Excuse Moi

"Salut, oui, tu ne rêves pas, c'est bien la ronde Kelly," me dis-je intérieurement en voyant l'expression mécontente de Jason, visiblement déçu. Les invités rient de nous. Ils nous affublent de toutes sortes de surnoms. "Le prince charmant et Kelly, la mangeuse de pancakes" est celui dont je me souviens tristement. "Moi, Jason Bentley du clan du Sud, je te rejette, Kelly Thompson, comme compagne et Reine Luna," déclara-t-il avec fermeté. *** Kelly Thompson, une jeune louve de dix-huit ans, voluptueuse et sans loup intérieur, admire en secret Jason Bentley, l’héritier du trône du puissant clan du Sud, depuis plusieurs années. Malheureusement pour Kelly, Jason, l’héritier Alpha, ne lui rend pas son affection. Il est déjà épris de Betty Nord, la fille élancée des anciens Gammas de son père. Cependant, Kelly a un avantage sur la frêle Betty grâce à un serment solennel prononcé par le père de Jason, le Roi Alpha Don Bentley. Ce dernier a promis que son fils épouserait la fille de ses Betas, morts il y a deux ans en combattant les plus féroces adversaires du clan du Nord pour protéger l’héritier Alpha. Mais, bien sûr, rien ne se passe aussi simplement que Kelly l’avait imaginé.

La veille de notre cérémonie, Asher, mon futur compagne Alpha, prend son amour d'enfance, Séléna, dans ses bras. « Si je ne peux pas être avec une fille aussi bonne que Séléna, », dit-il, « je pense que je vais le regretter toute ma vie. » « Ella, laisse-nous juste une nuit. Après cette nuit, je te serai fidèle à vie. Tu seras la Luna irremplaçable de la meute du Pin d'Argent. » Je le fixe pendant un moment, voyant qu'il est sérieux, je hoche la tête pour approuver sa décision. Il prend Séléna dans ses bras et tous les deux s'en vont dans la forêt. Quand il passe à côté de moi, il sourit en coin. « Ce soir, Ella, tu es libre d'être avec un autre loup, toi aussi. Je ne t'en tiendrai pas compte. » « Pas besoin de chercher trop loin. », je lui réponds d'un ton calme avant d'aller en direction d'une silhouette qui m'attend dans l'ombre. Lucas, l'Alpha de la meute de la Pierre Noire, notre meute rivale... et mon premier amour avec qui ça n'a pas marché avant même que les choses ne commencent. « Alpha Lucas. », je murmure en croisant son regard intense. « Ce soir, fais en sorte que je devienne la tienne... s'il te plaît. »

Alors que nous étions sur le point de partir pour le parc d'attractions, mon petit ami Bêta, Davy Carrelle, a apporté avec lui une mère et sa fille. Mais il manquait justement une place dans la voiture. Davy m'a alors demandé de descendre pour leur céder la mienne. Il a déclaré, d'un ton détaché : « Laura a du mal à s'occuper de son enfant seule. Laisse-les monter, je reviendrai te chercher plus tard. » Je suis descendue calmement, suivant des yeux le véhicule qui s'éloignait lentement de la meute. Trois heures plus tard, ils étaient bien arrivés au parc, où ils ont participé à un dîner-spectacle avec feux d'artifice. Quand mon meilleur ami a interrogé Davy sur son retard à venir me chercher, celui-ci était occupé à aider Laura à allumer un feu d'artifice. Visiblement pas pressé, il a même lâché, négligent : « Pourquoi si pressé ? Rébecca ne m'en voudra pas. Un peu de baratin, et elle oubliera sa crise. » Oui, la colère n'avait que d'effet sur ceux qui tenaient à nous... Si mon père, ma mère et mon frère s'en moquaient de moi, peu importe. Mais que Davy, lui aussi, m'ignorait à ce point… Alors, il était temps de quitter définitivement cet endroit qui ne m'apportait plus que chagrin...

Au moment de l’avalanche à la station de ski, j’ai été poussée par ma cousine Camille Dufour. Mon fiancé, Antoine Lacroix, a pris ma cousine dans ses bras et s’est détourné, oubliant qu’il y avait quelqu’un comme moi enfoui au fond de la neige. Je suis restée seule au fond de la vallée pendant sept jours. Quand il m’a retrouvée, il était furieux : « Heureusement, les bras de Camille vont bien, sinon tu n’aurais qu’à mourir dans cette montagne pour te faire pardonner ! » « Le mariage dans une semaine est annulé, et il n’aura lieu que quand tu te rendras compte de ta faute. » Il s’attendait à ce que je pleure, que je me roule en boule et que je sois en désaccord. Mais je me suis contentée de hocher la tête en silence : « D’accord. » Il ne savait pas que j’avais passé un accord avec la Déesse de la Lune dans la montagne. Six jours plus tard, je lui remettrais ce que j’ai de plus précieux : mon amour et mes souvenirs d’Antoine. À partir de ce moment-là, j’oublierai tout ce qui le concerne et je recommencerai à zéro. Peu importe que je me marie ou non. La Chloé Gerard qui l’aimait est déjà morte dans la montagne enneigée.

