LOGINCHAPTER 2: EMBRACED BY DARKNESS
SELENE’S POV One would assume I’m being rescued—taken far away from those dangerous men who want to break me, claim me in ways my mind dares not imagine. But whatever you’re thinking, you’re absolutely wrong. Yes, I’m being pulled away from them, but this time into an even darker place. Handed over, possessed almost, by a stranger who feels like the reigning king of darkness himself. There’s no way to explain it fully, but there’s something about him—the way he grips my hand, the way he pulls me closer, holding me tight against himself. Everything about him radiates raw, dangerous power. I don’t even have to touch him to feel it. The aura emanating from him spins my mind, sharp and dizzying, heightening every sensation in my body. I moan involuntarily even as he drags me deeper, farther into the pitch-black shadows of the club. I fought with the other men, but I can’t fight him. Not now. This overwhelming energy, this heat pulsing between us, blurs my thoughts. My eyelids flutter uncontrollably. He drags me into a dark room—so dark I can’t see a thing. Complete darkness coats everything. There’s no preamble, no warning, no preparation. Suddenly, he presses me against the cold wall, and I feel the full weight of him—God, he’s huge. I mean massive—taller than me by what feels like a whole head, maybe more. My face rests against his broad chest as his arms wrap tightly around me. I can feel the roughness of his skin beneath my fingertips as his hands roam from my neck down to my chest, squeezing my breasts hard enough to make my eyelids flutter even more. I am utterly lost. My head tilts back, breath hitching into a long moan as I arch my back against the wall, surrendering to the wild fire igniting inside me. The aura swirling around him intensifies everything I feel—like a flame that refuses to die out, spreading through every inch of my body. And I can’t deny the undeniable pull stirring deep in my belly. I don’t want to fight anymore. Somehow, my hands find their way to his solid bare chest, tracing the contours of his glistening muscles. God, the sensation only makes everything stronger. I tiptoe, wrapping my arms tightly around his neck as he grabs my ass, pulling me off the floor, forcing me to coil my legs firmly around his waist. I don’t care that I can’t see his face through the darkness. He doesn’t speak—there’s only the sound of our ragged breaths, gasps, and low moans filling the room. I know the heat burning inside me is impossible for him to resist, no matter how powerful or commanding he seems. The tension enveloping us consumes him as much as it does me, silencing any thought but raw desire. He doesn’t lead me to the bed, which I assume is somewhere in the room. Instead, he holds me tight against the wall, rips my skirt apart in one brutal, urgent movement. Strangely, I don’t care. I don’t care that I’m about to be taken by a stranger. After everything I’ve suffered, after all these years of holding on to morals, to restraint, to dignity—it means nothing anymore. If I keep resisting, I’ll only end up shattered, humiliated before my so-called friends, broken and mocked. I wrap my legs around him tighter, surrendering fully to the wild, raw sensation coursing between us. There’s some mystical force pulling us together, strings tugged by something deeper than reason, something primal. My moan echoes through the darkness as I grip him hard, stroking, caressing his body. He groans, burying his face in my neck, trembling like he’s barely holding on. The need in him is too intense—he’s lost control, and I’m right there with him. The overpowering aura surrounding him scrambles my senses, turning my mind to fog. I see the edges of my vision whitening, my eyes fluttering uncontrollably. I am no longer myself. It feels like possession, like a surge of something ancient and insatiable coursing through my veins, amplifying everything tenfold beyond even the cruel grip of those men in the club. I urge him silently, wrapping my legs tighter, begging him to take me—take what his body craves so fiercely. And just like I expected, he doesn’t hesitate. God, I fucking love him. I feel the tip of him brushing against my entrance, slow and teasing, coaxing me open like a key turning in a lock. I arch my back, crying out, feeling stars explode behind my eyelids as he