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The meat and the bone

Author: Miss Awo
last update publish date: 2026-04-28 21:35:41

The silence in the Old Cell didn’t feel like peace; it felt like a ringing in the ears after an explosion.

Vespera’s wrists were a mess of weeping raw skin and bruising. She didn’t bother covering herself, there was no point. Killian had already mapped every inch of her body with his teeth, and the air in the room was so thick with the smell of sex.

He was sitting on a low stone bench, his back to her, scrubbing his hands with a bucket of freezing water. The sound of the splashing was the o
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    The scent of cheap perfume and desperation hit the air before she even opened her filthy mouth to speak. I was in the armory, strapped into a corset that braced my ribs against the child’s violent pulsing, when I felt the shift in the Keep’s energy. Killian wasn't with me. He was in the study, and I could feel his heartbeat. A heavy thud that had become my own, reacting to an intruder. I didn't rush. The Silver light in my veins told me exactly where everyone was. In the study, Selene had shed her white fox furs. She stood in the center of the room in a silk slip that left nothing to the imagination, her hair arranged in the same messy waves I usually wore. She looked like a cheap imitation of a Queen. "Killian," she breathed, her voice dripping with fake submission as she stepped toward him. "You’re the Lycan King. You shouldn't have to settle for a worthless Wolfless dud. My father only sent Vespera because he was afraid I was too precious to lose. But I’m here now. I can give y

  • The Alpha’s 99 Days Surrogate    The Queens Debt

    "Step away from him, Vespera! This isn't a request, it's an Alpha Command!" Jax’s voice tore through the Great Hall. It was the same serrated edge he’d used to break me a thousand times before. He stood there flanked by my father, looking like he actually believed his voice still had hooks in my soul. Behind them, Selene was already preening, her eyes darting to the King's crown. She wasn't here for me, she was here to replace me. "An Alpha Command?" I didn't flinch. I descended the stairs, the charcoal silk of my gown glazed against the stone. "You haven't been my Alpha since the night you bit me and realized you couldn't leave a mark. You called me a hollow shell then, Jax. Remember?" Jax’s eyes dropped to my neck. To the deep, violet-black bruising where Killian had claimed me. "He’s poisoned your mind. The King is a dying beast, Vespera. The Council has voided the contract. You’re coming back to the pack house to face trial for desertion." "She’s not going anywhere." Killian

  • The Alpha’s 99 Days Surrogate    The meat and the bone

    The silence in the Old Cell didn’t feel like peace; it felt like a ringing in the ears after an explosion. Vespera’s wrists were a mess of weeping raw skin and bruising. She didn’t bother covering herself, there was no point. Killian had already mapped every inch of her body with his teeth, and the air in the room was so thick with the smell of sex. He was sitting on a low stone bench, his back to her, scrubbing his hands with a bucket of freezing water. The sound of the splashing was the only thing keeping the room from being quiet like a graveyard. "My skin feels like it’s vibrating," Vespera said. Her voice didn't sound like hers. It was deeper. Killian stopped scrubbing. He didn't turn around. "That’s the silver settling into your marrow. It’s looking for a place to hide. If it doesn't find one, it’ll start eating your organs to make room." "Is that what happened to the others?" The splashing stopped entirely. Killian stood up, the water dripping from his knuckles onto

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    Her skin was an atlas of his possession.Vespera wasn’t breathing anymore; she was gasping. Each hit of air felt like it was coated in lye, burning its way down her throat. Inside the SUV, the heat coming off her body was so intense the leather seats smelled like they were starting to scorch. It wasn't just a fever. It was her DNA being rewritten by the King’s blood, and the process was trying to tear her flesh out through her skin.Killian didn't look at her, nor did he say a word. He just drove like a man possessed, the engine screaming as he threw the truck around the mountain curves. He could smell her, the scent of her arousal mixed with her sweat and the underlying tang of the silver fire. It was making his own beast claw at the inside of his chest, demanding he stop the car and claim her right there and now.When the tires finally skidded to a halt in the courtyard of the Old Keep, he didn't wait. He was around the car in a second, ripping the door open. He grabbed Vespera by t

  • The Alpha’s 99 Days Surrogate    The King’s Mercy

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  • The Alpha’s 99 Days Surrogate    The Blood Shield

    "Don't move, and maybe I’ll make the first cut quick enough that you won't feel the baby die."The assassin's voice was a dry rattle against my ear. His hand smelled like shit and cheap cigarettes, pressing so hard against my mouth that I could feel my own teeth cutting into the inside of my mouth. I tasted the first metallic tang of blood, and the stench of him made my stomach turn.I wasn't a wolf. I didn't have claws or some beast to call on for help. I was a Dud, pinned under a stinky low-life while my King was out in the woods hunting.Ready to fight.The voice didn't come from my head. It came from my gut. That silver pulse in my womb suddenly turned ice-cold. A jagged, electric shock bolted through my spine, hitting my limbs with a strength that shouldn't have been there.I didn't scream, I bit the bastard. HardI sank my teeth into the fleshy part of his palm, tasting salt and filth. He let out a muffled grunt of pain, his grip loosening just enough. It was all I needed. I sla

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