INICIAR SESIÓN♡☆CANDACE♡☆Luca didn't arrive at my apartment until six a.m. that morning. I didn't know whether to be disappointed, upset, or relieved. A part of me understood that last night mattered, that his role in rescuing those girls was vital. But that very selfish, needy part of me wished he'd arrived earlier than this. I'd wanted him there when I was still shaking, when Marcus’s sudden appearance in my home stirred up my anxiety, and Baldwin’s people flooding my home like a homicide scene. I'd longed for Luca’s hands to hold me close, his reassuring tone, to feel safe. But he wasn't there. Instead I got nothing but a million and one questions fired at me from the people who clearly didn't try to mask their scorn, obvious that they didn't believe a word I said.And they didn't leave. Which was why I needed to lock myself in my room all morning, to stay far away from these energy vampires. Today would be my first day at the clinic for the interview. I needed to look my absolute best if I
♡☆ALHA LUCA♡☆"Alpha, a vessel is already underway." Liam pointed toward the ship clearly in sight as we arrived at the docks. "It's the largest one. The rest are decoys."Damn!Talk about a man being late. Again. Not hopelessly late tonight though. Even in the rain, my hopes of rescuing the girls didn't waver.My eyes remained fixated on the massive ship moving farther away from the docks.I'd been late enough for those bastards to have gotten their cargo out of reach.There were over two hundred men with me. They didn't stall, they received confirmation from me that the girls were somewhere on the moving vessel. Without a trace of doubt or any blind judgments, my wolf traced their scents to the vessel leaving Duskmoon.Not unless we stopped it. I bolted towards the smaller speedboats our men had secured. My wolf grew extremely restless beneath my skin in a way that tested my patience.I could understand how overwhelming the need to get on the big boat was but it wasn't helping tha
♡☆CANDACE♡☆I swung the vase so hard, with everything I had.It connected with his forehead. The crack was so sickening, shattering against his skull and my palm in an explosion of ceramic and rose water and, of course, rose petals. The big bad guy staggered back, a guttural curse rumbled off him. To my horror he didn't fall. Yeah. Because the universe never made things easy for me."Crazy bitch!" He vengefully spat. His eyes darkened ferociously as he shook off the impact like my deadly blow was only a mere swat. So what now? Run? Not a chance. His burly frame caged me in.It was his turn to attack. He did it so swiftly that my only defense was the dresses. I hurled the dresses at him, the hangers falling to the floor. The impact barely enough to inflict some kind of pain on him but in a way, worked because his blade missed me. Well, not completely. The silver blade slashed into my forearm. The searing pain shot straight to my brain. My wolf pushed relentlessly, painfully at m
♡☆CANDACE♡☆Something fishy was going on. I could not just smell it, but felt it. For a minute I felt stupid. And completely taken advantage of. I knew I couldn't trust Cathy even when she'd put on this entire facade of a changed and reformed stepsister. But once a snake, always a snake. My fingers were still trembling from the shock of finding a poison vial in her purse earlier. She could've hurt me. She had the perfect chance to. Why didn't she? I lingered over the thoughts of telling Luca about the situation. Again, I dismissed the need to whine about my personal problems. I was a strong woman capable of fighting her battles. Vivianne and Cathy had drawn the battle line. They weren't ready for what was coming. I left the closet in comfortable sleep shorts and shirt, moving to the kitchen to fix myself a cinnamon tea before bed. A part of me wishing Luca wasn't working tonight. But he was. He had to. Unlike other nights, tonight's mission was more than important to Luca and
♡☆ALPHA LUCA♡☆"We're fighting a common enemy, so get off my back." She sneered, "You're not willing to listen to me or help me and it's totally fine." She took a sip of her coffee, released an audible breath, and pointed at the barstool next to hers, "Sit, let's talk. Your coffee's running cold." But I didn't want to sit. Didn't want the coffee. My attention remained fixated on the laptop before me as I scrolled through various maps, pinned conversations, and receipts to show she's been trying to track Morgè Carver for a while now. Which, if she imagined was going to get her ticked off my suspect list, then she was wrong. It only placed a star on her name.All I could see here was that Vivianne had a team. A team which obviously were people… loyal people of Duskmoon, yet none of them ever mentioned anything about this to me. The senders and recipients of the emails were redacted. For a reason. She must've noticed how intently I was studying the screen because she leaned forwar
♡☆ALPHA LUCA♡☆"The test results are in, Alpha." Rex announced on the phone, "And I think you might want to see them before anything else." Ten minutes later, I arrived at the complex building, where Rex was waiting with a file in his hand.I took it from him, flipped it open and skimmed through the sheets. My eyes landed on the powerful wolfsbane that hadn't even crossed my mind before.Guilio. The powerful wolfsbane cultured only in the wild. By the rogues. My jaw tightened at the instinctive thought in my head. Vivianne. The only one with clear access to the rogues. Or maybe it was her way of making a statement. "The chemical composition matches the wolfsbane our team's been investigating. But there's something else, Alpha. This particular strain isn't something you'd find on the open market." Rex added, probably quoting the lab guys. I already knew about Guilio. But I didn't know who was playing these tricks or how.Whoever was behind this was pretty calculating. They knew
♡☆CANDACE♡☆Sexy as fuck. Nah, this wasn't me. There was no fucking way the girl staring back in the full-length mirror was me, the ostracized omega girl they loved to walk all over. The very plain and "unattractive" runt. I looked unreal after the complete makeover the glam team gave me. My pa
♡☆CANDACE♡☆The second I stepped into the sinful excuse of a store, my knees turned to jelly like my body already recognized what it was walking into. Heat crept up my face and ears leaving them rosy. If humiliation could kill, I'd be a wet stain on the black obsidian floor.And damn me. My wolf c
♡☆ ALPHA LUCA ♡☆"I'll hate to stick out tonight like a sore thumb. I'm not sure if I can be the perfect escort for this dinner." Candace pouted at lunch. Taking a large bite of her beignet with powdered sugar all over her flustered face. "Why can't you?" I asked, my interest partly on my black co
♡☆CANDACE♡☆The next morning was pretty sunny, yet nothing about my mood appeared sunny.My nerves were still jittery from last night, from the weight of Luca's intense gaze. From the plaguing memory of his glistening cock in the red aesthetic lights. Also from the way he'd caught me touching mysel







