, hoping to wash off his mark which was like a stain. I kept scrubbing and scrubbing and scrubbing until my body became red, but when I still felt dirty, I choked out a sob. It will never really stop, wi
MIKHAIL“You were rough with her last night.” My wolf growled as I signed some papers, consuming my thoughts with how hard I was with Rosanne. Our Rosanne. My Rosanne. ‘She defiled my orders.’ I growled back, tossing the file before me a few meters away. ‘She keeps doing it. Hanging around with other men, fucking around with them and neglecting the fact that she belongs to me. Only me.’ “But don't you think you're pushing her away?” She wasn't our mate. I didn't know why Lex was starting to care for her more than usual. Rosanne was just a breeder to me. Nothing more, nothing else. “We both know she means more than that to us.” I pushed myself off my leather chair and took slow strides towards my window. I'd always loved staring at the view of the pack house from here. The vast green space, the lake glistening with the sun rays on it and a few maids walking around to get their jobs done. It always reminded me that I ruled over them all. “Mikhail.” I didn't have to turn around t
ROSANNE“You only belong to me, Rosanne. Don't ever forget that.” His chilly voice haunted me each time I closed my eyes to sleep, and even now that I was preparing for the banquet, I could still hear him. Strangely, I could still feel his lips on mine. ‘You’re starting to develop something for him, Rosanne.’ Emerald purred and I shivered at the mere thought of having something for Mikhail. I caressed the red dress Landon had got me and swallowed hard. ‘I’d never have something for that monster.’ I replied back. ‘I just want to focus on getting out of here before my stomach gets bigger.’ ‘Then we have to hurry. The banquet could be an opportunity.’ Emerald would always be on my side. Apart from Landon, she was the one person I could trust in this caged space. She belonged to me and I to her. The banquet would indeed be a great opportunity to escape from Mikhail's grasp, but it wasn't going to be easy. The whole place would be crowded, but Mikhail would keep his eyes on his prized
MIKHAILI sat at the end of the table, my head pounding as I stared at the mug of coffee in front of me. The banquet had gone longer than expected, and for some reason, I was unable to sleep. Not because of Irene's presence that kept getting me upset. Not because of the damn engagement. But Rosanne. During the banquet, I'd expected her to break, to crumble into pieces. I badly expected a reaction from her, perhaps a little ruckus that'd spice up the banquet, but she was calm. Too calm, it was almost unsettling. Irene sat across from me, smiling from ear to ear as she sliced her steak. Ever since I announced the news of the engagement, she'd been in a pleasant mood. She kept smiling as seconds stretched into minutes. I could almost picture her dancing on the clouds with a halo on her head. I grabbed the coffee before me and took a small sip. Suddenly, the doors were pushed open as Rosanne strolled in, looking as radiant as ever. A black mini dress hugged her body perfectly, acc
ROSANNE A small chuckle escaped my lips as I hit my bed, reminiscing the look of horror on Mikhail's face. He looked so frustrated, I'd thought he'd kill me straight up while I was at his office. I should have tried this a long time ago. A few more weeks and Mikhail would crumble like a dried twig. It was almost time for dinner, so I got up and began pacing for my next plan. I had to do something more extreme, something that'd make Mikhail out of his mind at the dining hall. Tonight, a few pack warriors would be having a meal with their Alpha while discussing matters about the pack. They could have chosen a perfect morning tomorrow, but since Mikhail was hell-bent on having his meeting tonight, I'd make sure it's uncomfortable. In an hour, Anita would be by my door to call me for dinner. I had only a short period of time to get ready. I stepped into the bathroom first, washed my hair with some shampoo and used some scented oil to have a perfect bath. A few minutes later, I step
MIKHAILI was never one to back down during a fight. While other kids ran each time they got into one, I tackled it. Fear triggered normal people to run from the fucking danger, but it heightened my senses even more. Rather than running, I'd explore the situation until I finally got a hang of it.Rosanne wasn't a problem. But she made my heart skip a beat. Deep down, this strange emotion freaked me out. I shouldn't act this way with her around, shouldn't be so accommodating towards a mere breeder. But just like a master and a slave bond, she had her long chains ready and she was dragging me with it. My dick twitched as I kept slipping my fingers into her. She was so fucking wet and warm, I could barely handle it anymore. While Oliver had asked us to suspend the meeting, I badly wanted them out of the whole room. I wanted to place her over the dining table and bury my face in her wetness. She was ready for me. She was cumming over my fingers.Her breath turned heavy, but I didn
