Compañeros Pecadores

« Finissons-en, j'ai des affaires à régler. Tu dois comprendre, j'ai besoin d'une Luna forte et BELLE à mes côtés. Moi, Alpha Cullen Niles, de la Meute de Griffes de Fer, je te rejette, Rebel Lawson, en tant que compagne et Luna. » Instantanément, j'ai l'impression que ma poitrine est déchirée et éventrée. Je ressens jamais une douleur aussi intense. Mais je refuse de montrer ma souffrance devant Alpha Cullen. Je reste rigide et m'efforce de ne pas laisser transparaître ma réaction sur mon visage. Roxie hurle de désespoir, car elle veut son compagnon et il vient de nous rejeter, lui causant également une immense douleur. Plus vite j'accepterai, plus vite nous pourrons tourner la page. « Moi, Rebel Lawson, j'accepte ton rejet. » C'est comme un coup de grâce. Je vois Alpha Cullen se saisir la poitrine et prendre de profondes inspirations. Puis, après quelques minutes, il se redresse. Je ne bouge toujours pas. Je supporte toute la douleur jusqu'à ce que Roxie et moi puissions être seules. « Tu n'en parleras à personne, tu comprends ? » Malgré la douleur que je ressens, je n'ai pas la force de dire oui, alors je me contente d'acquiescer. « Tant mieux, je ne peux pas laisser les gens savoir que j'étais lié à une telle louve. » Sur ces mots, il se retourne et s'éloigne. Je me retournes et rentres au bord du lac, m'assois à côté de ma guitare, puis les barrières s'effondrent. Je me serre la poitrine et pleure pendant des heures. Roxie, affaiblie par le rejet, se retire au fond de mon esprit. Elle me parle toujours, mais beaucoup plus doucement. Je me sens incroyablement seule. Les compagnons destinés sont censés être amoureux l'un de l'autre, quoi qu'il arrive. Il doit me protéger, me chérir et m'aimer. Pourtant, je ne me sens jamais aussi indésirable et seule.

Mi mundo terminó cuando murió el hermano de mi compañero. Caspian, Alfa de la manada Shadowmoon, acogió a la viuda, Vivian. Dijo que era su deber proveer para ambos hogares. Envió a su cachorro a la Academia de élite Lunaris. Envió a mi cachorro a la tóxica Zona Gris y lo llamó "construir resiliencia". Le regaló la choza Blackwood y le compró vehículos blindados. Me llamó derrochadora. Dijo que mi cachorro era una carga. Nos arrojó a los barrios bajos de Omega. Mi cachorro murió luchando por una corteza mohosa de pan manchado de plata. Morí poco después. Me abrieron el cráneo en un callejón oscuro por unas cuantas monedas. Cuando mi espíritu se desvaneció, finalmente vi la verdad. Cada paso de nuestra ruina fue su diseño. Me desperté jadeando, de nuevo en mi antigua cama en la manada Shadowmoon. La luna estaba alta. Mañana es mi Ceremonia de Vinculación con Alfa Caspian. Esta vez, sabía qué hacer.

Three days into the silent treatment, Derrick—my fiancé and CEO—greenlit his assistant's pitch for a self-driving road trip. He expected me to flip, like always. I didn't. A month later, he came back and saw it—I wasn't the same. He backed Molly, stole my project, and thought I'd explode. I didn't. I just helped her draft the proposal. He trashed everything I built, just so she could snag her year-end bonus. I didn't fight back. Took the blame, took the hit. Molly was all smug. "See? Told you. You can't go at Yara head-on. Give her the silent treatment—she folds. She's scared of losing you. That's why she's playing nice." Derrick ate it up. Called her smart. Then he pulled me aside—offered a raise, a promotion, even a fancy wedding. First time he'd ever brought it up. But he missed one detail: he'd already signed off on my resignation while he was off playing road trip king. And I'd already dumped him. That was it. Clean cut. Nothing left.

Je suis la dernière survivante de ma meute et je fuis pour sauver ma peau . En tant que future cheffe des Loups Argentés, ma vie était soigneusement planifiée : rester cachée et apprendre à combattre. Mais en un instant, tout change. Après le massacre de ma meute par un ennemi inconnu, seule et incertaine des personnes auxquelles je peux faire confiance, je me vois forcée de trouver un endroit pour me mettre en sécurité. À présent, un chef de meute qui m'offre ce que personne d'autre ne peut, une protection. C'est l’abruti le plus sexy qui soit et mon compagnon prédestiné. Plus j'essaye de lutter contre notre lien, plus le destin nous pousse l’un vers l’autre. Mais le prix à payer pourrait être trop important pour chacun de nous. Je suis pourchassée, et les choix que je suis forcée à faire pourraient me détruire. Faites défiler et cliquez sur Compagne brisée dès aujourd'hui . *Veuillez noter* Bienvenus à Shadow City, où chaque trilogie se concentre sur un couple de partenaires destinés. Avant la fin de chaque trilogie, chaque couple aura sa fin heureuse.

