Jenna hastened her footsteps through the hotel’s hallway as she headed toward Damien’s room with anger evident on her face. Her head felt like it was going to explode as infuriation crawled up her body. “Who misses his fiancée’s dress fitting appointment?”
As she got closer to the door, her heart became filled with anxiety as the unmistakable sound of female moans filled her ears. Her breath caught up in her throat as each step she took got heavier than the last
As she reached the door, the sounds grew louder, and her worst fears were confirmed.
“You like it, don’t you,” came Damien’s raspy voice as the noise of bodies clapping filled her ears.
“Yes Daddy..” the woman moaned in response.
“Ohh f*ck!” Damien groaned, I can’t wait to make you mine!”
At those words, Jenna’s mind went blank as she blinked hard in confusion. She checked the room number again to be sure she wasn’t in the wrong room, “205 was boldly written on the door.” This was definitely Damien’s room and she was sure because she had personally selected it for him as family and friends were gathered to celebrate her father’s birthday in his hotel before their wedding day.
With shaky hands, she pushed the door knob and surprisingly it wasn’t locked. The grip on her purse loosened, letting it fall to the ground. For a second she thought she was hallucinating as she blinked repeatedly hoping for the scene in front of her to leave her head, but it didn’t!
Her jaw dropped in disbelief as she watched Damien and her stepsister, Coty, intertwine in each other’s arms, their faces filled with pleasure. Damien was kissing her with his hands wrapped around her waist, pulling her closer to him and digging deep into her as she moaned repeatedly with a firm grip on him, lost in their dark pleasure.
Jenna stood frozen as her mind was unable to process what was going on. She couldn’t understand the betrayal unfolding before her eyes and the fact that her stepsister would do this to her.
She clenched her fist as she tried to hold back the tears that threatened to fall.
She never wanted this marriage from the beginning but being the only legitimate daughter of the Alpha of the Crescent Moon Pack she was caught up in a marriage of alliance between her father and Damien’s father who was the former Beta of the Silvercrest Pack as they conspired to take the position of Alpha from his brother.
Her father, George Spears, was a prominent man who knew nothing about patience. His decisions were not to be thwarted for any reason.
He saw a chance to gain more power and elevate his influence in the society and didn't waste any time taking it by marrying her to a monster who had no regard for womanhood just to achieve his selfish desires.
She wasn’t allowed to choose her groom even if it was her mate but on the day she met Damien, he turned out to be her mate.
She was happy that she would at least be ending up with her mate but he betrayed her right before her eyes. He chose to humiliate her by having an affair with her stepsister. “Even though he had told her countless times how much he hated her, for the sake of the mate bond they shared she had expected better!”
“Damien!…” Catching her breath she managed to utter, her voice barely above a whisper.
She stood transfixed as none of them seemed to hear her.
They were both so engrossed in what they were doing that they couldn’t even hear her.
“Please stop… I beg of you… stop!..” she stuttered tears welling up.
He looked up, his eyes widened in shock. “Jenna this isn’t…”
“I didn’t expect you to be here,” her stepsister interrupted, her tone defiant with no remorse.
“Please leave us, we are not done yet, sister.” She added with a corked smile.
Jenna felt her heart rip out of her body for a second. What the f*ck was her snitch of a sister saying?
She turned to him hoping he would say something but instead, he had his arms wrapped around her body. She couldn’t believe what was happening even though she had always known Coty hated her; she didn’t believe she would betray her like this and jeopardize her marriage with Damien.
She let out the tears that threatened to fall from her eyes as she turned to him. “Damien tell me this is all a joke!”
Coty let out a loud chuckle. “Did you actually think he would get married to a selfish bitch like you?” “News flash, I’m having his baby!” She added with spite.
“That’s not true…” Jenna said, shaking her head in disbelief as she looked at him. “Tell me she is lying Damien, " she added with a cracked voice, clinging to a thread of hope, and her eyes filled with so many tears that were running down her cheeks freely.
Damien avoided her gaze with silence confirming her worst fears.
Jenna gave a nod in defeat and turned away. She could barely see clearly but struggled to maintain a normal pace because it felt like her heart was about to jump out of her chest.
She made her way through the hallway down to her room trying to avoid as many people as possible.
She pushed the door open and the moment she closed it, she leaned against it.
Exhausted, she lay on her bed and shut her eyes trying to gasp for air when she heard a knock.
She panted hard as the knock caused her a shock.
Trying to catch her breath she watched as Damien walked in with hickeys on his face.
“Don’t you think I deserve an explanation?” She asked in a calm voice.
“I owe you no explanation as to how I choose to live my life,” he replied in a cold voice.
“It’s our wedding in one week Damien, but you choose to humiliate me this way by having an affair with my sister and even getting her pregnant, really!? She flared in anger.
“Our wedding, huh?” Damien snarled, “I never wanted any of this and there will be no us, no freaking wedding!” I do not love you Jenna and I reject this mate bond!