gradually parts me, slowly breaking through the barrier I’ve kept safe for so long. Soon, I am completely opened to him. He slides deep inside me, filling every inch, overwhelming my senses. I tremble against him, gasping with my back pressed to the cold wall, my eyelids fluttering and rolling back in a haze of pleasure and disbelief. He gives me no time to recover. No space to catch my breath after he takes me, after he shatters what little protection I had left. Grabbing my hair roughly, he tilts my head, planting searing kisses all over my neck as my legs clamp down tighter around his waist. Then he plunges into me—hard, wild, untamed, and deliciously brutal. The sensations surge higher than before, like a flame licking every nerve ending. My spirit feels as though it might be ripped from my body as I shiver, clinging to him, surrendering to the overwhelming waves of pleasure flooding through me. Good heavens, what is this? This fierce need that grips me? Why do my muscles tighten and tremble as if being pulled apart? Why does every nerve in my body feel alive, stroked, ignited? I am not myself right now. I cry out loud, struggling to endure the intensity as my legs squeeze him tighter, urging him on. He moves faster, slamming his hips against me with relentless power. The wet, slapping sound of skin against skin echoes around the room, driving me wild. I shudder, moan, gasp—my body consumed by this overwhelming fire. He doesn’t relent. He doesn’t let me go. He only moves faster, deeper, as the world dissolves into a blur of desperate need and intoxicating, supernatural heat.CHAPTER 75. WHY WOULD THEY CARESELENE'S POV Morgana’s face is a mask of pure, unadulterated shock. She stands there, frozen on the gravel path, her eyes darting between my flushed face and Damien’s large hands still pressed firmly against my chest. The air between us feels like it’s about to catch fire. I can feel the blood rushing to my cheeks, hot and shameful, staining my skin. This is my best friend. My only ally. And she just caught me being pinned against an oak tree by the one man I am supposed to stay a thousand miles away from."Damien, let me go," I hiss, my voice cracking with desperation. I push against his shoulders, but it’s like trying to move a mountain. He doesn't budge. He doesn't even flinch.He doesn't look at me, either. His entire focus is locked on Morgana. His eyes are still glowing that predatory, dark amber, and his aura is flaring out in waves of cold, heavy command. He looks at her not as a friend, but as an intruder—a threat that needs to be neutralized.
CHAPTER 74. THE HARLOT THE SHADOW CALLED ME SELENE'S POV The realization hits me harder than the pavement did: he is monitoring me. Every step I take, every frantic breath I draw in the cold morning air, he’s been watching. I should feel violated. I should be screaming at him for stalking me like a piece of prize meat, but the sheer, suffocating intensity of his presence is the only thing keeping my knees from buckling.The Shadow—that whispering, hateful specter—doesn't flee immediately. It lingers in the dissipating fog, its form flickering like a dying candle."The Alpha-Demon," the voice sneers, though the bravado is thinner now, vibrating with a metallic tremor. "Coming to save his little pet? You’re too late, Blackwood. The rot is already inside her. You put it there yourself."Damien doesn't offer a witty retort. He doesn't even move. He simply stands there, his hands shoved into the pockets of his expensive charcoal coat, and lets his aura expand. It’s not just a wave of hea
CHAPTER 73. THE NIGHTMARE HAS ONLY JUST BEGUNSELENE'S POV My heart is beating so fucking fast I can hear the valves snapping shut in the hollow of my throat. It’s a rhythmic, frantic thudding—the sound of a cornered animal realizing the cage was locked long ago. The cold air in the park has turned static, charged with a malicious energy that makes my skin crawl."Who’s there?" I scream, the sound tearing out of my chest, jagged and raw. "Show yourself, you coward!"I spin in a frantic circle, my boots skidding on the frost-slicked stone of the gazebo. The fog is a living thing now, a wall of white that swallows the world three feet in front of me. I am a Ravencroft. I am supposed to be the predator. But standing here, shivering in an oversized coat that still smells faintly of the man I’ve betrayed my family for, I feel like nothing but prey."So much fire," the voice murmurs. It’s everywhere and nowhere, a disembodied rasp that seems to vibrate inside my own skull. "But fire is so
