Orphanage

“Get your clothes off,” he said, his voice emotionless.   I stared at him, my lips slightly parted in shock. What?   “I said, get your clothes off,” he repeated. “Turn around. I want you on your hands and knees. Face me with your ass.”   “What?” I breathed, trembling.   He took a single step forward, the air tightening .   “Didn’t you hear what I—”   He stopped.   Just like that, the words died on his tongue. His entire body froze, his eyes locked on me. It looked like he had been struck.   His pupils dilated, his lips parted slightly.   And then...He stepped back.   “Mate.” ************* It was supposed to be a one-night stand, not a soul-binding mistake.   I grew up in an orphanage, but at 19, I was forced to move to a brothel and become a sex worker.   Darius Dovenia was a ruthless Alpha of Silver moon pack who happened to be my first client and as he called it…Mate.   But what if the girl he's vowed to protect… was created by the monster he's sworn to kill?

"Sex slave? Is that what you thought?" "What else would you have dragged me here for?" I said, my voice trembling. He took a deep breath and looked me over, from head to toe, with an assessing expression that made me shrink back. "Don’t flatter yourself, female. You don’t meet the requirements to be one of my sex slaves." "Oh yeah? And what would those be?" He gave me that same smug, evaluating look again, but this time I puffed out my chest—and he seemed to notice, even if just for a second. "The first is being attractive." "What? Did you just call me ugly?" "Does it matter?" "Of course it matters! First of all, you're wrong! I’m not ugly, and I do meet all the requirements to be a sex slave!" — By the goddess, what was I saying? Marius looked at me, visibly confused, until he asked: "Why does it sound like you’re applying for the position?" --- Jane is an orphaned, rejected she-wolf who dreams of receiving her wolf and leaving the orphanage behind. One night, when she goes to a party with her friend, she finds herself in danger after realizing there is no party—only three wolves with the worst intentions. Everything changes when the feared and cruel Marius, a wolf accused of massacring his own pack in the past, saves her. Or rather—kidnaps her. Marius makes it clear: Jane will be his prisoner for one year, until she receives her wolf and can give him what he wants. But how can Jane trust a killer? And what is she supposed to do with the wild attraction they both feel, trapped together in an isolated cabin?