Thirty-five

BOOK SIX (MATE SERIES) Previous books mentioned inside: He was silent; a brooding stranger basking in the darkness as if it were an old friend. The logical part of me wanted to run away screaming and some other part of me that I never knew existed wanted to learn more about him. He looked deadly but his touch was a gentle caress. He looked rude but he was the most easy-going guy I had ever met. We clicked the moment our eyes met and that was when my world turned from all things logic and science related to something mythical and supernatural. I thought it was magic but he laughed, the only sound I'd ever hear leave his perfect lips, and called it a mate bond. ____________________ Dea Kelly is as human as it gets. She doesn't believe in the divine and she most certainly doesn't believe in the supernatural. What she does believe in is science because everything must have a logical explanation. At the age of thirty, she had her entire future planned out. Marry Jason Yates, a fellow scientist who believed in everything she did. Have children ASAP. And live till a hundred (at least she would try to.) But then something happens that she suddenly can't explain. A handsome yet silent stranger that bumped into her while walking on the side walk and the moment their eyes connected, electricity passed between them. It was in that very moment that Dea's life turned inside out.

Five years ago, Carla left her soul mate in their rumpled bed in a rented house in Mykonos, convinced she doesn’t deserve him, and he comes back to her life the secret lover of her best friend. Carla’s childhood friend Thera is visiting Greece after ten years, bringing Jake Winters with her, her boss whom she has been a long time secretly in love with. But Jake turns out to be Tom Sawyer, the pseudonym he used as a male escort five years ago – and he is still hotter than sin. It did not take long to see that the passion that drove them that blissful whole week together drives them still. He remains the only man who makes her feel that happiness is possible, but giving in to him means betraying her best friend, even though it’s evident that they aren’t lovers. That Thera made it all up. Billionaire programmer Jake Winters took over a gigolo trip for a friend once five years ago and that changed his whole life. But the culprit in doing so left him without a goodbye. When he finally finds Carla again, she turns out to be the childhood friend of his sweet secretary. As fierce as she is in bed, she is as loyal to people she cares about and he has to clear the air between him and Thera because the only thing he’s thinking about is becoming Carla’s gigolo again. For life. And as soon as possible. Like yesterday.

Five years of their marriage crumbled when Eloise Blake first went to her husband's company only to discover that she wasn't the CEO's wife. She was unaware that the documents she came to deliver to her husband was her signed divorce paper.. When she was married to Damon, Eloise had stage four cancer and was told post cancer that she had the eggs of a 68year old post menopausal woman and that IVF wasn’t even an option for her because there was no way it would work. She could either adopt or have no kids at all. Eloise knowing fully well that this could be the reason that her husband's burning love for her suddenly quenched still didn't expect that much of a betrayal even after having a passionate night together a day before. In a bid to pay her husband back, she had a nightstand with a stranger. Four weeks after she left her old life behind, she discovers she’s pregnant with spontaneous Triplets with no medical help! it was like a miracle. five years later, Now a successful curator, she returns after her father’s death, only to find herself surrounded by her ex- husband who would do anything to win her heart back. Would she choose to go back to her ex-husband? what would happen when the stranger she had a night stand with five years ago suddenly showcases again. How would she discover who her triplet's daddy really is ?

Now, after five years, Ava has come back as a beautiful damsel, not as an omega but as Alpha Ayar. Everybody wants Alpha Ayar for different things including her mate, Alpha Jo, who rejected and banished her. Ava now Alpha Ayar has to determine what to do with her past.

“Don’t let me choose between the two of you, Claire. Because it will definitely not be you.” I gasped at his words and my chocolate brown eyes widened as I stared into his blue one. I whimpered. My throat runs dry. Five years…. Five fucking years Is this how it all ends? “Choose Alan! Choose! Because I am not sharing your fucking ass with a nasty home wrecker. “ my voice shifted coldly. The humming of my heart could be heard miles away but I was not backing down. “Fine! You asked for this. Don’t say I didn’t warn you….I, Alpha Alan Crawley of desert storm pack reject you, Claire Claver, and your pup as my mate and pup. From this day you are banned from entering my pack. “ My heart clenched. Pain rippled through me…. *** Claire Claver had a crush on the future alpha of her pack for most of her teen years. On her 18th birthday, she found out she was mated to Alan Crawley It was a dream come true when he made her his in every way possible. Five years later, when it was around the time for her Luna ceremony, she catches him buried inside a woman, his so-called cousin, Olivia. All hope was lost for Claire, but little did she know that a powerful Lycan was searching for her after he caught a sniff of her scent would Claire find happiness again? Read on to find out.