« C'est toi et moi, Renarde. Ça a toujours été le cas et ça le sera toujours », grogna Maddox. Je frissonnai à la vue du feu dangereux dans ses yeux. « Réfléchis bien à ta décision. Si tu fais le mauvais choix, nous mourrons tous les deux. » _______ Trahie par sa propre meute et forcée de fuir, Colette, une humaine sans traits de loup-garou, fut stigmatisée comme sorcière et maltraitée par tous les autres loups-garous jusqu'à ce qu'elle parvienne à s'enfuir dans le monde des humains. Alors qu'elle pensait enfin trouver le réconfort dans le monde des humains, sa vie prit un tournant radical et sa paix fut brisée lorsqu'elle croisa Maddox Lennox Cade, le Lycan le plus puissant de l'histoire. Malgré le désintérêt de Maddox pour les humains et la haine de Colette pour les Lycans et les loups-garous, leur connexion révèle un lien encore plus profond. Colette n'est pas seulement la partenaire de Maddox. Ils sont liés par quelque chose qui dépasse le destin : Colette détient la clé d'un pouvoir ancestral qui changera le cours de leur vie à jamais. Colette parviendra-t-elle à affronter son passé ? Fera-t-elle confiance à l'être qui a le pouvoir de la détruire ? Maddox l'abandonnera-t-il ou aidera-t-il son partenaire à surmonter ces épreuves ?

"So, what's it going to be, Professor Darwin?" he asked, breathing softly against my ears. "Are you going to punish me or what?" he teased me, his fingers stroking my folds gently. "Fuck you, Jeremy," the cuss word came out thick with moans. "Oh, in a minute," he smirked against my neck, slipping a finger into me and I tossed my head backwards, releasing a wanton sound. Stubborn bastard. •••• Lucia Darwin, in one word, would be a coward but she didn't care. When she saw the perfect opportunity to bolt from her demons and turn the lock on them, she didn't hesitate. Landing the perfect job at Crawford University as a professor and her best friend's wedding seemed like the perfect excuse to flee from Austria. Little did she know that she would have even bigger fish to fry in New York. She had always been a sucker for weddings, but there was an exception. The gorgeous singer who caught her fancy. Maybe the attraction wasn't one-sided because things grew heated after she engaged him in a conversation, and they found themselves buried in each other before the end of the night, sharing a passionate night. What happens at Bethany's wedding, stays at Bethany's wedding, but in Lucia's case, it clung to the hem of her dress like a stubborn seam when she made a shocking discovery that the guy she hooked up with that night happened to be one of her students, Jeremy Hale, Crawford's biggest snub and the hottest boy on campus. A school that frowned upon romantic relationships between teachers and students, a stubborn boy who would do anything to have what he wanted, and a cold-hearted professor whose niche is running away from her problems. The question is, how messy could this get?

CASTELLO DI CARTE MAFIA CHRONICLES, BOOK 1 [Also known as PRECARIOUS: THE GAME OF HEARTS] 𝐁𝐄𝐋𝐋𝐀 When my mother's declining health forced me to reconsider my career options, my boss steered me in an unexpected direction. The was simple: get in, get the information, and get the out. Except, it wasn't that easy. Especially when my target was the most nefarious man alive in New York. The closer I got to him, the more I saw sides of him I never expected. He burned me with his scorching touch, demanding and eager gazes. He was determined to have me at all costs. One might think he would stop at that, but—devil, help me—he needed more. More than I was ready to give. There was a reason I never wanted to the Underworld. When my past came crashing onto my doorstep, every lie unravelled, but nothing prepared me for the worst. The truth about the connection between the man I desired and my dead sister. 𝐀𝐃𝐎𝐍𝐈𝐒 We all know what they say about sweet things: when consumed excessively, they turn from savoury to bitter. That was what she was. A poor excuse for a sweet I wanted to devour. I wanted to make her suffer with the same intensity. She deserved it. And so did her scheming sister. Only, I didn’t know the latter was dead, and I might be the one at fault. But did that stop me from craving her? , no. My desire to have her magnified. She became mine the moment she walked into my life with those hauntingly blue eyes. She could give me the one thing I never had in life: happiness. But being the master at ruining everything, how could I ever be the man she wanted me to be?