She held back the new tears that threatened to fall from her eyes as she watched him walk out on her.
Devastated Jenna took the bottle of champagne in her room gulping it directly from the bottle.
Digging her hands into her purse to find her phone with shaking hands, she dialed the number of the only person who could share her pains.
“Kaya!” Jenna screamed as she picked up after the third ring.
“Damien… he..he… he canceled the wedding,” she cried in a cracked voice.
“Son of a b*tch!” kaya cursed. “Where are you right now ?” She asked with worry laced in her voice.
“In my room,” Jenna replied with a sniff. “How do I face my dad ?” She added in tears.
“Come to my room, let’s talk about this,” Kaya said over the phone and the call ended.
Jenna staggered her way through as she headed for her best friend's room.
Getting on the elevator with her eyes dizzy, she mistakenly pressed the 9th-floor button instead of the 6th-floor.
She finally made it to room 405 and pulled the half-opened door.
Walking in, she gasped for breath as she stared at the figure in front of her.
It wasn’t Kaya but in front of her stood a well-built man whose back was turned. He was shirtless and had tattoos that covered up his back and arm.
“Who are you?” Came his masculine voice causing her breath to seize as she braced herself, shutting her eyes close and sucked in a heavy breath as she couldn’t resist her burning desire for this stranger.
“I…..I am…. I want you.” She stuttered as those words rolled off her tongue unexpectedly.
Jenna placed her hands on her hips, staring up at the towering wall before her. At that moment, she envied every creature gifted with the ability to fly. Her gaze drifted to the side, and she sprinted a few meters behind a wide house, seeking cover as she prepared her escape.The rain continued to pour down relentlessly, soaking her to the bone. It did nothing to help her situation, but she had no control over that. She rolled her shoulders, pushed up the sleeves of her soaked gray dress, and stood before the tall wooden fence with steely determination.It was probably twice her height. Still, with the right skill, she believed she could scale it.Then reality hit.She wasn’t skilled. She was the opposite—utterly lazy.Regardless, Jenna planted her hands against the slick, brown wood and dug her nails in, trying to pull herself up. A sharp sting shot through her finger as a splinter buried itself in her skin. She cursed under her breath and considered shifting to tear through the damn
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The silence was the loudest thing in the room.Ryker stood in Jenna’s old quarters, untouched since she vanished. The same gray blanket she used to curl under still rested at the foot of the bed. Her scent lingered on the pillow, faded but not gone. That soft blend of crushed lilacs and wolf pine that used to ground him.Now it haunted him.He stared at the space on the bed and tried to remember the last thing she said to him. Something cold. Something distant.He deserved that.He deserved worse.Outside, the Villa was restless. Whispers ran like wildfire: The Luna’s gone. Ryker lost his mate. The Lycan Alpha took her. They didn’t say it to his face, of course. But he felt their doubt like needles under his skin.He’d lost her.Again.Exhausted, Ryker sat slouched on the high-backed chair at the far end. His knuckles were bloodied—fresh from punching the stone wall of his chambers just minutes before.The taste of defeat still coated his tongue like ash.She was gone.Jenna.And not
The storm outside was unrelenting. Rain thrashed against the high-arched windows casting shadows that danced violently across the towering bookshelves of the Alpha King’s private study.Kaelion Vexmoor stood alone, one hand braced against the edge of his massive desk, his broad shoulders rising and falling with every shallow breath.His chest ached.Not from injury.But from the curse.He could feel it again—writhing beneath his skin like molten fire, twisting into his lungs and curling fingers around his heart. Every time he thought it had calmed, it surged back, fiercer than before.The pain came in waves now.Stronger.Faster.Like time was counting down.He didn’t flinch. He didn’t cry out. But the tremor in his jaw betrayed him, as did the way he squeezed his eyes shut to trap the growl in his throat.Then came the voice, low, calm, irritatingly timely.“You’re burning again, aren’t you?”Dorian. His Beta. Always watching. Always ten steps behind and yet never out of reach.Kaeli
Jenna lay still for a long while after Kaelion left, the silence in the room thick as fog. Her heart still hadn’t settled from his words.“For every tear they made you shed, I will make them beg.”She should’ve felt fear. Or revulsion. But instead, something darker curled in her chest. Hope. Dangerous, bloody hope.She buried her face in the sheets to drown it.The knock at the door jolted her.Before she could say anything, it opened.A woman entered — tall, stern, elegant, her posture straight as a blade. Behind her, three younger women followed, each carrying folded garments, steaming cloths, and wooden bowls filled with scented water. Maids.The older woman’s eyes scanned Jenna from head to toe. Not cruel. Not soft either. Just… assessing.“I’m called Myra,” she said, her voice brisk. “I am the head of His Majesty’s house staff. These girls are here to assist me in preparing you for the day.”Jenna sat up slowly, pulling the covers closer to her chest. “I don’t need help.”Myra’s