Feyre’s POVI tried not to breathe too loudly. Tried not to move. Tried not to let my heart beat too fast or any of the other things that would alert a highly sensitive lycan or wolf shifter to my presence behind the wall. I had no such luck because the voices seized all of a sudden, footsteps speeding up. “Who’s there?” I heard a moment later and I immediately turned, trying to run. I had barely made it three steps when they caught me. Hands wrapped around my waist from behind, drawing me into a hard, tall body. I struggled uselessly, squirming and kicking the air as I tried to escape that vice-like grip. The other man came around to face me, a delighted smile that made my skin crawl breaking out on his face at the sight of me. “Well, well well. What do we have here?” He drawled. The man behind me lifted me up, my kicking less now that I was suspended off the floor. “A runaway slave?” Fear lanced through me. “No! I wasn’t trying to run away!” “Oh, you weren’
Feyre’s POVWe met the guard who had escorted me to the library outside the door. He’d been about to enter just as we were leaving. He startled seeing Garrick, then at my disheveled look. “M─My Lord─” “You’re fired. Get your things and get the hell out of the palace. Now.” Garrick said flatly, his tone leaving no room for argument. He turned and kept walking towards the direction of the harem. I followed behind, glancing back to see the guard frozen in place, staring after us in shock. Garrick stomped all the way over to the women’s wing with me in tow. At the reception, he demanded to see Madame Esmelda but was told she was out. He fumed at the receptionist as if she was the one who had made the Madame leave the premises. “Garrick. Please. Let’s not make it a bigger deal than it is.” Perhaps it was the subtle warnings and acts of kindness he’d shown me since I got into this hell of a place, but I felt comfortable enough to speak plainly to him. To my relief, he d
Feyre’s POV“Alright ladies. Let’s try that again one more time.” The sex instructor Ms. Arella ordered. I let out a deep sigh and reluctantly put my lips back on my sex toy.This one was very dark with prominent grooves all over it that were supposed to be veins. I had been incredibly embarrassed when Arella dropped it in front of me at the start of this class but like it was with everything else I’d done since I arrived at this place, I didn’t have a choice. One hour later and I still couldn’t look at it without flushing. Despite how many unspeakable things I’d had to do in front of everyone.I didn’t see why most of the other girls still had to bother with this stupid and humiliating exercise. Surely they were good enough by now, some of them having been doing this for months. I saw with my own eyes how far many of them could go. Lengths that I thought were physically impossible would be done by a girl with frightening ease. They even gloated at us ‘poorer performers’. Yet twice ev
Feyre’s POVMy nightmare began after breakfast that morning. I hadn’t even finished with my bowl of oatmeal and strawberries when a maid came to get me.“Madame Esmelda would like to see you in her office.”She said. The little I had left of my appetite disappeared immediately.Five minutes later, I was walking into Madame Esmelda’s office, dreading whatever it was she had to tell me.She looked up expectantly when I entered. Her assistant was standing next to her behind her desk, leaning to look over a document they were both pouring over.“Feyre. You’re here. Good.”She leaned back in her chair.“You’re to go with Lottie at once. General Oben would like to see you.”I couldn’t stop my jaw from dropping. I’d known I’d be starting soon but I would have thought I had till at least this evening to prepare. First thing in the morning and I was to be violated?“I hope you know better than to keep that stupid look on your face while with your patrons.”She sneered and my mouth snapped clos
Feyre’s POVI walked on leaden legs back to the Harem. My already bad day turned for the worse when I entered the reception and spotted Garrick leaning against the front desk. I froze at the entrance, knowing I would not like whatever it was he was about to tell me. I shut my eyes against the tears of frustration that gathered and did my best to pull myself together.A part of my meager will restored, I forced my way over to Garrick, and sensing me, he turned to face me just before I reached him.He started to speak when his eyes honed in on the cheek where General Oben had hit me. I didn’t know if I had a mark there but his slap had been hard enough that it still tingled even now. A frown marred his angelic features.“What happened to you?”He said gesturing to my cheek. “General Oben punished me for something.”Garrick’s frown deepened. “Oben? Why were you with him this morning?”I stared at him. Was he unaware of what I was here for? Or that that my learning time was over?“I’ve be
Feyre’s POVThe entire convoy drove to a large private forest belonging to Xaden’s family, about an hour away from the palace, a few miles to the outskirts of the Lycan city.I had put Garrick’s jacket back on my body to ward off the chill of the Air conditioning. I stared idly out the window, watching the coal tar of the streets and high bustling buildings turn into rocky roads with trees that curtained either side.I occasionally stole looks at Garrick who worked quietly on an iPad, golden hair falling all over his handsome face. He’d been so busy the entire trip, going through files and making several calls on his phone. He’d been on his iPad ever since and didn’t put it away until the car started to slow.He repacked everything neatly into a briefcase he’d brought along and looked over at me.“We’re here.”I’d been anxious before but it had been more of a low hum that the roaring spike it became after hearing that. He held out a hand for his jacket and I reluctantly shrugged it of
Feyre’s POVI ran as fast as I could, ducking through trees, stepping heedlessly into leaf patches I couldn’t see as I tried desperately to get away from the snarling Lycan fast approaching.I hadn’t known I could command such speed, but I didn’t have time to be impressed by it, Xaden closing the ground between us with every second. He seemed to be toying with me, a knowledge that frustrated and added to my panic. One moment he was snapping at my heels, making me stumble as I ran, sure that he would grab me then. The next he would fall back, allowing me get a few paces ahead before he pressed his advantage again.He continued this game of his until we got out of the woods and were back in the plains before he pounced on me. His heavyweight knocked me to the floor, large paws landing on either side of my head.I scrambled to my back so I could keep him in view and tried to scuttle away.He roared in my face, powerful snout opening wide to reveal a wicked row of razor-sharp teeth. I sti
Feyre’s POVI gasped, jerking around to see two Lycans standing side by side, the one who was responsible for the action staring down at me still with his tongue hanging out. I trembled and tried to scramble backward to no avail. One of them swiped out a clawed hand, hooking it under the back of my leg and pulling me over to him. I lifted my ass to avoid dragging it across the bare floor and ended up assisting him to place my body right before them. The rest of the men were with the other females, in various acts of coitus. Like I’d observed earlier, the male-to-female ratio was sorely lacking and I was the only option left to compensate. Unlike the other females, I wasn’t a were so they, Like Xaden, were much too big for me. “No. No please!” I pleaded desperately but they paid me no heed. One of them pushed me down on my back with his snout, sniffing and licking all around my face in a canine kiss. The other had his snout and wet nose buried in my crotch, tongue lapping at my sex