This is the story of Violet Thorn and her Alpha, Archer Alvarez. On the run from bloodthirsty vampires who attacked her previous pack, Violet and her brother run into the notorious Alpha Archer Alvarez, known as Ironwolf to many for his unperceivable emotions and intimidating exterior. What happens when rogues are supposed to be executed on sight, but Violet and Archer are mates? What happens when the vampires catch up to the scent of thorns? How will Archer and Violet fare in their story as betrayal, love, and revenge unfold?
My father Emilio Thorn was a monster in sheep's clothing.
I learned the truth about my parents at the age of nine. It was another night where they made love with ferocious grunts and moans.
They, being my father and his mistress.
I didn't know my father was unfaithful, until I saw my mother bound off the balcony, shifting into her wolf with a grieving howl. I realized then, that my mother and father had not been intimate for a long time. He chose to have a lover over my precious and wonderful mother.
I did not understand why he would do such a thing to his own wife and beloved Luna. They did have their fair share of fighting and arguments, but I always thought that was normal. Until one year, my mother started sporting bruises and scars out of nowhere.
The same day, my father came to my room to announce that his mistress was pregnant. He held my hands and said the words so proudly.
"You will be having a brother soon!"
I confronted my father then. I ripped my hands from his grasp. The almighty Alpha Thorn stared at me, daring to look as if it pained him.
I looked at him in the eyes when I spoke.
"Stop it. Stop hurting your Luna. She doesn't deserve this! Aren't you supposed to be mates?" I asked.
"You wouldn't understand, little Vi," He tsk-tsked.
"But I do. Mates are supposed to love each other forever! Mates are supposed to be there for each other," I exclaimed.
"That's enough!" My father roared.
"I will not have you disrespect the future mother of my children." He shouted.
"If you stop disrespecting the current mother of your child, I'll listen to you." I said coldly, crossing my arms.
He slapped me then, his palm landing across my cheek. He confirmed his easily worked up anger.
I clutched my stinging cheek, tears filling my eyes.
"What happened to you?" I asked, feeling betrayed.
He never raised a hand against me and my mother before this. Before this mistress came into the picture.
My father refused to say anything else, keeping everything hidden inside. He left my room and from that day our relationship shattered, like pieces of glass being broken up into millions of irreversible pieces.
She-who-must-not-be-named gave birth to my half-brother Amos not long after.
Then the secret could not be hidden anymore, and the identity of my father's lover came out. My father's mistress was a vampire, and the daughter of one of the strongest families in the vampire realm.
My mother's wolf could not handle the fact that her mate had chosen to reject her and birth a pup with another person, let alone a vampire. Vampires were our enemies, and yet some kind of sick truce had formed between the Thorn pack and the vampires. But nobody reported this, and nobody breathed a word because my father's lover disguised herself as a normal wolf.
My poor mother went insane, stopped speaking coherently. She would claw and spew nonsense at anyone who tried to talk to her. When my father ordered for my mother to be imprisoned and chained, that enraged me.
"You didn't allow her to break free, you didn't reject the bond but kept her at arm's length. You forced her to watch as you fucked and knocked up our enemy! And now you're chaining my mother up?" I shouted.
I struggled against the warrior wolves, my dad's protectors. They held me back from hurting my father and he punished me with lashes. It took me a long time to recover from my wounds. I promised to myself I would never forgive my father.
Since my brother's birth and my mother's imprisonment, I had to act like everything was fine. But I stewed with poisonous thoughts and how I myself could save my mother and be free from this pack. It would be near to impossible. Once wolves broke from packs and became rogues, they were literally anyone's game. But I tried to make a plan nevertheless.
I wanted to hate my half-vampire brother, but he was so adorable from the moment he and I made eye contact even when he was a baby. I just wanted to protect him all the time. The first time he cried, my heart thumped so loud, and I tried to console him. The only reminder that stabbed me every time was that my brother's eyes were slightly red in color around the irises. Being half werewolf and half vampire, we weren't sure whether he would have his first shift or not, or if he would inherit vampire powers.
The other reminder to me of the cruel situation was Amos' mother herself, who treated him like he was a prince and yet did not care for him like a real mother. She only doted on him in his good, well-behaved times and got "tired" when he was acting out and moody.
On my eighteenth birthday and when my brother Amos was eight, vampires came onto our territory and attacked our pack.
It was chaos.
I grabbed my brother and started running back inside the alpha pack house. My intention was to leave with him in the secret tunnel leading out of the pack territory. I chose to look back to check if anyone was looking.
Everyone except for one vampire focused on fighting each other and shedding blood everywhere. This one vampire, with lightning speed, came towards us. Just as he was about to reach us, I heard a whisper behind me, so soft I almost didn't hear it. It was the first time I'd heard my mother speak in two years.
"Live. Avenge me."
With a blur, she landed on top of the vampire, one last shift for her. She probably had been so weak before in chains. How my mother broke from her chains and sacrificed her life to save me and my brother, I did not know. But she fought so bravely even though the years of malnourishment and mistreatment showed on her pale face and emaciated body. The next moment, she and the vampire were in intense combat. She was fighting to save lives, knowing the result.