Lors du Bal de l'Éclipse Lunaire, un événement annuel réunissant toutes les meutes de loups-garous, Élodie, une Oméga maltraitée, rencontre Théo, le puissant Roi Alpha de toutes les meutes. Attirés l’un par l’autre de manière irrésistible, leurs regards se croisent, et Théo, bouleversé par cette rencontre, revendique Élodie publiquement en la déclarant sienne. Leur destin est désormais lié, mais dans un monde où le pouvoir et les alliances se jouent dans le sang, leur histoire de passion et de domination ne fait que commencer.

After I hand over my five-million-dollar commission to my departmental colleagues, they drag me to a hotel and celebrate with me for three days straight. But when I walk past the bathroom, I overhear a conversation between two of my colleagues that stops me cold. "Have the results of the vote been released yet?" What vote? Confused, I check my phone and find that I've been removed from the Project Department's group chat. "Who else could it be? Our hero, Zane Carter, received 11 votes. It was unanimous, and the motion was passed." "Serves him right. I've never liked him anyway." I freeze. I can't believe that my colleagues would betray me after what I've done for them. After taking a moment to calm down, I immediately decide to resign. The next thing I know, I receive a call from the company chairman, Wilson Smith. "Have you made up your mind? Quitting now would breach your contract. As a result, your five-million-dollar commission would be revoked. "You're also a key technical staff member. If you leave, your entire department would most likely be dismissed. Once that happens, your colleagues will end up unemployed. Are you sure about this?" I lower my gaze and let out a cold laugh. "Absolutely."

Enzo Corretti is a monster. He runs the most powerful crime family in the world. Being ruthless and unfeeling is in the job description but nowhere in the handbook did it ever say how to deal with someone like Dylan. She may look like a saint but underneath her pretty doe eyes there's a monster in waiting. Dylan Monroe is a Saint. That's what everyone always said about her. Growing up in violence and tragedy, she managed to live a normal life despite it. Well, that was until eight men showed up in her house with seven guns aimed at her head and the most vicious of them all, Enzo Coretti claiming she had something that belonged to him. Maybe she did. But Dylan knew if she gave it to him, it wouldn't end well for her.

As the year ended and payday finally arrived, my salary still hadn't hit my bank account. I headed straight to the finance department to sort it out, but Sarah Thompson dismissed me impatiently. "You picked up those coupons last week, didn't you? The ones for "Spend 2,000, save 1,000". You got ten of them, adding up to $10,000. Your salary is $8,000, and that extra $2,000 is a perk." I stared at her, stunned. No one had said a word about this when the coupons were handed out. Worse, they could only be redeemed at our boss's supermarket, where commodities were ridiculously marked up. Items that cost $19.99 at a regular supermarket went for $49.99 there, more than double the price. It dawned on me that the boss was just shuffling money from one pocket to another, which meant I had been basically working for free. I shoved the coupons back at her. "I don't want these. Just deposit the cash into my bank account." Michael Wright walked over with a frown. "What's all the yelling? We gave you an extra $2,000, and you are not even grateful? You're stirring up trouble for nothing. You'd spend your salary on stuff anyway. We're just making it convenient." My voice rose, shaking with fury. "What you're doing is illegal!" He laughed, cold and scornful. "Then sue me. I manage things here. You think I'd be scared by a minor employee like you?" Right then, my phone buzzed with a text notification: [Lisa Matthews, congratulations on securing the Enforcement Officer position at the tax bureau.]

Havoc Alexana Javier over-organized every single thing, but not her thoughts when Meter Ozuluen De Leon was around. Since childhood, Havoc already knew how her eyes sparkled just by seeing Meter from afar. The butterflies, the chills, the blushes—they all started with a happy crush until that feeling developed through time. As they faced the early years of adulthood, things suddenly changed. Meter was a heartthrob and he was always chased by girls. As everyone else expected, he got a girlfriend at a young age. On the other hand, Havoc who had a huge crush on him found herself shocked because she was not that sad. It hurt her but not to the point that she would hysterically slap someone's face for stealing someone she never owned in the first place. Maybe because… Rhyme Okideo De Leon was there. Meter's twin brother. Havoc's closest friend. Rhyme always supported Havoc even with her crazy feelings for his twin and whenever it went overboard, he was still there for her—guiding and protecting her. He was consistent. But as time went by, his actions changed due to some inevitable disasters in Havoc's life. Probably because Rhyme needed to help her in his ways. The Rhyme ways—the things he kept holding for a very long time.

Olympe : "J'ai passé un marché avec un démon. Du coup, il doit venir me protéger dès que je l'appelle par son nom. J'ai fait ce marché juste pour rire. Je sais me défendre donc je n'ai pas besoin de son aide. Je ne m'attendais sûrement pas à ce qu'il se montre si souvent et décide de faire de ma vie un enfer. " Ezequiel : "Je suis envoyé parmi les terrestres pour accomplir une mission de la plus haute importance." Kérian : "J'ai fui les anges parce qu'ils étaient barbants. Sur Terre, je suis beaucoup plus libre de faire ce que je veux." Loukina : "Je suis la meilleure amie d'Olympe et j'ai de graves problèmes de peau. Bizarrement, ils se calment dès que je touche de l'eau."