Semua Bab Bound To My Father’s Foe: Bab 1 - Bab 5

ElainaI don’t remember walking back to my room. My body carried me on trembling legs as my mind kept spinning like a cart wheel in mud. The image of my step mother wrapped in Darien’s arms had burned into my eyelids. I just couldn’t get the picture of their lust out of my head. Every time I blinked, I saw her laugh, heard his groan, and smelled their betrayal in the air. Melissa didn’t only betray me, she’d also betrayed my father. She’d betrayed the sacred position of Luna. She’d betrayed my mother’s position by sleeping with that filth. Tomorrow, I was supposed to belong to him. Tomorrow, my father would smile and be blinded to the fact that the man he has chosen for me was already warming another woman’s bed. His woman. I clutched the edges of my vanity, staring back at the figure in the mirror. The person looked like a ghost, pale face and disheveled hair with flushed cheeks. No. I don’t look like a ghost. That would have been better because ghosts have freedom, but I don’t.

ElainaSome sixth sense jolted me awake. I peel my eyelids open just to see the morning sun, casting a warm glow on my face through the slightly opened window. The curtains wafted softly from the gentle breeze seeping in. A soft smile tugged on my lips, but it wasn't the beauty of the rising sun that made me smile. It was the small tingles that pulsed through my core, sending waves of pleasure submerging into my entire body. A stark reminder of last night’s encounter. It all happened last night. My first sex. The thought hit me hard like a slap, my heart beginning to pound against my ribs. I slowly sat up, clutching the sheets to my body as fragments of last night’s memory begin to flood my mind—his touch, his masculine voice, his mysterious eyes that glowed faintly in the dark. The stranger. My breath caught. What in the goddess’s name have I done?The reminder that this morning was my mating ceremony also felt like a weight crushing my chest. I was supposed to be mated to Darie