I wept, knowing I could not be selfish to stay behind and fight for my mother. I had to do what she said. I shifted, carrying my brother far away to protect him.
I had to live. I had to avenge her.
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Marie Bits and Michael Cross are flatmates, and then they become show mates. After a traumatic night involving a fluffy cat, both are pulled into a reality show, depicting their daily lives living together. When people begin commenting they are couple #goals, Marie and Michael find themselves in a sticky situation, trying to navigate living their lives and becoming increasingly popular to the public eye. Will time show Marie and Michael as soulmates, or just two souls crossing each other at wrong bits of time?
For as long as Emily can remember, she has wanted to overcome her shyness and explore her sexuality. Still, everything changes when she receives an invitation to visit one of the town's most prestigious BDSM clubs, DESIRE'S DEN. On the day she chose to peruse the club, she noticed three men, all dressed in suits, standing on the upper level, near the railing. Despite her limited vision, she persisted in fixating on them. Their towering statues belied the toned bodies concealed by their sharply tailored suits-or so she could tell. The hair of two of them was short and dark, and the third had light brown-possibly blond-hair that reached the shoulders. The dark, crimson background incised their figures, exuding an air of mystery and strength. They stood in stark contrast to the unfiltered, primal energy that pulsed through the club. Shocked by the desires these men aroused in her, she was disappointed to learn that they were masters seeking a slave to divide and conquer. She couldn't afford the fee, and she also realized that they were outside her league. Emily hurriedly left the club, feeling disappointed and depressed, unaware that she had also caught the group's attention. A world of wicked pleasure, three handsome men. Over the years, they have lived a life of decadence, their lavish lair serving as a stage for their most sinister desires. But despite the unending parade of willing subjects, one woman sticks out. A mysterious stranger with white porcelain skin and a killer body, a slave, a name with no address, the first lady to attract their eye and they will go to any length to obtain her no matter the consequences.
"You're mine, little puppy," Kylan growled against my neck. A soft gasp escaped my lips as his lips brushed my skin. My mind screamed at me to push him away-the Lycan Prince who had humiliated me again and again, but my body betrayed me, leaning into him before I could stop myself. He pressed his lips against mine, and his kiss grew more aggressive, more possessive as I felt my legs weaken. What was I doing? In a split-second, I pulled away and slapped him hard across the face. Kylan's eyes darkened, but the smirk on his lips exposed his amusement. "You and I both know we can't fight this, Violet," he said, gripping my wrist. "You're my mate." "And yet you don't want me," I replied. "You told me you were ashamed of me, that l'd never be your queen, that you'd never love me. So please, accept my rejection and let me go." "Never," he whispered, his grip tightening as he pulled me closer. "Soon enough, you'll be begging for me. and when you do-I'll use you as I see fit and then I'll reject you."
“Do I want a taste?” his voice deeper than he had ever spoken. His eyes pinned on me like I was the only thing that fascinated him. “What do I do?” I thought to myself as he moved closer to me, I wanted to run away, to resist him but I was pinned to the wall by him. “Gosh I hate this man so much” his scent, his body, his beautiful green eyes, he was driving me crazy. I know this is wrong, he has a fiancee and all but that makes me want him even more. “Get on the bed and spread your legs” his cold voice woke me up and then I remembered I was just a maid to him. “Yes master”.
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Blurb "Part your legs for me, princess" Alpha Damian humored huskily like he was intoxicated, I whimpered as he voice sents a jolts of emotions round my body. An emotion that I wasn't supposed to feel. Selene was 18 years old when she found out that Alpha Jasper of the Silver Crescent pack was her mate at her Awakening ceremony. Being a reject with no parents she lived with him for over one year as a slave and he never acknowledged her as his mate because he couldn't accept a reject as his mate. On her 20th birthday, her mate not only rejected her and chose her best friend; Imogen, as his new mate, but he also sold Selene to the most feared Alpha; Alpha Damian of the Crimson Moon pack whom everyone referred to as a beast. Not knowing why Alpha Damian chose to buy her, she can only resign herself to fate. What has the moon goddess installed for me again? Is this the freedom she solely crave for? Will she be tied down with the shackles of the unknown?
"Never let anyone treat you like shit!" I learned that the hard way. For three years, I lived with my in-laws. They didn't treat me as their son-in-law but as a slave. I put up with everything because of my wife, Yolanda Lambert. She was the light of my life. Unfortunately, my whole world came crashing down the day I caught my wife cheating on me. I have never been so heartbroken. To have my revenge, I revealed my true identity. I was none other than Liam Hoffman—the heir of a family with trillions of dollars in assets! The Lamberts were utterly shocked after the big reveal. They realized what fools they had been for treating me like trash. My wife even knelt down and begged for my forgiveness. What do you think I did? Did I take her back or made her suffer? Find out!