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ELEVEN DAHLIALiving in Zevran's palace was much easier than I'd imagined. It had been a week since Zevran had made a deal with me and brought me into his home. I was initially skittish and on edge like a trapped animal, bracing myself for conflict, but it never came. I'd imagined the culture in Zevran’s palace would be overly formal and stifling. A place with hundreds of tiny rules to follow and people who were polite on the outside, but cold and malicious on the inside. To my surprise, I was proven wrong. Everyone related with a casual friendliness that I immediately felt at home in. The first night I arrived at Zevran's castle, he introduced me to his beta, Lucien, whom I was already familiar with. He seemed actually happy to welcome me. I was also assigned a maid, Dora. She was a slight woman, with a cheerful personality that I was immediately drawn to.“She'll show you to your room,” Zevran said after introducing her. “Help you settle you in better. Anything you need just ca

THIRTEENDAHLIAZevran's suggestion took me off guard. “What?” I blurted out, sure that I hadn't heard him well. “I'm asking you to crash your ex’s party with me,” he repeated. I was unsure of what to say at first. In the short time I'd been cast out of Blackwell Pack, I'd never really stopped to consider if I would ever see Aaron again, or step foot in that pack. I'd been so set on blocking out those memories that even thinking about it now, the hurt of betrayal caught hold of me. It was like I'd been operating on autopilot since that fateful day. The trauma from being locked up, caged, and chased through the woods hadn't really left me. For the first time since then, I felt something resembling a real emotion that wasn't pain or fear. I imagined how it would make Aaron feel, showing up to his party uninvited with none other than the Lycan King. A smile crept up my face as I imagined how stricken he would be, how his world would spin upside down to see me side by side with a man

DAHLIAThe hall was thrown into chaos. The din of voices rose as the observers speculated on what the hell was actually going on. Cameras were flashing, many of the reporters bringing out their phones and cameras to record the entire thing. At the centre of it all was Zevran and I. We stood together, my arm hooked in his elbow, staring down at Aaron and Lilith. Aaron looked like he was going to blow up any second. I could feel his anger all the way from the stage. Lilith's gaze was focused solely on me. Her eyes burned with hatred and malice. I returned her gaze with the same amount of heat. “You might be the Lycan king but that's my wife you're talking about. She isn't yours,” Aaron said, his voice gone low like it usually did when he was truly enraged. I could only imagine how terrible he was feeling right now, that the person he'd tried to get rid of had come to crash his very important ceremony. More whispers floated in the air, and I picked up a stream of conversation. They w

17DAHLIAOne minute Zevran was by the door, the next he was barrelling into me with a speed that took the air out of my lungs. His arms wrapped around me so tightly that it almost hurt and he pulled me up into the air.He kissed me with all the force of a hundred wolves. His lips attacked mine, bruising, forceful. His tongue punched between my lips and into my mouth taking and taking. It was intense, the way he did it, his body against mine so firm and steady against my uncontrollable trembling. Every thought I had flew out the window as my mouth surrendered to him, taking all he was giving. I could barely breathe from my nose pressed tightly against his. He tasted of everything sharp and sweet and manly, and whenever he pulled back to come up for air, I chased after those lips with a whimper. His tongue wrapped around mine, making blunt, rough dances with each other, with him the leader, always, always the leader. My mind had gone blurry, and the heat pouring through me rose to

AARON I kicked at one of Lilith's drawers so hard the wood gave way. It didn't do much so settle me down, so I kicked it in again, and again till the cabinet was little more than a pile of shattered wood. “You need to stop!” Lilith shouted from the bed, alarmed at my behaviour. I panted heavily, the rage inside me hot and scalding. It was so bad it felt like it would tear out of me. My wolf snarled and bellowed with the same rage, pushing to burst forth from me, pushing to kill. “I'll fucking kill him,” I said through gritted teeth. “I'll skin him alive!”I began to pace back and forth. The room was suddenly too small to contain me. The air felt thick and stifling, the walls seeming to close in on me. I needed to go outside, but the moon rain raged heavily against the window. I was stuck in this room for what looked like the entire night. I couldn't believe that this day I had planned for, a day that was supposed to end with nothing but happy and fond memories to look back on, h