LOGINThe rest of the day went by smoothly, with Mary helping me wash my hair and dress up before I had a bountiful breakfast.
This time, I didn’t lock myself in the bedroom and decided to look around.
Wraith was beside the door just as I expected him to be, even though he just recently became my bodyguard. It was strange, but it felt like he had always been by my side. Like he would always be there.
Our eyes met and I couldn’t help the stupid smile that reached t
Deep breath in, then out.Deep breath in, then out.Deep breath in, then….I slammed my hand down hard against the table. Then looked up at the mirror. My bond mark glowing slightly, resonating with the heat in my core.He was right.Kane was a bastard, but he was right.It was either going to be him or someone else. And there was no way he would let me fall into the hand of another shifter when he knew about my ability.He was also right when he said that I was his. Nothing would change that, no matter how angry or hurt I was.But that didn’t stop the emotions spilling from me. The urge to cry, salty at the back of my eyes. The need to yell, deep within my core.He had me exactly where he wanted me.But if he thought, I was just going to lay down and bear him pups, then he had another thing coming.I took another deep breath, finding calm in my resolve before turning to the door, pul
The rest of the day went by smoothly, with Mary helping me wash my hair and dress up before I had a bountiful breakfast.This time, I didn’t lock myself in the bedroom and decided to look around.Wraith was beside the door just as I expected him to be, even though he just recently became my bodyguard. It was strange, but it felt like he had always been by my side. Like he would always be there.Our eyes met and I couldn’t help the stupid smile that reached the corner of my lips. And for a second there, I thought his eyes had grown considerably softer.Kane’s quarters was a large castle, surrounded by other smaller castles. It was huge and was managed by a number of people. Maids and guards alike. Most of them stared, and some didn’t bother to give me the time of day, almost like I didn’t exist. I preferred it that way.In another lifetime, I would have been thrilled to find myself in such a beautiful castle, with such beautiful people
No response.I turned around, towards the door. It was wide open and I was certain I heard someone earlier. If it was Mary, then…A shudder ran through me, and all sorts of thoughts flooded my mind.“Is someone out there?” I asked, half panicking, half pleading.“My lady.” A voice responded, a familiar one.“Wraith…” I breathed out, then stiffened.“I apologize, I didn’t mean to barge in.” He continued. I sighed and slumped back into the pool when I realized he was standing just beside the door.“What do you want? And why are you here?”“Mary asked me to check on you from time to time.”I frowned.“I came in to do just that. But I didn’t think you would be awake and in need of privacy.” He added. I turned to the door again, this time, a lot calmer. The door was wide open and I was naked and in a rather large tub and vulnerable. Yet, for some strange reason, I wasn’t afraid. At least not as I should h
A scream pierced through my throat, a sharp stabbing pain engulfing me like flames. My vision darkened and tears rushed through my eyes.I turned to the door, my lips quivering and my body trembling. This pain was familiar. A broken rib. Each breath I took in was torture.This situation was familiar. Both in this world and in my last.“SO WHY WAS NO BODY COMING?”I turned to the door, but it was still firmly shut.“Wraith…” I found my voice though it was barely a whisper.“Are you waiting for someone to come save you?” The marquis grabbed the back of my hair and pulled. I cried, my ribs crying while he pulled me up to a sitting position and squatted down, forcing me to look at him.“You might be in the castle now, Inara, but I am still your father.”“Before you ever belonged to the prince, you were mine.”“And even now, as the prince’s claim, in this fancy castle, wearing your fancy clothes.” He leaned down, so his face
I wasn’t sure that I was going the right way. And I didn’t care. I just wanted to get away, far away from everyone and everything. The faster I walked, the more emotions bubbled inside me.Rage. So much of it. Things I would never take lying down, I swallowed because I was powerless against these bastard shifters. I couldn’t fight back, I could not run away, the laws here were shit and if I was being honest, I didn’t want to die either.So, what the fuck was I supposed to do?“My lady.” A voice called out to me. and I came to an abrupt halt, realizing I was somewhere in the woods.“Are you alright?” Wraith asked, having followed me all the way out here.PerfectSalt hit the back of my throat and I clenched my fist trying to hold back the desperation pouring over me. But nothing worked. My nose tingled and my eyes burned. Every inch of me begging for release.“Miss Bloomwood,” he called out again, I almost didn’t recogni
INARAKane’s quarters was practically another castle inside a castle surrounded by smaller buildings, called palaces. And I had been staying at his palace all this time.The place was stupidly huge, and insanely beautiful. Enough to distract me from the fear clogging my spine as we made our way to the king in the main castle.Guards, maids, ladies in waiting were everywhere I looked. It was a mess, but somehow, a beautiful mess. And they did not hide their curiosity and hostility as they openly made a spectacle of me.“Is she the one?”“The one the prince claimed.”“She seems rather plane for his first claimed.”“I hear the king is furious with his choice.”“I hear the northern duke won’t have it.”“They say she used a love potion on the prince.” They said a lot more about me without holding back or caring if I heard them or not. I took a huge br