CHAPTER 72. ALREADY TRAPPED SELENE'S POV “I will ensure you regret the day you were born a Ravencroft.”The words echo in the darkness of my bedroom, a relentless, venomous loop that refuses to let me drag myself into unconsciousness.The digital clock on my nightstand glares a harsh, unforgiving red. 3:14 AM. Then 4:22 AM. Then 5:07 AM.I lie flat on my back, staring up at the intricate molding of the ceiling, my eyes burning with exhaustion but wired wide open by sheer terror. My sheets are twisted around my legs, damp with cold sweat and the lingering, suffocating scent of sex, fear, and my own out-of-control pheromones. I couldn't bring myself to strip the bed. If I rang for the maids in the middle of the night, the gossip would reach the council before breakfast. So, I lay in the ruin of my own making, marinating in the physical evidence of my betrayal.My father’s disgust is a physical weight crushing my chest, but it’s the other secret—the blackmail—that feels like a noose ti
CHAPTER 71. DEVOID OF HUMORSELENE'S POV My body is still vibrating, humming with the aftershocks of an explosion my mind hasn't quite processed yet. One moment, I was coming undone in Damien’s arms; the next, he vanished into the shadows like a phantom, leaving me alone to face the consequences.Now, my father stands in the center of my bedroom, his eyebrow raised, scrutinizing the space like a boarding school headmaster searching for contraband.My heart hammers against my ribs, a frantic bird trying to claw its way out of a cage. I am doomed. Absolutely, irrevocably doomed. His aura is a physical weight in the room, a suffocating blanket of Alpha dominance that presses against my skin. He knows fear when he smells it, and right now, I reek of it."What the hell happened here?" his voice booms, the sound vibrating through the walls and settling deep in my chest.I gasp, digging my toes into the carpet, fighting for a shred of composure. I have to swallow the terror rising in my thr
CHAPTER 70. YOU SMELL LIKE RUINSELENE'S POV "This is going to be a very long night, baby girl," he growls, his voice vibrating against the shell of my ear, dark and heavy with promise. "And I’m not going to stop until I have completely unraveled you."His words ring through me, sounding less like a threat and more like a prophecy. Even now, wrapped in his arms, I still haven’t figured out what he is. I don’t know why he holds this terrifying power over me, or why he can make me fall deeper into this overwhelming sin with a single touch. I know the danger looming outside these walls. I know I am being stalked, that my life is a house of cards waiting to collapse, yet I still want more.I want to be ruined by him. My sister’s husband."God," I gasp, my head falling back against his shoulder. "You’re a demon.""Maybe," he whispers.His hands roam over me possessively, mapping every curve of my body as I straddle his lap. He holds me tight, anchoring me against him as the friction betwe
CHAPTER 50. CONSUMEDSELENE'S POV"Oh my god, fuck. Oh fuck, oh yes, oh fuck, oh god."The words tear from my throat, raw and desperate, as the massive sensation rips through every fiber of my being. My entire body is trembling, shaking like a leaf caught in a violent storm, and I can't control any
CHAPTER 48. FORBIDDEN FIRESELENE'S POVThe chuckle against my lips reverberates through my entire body as his mouth continues to move in lazy, overwhelming, powerful circles that makes me moan deep in my throat. God, I can't help it. I can't fight it. The sensation is too intense, too consuming, t
CHAPTER 35: CLAIMED IN DARKNESSSELENE'S POV It suddenly feels as if—God—this man has done something to me, something unnatural, something dangerous. My body doesn’t feel like my own anymore. I feel overtaken, overwhelmed, possessed completely, every nerve hijacked by his presence. I bite down har
CHAPTER 34: PINNED BETWEEN SHADOWSSELENE'S POV “What the fuck are you doing?”My whisper is frantic, sharp, almost strangled.Damien only gives me a maddeningly nonchalant look, his expression unbothered, casual as if he hasn’t just seized my phone mid-conversation with my father. He lifts it smo







