SOFIAMaverick rolled over in pain. I stuck my face against the bars, wanting to go down and help him out but I knew that wasn’t possible. The guards wouldn’t let me out until the fight was over and one of them was dead.“Maverick,” I whispered.A normal vampire bite is like a scratch for a werewolf especially an Alpha, I’d been drinking Maverick’s blood on several occasions and there was never a problem but I knew that Talon had some Werewolf poison, possibly Wolfsbane laced over his fangs so it was no wonder it would cause a lot of damage to him.Despite what Talon had just done, I watched in surprise as Maverick stood up and took his stance again. His fist was turning an ugly shade of purple, and it shook slightly. His blood had to be clotting there. I was surprised to see him not making a big deal out of it when I knew he must be in a lot of pain.That was Talon’s game. To use wolfsbane to distract Maverick enough to make him weaker and then to eventually kill him.Right now, I di

SOFIAMy hands were cuffed, and the guard dragged me out of the cafeteria. When he told me that my brother was here for a visit, I almost didn’t believe him, but knowing my brother, he must have finally tracked me down.This also meant that it was all over.Maverick sensed something was wrong. He stood up, “if you don’t want to see him, you don’t have to.”“He’s my brother.” I hadn’t even realized that I was tapping my foot. “I have to see what he has to say…”Any other female would have happily traded places with me. I would have come across as a spoilt brat who didn’t want to live in a palace. Who in their right mind would want to live in a prison instead? My freedom here was limited, but at least there were rules that I could follow and get away with things.In the palace, I was a caged animal.I walked behind the guard, the entire way to the visiting room. I had a sudden urge to bolt. To run and hide, to pretend like I wasn’t the woman my brother was looking for.We came to a halt

SOFIA I didn’t expect that outburst from Maverick, and definitely not the sudden declaration of ownership. He looked so lost in whatever that he was doing, he wouldn’t even pay attention to me.I wasn’t going to ask him to elaborate on what he’d just said, because that would make things so much more complicated. While Maverick was possessive when he wanted to get things done, he hadn’t told me he had any feelings for me, which was fine, because we didn’t need to complicate matters. Since he’d fought in a fight ring to protect me, he could think it gave him a free pass to own me. If he wanted us to be a thing outside of prison, he had to say it. Instead, he sat in the corner, sulking. My brother probably said things he shouldn’t have, and Maverick wasn’t going to talk. I’d done my hair and wore his favorite lingerie, but it was going to be a waste. He wasn’t coming to my bed. I fed on the blood-bag and downed a bottle of the birth-control potion. I never missed taking it. Pregnancy i

SOFIAWhy am I being released from prison?”Typically, if a prisoner was told that they were going to be released from prison, they wouldn’t bother questioning further. Not me. I had another prison waiting for me outside, one that was included in a palace and had rules and regulations which I hated to follow. At least here, I knew what to expect. I could do my job and still be free to do as I pleased. With Maverick’s protection, I had far more liberties here than I did back home.“We’ve got the wrong person. You weren’t supposed to be here, Miss. Volkov and your brother used his connections to make sure you won’t stay in this place any longer.”“But…I—I’m a thief.”Morris shook his head. “It doesn’t matter. You’re free to go.”“Sir, there’s some mistake. You should tell Dimitri that I’m going to be released only after I’ve served my sentence.”“I don’t have the authority to do that. I’ve received orders from my superiors to let you go and this is not in my hands.”“When am I going to

SOFIAAfter the king had lashed out at me, he refused to speak a word. He wanted me gone, and I was glad to oblige. I wasn’t very keen on having the conversation either.As I climbed the stairs to my floor, I could still hear my father screaming at the top of his lungs.“This is unacceptable! She slept with a werewolf! A lycan.” He screeched. “There’s no going back from there.”“Father, it’s okay. As soon as she marries Prince Ivan, everything will go back to normal.” I could hear Dimitri trying to defuse the situation.As much as he hated that I’d slept with her werewolf, he was still on my side. Dimitri tried his best to help me out in the situation.“Son, she bears the mark of the Alpha!”“Yes, I know, but if I explain the situation to Ivan, he’ll understand.”“You should have just finished her when you had her released from prison, would have saved me from the shame.”“I don’t think that is necessary.”“Find a way to get rid of the mark!” The king bellows.“Don’t worry, your majest