All Chapters of Fated to my One Night Stand: Chapter 11 - Chapter 20

~Amber’s POV~I kept having this recurring dream. And it always started the exact same way.My father’s voice, strong and proud, echoing through the grand hall.“Lords and Ladies of the Realm, Alphas and Lunas, honored guests—it is my greatest privilege to present to you my daughter, heir to the throne, Princess Amber Crystabel Moon. May she lead with wisdom, strength, and the grace befitting her title.”My knees dipped in the expected courtesy, head bowed, just as I had been trained since childhood.But the moment I raised my head, the ending of the dream happens.I never see where Axel Edgewood comes from. All I register is the knife—a flash of silver in the light—seconds before it cut through my throat.Just like he had done to that woman three days ago.I closed my eyes, opened them, ran a hand over my face, feeling the exhaustion from my lack of sleep over the last few days finally starting to kick in.Still, I pushed myself out of bed, my eyes going to the clock on the wall.12:

~Axel’s POV~“I think you might just have to accept that she has truly disappeared from the—”“Do not finish that statement, Zane.” I cut him off, unconsciously wondering why I had even let him get that far.He narrowed his eyes at me, looked back at the spelled glass even though he knew no one could hear or see us because I had had this section designed specifically for privacy, then his eyes came back to me.“I am only trying to be realistic, Axel. We have searched everywhere, we have expended resources on finding a woman who doesn’t seem to even exist.”“Are you trying to tell me that I imagined meeting my own mate? That I imagined claiming her under the full moon?” Ash’s restlessness and anger laced my words, fed by their incompetence and the irritation that Zane was daring to tell me to just give up.Give up on finding my mate.My Alpha aura pushed against the glass and I was sure that if I didn’t curb it soon, I would shatter the barrier, so I pulled it back but didn’t in any wa

~Amber’s POV~“Fuck your contract.”He was almost disappearing out of my sight when I finally found my voice and gritted out the words.His entire body stopped moving but he didn’t turn to face me and I took a step away from what I realized was a wall.“And you know what else? Fuck you, Axel Edgewood.”His head snapped back so fast I barely registered the movement before I saw his eyes had turned completely black and a growl, low and animalistic and dangerous ripped from his throat.“I will show you exactly what it means to fuck me.”I didn’t get a chance to take my next breath before my body was slammed back against the wall, his hand fisting in my hair as his mouth crashed onto mine, brutal and claiming and nothing like the kiss from the full moon.This was raw and punishing and I barely made a sound of protest before my body gave in completely and I was kissing him back, my hands grabbing at his shoulders, pulling him closer even as my mind screamed at me to push him away.His hand

~Axel’s POV~I had to admit, I was… enjoying this?The smile on my face answered the question and I reached out, closing the laptop in front of me just as a voice from the phone cut through the silence.“Mr. Edgewood, are you still there?”My eyes went from the phone still in my hand that I had just hung up on Amber Moon to the one I had placed on the table where I had been speaking to the man I had paid to have every trace of the news deleted, the one I had told to stay on the line so I could attend to the Princess.The very much… entertaining Princess.I picked it up just as his voice came again, more urgent this time. “Mr. Edgewood?”I clicked unmute. “Yes, I am. And I appreciate your help, Davis. Ensure that name stays off the news. Any outlet that tries to put up her name again, ensure they are closed down.”“Of course, Mr. Edgewood. Would you be needing anything else?”“That will be all for now.” I ended the call, realizing the smile was still on my face, blooming wider when the

~Amber’s POV~You have got to be kidding me.The words were at the tip of my tongue despite the fact that Axel had asked me not to speak and I now understood firsthand why but before I could let them out, Axel spoke.“Done.”I thought my head had snapped toward him before from surprise, but now my head turned with such force I heard my neck crack. Before I could get a chance to speak, this time the words would be directed at him Salvatore laughed.It sounded as slimy as when he spoke. He reached out, tapped Axel’s shoulder, wrapped his hand around him in a position that looked awkward due to the height difference.“Very well, my friend. Come, come. Sit with me. Dine with me while my men have him brought out.”“Untouched.” Axel’s voice was curt. His eyes scanned the room.The smile tilted off Salvatore’s face slightly. “Unfortunately, it might be a little too late for that. You know how these things are when there is no hope of settling their debt.”Oh Goddess, what had they done to h