At two in the morning, when the pack elders' urgent summons came, I had just crawled out from beneath my childhood sweetheart, the Alpha heir Slade. My body was still aching from his rough possession. As the only human healer in the entire Blackwood Pack, I was ordered to prepare herbs as a gift for Slade's marriage alliance with the Thorne Pack. I gently lifted Slade's arm from where it was wrapped around me. After a night of passion, his powerful Alpha body was still radiating a feverish heat. I assumed this was just another wolf princess he needed to turn away, so I poked his chest playfully and asked with a smile, "Slade, what excuse are you going to use the 99th time? That you've suddenly developed an allergy to the princess?" He rolled over and kissed my forehead, his eyes heavy with sleep. "My sweet girl, this time the herbs must be prepared by you, and you alone. The success of this alliance rests on your shoulders." I froze. For the past ten years, I had been his secret solace, the one who soothed his violent rages every night. I thought I would earn a formal bonding ceremony, sooner or later. But in that moment, I understood. I was just a convenience, a body for him to use. If that was all I was to him, then I would burn everything we had to the ground. I made a call to my old mentor at the National Institute of Medicine, Professor Sterling. "Professor, that research position regarding gene... is it still open? I'm ready to return to the human world." But when that arrogant Alpha, who claimed we were 'just friends' and 'strictly professional,' discovered he could no longer catch even a faint scent of me in the air, he completely lost his mind.

BOOK #6 - WRIGHT-PETROV SERIES After her father's death, Kamilla lost her association with her father's employer. The Petrov family. Everything else followed. People she considered friends, including her boyfriend, turned their backs on her. She was outcasted by the same people previously groveling to please her. Overnight, she becomes a nobody. An easy target for the hypocrites of society. Nonetheless, she endures. She is far stronger than anyone realizes. However, someone thought she needed protection. "Why are you doing this, Mr. Samuel Petrov? I do not need the frivolity of your world. And please do not give me that lame excuse about being my father's friend again," she shows her defiance by meeting his calm gaze with her sharp angry one. "Believe me, Kamilla, you will not want to hear my reasons." Samuel bore her with an ominous look, attempting to dismiss her. "What reasons, Mr. Petrov? Does it include watching me sleep in the middle of the night? Or your huge one down there having a hard-on whenever you see me in my flimsy nightgown?" with regained boldness, she sassed while pointing at the bump of his pants. Samuel raised a brow in response to her brazenness. "It's just the tip of the iceberg you are seeing, Kamilla. You do not want to know the rest of it," his voice turned icy cold as he gritted every word. "I'm no angel, Samuel Petrov. I can smell your desire since day one, baby" A suggestive sultry smile carves her lips. "Fuck you, Kamilla. Don't call me baby" she was no longer surprise when he swiftly pulled and pinned her on the couch. "It's dangerous" His ragged hot breath fanned her face, and a rock-hard thing was wedged between them.

BLURB Married at the age of 18, Mila Throndsen gave up everything including her dreams and family prestige for the sake of her childhood sweetheart, Killian. But her husband who once loved her no longer wants to spare her even the simplest glance. Mila did everything she could, even enduring her husband's abuses just so she can rekindle their dying love but it was all in vain. Two months after a passionate one-night stand with a stranger, Mila ended up pregnant. Her husband furiously threw a divorce paper to her face and accused her of cheating Her family disowned and threw her out of their lives too. Devasted and angry, Mila left her hometown, Westwood, for a smaller city, swearing to make everyone who abandoned her pay dearly. Six years later, Mila became a charming model and successful fashionista working in one of the biggest Clothing and Design companies. An enticing business offer brought her back to Westwood but this time around, she wasn't alone. Two adorable little twins accompanied her! Shantel and Leon on the other hand, had another motive, a secret goal, one that Mila wasn't even aware of. "Find a rich CEO for our Mommy, who will also become our Daddy! " Extract; A beam of excitement appeared on Shantel's face as she stared at the handsome man across the street. But there was something else fueling her excitement; this handsome man looked exactly like her twin brother! The little girl rushed over and bumped into the stone ice; Dominic Hartless, the most powerful man of Westwood. A slight frown appeared on Dominic's face as he stared down the cute little thing standing before him. But his frown quickly turned into widened eyes when the little girl proposed; "Excuse me, Handsome Mister, will you marry me? "