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TOO CLOSE TO THE FLAME

Author: Smilia knons
last update publish date: 2026-01-28 17:45:55

Varkos**

I had snapped humans into bits for daring to breathe when I didn’t want them to.

That was the first thought that returned to me—sharp, and ugly as I stood alone in my chamber, staring at nothing and everything all at once.

She had stared me right in the eyes, and dared to threaten me…in my own freaking house! As if she already knew the consequences and decided it wasn’t enough to stop her…she

No one did that to me in Bleeding Rose.

No weak human lived long enough to try.

My jaw tighten
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  • Rejected by the Ruthless Lycan king    The Golden Cage

    Ginnie **The first thing I noticed when I opened my eyes was how soft everything felt, and for a moment, I thought I was dreaming.My body sank into a mattress so smooth and warm it felt unreal, nothing like the wicked rocks that I remembered crashing against. I blinked slowly, trying to get a clear vision of where I was as I stared up at a high ceiling decorated with gold patterns that gleamed faintly in the morning light.“What the—!”This was not the forest.I pushed myself upright too fast, pain exploding through my skull so sharply that a cry escaped my lips, forcing my head to drop back against the pillows. I shut my eyes and forced myself to breathe until the dizziness passed, and by the time I opened them again, I looked around properly.The room was large…too large for a human being to stay in. A polished fireplace burned quietly near the far wall, filling the air with warmth, followed by expensive wooden furniture that lined across the room, each piece carved with detail s

  • Rejected by the Ruthless Lycan king    The Stranger

    Ginnie**Varkos’s last words kept ringing in my ears over and over again like a death knell, each one sharper than the last. I stumbled through the dark corridors of the underground tunnel, my body aching everywhere from the fight with Kenna, my hands still bleeding from the broken glass I’d used to free myself. But none of that pain compared to the one tearing through my chest when Varkos told me to get out of his life and never come back. After I had finally told him the truth about Lily—he looked me in the eyes and said he never wanted to see my face again.He had no fucking right to judge me!Everything!Every single thing I went through all these years was because of him!“I fucking hate you, Varkos!” The words ripped out of me before I could realize. “I regret that night I met you six years ago…I wish I had never met you!”“Fuckkkkk!!!” The curse sounds tore out of me, echoing through the underground tunnel. “My baby… I’m so sorry…oh god!”I didn’t even know where I was going,

  • Rejected by the Ruthless Lycan king    Ashes Of Us

    Varkos**I stood there, still covered in Maria’s blood. For a second, Ginnie’s words didn’t register with me; it felt distant, muffled, as if I were underwater. “Varko…talk to me. What happened?!” Ginnie barked, taking one shaky step forward, her gaze still locked on Lily.Something inside me snapped.The grief, the rage, the guilt — everything I had been holding back since I woke up chained to that chair, erupted like a volcano.“You want to know what happened?” My voice started low and dangerous, then grew loud, echoing through the dark room. “You happened, Ginnie!”She flinched as if I had slapped her. “W..what are you talking about?”“You hid her from me for six fucking years!” The words exploded out of me, raw and ugly as I took a step toward her, my hands shaking with barely contained rage. “My daughter! My own blood! You let me live in the dark while you raised her alone, telling her I was dead. You were selfish, Ginnie! You were so afraid I would take Lily from you…and now yo

  • Rejected by the Ruthless Lycan king    Twist Of Fate

    Varkos**“Lily… please wake up.”My voice cracked as I cradled her tiny, motionless body against my chest. Glass shards cut into my knees, but I barely felt them, not even the wolfsbane gas that still lingered in the air, burning my lungs, but all I could focus on was her pale face.“Lily, open your eyes, sweetheart. Come on… please wake up for me.”Still nothing.Not even a single motion of movement from Lily to show that she was conscious. Her dark curls were wet and plastered to her forehead, and her lips were already beginning to turn into a terrifying shade of blue. Her small chest remained completely still.“Lily!” I barked, my voice thundering through the dark room, desperation bleeding into every syllable. “Wake up! It’s me…Mister Varkos. I’m here with you. I’m right here!”For the first time in my life, the cold-hearted and ruthless Alpha of Bleeding Rose felt himself breaking from the inside. Tears I had never allowed myself to shed before began to burn hot behind my eyes, t

  • Rejected by the Ruthless Lycan king    A Father’s Rage

    Varkos**Lily was dying.“Mister Varkos!” Her tiny voice echoed through the thick chamber glass, raw and trembling. “Mister! Please help! It’s burning….Please!”The greenish wolfsbane gas had risen past her waist and was climbing fast—almost to her neck now. Her small hands kept pounding weakly against the chamber glass, leaving bloody smudges. Her dark curls fell to her tear-streaked face, and she was coughing violently, her tiny body shaking as the poison filled her lungs.“Looks like you’ll never make it in time, Alpha.” Maria’s voice cut through the tension, her voice dripping with pure venom. “How does it feel? Knowing your precious halfling daughter is about to drown in the same poison that you used to kill the man I loved? Huh?”“Shut the fuck up!!” Rage and terror twisted together inside me until I couldn’t tell where one ended and the other began. I roared, struggling with every ounce of my last strength against the chains binding my wrists to the heavy wooden chair. The m

  • Rejected by the Ruthless Lycan king     No Mercy

    Ginnie**Kenna’s fingers tightened around my throat like iron bands, crushing every single airway in my lungs as I gasped, clawing uselessly at her wrist, my nails scraping against her skin but doing nothing. My back slammed painfully into the stone-cold wall as she pinned me there, her face inches from mine.“You’re so fucking pathetic,” she spat. “So…you really thought you could fight me? A weak little human who spreads her legs for power? You took everything from me and now…now I’m going to enjoy taking it back!”She slammed me against the wall again, my head cracking against the stone wall so brutally that the sheer force sent stars bursting behind my eyes. LilyVarkosI had to get to them. I couldn’t die here…not like thisWith the last of my strength, I brought my knee up, slamming it hard between her legs. Kenna stumbled back a step, but the blow barely did anything to stop her. She was Lycan — stronger, faster, deadlier. My human body was nothing against hers.“You bitch!” s

  • Rejected by the Ruthless Lycan king    FILL ME UP

    Ginnie**By the time we reached the bedroom, some of the anger in Varkos’s eyes had cleared. He set me down gently, his hands lingering on my waist. “You always know how to get through to me, why do you do such things?” He asked softly, his eyes meeting mine. I cupped his face, my thumb brushing

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  • Rejected by the Ruthless Lycan king    AFTER THE NIGHT

    Ginnie**Varkos stirred beside me, his grip tightening before releasing as he mumbled something I couldn’t hear clearly. My heart pounded as I slid out of bed, the cold floor sending a jolt through my body.Knock. Knock.The unexpected knock on the door shattered the quiet, my eyes wide with fear a

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  • Rejected by the Ruthless Lycan king    MOANING HIS NAME

    Ginnie**I felt my walls clench around Varkos, my body already adjusting to his size. He was so much more than I had ever felt before, so much more than I had ever dared to imagine. His dominance made me feel both powerless and powerful in his arms.He began to move, his hips rocking into me in a s

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  • Rejected by the Ruthless Lycan king    A LOOMING THREAT

    Ginnie**Kenna’s room suddenly felt too small. Too tight. As if the walls had indeed inched closer while I wasn’t looking. “I—” My lips trembled as the word slipped out, barely audible even to Kenna’s hearing, “I don’t know what you’re talking about.”The lie tasted bitter as it rolled off my tong

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