Thank you for reading! Thank you for all the gems and gifts. We are at 935 gems, and it's not even 48 hrs yet. I feel all the love. Thank you! 💚 In the next chapter, we will finally enter the Knight's Stone Pack. FYI. [Constantine's home and the land he wanted from Draco are outside Draco's territory.]
IRIS. I stepped back, preparing myself to turn around and run away when I saw his jaw clenching and his Adam’s apple move. His coiled fist tightened, but his eyes remained expressionless.“Alpha…” I was about to thank him before leaving, but for some reason, instead of saying those words, my feet took me forward. I walked to where he was sitting and sat beside him.He didn’t say a word, but his coiled fists loosened, and I felt his body relaxing beside mine. “How old are you?” He asked. “Twenty-one,” I replied as I hugged my knees and rested my chin on them. “How old are you, Alpha?”“Twenty-nine.” “Felicity won’t like it if you take me home,” I told him.“I bet she won’t…” He answered almost immediately. My mouth hung open, wanting to ask why he was doing this if he knew his Luna would not agree with it. But I didn’t. Instead, I closed my eyes and hugged my knees tighter. This was wrong. The last time I trusted someone to take care of me, I got trapped in a marriage from hell.
IRIS.“Brothel? What are you talking about? I don’t have a brothel, Iris.” He said in an amused tone.I was already crying, but the moment these words slipped out of his tongue, I cried more out of relief. I dropped my gaze from him and closed my eyes, trying to tell myself to stop showing him how terrified I was, but my tears wouldn’t cooperate. A hand cupped my chin, and his touch instantly warmed my whole being.I badly wanted to open my eyes to look at him, but I didn’t. I didn’t want him to see how much I was fighting against myself about wanting to be here with him and wanting him out of my life so I could move on on my own. “Are you done crying?” He asked in a softer tone, different from the way he would speak to me and definitely too far from the way he talked with Constantine or his men. I swallowed, not sure what to answer, when I felt his fingers brush against my wet cheeks. He was wiping my tears. “Or do you need more time to cry?” I felt I would burst into another
IRIS. I wasn’t done putting my clothes into my bag when Constantine called me to his office and asked me to sign the divorce papers. I didn’t have time to read the whole document, but I read the part where our separation would take effect today. So I signed it. “Do you know why he wants to buy me?” I asked Constantine as I placed the pen on top of the papers. I told myself that as long as I could break away from my husband, the reason didn’t matter. But I still couldn’t fight the curiosity of wanting to know more. “Alpha Draco has a brothel. My only guess is that he will throw you there.”“A brothel?” My eyes widened. “Yes,” Constantine chuckled wickedly before he cupped my chin and tilted my head to meet his gaze. “What were you expecting? That he’ll make you his Luna? You will end up as a broken woman passed around. I doubt if you can even walk after the first night. I heard his brothel is a big hit, and women hop from one customer to another in one night.”I stared at him in d
DRACO.My chest still heaved as I sat inside Constantine’s office. I couldn’t shake off what I witnessed in the basement. I was not a righteous man. I never claimed to be. I couldn’t count the number of people I ordered to kill once I deemed they were no longer needed in this world, or the number of my own people who died while doing the task I assigned to them. They knew what they were getting into when they crossed me or when they decided to work for me. I usually never interfere with anyone’s private matter, but something within me snapped when I saw him about to strike her. And no matter how much I controlled myself, I was not able to stop myself from hitting him when I saw the marks on her back. Even after Iris left the corridor, I still demanded an explanation for his act. But he didn’t give any until my Beta came, and together with two of his security, they broke us apart. I could have walked away, but for some reason, I asked him to proceed to his office to discuss the ren
IRIS.“Did you enjoy riding him the whole night?” Constantine roared as the belt landed on my back for the second time. I didn’t answer, and I refused to scream despite the pain. I had learned that defending myself would only lead me to more punishment. So I swallowed it all and refused to scream. Tears fell from my eyes as I clutched the small fabric that covered my breasts, terrified that the continued whipping would eventually rip it. My body jolted as he gave me another one. I kept swallowing the pain, but this time I couldn’t stop the sobs that escaped my throat. “Enough, please…”Constantine had never whipped me with more than two lashes. He never punished me twice in a week to allow my body to recuperate. But this was already my second punishment in just four days. “Enough? If you had followed my instructions, you wouldn’t be receiving this!” He said it with so much anger in his voice, and my body began to shake as I braced for the next hit. I could barely hold myself. I wa
IRIS.“Mate…” I mumbled as my eyes watered.I couldn’t believe my sister’s fated mate, the one I thought was mine, was the one in front of me. Many thoughts ran through my head, including whether my sister was also here with him. But then, if she were, I was sure she wouldn’t leave him alone with another woman. “Did you hear me?” He asked, snapping me out of my thoughts. “Do… Do… you want me to dance for you, Alpha Draco?” I asked. His question didn’t register in my head until I had already voiced mine. He leaned his elbow on the armrest of his chair as he stared at me. “I asked you what you were doing here because I declined Constantine’s offer to send a woman to my bed. And yet you asked me if I wanted to see you dancing?”I swallowed hard. He wasn’t smiling, but he didn’t look upset either. In fact, even with a stoic expression on his face, he looked handsome, so handsome that I was willing to do whatever it would take to make him spend this night with me. “I want to dance fo