Amidst the endless sand, under the darkened sky, the kingdom’s young king was throwing his tantrum very badly. Three hours ago, he charged into this death area regardless of the objection of his chief guard. Now he was stuck in the middle of it without food and water, and also lost direction.“If you could allow me to contact your father, Your Majesty,” the old chief guard begged him. He used to be the chief guard of the old king. Now he was taking care of this reckless young wolf under his father’s order.“He will send someone here to rescue us,” he said.“No!” Cory growled amidst the swirling sand. The wind was getting stronger and stronger. He and his armed troop were all in their wolf form. Yet, it didn’t make their trudge in the desert any easier. Two days ago, before he departed to the rogue’s border, he accidentally fell asleep in his office. When he woke up, it was already 10 hours later. He hopped into a helicopter and rushed to where his mate rejected him. But her smell ha
After Ragnar drove back to the city, a call came in when he extinguished the engine.He picked it up while getting out of the car. The dragon princess’s voice came from the speaker.“Hi, there, how do you like my present?” The princess chuckled at the other end of the phone. Which caused Ragnar to frown, “You mean your little husband?” he asked in a cold tone.“Hey, only husband-to-be,” the princess retorted dissatisfiedly, and then said, “I am not actually marrying that moron! It’s so stupid! He sucks in bed too, you know. I can never understand how your little girlfriend put up with it!”Ragnar pressed his lips. He hated his mate being dragged into this conversation.“So I guess the wedding is off,” he said, and then asked, “What’s on your mind, Lennie? You saved my life once, and I help you kill him. That’s the deal. I’ve never agreed to anything else.”“That’s before I found out your little brother is a complete moron,” Lennie said. “I am not going to go through all those troubles
The next day, when Elena woke up, the sky was still dark.The street lamp outside was illuminating the room exactly the same way as when she fell asleep. It felt like time had stopped in this strange city, and there would never be any sunlight.It was supposed to be depressing, but Elena felt no such thing. She was in a brisk mood as the sleep she had just had was so deep and relaxing.When that strange Alpha pulled away from her and left, she felt disappointed and confused, but that’s all of it. The experience with her ex-boyfriend had taught her lessons. She stopped overthinking about things that were out of her control.Hearing him leave the apartment, she sat up from his bed and observed his bedroom. It was a very small room, narrow and kind of messy. Books and magazines were scattered on the desk and floor-all of them were about laws and firearms. There was a picture hung on the wall at the end of the bed. Elena walked close and looked at it and then found it was a family photo.
Oh, L, after everything you have been through. How could you still be so naive and stupid?!If Nyla were still around, that must be her disappointed comment.All those things which had happened to her, including having her parents evicted and losing her wolf, were all because she was so weak and pathetic. She couldn’t find the determination to fight against Cory. And she couldn’t be cold-blooded and careless.If only she had left the very moment after she saw Cory with Lennie, then none of those things would have happened. If only she had attacked Cory and killed him in the hallway outside the basement, then at least her parents would have been okay.But No.She did none of those things because she just couldn’t help but trust the conscience of the person she had loved so much. And no matter how hard she tried, she just couldn’t have the determination to become a ruthless murderer.She was so weak and tragic, completely a disaster.When she was tied to the hospital bed, she had made u
Following him to walk in the cold hallway under that dim white light, it was really difficult for Elena not to think about what it would feel like when she touched him. That warm and cozy ambiance emitting from him made him the only sunlight in this endless dark night. She wanted to hug him so much and tell him she wanted him. Then none of them would be cold and alone in this world anymore. But No.She couldn’t just be with him like that. Love that could be obtained so easily would easily be lost too. She had learned her lessons about it. When she became the Luna of his, she hoped it was because she was worth it, not because she was “assigned” to it. For the first time in her life, Elena wanted to actually achieve something using her own power, not only for herself but also for him.She wanted to be his irreplaceable. And she wanted to be of great help.The elevator door opened after the tiny chime sound. Ragnar held the door for her, suggesting she go in first. They went down to
“I am now at your side.”That was the sweetest thing he had ever heard. While she was saying that, Ragnar looked right into her eyes and curled his lips into a smile. He wanted to hold her and kiss her and then tell her he wanted her at his side forever. Sadly, it wasn’t the right time.“Thank you,” he said.It was so difficult to suppress his impulse to be intimate with her. He had to turn his head and ask her, “Do you want to take a ride outside? There are actually some great views in the desert.”Elena would love to have a ride with him. But before that, she had other important issues to deal with. While Rangar showed her around, she paid attention to every rogue she had run into, but none of them were her parents. Which made her feel worried.“Sure,” she said, then asked, “But before that, can I ask you something?”Ragnar nodded his head. Elena then said, “It’s about my parents.” She paused for a second, then continued, “Before I was… sold here, about half a month ago, my parents
Two weeks before the wedding took place. The kingdom’s young king was having an extraordinarily miserable time. His father unleashed a huge rage on him for his reckless decision to intrude into the rogue’s territory. And his fiancée stopped talking with him because he had run after his mate. The worst of all was that he couldn’t even have sex. Lennie refused to sleep with him and forbade him to come near any of her dragon maids. On the other hand, that strange rogue specifically warned him not to do it unless he accepted Elena’s rejection. It’s not like he cared about the threats of that creepy rogue. It’s just he didn’t want to experience that kind of hell/ish torture again. When the last time Elena fooled around with that fucking rogue, he almost cracked his head open. If he enraged her and had her do it all through with that bastard, he might have to cut his penis off to find some peace.Pains he could endure, but desires… How could a man ever endure that kind of fire burn?“
After getting into the elevator, Elena breathed a sigh of relief quietly. Before they arrived at the hotel, Ragnar assured her multiple times that Cory wouldn’t recognize her. Still, she couldn’t help but feel a bit nervous.It had been half a month since she decided to return to the kingdom and search for her parents. Anxious as she was, she had to learn how to fight in human form with guns and daggers. Besides, she needed to learn how to behave and act like a real old-fashioned princess. The identity Ragnar and Daniel fabricated for her was the secret inheritor of the Phoenix-a mysterious species who kept their distance from all other shifters' kingdoms.“But there will be someone from Phoenix sending the wedding gift. What shall we do with them?” Elena was uncertain about this bold plan.Daniel assured her with a shrewd grin, “No worries. One of my aunts is married to Phoenix. I told her about you and your parents. She agreed to our plan as long as we don’t boast about it and draw