It was already day break before my eyes started to slowly drift close. I couldn’t sleep for many reasons. For one, the bed was too comfortable, the room too cozy, which is more luxury than I’d have ever imagined in my life and it didn’t help that Prince Draven’s scent on the mattress had my wolf feeling giddy. How could I sleep when a scent so powerful surrounded me, suffocating me? it felt like I was committing a crime laying in his bed, I felt like an intruder. Lady Abigail had been right. I didn’t deserve it. And Prince Draven didn’t make it easier either. Legend has it that he didn’t sleep at night because of his demons, and they’d been right about that part. He went about the apartment, opening and slamming doors loudly, thrashing things here and there, cursing occasionally, and what not? I pretended to be asleep for the most part, but he must have known that I was awake. Sometimes, I felt his eyes on me, watching me, making me self-conscious. I brooded on his words for a lon
His voice held a threat that I understood all to well. It’ll take him a second or less to end my life if I didn’t do this task right. I may not have realized the enormity of what he asked me until now, and it was too late to back down, everyone already knew the first Prince found his mate, and some of them already met me. There was no running away from it, I had to do it. How could I explain to this man that I never did anything right? I swallowed the lump in my throat as I forced my eyes to stay glued to his as long as I could. He held my gaze in a hard glare, but there were no emotions there, just eyes as hard as a rock. Did the Lycan Prince have no emotions like I’d read? The only reaction he ever showed was anger, which was only evident in his aura, with a little trace in his voice, but never in his eyes. “Do you understand, Omega?” he quirked a brow. I nodded slowly, my eyes still holding his in fear that he’d snap my neck if I looked away. “Speak,” he whispered, his voice still
ZAYDEN I let out a frustrated grunt as my hands moved into my pants to caress my hard on, my eyes flipping close as I did. I stroked gently back and forth and imagined my hands were that of my mate. I pictured her small, round face with her mane of thick black hair falling all over her face and her titties poking out at me, waiting to feel my hands on them. My strokes grew more frantic as I thought of all the things I’d have loved to do to her. Pulling my aching member out of the confines of my pants, I swallowed hard, allowing my imaginations run wild. I needed a good release, and I also need a lubricant… anything to make me cum faster. No matter how much I denied it, no matter how bad I treated her, she was my mate. My body knew it, my wolf knew it. I felt the mate bond anytime my skin as much as grazed hers, and no matter the number of women that graced my bed, none of them could give me the kind of satisfaction that my body desired, none of them were my mate. I’d always known I
ESMERAYMy hands were curled into fists as I made my way to the dining table with Smythe leading the way, and it had nothing to do with how uncomfortable I felt with what I was wearing, or the many eyes that were fixed on me. Everyone looked on as we passed, whispering amongst themselves and some even pointing at me without making any efforts to hide it. Many looked on with admiration and envy and some with scorn. Others, it was hard to place their expressions. But my thoughts were in no way connected to my present surroundings. My thoughts were with Prince Draven.He was still with Heather. It wasn’t any of my business but I couldn’t help but wonder what they were up to. Heather was pretty, a royal from a noble background, and there was no denying the bond the both of them shared. I was a nobody, definitely not a match for a man of his status. But why did I feel uncomfortable that they’d been together for the last hour? He wants me to put up a good show but is Smythe supposed to be
“Do I really have to wear these?” I wriggled my aching feet on our way to the mall. So far, Scarlett was proving to be a darling. We have only spent ten minutes in each other’s company since breakfast and I can totally understand why Vadirr was smitten by her. She is a real one. After breakfast, Draven had some important meetings to attend and he told Smythe to take I and Scarlett to the mall for shopping. He made it clear the choice of clothes he wanted on me. No short or tight dresses, nothing revealing, with emphasis on ‘outfits befitting my new status'I was however glad when Scarlett volunteered to go with me. He’d not agreed to it on the spot, but eventually just nodded his head and handed Smythe his credit card. Now alone with Scarlett, I decided that I liked her within the first minute of our being together. She had a great sense of humor and her laughter reached her eyes, but she was pretty chatty and overly inquisitive. Since I got here, she’s the only one who didn’t lo
The last time I ever had a new outfit was during the feast of the moon when I turned eight. I still remembered the look on my mom’s face when she picked out that dress for me. She’d almost gone into tears rambling about how fast I was growing and how perfect the dress looked on me. ‘I bet this was made especially for you Ray,’ she’d told me. Even if I wasn’t exactly a fashionable kid, the look on my mom’s face made me fall in love with the dress. Every day until the war broke out, I admired the little green dress, counting the days till I got to wear it again. But it never came. My parents did the worse and I lived the rest of my life putting on rags that I picked out from the dump at Silver Moon. Ailana gave me some of her clothes, but I could never wear them at Silver Moon. Zayden found them on me and ripped them off my body, telling me how unworthy I was of the dresses. He went on to threaten Aila and we thought it best that she stopped giving me her clothes. In Silver Moon pack,
I opened my eyes and jerked up with a start, a loud gasp escaping my lips as I did. Hot sweat trickled down my forehead and my fingers grasped the blanket tightly around me. I was going to pull it away when I realized I was naked underneath. The room was dimly lit, and the door slightly ajar. I heard whispering but it was hard to make out any real words.I was in Prince Draven’s room, but the last thing I remember was fleeing his house when I saw him having sex with Heather. I remember the headache, Mena forcing herself out, and that’s it. How did I end up naked in Prince Draven’s bed?I heard the door close slowly and in comes Prince Draven. I clutched the blanket tighter to my chest even though I was sweating.“What happened?” I asked him, my voice coming out as a whisper. He didn’t respond, but rather lowered himself to the bed next to me while I moved away from him. Still, I could not shake off the effect his proximity had on me. My mind wandered to the scene I witnessed with him
“Esme,” I stifled a sob when I heard a familiar female voice, wiping my cheeks as I did but she’d already heard me crying. She pulled the blanket away from my face and sighed, looking worried. “What did he do?” she spoke softly with a voice full of concern.I shook my head and sat up slowly but froze when Scarlett unexpectedly pulled me in for a hug. I didn’t realize how much I needed it till she did. Aila was the only one who ever hugged me at Silver Moon, so it wasn’t something I was used to. To the others, I was just a filthy piece of shit. I wrapped my arms around her for a minute until I started to feel better, and when I pulled away, she still looked worried.“Esme,” she paused, studying my face “I know it’s not going to be easy being mated to a man like Draven. He doesn’t know how to love,” she picked her words carefully as she spoke, and I got the feeling that she wanted to say a whole lot more, but she was holding back “But whatever he said to you to make you like this, he di