ANMELDENFive's POVI came back to myself slowly.The drug hadn't left my body fully. I could still feel it humming low under my skin, could still feel the ache between my legs—duller now but not gone, my limbs were heavy in a way that wasn't entirely exhaustion. Sunlight filtered in through the curtains, pale and grey.The King wasn't in the room, and I was grateful for that. I didn't think I could face him with the memory of what happened last night still burning in my head. I sat up slowly, my head still thick. The King had witnessed me touching myself to the thoughts of him. The humiliation burned in my veins, but beneath it was something else. He had me. I had wanted him to fuck me, yet he had restrained himself. The thought of it made something shift in my chest. Something almost warm. Then I heard it.Voices.It came from somewhere below, carried up through the floorboards in tones too sharp to be casual conversation.I didn't think. I slid off the bed, my legs unsteady, and m
Five’s POVThe room was dark.The King had gone out a while ago to do goddess knows what.I sat on the bed.Waiting.The drug hadn’t worn out yet. My skin still felt too hot, my mind too hazy, and the space between my legs…Goddess.It ached.I wanted a release—I needed a release.And my mind—my traitorous mind—kept drifting back to the king. It didn’t help that his scent was thick in the air, wrapping me in a haze of its own.I moaned—a soft, frustrated sound.Then my hand moved.It went to my neck, pressing two fingers against my hot skin.Then slowly, it trailed down. Moving past my sternum—the ghost of a touch in the space between my boobs, then down my stomach.I moaned, arching my back.Then they reached my opening, the place I needed them the most.I shut my eyes.My finger rubbed my clit, earning a gasp from my lips.The pressure was too much, the ache too deep. I circled faster, biting my lip as heat coiled low in my belly. But it wasn’t enough. I needed more—needed him.In
Five’s POVI heard a loud string of curse words behind me. My vision blurred with tears and fatigue. But I pushed through it, desperate to get out of here. I’d escaped the king. I couldn’t let a repulsive Allha breed me. I couldn’t. I pushed the back door open—And slammed straight into a rock hard chest. Warmth immediately engulfed me, familiar and almost comforting. I clung to it instinctively, refusing to let go.But the King pulled me away. I swallowed.“Now,” he started, “didn’t your time in the dungeon teach you to behave?”My throat clogged. I opened my mouth but closed it back, unable to form comprehensive words. My vision blurred with tears. The fear and adrenaline still thrummed in my veins, making it hard to focus. “I—I didn’t—” I fisted his shirt, frustrated. His eyes narrowed slightly.He studied me for a long moment, those sharp grey eyes piercing through my very soul. Then they darkened. His grip on my shoulder tightened slightly. “My King,” a soft, fem
Five's POVI didn't get the chance to process what I had just heard before Mye was pulling me to my feet again. I staggered slightly, my head feeling a bit hazy. A dull ache throbbed behind my eyes, and my limbs felt heavier with every step. I frowned, resting my hand against my forehead. "Let me show you around," Mye hummed oblivious to the growing fatigue dragging at my bones.Staying up all night on that cold floor was finally catching up to me. She pulled me out the room and towards the back of the building."How old are you?" Mye asked.I glanced at her, watching. "Eighteen."She didn't react. But something about her aura had changed. Her green eyes had hardened, and her once relaxed shoulders now seemed tense. The pack house was eerily quiet. Empty. "Where are you taking me?" I stopped in my tracks. Her grip on my wrist tightened slightly. "Didn't the facility teach you the rules?" She purred, but her voice was different now, carrying an undertone of something danger
Five's POVI sat in the small cell I was allocated to, my mind still reeling from everything that had happened that morning.The temple. The stone slab.The prophecy. The translation sitting at the back of my mind. "Hello?" I gasped, my hand coming up to my chest."I didn't mean to scare you."I looked up.A woman stood there, her silver hair pulled back in a ponytail, her green eyes pinned on me. "You're the first slave I've been able to sneak up on," she said. I'd bet I was the first slave able to translate a damn prophecy too."Forgive my manners," she straightened. "I'm Mye, the Luna."I stiffened. "Don't!" She called out, stopping me before I could bow. "You can skip the formalities. I'm not here to assert dominance."She chuckled, wiping her hands on her dress as though she were nervous. "I just wanted to apologize for the..." she glanced around distastefully, "the room?"Room. I was given a damn cell without a bed. But I didn't say that, didn't say anything. A high r
Five's POV I gasped, my eyes scanning the area. The entire temple shook, dirt and debris falling from the already weakened stones. My heart thundered, fear clogging my throat. "It's coming apart," I breathed, already moving toward the exit. But a guard stepped in front of me, stopping me cold. "Stop," he ordered. It wasn't the word itself but the tone—flat, almost bored—and the expression on his face that made me pause. He looked unimpressed. Almost embarrassed for me. I frowned, turning to inspect my surroundings. No one had moved. Not the guards. Not Alpha Titus, who stood near the altar's edge with his hands clasped behind his back. Not the priestess, who hadn't even looked up. And not the King. He stood exactly where he had been standing, his eyes trained on me, matching the guard's unimpressed expression. Then slowly, they drifted, fixing on something across the altar. Then his body went still as stone. The rumbling moved through the ground beneath our fee
Lucien's POV"You never take a human," Rebecca said. Her voice dripped with sugar, that careful tone she used when she was heading somewhere she knew she shouldn't. I walked towards my desk, tucking away the book SHE had been reading.'Mate' my wolf growled, recognizing her scent. I clenched my
Five’s POVMy pulse slammed violently against my ribs.I could feel every inch of him behind me.The heat radiating from his body.The sheer size of him.And underneath it all—That dangerous power pressing against my skin like an invisible force.I swallowed hard, forcing myself not to react.“Cur
Five’s POV The Citadel was buzzing with the bizarre event from last night. The moon completely disappeared. It was a phenomenon that never occurred, yet it had, and it had shaken the entire werewolf world.Even now, hours later, the atmosphere inside the Citadel felt… wrong.Heavy.But my mind w
Five’s POV“What’re you doing here?” My roommate snapped, rising to her feet. “I don’t—I don’t know.”My voice came out breathy from running here.Or that’s what I told myself. But the throb between my legs begged to differ. I hated myself in that moment, for feeling this way, for being turned o







