ANMELDENChapter 50 – Talia’s POVMorning light greeted my eyes, and I groaned, instantly slapping a hand over my face to shield it from the blinding glare.As I tried to shift, I felt a heavy weight draped over my waist, and the unmistakable heat of someone pressed against my back. My eyes flew open. My gaze darted down to find a pair of large, masculine hands gripping me tight.I whipped around instantly, violently shoving the owner away."What the fuck, Lia?" Vermont growled, sitting up abruptly and rubbing his chest where I’d pushed him.I scrambled backward, blinking as I looked around the room. This wasn't the couch I had dozed off on. I was back in his bedroom."What am I doing in here?" I fired at him, rolling over to the edge of the mattress and swinging my legs out."I didn't want you waking up with a back cramp, so I brought you up here," he answered, standing up from his side of the bed. His eyes were wary as I reached down and violently snatched a pillow off the bed."So you kidna
Chapter 49 – Talia’s POVI stared at my reflection in the full-length mirror. I was wearing a black lace lingerie set with a matching girdle; pieces I had reluctantly shopped for with Cassie weeks ago.Tonight, I was using them to seduce Vermont.Aria’s unfiltered advice from earlier was still looping on a loud track in my mind: “You’re going to sit right on top of his thighs, slide him inside you, and just start moving like you’re riding a horse.”To say I wasn't well-versed in sex would be a massive understatement. All Dylan had ever done was climb on top of me, move around for a few mindless minutes, and groan as I felt a sticky trickle inside me before he got up and walked away.Imagine my absolute shock when Aria explained that there was a position where you bent over, one where I was the one on top(which was definitely looking like it was going to be my favorite), and even one where he could pick you up and do it midair.When I’d asked her how on earth she knew all of this, she’
Chapter 48 – Talia’s POVWe finally left the interrogation room ten minutes after Dylan's threat. Behind us, Dylan lay crumpled on the stone floor with a broken nose, a dislocated arm, and likely severe brain damage after Vermont had repeatedly smashed his head into the wall.I’d never seen that side of Vermont before. And it terrified me.A part of my mind tried to understand it, anyone would be entirely enraged by the person who had murdered their mate and threatened to do the exact same thing to another woman. But still, it was scary."How did Dylan kill her?"My voice came out small and cautious, and I regretted the question almost immediately. Vermont’s head whipped toward me, his eyes instantly hardening into icy slits."What makes you think I want to fucking go into the details of that right now?" he snapped.I took a cautious step to the side, away from his looming frame. "I'm sorry," I muttered, letting my gaze drop to the floor as we kept walking down the corridor.A heavy,
Chapter 47 – Talia’s POVThe walk to the room where Aria and the others were being held was heavy and silent. I found myself holding my breath as the guard at the end of the hall pushed a heavy steel door open, stepping aside for Vermont and me to walk in.The moment the door swung wide, my heart shattered."Oh my God," I muttered, my feet moving before my brain could stop them.I rushed across the floor toward Aria. She was chained tightly to the stone wall, her head drooping lifelessly to the side. Rage flared in my chest."Get her out of these chains, you psychopath!" I yelled, turning to glare fiercely at the guard who stood in the corner of the room.The man didn't blink. He completely ignored me, turning his gaze toward Vermont, his eyes silently asking his Alpha for permission."Vermont, tell him to get Aria out of those chains! She's the reason I'm still alive!" I exclaimed, turning to him with pleading eyes.Vermont looked at Aria, then back to me, his expression unreadable.
Chapter 46 – Talia’s POV I woke up to the feeling of cool silk sheets against my bare skin and the warm morning light tickling my eyelids. I groaned, rolling over on the massive mattress before I finally pried my eyes open. My hand reached out instinctively, only to find that Vermont's side of the bed was already empty and cold. I sat up, blinking against the brightness as my eyes scanned the tidy bedroom. The chaos from last night had vanished; our discarded clothes and the ruined sheets from earlier were now neatly piled in a laundry basket sitting by the door. I threw my legs over the side of the bed, Vermont's button-down shirt hanging loosely around my frame as my thoughts drifted straight back to the events of last night. A deep, hot blush instantly bloomed across my cheeks. The bath afterward had turned into another brutal oral session, and I'd had another leg-trembling, mind-wiping orgasm. I still wasn't entirely convinced I hadn't had some kind of seizure. Shaking
Chapter 45 "Look at me, Talia,” Vermont's voice came out as a low, muffled rumble from between my thighs, the heavy vibration making my entire body quake. I forced my eyes open, dizzy and sweating, only to see him looking straight up at me with wet lips and a dark, triumphant grin. “Do you still think it's an abomination now?” he challenged. Before I could process the question, his tongue took another deep, devastating swipe right over the center of me. My hips slammed upward into his face, a helpless, broken sound tearing from my throat. "Now more than ever," I cried out, my hands fisting into the sheets as his fingers dug into my thighs, pinning my legs wide. He leaned back in, his teeth gently grazing the hypersensitive bud until I was shaking so hard I couldn't keep my hips still. "Do you want me to stop?" he whispered, his lips brushing against my moist opening, his eyes fixed on mine, completely teasing. He stayed right there, his warm breath hitting my wet skin, making the
Chapter 30 – Talia’s POVI didn’t get far.Something slammed into me from behind, and claws tore across my back. A sharp, burning pain exploded through me, dragging a scream out of my throat as I stumbled forward and crashed to the ground.My ankle twisted under me.I barely had time to process it
Chapter 29 – Talia’s POV“What do you mean the guard left with the car?” I stopped pacing and turned sharply toward Aria, my glare already locked on her.She let out a tired sigh and lifted both hands like she was surrendering. “He said he had to run a quick errand and just… drove off.”“A quick er
Chapter 28 – Cassie’s POVThere were a lot of things I hated about my stepbrother, Vermont. Unfortunately, there were just as many things I liked about him too; things I tried not to think about, but always did anyway.The way his hair always fell neatly into place, like it refused to be anything l
Chapter 16 – Talia’s POVFor a moment, no one moved.It was like the entire room had forgotten how to.The elders who had walked in so confidently only minutes ago were already stepping back, one after the other, their shoulders stiff, their eyes flicking toward the door like they were calculating







