Lucille’s POV "How could you!" Those words echoed in the black nothingness I was standing within, my heart racing in fear and trepidation. What was happening? How did I get here? I rubbed my arms, feeling a strange chill run down my spine. It all felt unreal and surreal at the same time. The air felt stuffy, like I was swimming in an ocean with no pure oxygen. Where was this place? All of a sudden, something opened underneath me and swept me in before I could even scream. I was falling into an abyss, desperately reaching for anything to grab. But the sound of my scream got swallowed by the frightening sight of a huge jaw opening wide, ready to devour me whole. What the fuck? "No… Noo! I can't die here!" I screamed at the top of my lungs, flailing my arms as strongly as I could. As if I was trying to swim away from imminent death. I needed a way to escape, but it seemed like I was stuck. I shut my eyes tightly and braced for the pain but nothing came. A second passed, then an
Lucille’s POV Watching him go felt like my heart was tearing from the inside out. By the time he was finally out of my sight, Vladimir spun me around and kissed me on the cheek. I froze, my fingers instinctively rising to touch the spot as heat rushed to my face. "What was that for?" I pouted, caressing my cheek like it would erase the lingering warmth. Instead of consoling me, he threw his head back and laughed, a loud, boisterous laugh that felt out of place. My frown deepened. What exactly was so funny? “You are just so cute… come on, let's go. You are yet to tell me the whole story.” Vladimir’s voice dripped with a strange mix of teasing and authority as he grabbed my hand, pulling me along toward the stairs. That look in his eyes, sharp, calculated, that it almost felt murderous. But it had been such a hectic and confusing day already that I didn’t dare pull my hand away. When we entered the room, I found myself awed once again by the sight. The brightness felt almost unnat
Lucille’s POV “He is a fricking Vampire, that wants your blood.” It sent a jolt right down my spine, leaving me with a nasty taste on my tongue. I didn’t like the sound of that. I should be disgusted, rather scared but... The only human that ever loved me cheated on me with my best friend and had the face to insult me with his lips. His face always beamed when he saw me, with a cheerful laugh when talking to him. I thought I was the only one. But his love was hypocrisy. But these men stood by either side of me. Standing there as if they had known me for eternity and wouldn’t eat me if I made one wrong move. One was a one-night stand and also someone I just found out was my mate, and the other was my pen-pal Davis, who turned out to be a vampire. Who deceived me and lied to me about his face and name. He is a vampire and what he wants with me is quite unsure. Why would he seek me if not for something life-threatening? Everything was becoming suspicious, but I had to calm down
Lucille’s POV I looked at the stranger's side profile and Jacob’s side profile and I was hit with a sense of déjà vu. The stranger had the same aura as Ron, and his voice was just a touch different from Ron’s voice—it was lazy and appealing. Jacob was too hurt to speak. He pleaded with his eyes to be released, but I didn't show any pity. I grabbed the stranger's sleeve and he released Jacob, even though I wanted him to bash the bastard’s face. But he would get his retribution. I looked at Danielle and chuckled—he would get it soon. "Come on, Berry. Let's get going," he turned to me and said. I almost melted under his soft gaze. He was handsome, and something told me we knew each other like best friends, or wait... Did he just call me Berry? Only my pen pal—was he my pen pal Davis? "Davis?" I asked. "No longer Davis, baby girl. Call me Vladimir from now on," he corrected as he lifted my hand and kissed the back of it. His kiss electrocuted me, and for a second I was dumbfounded
Lucille's POV The morning sun hit my eyes and I twitched. Uncomfortable, I turned away but didn’t expect to jam my nose against a hard but smooth chest. My eyes widened. Everything dawned on me faster than ever, I spent the night with Ron. Alpha of the Black Night pack, someone who could crush me if I said something wrong. I looked at him sleeping. Who knew something this strong would be sleeping at my side, even being vulnerable, wasn’t he scared that I could conspire to kill him? I rolled my eyes, I didn’t even have the strength to leave the bed so how can I kill someone? Even asleep, he looked deadly. After observing him for a while, I made up my mind to leave. I quickly slipped away from his arms and got dressed as fast I could not even caring if I looked like a mess. Once I was done I carried my backpack, and sneaked out. No bouncers were at the door. I sighed in relief. I didn’t want another drama to wake the sleeping Alpha who was always troubled. The hallway was jus
Lucille's POV I stepped between them. "I'm not part of this conversation, and I'm not whoever you're talking about." "You're exactly who I'm talking about, sugar." Ron moved closer, eyes locked on mine with that same warning look from before. What's with that smirk? Did he think I was some kind of Joke, somehow I felt triggered. Maybe I was really a child in their eyes and deep within me I wanted to prove I was more than a child. "You've got the wrong person," I said, hands up to block his chest. "Ron. Alpha Ron," he said coldly, then stepped back. I breathed out in relief. One more minute close to me and I thought I was going to collapse. "I'll be in the next room," Daniel said and left. I wanted to grab him and beg him not to leave me with this guy, but he was already gone. I was about to run when Ron opened the door. Then I remembered what my aunt said - tomorrow I'd meet my future husband for our engagement. Some random man would take my first without love, and yet... I tur