They were two young adults, driven with passion, desire and love. Promised to be with each other, always and forever was their oath. But Veronica and Rafeal should have known, that in this world, they don't have the right to make decisions by themselves. In their world, adults rule, parents make the decision and in just one night which was supposed to be their happiest moment, turned into their nightmare. The family of Nicolaides and Wayne are known for their friendship, and partnership, two powerful families, and they will do anything for this good relationship to continue. Veronica Wayne and Rafael Nicolaides, two lovers, want nothing but to spend the rest of their lives together. But just one night changes everything when an alliance was made between two families, her elder sister who has a weak heart got engaged to Rafael, and that day their world collapsed. Every of their dream was shattered. Even if they don't want the engagement, it can't be unmade. Veronica left, breaking every promise they made together and ended up leaving a strong wound in his heart. Five years later, she returned for her sister's marriage. But Veronica should have never come back. It was so naive for her to think that after five years, all lust, passion, and love he had for her will be long gone. She was wrong, five years was nothing. His feelings never left but grew more. It turns into an obsession, he is crazy for her, and his lust for her drives him insane. His mad obsession won't leave, no matter what he does. She is back, and this time she isn't going anyway. He is going to make her stay, even if he has to seduce her.

To save the vampire clan, I slept with my crush, Stefan Ferrano. Stefan had always been cold and distant, but that night, his response was fiery. He ignored the fact that I was inexperienced and took me with wild, unrestrained passion. Everything unraveled when my blood servant, Stella Luciado, brought me fresh blood and Stefan found out. Like a man possessed, he tore off all my clothes and dragged me into the sunlight. “So even the vampire queen is afraid of sunlight? Do you know what sort of torture your kind are enduring right now? But no pain compares to what I felt losing my sister because of you and your kind.” For five years, he held my clan’s safety over my head. He locked me in a sunroom and found new ways every day to torment me in bed. The day I gave birth to his child, he married Stella. Stefan called my child a bastard and forced me to watch him and Stella sleep together. When Stella was unhappy, he bled me so she could bathe in my blood. He even painted with my blood and made me dance undressed in the sun. He tortured me but never let me die, using specially made drugs to keep me alive. A vampire who had offered their ancestral blood but didn't turn a human into a vampire within five years would end up dead. I had five days left to live. Finally, I didn't have to keep my secret anymore.

Just because of her manly name, Mil was forced to live in a boarding house together with five men—Greypi, Kim, Soju, Orij and Vince. At first, it was hard to survive under the roof with five handsome men who have different characters. One is a clean freak, the other is a pushover, the third guy is a playboy, the fourth man is a joker and the last is a mysterious loner. But as she spend her time with them, they soon created strong bond and became friends; even though the boys still fight with each other sometimes. Everything was good. Not until… “I think, I love you.” “I like you!” “Will I court you just because of that damn promise?! F*ck, Mil! Use your brain!” “Because of you, I can’t look at the other girls anymore. So take a responsibility.” “There’s something between us. Because I like you.” Just when she thought everything is great, they suddenly start fighting to win her heart.

Nicolas King once placed his trust in everyone except the one who held his heart, ignorantly pushing Aria Williams away along with the future of love and happiness he envisioned with her. Only in hindsight did he grasp the gravity of his mistake. Now, five years later, she returns consumed by a singular purpose: to seek revenge and make those who tortured and attempted to kill her pay for their mistakes. Meanwhile, he embarks on a pursuit to reclaim her affection, rebuild the trust he once shattered, and reignite the flame of her love. However, the path to his redemption is filled with obstacles, for she is determined to protect her heart and the little ones she vowed to keep safe with her life, making his journey difficult. Yet, undeterred, he presses on, fueled by the fervent hope of winning back the woman he foolishly let slip through his fingers five years ago."

Octava is a human married to the Alpha of her pack, she had been married to Alpha Jakeson and had been unable to give him a child for the past five years that they had been married, rejected and left to fend for herself, Octava is rescued by an unknown woman who happened to be her mother, the Lycan Luna.