LOGIN"I can't be with you," he states, and I look up at him in outrage. "This isn't right." I take a step closer to him, pressing my body on his and feeling him responding with desire. "Look me in the eye and tell me that it feels wrong." He doesn't move. But he doesn't turn away either when I lift my hand to his chest, letting my hand trail down. "Don't," he warns, but I can only hear lust in his voice. "Dont' start a game that you can't finish." I don't listen. I let my touch speak for itself, to let it translate all the need I feel in my body right now. I go lower, much lower, until he finally snaps and grabs my face, devouring my lips and pressing me up against the wall. "You asked for this, and now I have to claim you." *** Astrid Marshall has always been infatuated with her best friend's dad, former Alpha Klaus Slate. At first she thought it's just a childish crush, but she later finds out that they're connected in ways that she can't comprehend. They're fated mates. He's the man of her desires, but she's his temptation, the woman he's forbidden to have.
View MoreThe morning sun shone on the kingdom of Merrill with its gentle light. Beautifully blooming flowers adorned the whole kingdom and the birds singing made beautiful sounds. The parents smile with happiness in their eyes while hugging each other, watching their children playing happily. This kingdom is so beautiful and peaceful. It was like heaven on the hill.
A girl was standing on the balcony of her room smiling, looking at the front yard of the palace, which was filled with flowers. She was beautiful the way flower and sunlight were beautiful, warm and glowing and golden. She has the face of a goddess with long blonde hair that reaches down to her waist. Her name is Violet Valerina. She is the princess of the Merrill kingdom.The smile on her face suddenly disappeared and turned into fear as she watched the border guard enter the palace gates on his horse with his body covered in wounds and blood.She immediately walked out of her room with a racing heart to the throne hall to find her father.She stopped her steps when she was in front of the hall door and she saw her father with her mother and the border guard were in the room.“My king, prince Lucian and his armies have invaded our border and now they are heading here,” said the border guard while enduring the pain.“What! How did that happen? Where are my armies now?!” Violet's father said with his eyes wide open, his face turning pale.“They are dead, only I am left. Prince Lucian massacred them all without mercy.”Violet's father sat on his throne chair with his body trembling, breathing in fright after hearing what the guard said.Violet cried, covering her mouth with her hands as she could hear her rapid heartbeat in her ears. She couldn't believe what was happening, and she didn't want to believe what happened was true.They all turned to her when they heard her cry. “Violet...” her mother said with tears in her eyes. She immediately hugged her mother and cried in her arms.“What have I done? I shouldn't have helped Darius against Lucian. I've dug my own grave. I've killed my people and brought disaster to my family,” Violet's father said desperately.Violet's father stood up from his throne chair as they all looked at the door of the room in fright when they heard footsteps. Violet then saw a man with his armies walking into the room and standing in front of her father.For a moment, Violet forgot her fear of seeing the man's face. She couldn't take her eyes off him, mesmerized by his handsome face.His hair was brown and coiffed to perfection. His eyes were brown and the lineaments of his face were in perfect proportion to each other. He has a perfect, muscular body. With eyes as bright and spellbinding as lode stars, they bewitched all those who fell under his steady gaze.“There you are. Hiding here like a coward.” Fear took over Violet again upon hearing what the man said to her father.“Lucian, please give me your mercy. Please... spare the life of my wife and daughter,” Violet’s father begged in tears.“Did you give my father mercy before you and Darius killed him?! You have made me lose him forever and now you have to die so that my father can rest in peace in heaven. But before that, I will skin your wife and daughter alive before your eyes so you can feel my pain to lose someone you love the most,” said Lucian with his cold eyes.Fear, sadness, and despair gripped Violet's father at the same time, making his soul scream and cry. He couldn't bear to see his wife and daughter being brutally tortured before his eyes, so he chose to die.“Father! No!” Violet said tearfully as she watched her father take the sword from his border guard's hand and stab it right into his heart. She and her mother immediately knelt next to him, hugging him when his body fell to the floor and he died before their eyes.“Father, please don't leave me. Please...” Violet said, crying as she kept hugging her father's bloodied body.For the first time in his life, Lucian Steverus was smitten. Smitten and slain. He couldn't take his eyes off Violet's beautiful face. He wanted so badly to taste and savor every inch of her beautiful body and make her his own.His eyes turned cold again as anger and resentment took over him. His mind reminded him that she was the daughter of the man who had killed his father. “Kill them both,” he said in a deep voice, making Violet and her mother look him in the eye. Her mother's body was trembling, her face was pale with fright.