ROSANNE“Here she comes.” “She's the breeder, she's the one Alpha Mikhail broke the rules for.” “She's the one who's been clinging unto him even after the announcement of his engagement.” Clinging unto him? “She's a bitch, are you even surprised?” A bitch now? I stared at the blonde who'd just blurted out her nonsense and smirked. “How would you like to say that in front of the Alpha?” My voice was sharp and loud, making the maids flinch in surprise. On a normal day, I could have ignored the maids and walked in the opposite direction, but I felt like doing something unusual today. “Mi…Miss Rosanne.” She stuttered, her eyes wide with shock. I stepped even closer and smirked. “Didn't you just call me a bitch? I bet Mikhail would love to hear it from your lips.” She tensed, her face turning pale. “I…I..” “What?” I furrowed my brows. “You can be rest assured the Alpha would do nothing. You just have to speak your mind, say the truth.” I placed a palm on her shoulders, “You can ju
MIKHAILI stared at my phone, trying to decipher the text, Landon had sent, “Will be staying longer than expected, something came up,” The words made no sense, “Xavier, have you heard a word from Landon since he travelled to the human world?” I asked.“Xavier!” I growled, throwing a book in his direction.“Would it kill you to use your words?” he hissed, his hand rubbing the part the book had made contact with.“If you had paid attention, rather than stay fixated on that device, maybe you would have seen it coming,” I snapped.I was angry, not at him but at the way things had been in the past few days. Knox couldn’t be tortured until he had fully recovered, and until then I had to sit on my hands waiting for something— a sign to drop from the sky pointing to where Rosanne could be.“You need to get laid,” Xavier grumbled.I growled, the sound snapping him into shape, “You will lead the next war,” I threatened walking out of the room.I was lenient on him, letting him enjoy the privil
HUDSONThe silence never disturbed me, and neither did the angry glares that my men sent my way. Killing one of our own was abominable, a law I would happily break a thousand times over.My eyes flickered to the enchantress in my arms, a soft smile coiled across my lips as I watched her furrow her face deeper into my body.The action filled with me with a fussy feeling, I was excited, and even though she was passed out in my arms, I liked it. It calmed my wolf and took away the rage I had felt earlier.And in that minute it dawned on me, that I was weak, a broken soul, waiting for her to fix me. Change me. I wasn’t going to fight her—never! Not when she is everything that I have always longed for— prayed for.A gentle breeze blew, and my lungs exploded with her scent, reminding me of the colour that had been added to my grey world.My body tensed, we were just by our border. I would be reporting to Mikhail, and for the first time ever, I felt doubt.What was going to be his cause of a
HUDSONWolves circled her, their fangs bared as they tried to scare her.I had jumped down the minute after she did, but I was too late, my men had already had her cornered. They were toying with her, waiting for her to move, then they would attack, tear her piece by piece until she was nothing but bones, a reminder of who she was.“Stand down!” I barked, my wolf surging forward. But my words were on deaf ears, Mikhail’s order stood firm, commanding their will.Her green eyes met mine, and instantly I was filled with a new order—protect.I lunged, landing right in the middle, blocking her from their vicious eyes, “Stay behind me,” I growled.She nodded, her heart beating loudly in her chest, the sound reverberating through my body. Her touch was soft against my back, a buzzing feeling surrounded the spot where she touched.“No one harms her,” I sneered, my claws drawn.For her, I would go to the end of the world—killing the men I called my family if need be.“Get out of our way beta H
HUDSONBACK AT THE GOLDEN RISE PACK…“Kill!” the single command that broke through my control, snapping my beast, filling us with the thirst for blood.The sound of their screams excited me. I was carnage bathed in the blood of my enemies. This was absolutely my scene.The warrior beneath me shuddered, blood gushing out of his open stomach. I grinned, my claws digging deeper into him as I pulled out his intestines, enjoying the way his face contorted in pain before the life drained out of his eyes. My eyes glowed red, filled with malice, as I savoured my kill. “They couldn’t even defend their home,” I hissed, crossing over his body as I moved towards the door he had been protecting.I was on a mission, “No one lives!” Mikhail’s voice echoed through my mind, drowning me.Knox has been foolish to go after Mikhail’s breeder. His thirst for power had sentenced his people to death.I pushed the door open, ducking just in time as an arrow whizzed towards me, its tip aiming for my head.“Yo
