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WRONG TIMING

Author: Wren Gray
last update publish date: 2026-09-22 21:14:40

STELLA

I opened my eyes slowly. Damien was lying beside me, his head resting against the pillows as he watched me. His fingers continued stroking my hair, brushing the strands away from my face with a softness that still surprised me every time.

"You've been staring at me," I mumbled.

His lips curved. "You finally noticed." I smiled and closed my eyes again, pressing my cheek more firmly against his chest.

"Let me sleep."

"You've been sleeping for hours."

"Then let me sleep for a few more."

His
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  • ONCE A SUBSTITUTE FOR THE LUNA NOW THE DEMON ALPHA'S BRIDE   WRONG TIMING

    STELLAI opened my eyes slowly. Damien was lying beside me, his head resting against the pillows as he watched me. His fingers continued stroking my hair, brushing the strands away from my face with a softness that still surprised me every time."You've been staring at me," I mumbled.His lips curved. "You finally noticed." I smiled and closed my eyes again, pressing my cheek more firmly against his chest."Let me sleep.""You've been sleeping for hours.""Then let me sleep for a few more."His hand moved down my back, pulling me closer. I didn't want to move. My body felt exhausted, and every muscle seemed to remind me of the night we'd shared. But it wasn't an unpleasant feeling. If anything, it made me want to remain exactly where I was, wrapped in his warmth, listening to the sound of his heart beating steadily beneath my ear.For so long, I had been afraid of wanting too much. Afraid of becoming attached. Afraid that one day, Damien would remember who he was and remember who I wa

  • ONCE A SUBSTITUTE FOR THE LUNA NOW THE DEMON ALPHA'S BRIDE   YOU'RE SO PERFECT ~~

    STELLAThe words hung between us in the steam-filled bathroom, heavier than the towel still hanging forgotten from my hand.“Ride me, darling.”My pulse thundered in my ears. Damien’s forehead still rested against mine, his breath warm, his body solid and wet against me. The offer he had just made cuffs, restraint, complete surrender of control—should have terrified me. Instead it sent a slow, molten heat rolling through my stomach and lower, until I felt myself grow wetter just from the thought.He was offering to make himself helpless. For me. So I could feel safe. So Azrath could never reach me even if the demon tried to surface.I nodded once, unable to trust my voice.Damien’s eyes darkened with something that looked almost like relief mixed with hunger. He took the towel from my hands, dried me carefully—shoulders, arms, the curve of my breasts, the soft skin of my stomach—then dried himself with the same quiet efficiency. When he was done he lifted me without effort, carrying m

  • ONCE A SUBSTITUTE FOR THE LUNA NOW THE DEMON ALPHA'S BRIDE   I WANT ALL OF YOU

    STELLAWhen we returned home, something changed. Not in the mansion. In Damien.It was as if the moment he decided he wanted me, he stopped trying to hide it. He was everywhere. If I was cleaning, he would appear beside me and take whatever was in my hands, ignoring every protest I made about it being my job. If I was cooking, he would stand behind me, arms around my waist, watching me as though making breakfast was the most fascinating thing in the world. If I walked into a room, his eyes followed me across it.And somehow, he always found a reason to kiss me. Sometimes it was my forehead. Sometimes my cheek. Sometimes my lips. And sometimes, he simply pulled me against him without saying anything at all, like he needed the contact more than he needed to explain it.I loved every second of it. I didn't think I would ever get used to being treated like I mattered this much, not after years of being treated like I barely existed."You're staring again."I glanced up at him, caught. "I

  • ONCE A SUBSTITUTE FOR THE LUNA NOW THE DEMON ALPHA'S BRIDE   MARRY ME

    STELLA.I stared at him. I couldn't breathe. I couldn't even think. My mind felt like it had stopped working entirely, stuck on the same handful of words looping without end.It would be you.The words kept repeating in my head, over and over, refusing to settle into anything I could make sense of. Damien was still looking at me as though he hadn't just turned my entire world upside down, as though this were an ordinary conversation and not something that could unravel everything I thought I understood about my life."What?"His expression didn't change. "I want to marry you."My eyes widened. He said it so simply, as though he had told me he wanted breakfast. As though those words weren't impossible. As though he hadn't just asked me to become his wife."Marry me?""Yes."I stared at him, my mind scrambling to catch up. Did he know what he was saying? An Alpha couldn't marry a maid. It wasn't simply frowned upon. It was forbidden. And even if that rule somehow didn't exist, there was

  • ONCE A SUBSTITUTE FOR THE LUNA NOW THE DEMON ALPHA'S BRIDE   IT WOULD BE YOU

    STELLABy the time Damien carried me out of the bathroom, my entire body felt warm, and not entirely from the water still clinging to my skin. I refused to think too deeply about the last few minutes, because that was really the only way I was going to survive them without falling apart on the spot.Damien set me carefully on the edge of the bed before reaching for a dry cloth, and my face was still burning as I looked away from him. He noticed, of course he did, he noticed everything."You can change first," he said.I glanced at him."What?"Instead of answering, Damien turned around completely, his broad back facing me now. I blinked, staring at him for several long seconds before I found my voice."What are you doing?""Giving you privacy."I couldn't stop the small smile that crept onto my face."Damien.""Hm?""It's fine. You can turn around."He didn't move an inch. I narrowed my eyes at his back."At this point, I think you've seen enough to know there's no reason to suddenly

  • ONCE A SUBSTITUTE FOR THE LUNA NOW THE DEMON ALPHA'S BRIDE   I BELONG ONLY TO YOU

    “I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT I AM ALWAYS HERE FOR YOU WITH OPEN ARMS, OPEN HEART AND OPEN LEGS”STELLAHis mouth claimed mine under the falling water, and everything else disappeared.The kiss was not careful this time. It was hungry, almost desperate, like Damien was trying to pour every fractured piece of himself into me. Water streamed over our faces, between our lips, making the kiss slippery and urgent. I tasted the faint metallic edge of blood that still clung to his skin, mixed with the clean heat of his mouth. His hand at my waist tightened, pulling me flush against him so that every hard plane of his bare chest pressed into my soaked clothes.I should have been afraid of the darkness still lingering in his eyes. I should have demanded answers about the blood. Instead I opened for him, letting his tongue slide against mine, and felt the tension in his body slowly begin to shift—still coiled, still dangerous, but focused now on me. His free hand slid up my side, pushing the wet f

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