Chapter 44 ~ NYSSA I walked the whole way home, hoping that somehow I’d find the strength to fight the inevitable. The Alpha tone had never been used on me before. I’d only seen it play out a handful of times before, and even then, I always thought the effects
Chapter 43 ~ HENRY Alisa was a bitch, but she was a bitch that gave good head. I had no idea where she learned the skills and honestly, I didn’t give a fuck. I’d been in a shitty mood since last night but when she walked into my office this
Chapter 42 ~ NYSSA I shoved my clothes into my bag, blinking back the tears that gathered around my eyes. Rowan’s words replayed in my head over again like a never-ending loop. It was bad enough that he’d turned me away, but flat out sending me away like I was
Chapter 41 ~ ROWAN The sound of my bedroom door opening forced my eyes open. I was a light sleeper, always had been. My mother used to say that it was my most frustrating quality as a child. Any sudden movements, and my eyes would be wide open. The problem
Chapter 40 ~ NYSSA I wasn’t sure how long I stood in the alley, heart pounding as I tried to make sense of everything that happened. The moment played over again in my head, his scent around me, the feel of his body against mine and his lips. I lifted
Chapter 39 ~ NYSSA I smelled Rowan the minute he approached, but I brushed it off thinking it was just my imagination. Clearly I was wrong, considering he was standing in front of me, lips curved into a cruel smirk and eyes trained completely on my tits. He didn’t even
Chapter 38 ~ ROWAN I heard the music playing at the bonfire all the way from the palace. I could picture the hanging lanterns and the children dancing around the fire like they always did each year; the races and the street food vendors lined up on the corner of
Chapter 37 ~ NYSSA Over the next two days, things went smoothly. For a minute, I forgot the kind of shit show I was in and began looking forward to the bonfire. Aria and I went shopping for clothes and she even took me to see the bonfire preparations. It
Chapter 36 ~ NYSSA The café opened about five minutes later and before I could even blink, there was already a line outside the door. I watched the owner move with a grace and precision that I didn’t think was possible as she served her customers, each one greeting her
Chapter 35 ~ NYSSA My eyes widened in shock. “I can’t. I don’t even know what you do here p> She shrugged. “I trust that you will figure it out p> For a split second, I thought she was fucking with me, that was until the phone rang and she
Chapter 34 ~ NYSSA When the knock on my door came, I knew it was Aria. After all, Rowan would rather chew off his own leg that follow me and apologize for the bullshit he just pulled. I stared at the contact in disbelief, willing the words to disappear, but
Chapter 33 ~ ROWAN I’d initially planned to give the contract to her maid later in the day, but now was as good a time as any. Besides, I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to see the expression on her face as she read the new clause. I tossed the
Chapter 32 ~ NYSSA I tossed and turned in bed, willing Rowan’s scent to leave my nose, but no matter how hard I tried, it remained ingrained in my mind. Long after I’d climbed into bed and turned off the lights, the feel of his hands protecting me, his scent
Chapter 31 ~ NYSSA If I had an iota of common sense, I would have gone right back to my room. Instead, I followed him. A part of me was curious as to whether or not he’d actually get me something while the other was just driven by pure hunger.
Chapter 30 ~ NYSSA In hindsight, I probably should have read the contract before signing it, but I was too infuriated to even think about that in the moment. Rowan had a way of pushing every last nerve, and going back to tell him I needed to see the contract
Chapter 29 ~ ROWAN “Girlfriend?” Aria’s voice filtered into my mind. “Please tell me you didn’t tell Nyssa that you have a girlfriend p> It took me a second to realize what she was talking about it, and when I did, the corner of my lips quirked up in an
Chapter 28 ~ NYSSA She unveiled the platters to reveal mountains of food that we both would never be able to finish. “Are you always this wasteful with food in the palace?” I asked thinking back to the first time I had dinner with her and all the food that
Chapter 27 ~ NYSSA A knock on the room door an hour after had me frowning. I ignored it at first, but the knocking came again, a bit more persistent this time. “What?” I snapped. The door opened and Leah walked in, her hair braided neatly down her back. Shame
Chapter 26 ~ HENRY “Alpha, I implore you to see reason,” one of my counsellors spoke, his voice a bit strained from what I assumed was exasperation. I had no idea why he was still trying to convince me otherwise. If the past twenty-four hours were any indicators, it was
Chapter 25 ~ ROWAN I was convinced that Nyssa had an ability to find the things that belonged to my mother. There were people who’d lived in this palace for years and never found the gardens. They weren’t easy to navigate after all… my mother made sure of that. She