CHAPTER 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 10: SHATTERED BETWEEN WORLDSSELENE'S POV His grip on my breast grows rougher, kneading with a furious insistence that sends fresh shockwaves through me, his thumb brushing over my sensitive nipple as if he owns every twitch of my body. His pace quickens, hips slamming, pounding, driving that huge, magnificent length of his deeper inside me with relentless force.The sound of us—wet, primal, obscene—fills the room. The lewd slaps of skin against skin echo like a wicked rhythm, a song I can’t shut out, each beat pulling me further from sanity. My body sings to that sound, betrays me to it, trembling as though it were composed only to break me.He grits out words between thrusts, his voice ragged, edged with pleasure but still darkly controlled.“You love it, don’t you?”I choke on a moan, my head thrown back, eyes glassy with tears I can’t hold back. I force myself to look at him, to meet his face even through the haze.Oh God. That look.Desire sculpts every line of his featu
CHAPTER 9: THE DEVIL’S WHISPERSELENE'S POV My moans rise uncontrollably, trembling through me in broken shivers, the pressure building until it consumes every breath I take. Each wave pounds harder, making it impossible to think, impossible to form a coherent thought. My body is no longer mine; it belongs to the fire he stokes with every slow, deliberate touch.His voice cuts through the haze—deep, smooth, laced with sin.“I love the slut I saw last night,” he murmurs, his lips brushing against my ear, hot enough to burn. “And I’d love to see her again. Wouldn’t it be unforgettable, dear, for me to take her once more, right here, on this bed… before I head out to do my usual business?”Oh, God. That voice.That voice doesn’t soothe. It doesn’t calm. It makes everything worse—so much worse. Each word wraps tighter around me, drawing me deeper into the storm. The velvet timbre, low and deliberate, vibrates straight into my bones, making it impossible to hold on to reason. I’m unraveli
CHAPTER 8: FIRE AGAINST FIRESELENE'S POV A gust of wind whips through the room, sharp and sudden, carrying with it a dark blur that moves faster than my eyes can follow. One heartbeat I’m standing still, the next I’m crushed up against him—his heat searing into me, my palms splayed against the hard planes of his bare chest. His hands, large and claiming, are gripping me firmly, one sliding brazenly down to seize my ass as if it belongs to him.My breath hitches. My mind splinters.Okay… what the actual fuck is happening right now?I push against him instinctively, my fingers curling against muscle that feels impossibly strong. I try to wriggle free, but my body betrays me, trembling under the press of his touch. My gaze locks with his, and those eyes—those blazing, impossible eyes—burn me from the inside out. Every second I hold his stare makes it harder to remember why I need to escape.Dear heavens, what in all creation have I stumbled into?“Please…” My voice trembles, cracking u
CHAPTER 7: SHATTERED COMPOSURESELENE'S POV Where did he go? How—how did he just vanish? He was here. He was literally here seconds ago. There’s no escape route, no door, no window—nothing. The space beside me is still humming with the memory of him, like the air itself hasn’t quite caught up to his disappearance. My chest tightens as I spin in place, frantic eyes darting over every inch of the room as if a hidden trapdoor might materialize if I stare hard enough.I blink rapidly, trying to stitch the scene together, trying to force my brain into coherence. Okay… what the living hell just happened? I thought… he… He was… no, no, no, that makes no sense. My head reels, my heart hammers, and the silence only amplifies the storm spiraling inside me.“Are you okay, Selene? Why are you looking over there?”My sister’s voice cuts in, sharp and grounding. She sounds more bewildered by me than anything else, her brows pinched as she follows my frantic gaze. I can’t answer. I can only stare a
CHAPTER 6: THE TRAP OF GOLDSELENE’S POV“Or did you simply want to invade my privacy… and claim the one man every woman in this city aches for?”The hell?I freeze, blinking at him with a raised eyebrow, my mind tripping over itself trying to process the words that just left his lips. What the fuck did he just imply? My thoughts scramble like loose papers in a storm, incoherent and scattered, and all I can do is stare back at him, my eyes wide with disbelief. I did not see that one coming. Not at all. A nervous laugh slips from my lips, awkward and unsteady, as I press myself harder against the wall, still trapped in the cage of his body.Rationality—stay rational, Selene. Don’t let him get to you. But gods, he makes it impossible.How the hell did I allow myself to end up pinned here, locked in with a strong, egoistic, arrogant, cocky prick? My fingers twitch uselessly against his bare chest, pushing, but he doesn’t budge. He doesn’t even flinch.And the fact that he’s standing comp
CHAPTER 5: THE GAZE THAT HOLDS MESELENE’S POVI remain where I am, frozen, every muscle locked tight as if my body has suddenly turned to marble. My heart hammers so violently in my chest that I can feel each beat reverberating through my ribs. My breath comes shallow and uneven. The weight of his presence presses into the air, thick and suffocating, an unseen force that wraps itself around me like invisible chains. It is more than intimidation—it is dominance, an aura that fills the room until there is no space left for my own existence. I can’t move. I can barely think. My hands clench around my phone, the plastic casing digging painfully into my palm, but even that pain feels distant, muffled under the sheer impact of him.God, this… this is indescribable. Words can’t do it justice.He moves. Slowly, deliberately, the duvet sliding against his body as he pushes himself upright. His eyes are half-squinted, his expression unreadable, as if the act of waking is an inconvenience he to