Leesa Abney

"I'm so sorry, sir, I forgot to lock the door. I didn't mean for..." "Shhhh." He silenced me, placing a finger on my lips. He smelled like rich, masculine cologne and alcohol. I looked up at him; he was staring at me with something swirling in his eyes. Something I couldn't explain. He slowly leaned down and pressed a kiss on my shoulder. My breath hitched in my throat. I held my towel tight against me with my left hand and pushed him back with my right hand, taking a step back myself. "I'm sorry, sir, this isn't right," I told him respectfully. His eyes darkened as he grabbed my forearm tightly, making me look at his furious eyes. "I am Alessandro Rossi, and no one tells me what is right and what is not." He attacked my neck, peppering it with kisses as I just stood there. "But you're drunk, sir," I told him. "I'm in complete control of my senses, Victoria." *** Alessandro Rossi retrieves his heir from his runaway wife and employs the young Victoria to care for his son. After spending one drunken night together, Victoria becomes pregnant with his child. Their lives are now entwined, leading to a loveless marriage. Soon after, Victoria finds comfort in the arms of another. What will Alessandro do when he realizes he has already fallen for Victoria? Will he do something to win back her heart?

Turning back to me and the pack, he announced, "I am taking a chosen mate befitting of the position of the Luna of this great pack." His announcement didn't come as a shocker to me. I sort of expected it, but I thought he'd surprise me. I thought that the mate bond wouldn't be this weak. Looking at me squarely, he said, "I, Alpha Karsten Shadowcroft of the Blood Moon Pack, reject you, Amelia Holloway as my mate." My knees buckled after hearing his words, and a sudden weakness spread through my limbs. ******* Amelia Holloway had always yearned for a mate to help her escape her miserable life. Despite being wolfless, she had a chance to find him on her 18th birthday because it was the night of the blood moon. But fate dealt a cruel hand. Her mate turned out to be Alpha Karsten, the man who tormented her for years. Not only did he reject her, but he chose another over her, shattering her already fragile world. With all hopes of getting her freedom and finding love lost, a chance encounter with the Lycan King, Alexander Blackthorn, brought a ray of hope into her life. Can Amelia escape her past and embrace this newfound hope, or will betrayal tear it all down? What happens when skeletons from the past come lurking? Will her love triumph over everything?

"You're disgusting!" Celeste screamed. "How could you do this to me? Both of you!" Tears fell from her eyes once more. "You were my best friend, and you..." Her gaze shifted to Amara, who cowered behind Julian. Then, Celeste snapped back to Julian and stepped closer to him. "I, Celeste Foster, reject you, Julian Cross of the Shadow Pack, as my mate." After experiencing the double betrayal of her mate and friend, Celeste thought her life couldn't get any worse, until she woke up naked next to Liam Blackwell, Alpha of the Nightfall Pack... Liam never thought he would have a one night stand with Celeste. Everything happened too suddenly, and when the heartbroken Celeste approached him and whispered "I want you," Liam knew he couldn't refuse such an offer. As Liam is irresistibly drawn to Celeste, he begins to notice that she seems close to someone he never thought he would encounter: first Julian, the Alpha heir of the Shadow Pack, and now Nathaniel Stone, the Alpha heir of The Obsidian Pack. Was Celeste hiding a big secret about who she was?

Arielle Marvel's a young woman trying to get off a life of poverty and make a way for herself so that she can leave her home, her normal and boring life is thrown into a rollercoaster of events when she finds out that her step father sold her off to the ruthless mafia boss Luciano Siegel to pay off his debt without informing her. she would do everything to pay off the debt and regain her freedom again, but then Luciano wanted her services but not in the way she had thought, he wanted to own her and what he wants he gets!