“Yes, my prince,” one of his armies said politely.Violet immediately stood up from the floor, walked over, and stood in front of Lucian while holding his arm with her hands were as cold as ice. “Please, don't kill my mother! Please... just kill me. Please, I beg you,” she said into his eyes as she cried.Lucian stared at her in silence, struck by her courage and kindness. He could see by the look in her eyes that she was scared to death, but she was willing to die to save her beloved mother.“Aren't you afraid to die?” he said in a soft voice. He asked a question that he already knew the answer to.Not a single word came out of her mouth, only tears dripped from her beautiful blue eyes.He smiled in pleasure at seeing her fear and helplessness. A chill ran down her spine as he cradled her chin in his hand. “I will make you my slave and you will live like in hell,” he said in a deep whisper.“No! Please let her go. Just kill me! Please...” Violet's mother begged in tears as she stood up from the floor trying to hug her daughter, but she couldn't because one of Lucian's armies grabbed her by the arm.“Take her now!” Lucian said as he walked out of the room.“Yes, my prince,” one of his armies said politely. He then took Violet's arm and led her away with them, leaving her mother, who was crying desperately, on the floor.Astrid’s POVSuddenly, my hands are numb. Something hot and hard is blocking my throat. Everything is starting to feel so surreal that for a moment I’m not even sure if I’m dreaming this.However, it is real. All of it. That really is Klaus, standing in front of me as my new professor, sleek and lean in his dark gray slacks and white sweatshirt. His black hair is now longer, slicked back but still wavy. His green eyes are still as dark and brooding, still with the same hint of melancholy that makes it so hard to look away.And as though things can’t get any worse, the memories start to flood in.I remember the first time I met him, when Lexi took me to her home for a group project. Klaus had been nothing but nice to me then, always accommodating and friendly. He asked me about my family and myself, and even though the interaction was normal and should be somewhat fatherly, I found myself unable to stop thinking about him.At first I dismissed it as me needing a father figure in my lif
Astrid’s POVMy heart is racing, crawling up my throat like a rejected meal, making me feel like I’m going to collapse on the street. I look at my watch again, seeing that it’s fifteen minutes before eight, which is the time of my first class for the day.And yet here I am still, power-walking to Delta Kappa, the fraternity house where my boyfriend stays at.“Hey, Astrid!” one of the frat boys from Delta Kappa greets me as he sees me running up the porch. I forgot his name completely, but I remember him to be one of the friendly ones. “Cade’s still inside.”“Oh, I know,” I mutter under my breath, barging into a room full of men watching a workout video on their gigantic TV while they all lift weights.“Astrid,” they all say in unison as a greeting, and I just nod at them, rushing up the steps where the rooms are.The boys of Delta Kappa tick pretty much every stereotype for frat boys: they’re all rich, handsome, muscular, and just a tad dim. My boyfriend Cade Franco is not any differe
Klaus's POV"Why the hell did you do that?"The voice of my wolf Donovan continues to echo in my head, his indignation strong. For the past hour, I've tried to ignore him and drown out his voice, but he just won't let me.He can't accept the fact that I patted Astrid on the head like a puppy and sent her on her merry way.He wanted me to do much more.And the worst thing is, I wanted to do so much more too.The moment I saw Astrid in that dress, I knew it was over for me.She's beautiful, and I can no longer deny the connection I feel for her.I've tried my best to avoid her all night. When Lexi told me that she would be hosting a party, I was determined to keep myself locked in my study so I don't have to see her. And for a while, I thought I was doing a good job. I thought I would get to call this night a success. Hell, I was relieved when I thought she wouldn't come here.But I was wrong.Because even when I heard from Lexi that she would be coming to the party, it was all I could
Astrid’s POV"Come on, Astrid. Can't you do it just for tonight?"Lexi's voice continues to flood me as we make our way back to her house. My sister Anastasia is driving, and we're together in the backseat.Ever since we got back from Ridgeway High to get our yearbooks signed by our friends, she's been pestering me to come back with her so we can have a little farewell party at her house.We're both leaving for college. The same college, in fact, which is New York University. We're both very excited, considering we're just two ordinary girls from Virginia, now about to live our dreams in the city.But still, the actual day we'd be leaving is nearly two months from now.I let out a laugh as I shake my head. "Don't you think it's a little too soon to throw a farewell party?""Well, I would be busy for the next weeks," Lexi says, pouting. "Just please come? What kind of best friend are you if you don't come to my party?"She makes a huge show of batting her lashes and jutting her lower l






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