ANMELDENElara Vonross built her life on quiet control. She fixed problems. She carried people. She asked for nothing. Until everything was taken. Her fiancé betrays her. Her sister replaces her. The home she paid for is no longer hers. In one night, she loses the life she thought was secure. And the one man she never trusted becomes the only one who does not let her fall. Lucien Blackwood is not just a ruthless CEO. He is something far more dangerous. When a single night binds them together, Elara is pulled into a hidden world where power decides who survives and who disappears. Now she is marked. Claimed. Hunted. Marriage becomes her only protection. Not love. Not choice. Survival. But Elara is done shrinking. The more his world tries to break her, the more she changes. What started as survival begins to feel like something else. Something stronger. Something she cannot control. Lucien says she belongs to him. He has no idea what that will cost him.
Mehr anzeigenCHAPTER FIVE: ELARAVictoria's smile was the last thing I saw before pain exploded across my face.I hit the ground hard. Tasted blood. My vision blurred.Hands grabbed me. Dragged me into the alley. I tried to scream. Something covered my mouth. A hand. Too strong. Too fast."Shh," Victoria whispered in my ear. "We're just going to talk."I bit down. Hard.She laughed and slammed my head against the brick wall.Stars burst behind my eyes. My knees buckled."Feisty. I can see why he likes you."I couldn't focus. Couldn't breathe. There were others. Three? Four? I couldn't tell. They moved wrong. Too fast. Too fluid.Victoria crouched in front of me. Grabbed my hair. Yanked my head back."Did you think it wouldn't matter?" she asked. "Did you think you could let an Alpha fuck you and walk away clean?""I don't…I don't know what…""You reek of him." She leaned closer. Inhaled. Her eyes flashed something inhuman. "His claim is all over you. In your skin. Your blood. Do you have any idea
CHAPTER FOUR: ELARAThe photo didn't disappear when I blinked.I stared at my phone screen until my eyes burned. Me, walking into Lucien's building. The timestamp glowed accusingly. One fifteen AM. The angle was perfect. Professional. Someone hadn't just seen me. They'd been waiting.I told you to stay away from him.My hands shook. The phone nearly slipped from my grip.Who was this? Victoria? Someone she sent? How long had they been watching?I looked down at myself. Torn shirt. No underwear. Bruises shaped like fingerprints circling my wrists. The bite mark on my shoulder throbbed with every heartbeat.Evidence.All of it was evidence of something I couldn't explain. Something Lucien didn't even remember.My stomach twisted. I barely made it to his bathroom before I threw up.Before Lucien could notice I was leaving, I ran.DING DONG!Marcus opened the door, took one look at me and dragged me inside."Jesus Christ, Elara. What the hell happened?"I couldn't answer. My throat was to
CHAPTER THREE: ELARAHis mouth was on mine before I could breathe.Not gentle. Not asking.Taking.His hand fisted in my hair, yanking my head back. His teeth scraped against my bottom lip, drawing a gasp from me that he swallowed whole.I should have pushed him away.I grabbed his shirt instead.He growled. Actually growled. The sound vibrated through his chest into mine and something primal in me responded.My back hit the wall. I didn't remember moving. His body pressed against mine, all heat and hard muscle and barely restrained violence."Last chance," he said against my mouth. His voice was shredded. Raw. "Leave now or I won't stop."I dug my nails into his shoulders.He took that as the answer it was.His hands were everywhere. My coat hit the floor. My shirt followed. He tore through the buttons like they offended him personally."Lucien…""Don't say my name like that." His teeth found my neck. Bit down. Not hard enough to break skin. Hard enough to make me forget my own. "Not
CHAPTER TWO: ELARA"We need to talk."I laughed. The sound came out wrong. Broken.Nadia didn’t even pull the sheet up to cover herself. Like modesty didn’t even matter now. I couldn’t believe I was looking at my Bay sister’s legs spread wide up, naked.Ethan didn't move. He just sat there, naked, his dick still hard in my face, with my sister in the bed I paid for."Get out," he said.I blinked. "What?""You heard me. Get out. This is my apartment."My apartment. The one I bought. The one I put in his name because he said it would mean something. Because I wanted him to feel like a man."Ethan!""Don't make this harder than it needs to be, Elara." He stood up. Started pulling on his boxers like this was normal. Like I was interrupting his morning routine. "We were going to tell you. We just... we wanted to wait until after the anniversary.""How thoughtful," I heard myself say.Nadia finally spoke. Her voice was soft. Careful. "Elara, I know this looks bad,""Looks bad?" My voice cra






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