ROSANNEWe moved in silence, each man understood the severity of our quietness. The darkness and the trees were perfect covers, hiding us from anything that might have been hovering around.Aiden cooed, his lips moving against my chest looking for my nipple. These were moments that I should be enjoying, smiling as I fed my children, but I couldn’t. We were here in a forest running from an unseen but scary danger. Trying to be alive. We were nomads. Lost souls wandering around without a place to call home.My eyes looked around the group of people that were with us, their faces stricken with pain and determination, all looking for a better life, a new hope.We all wanted the same thing, a place we could call home. A place we could believe in.The ground rumbled, the forest coming to life. Birds moved through the trees out of fright. And from the silence, a growl echoed, deep, primal, hurt.“Lycan king,” Axel muttered, his eyes looking back to where we had come from.My heartbeat spiked
MIKHAIL“Names!” I yelled, my fist clenched as I stared at Knox, he was fighting, barely living. I needed to know the people that I would be hunting down.Knox coughed, blood slipping out of his mouth as he tried to move, “Here,” Blair said, placing a cup by his lips. “It will give you energy for the journey ahead,” she muttered.“Speak, or I will rip your tongue out,” I commanded, my voice heavy with authority.“Rosanne,” he coughed. “She was a monster, her powers…”I lunged, my fist colliding with his cheek, how dare he called Rosanne, my Rosanne a monster. She was peace, beauty and a ray of peace. I was the monster, not her.“Mikhail!” Hudson screamed, pulling me off the man who looked like he was about to die. “Are you going to kill our only lead?” he yelled. I straightened myself, shoving him off of my body, “Don’t you ever talk to me like that again,” I hissed.Hudson bowed, his neck bared as he showed mem the respect that I deserved, “I am sorry Lycan King,” he said, keep a mu
MIKHAILMy heart clenched at the large claw mark on the wall, just where Maverick’s head rested.Not a message, just a deep primal warning.Fear crawled up my spine. But not for myself or my men; but the thought of something, someone harming Rosanne and my child.My Rosanne.“We have to keep on searching,” Hudson muttered behind me, his voice sound far, like he was buried among the bodies littered here. “She has got to be here somewhere, she is a fighter,” he mumbled. His words felt like they were meant to comfort himself and not me.He was still fighting hard to see the positive in all this.The once thriving rogue settlement, No man’s land had been reduced to ashes, bodies thrown around like…The thought made me shudder, I should be happy that Rosanne’s body wasn’t in the rumble, but then where was she? Shouldn’t she have been patiently waiting for me to come and save her? Wasn’t she scared of the new, and real world she was seeing?My ears strained, and the sound of a faint heartbe
MIKHAILTrusting Blair to be the compass to No man’s land was one of the most terrible mistakes I had ever made, “Would you stop grinning or I will make sure Hudson pulls out all your teeth,” I hissed, my patience growing thin.It has been more than a day since we had set out to bring Rosanne and my child back. Blair had forbidden us from using the cars, her excuse; cars make her sick, and when she is sick, her powers seem to disappear.I wonder why I still keep her around. She has been nothing but a pain in the ass all through this journey, blabbering and sharing jokes that sounded like torture to the ears.“Sorry,” she muttered, completely unaffected by my threat.I rolled my eyes at her, “Are we anywhere close to Maverick’s land?” I asked, looking at the dense forest that we had been trapped in.I had taken a few men, the journey wasn’t meant to be this long. The plan was simple, find Ross, and bring her and my baby back. And for the traitors, make sure that they find their end at
ROSANNE“Whatever it is that you have to say, you can say it here,” I replied in a clipped tone. I wasn’t going to be separated from my children again.Ryan smiled, “No one is planning to take you away,” he said in a soft tone.“What do you want?” Axel interrupted, his eyes looking around the men who had been loyal to Maverick. “As you can see we are on a time crunch and we need to leave,” he hissed.I gently squeezed his shoulders, signalling that there was no harm in hearing them out. “What he is trying to say is that we are most grateful for your kindness and letting us dwell with you. But we must leave now. And we are sorry for any harm that might have come to you. All of you,” I said, sounding more diplomatic than Axel.Ryan smiled, his eyes sparkling with delight as he heard my little speech, “We know what you have suffered in the hands of Maverick and we would like to apologise for that,” he muttered.I kept a straight face, hiding my true emotion from showing at the mention o