Rejected and humiliated by her own fated mate, Ember is claimed and taken away by Dex, the alpha of the most feared pack in the world. He asks her to become his mate and the Luna of his pack and showers her with love and tenderness. What could possibly go wrong? Well, they're just acting. Everything is fake, and she knows it. Ember knows she's just a pawn in Dex's plan. She must play along to guarantee her safety and obediently follow his lead to perform like they are madly in love when others are looking. Whether or not she agrees with his reasons, it's none of her business. She owes him. But why does Dex have to touch her in that sensual way and look at her with such an intense gaze when no one is watching? How would Ember deal with the urge to kiss him passionately when he seems to have someone else in his heart? What's so special about Ember that made him choose her when she's just a pathetic omega in her pack? What is Dex's plan, and what happens when they discover the ugly truth behind everything?
View MoreEMBERThe click of the gun made my heart drop, and I twisted the piece of metal in my hands as I tried to figure out what I had done wrong. The safety was off, and the magazine was there. Panic flooded my system, and I looked up, pulling my arm back as I prepared just to throw the damn thing at his head. A gust of wind pushed me to the side just as Dex collided mid-air with the hulking beast. Together, they crashed into the ground, and I jumped back to my feet. It was stupid, but every instinct demanded that I go to Dex, help and protect him, when the reality was that I had just been a liability all night. I had felt my wolf a few times, but she seemed content to stay in the back of my mind, eating popcorn as she watched the show with amusement.An arm wrapped around my waist, holding me back, and I struggled against it before hearing Thea’s sharp tone. “Stop! It’s over now!” I looked back at her, relief flooding me when I saw she was still in one piece. There was a large, bleedin
EMBER I held my breath as the creature passed the office, my trembling hand over my mouth. They would be able to smell my fear and hear my heart hammering away in my chest, but the sound of Kade’s fight against the others seemed to hold the beast's attention, and it continued down the hall. I wasn’t sure how long I sat behind the desk before I heard someone running toward me. My eyes opened wide, and hope bloomed in my chest that it would be Dex. Yet it was still dark out, and I knew he was still under the same curse as the others. “Ember!” Kade shouted, and I stood quickly, pointing my gun toward the hallway. “We’ve got to go!” Go? Go where? “What?” I asked as I pushed at the desk to move it from the doorway so he could enter. The weight of it lifted for only a moment before becoming heavy again, and my stomach sank. “What happened to your magic?” “What do you mean what happened?” He sounded frustrated, but not toward me. It was aimed at the beast racing toward him. Kad
EMBER I glanced at the clock on the wall of the fourth bedroom we had cleared. It was only one in the morning. We still had hours to go before the sun would come up and Dex would be back. Our relationship may have been a strategic play for him, but it felt very real for me, and after tonight, I needed to feel him. I needed to be touched by him, to feel his warm palm on my cheek or his lips against my forehead. I wanted to hear him whisper to me that everything was okay... that he was okay. “Clear,” Kade whispered, holding his hand out, and I handed him a piece of paper that he had insisted I carry around. He ripped another strip off and gave me rest. I may have had a gun, but I doubted I would have to use it and had spent the past few hours following him around as he cleared each room and placed paper between the door and the frame, signaling that he had cleared it and to show that no one had gone inside that room since. “I still don’t get why you can’t just use your magic to
EMBER “Are they dead?” I asked as I inched forward to peak over the desk at the beast blocking the hallway. “No, but they can be. Would that make you more comfortable?” Kade leaned around me to take a look at my packmate. “What?! No! Absolutely not!” I shouted before his hand clamped down over my mouth. My eyes widened as he moved his head in an attempt to look down the hallway. “Sh! We don’t know how many more will be here. I assumed the pack would all be outside, beneath the moon.” “They were supposed to be.” My voice shook as we heard another sound in the house. I couldn’t tell if it was from downstairs or down the hall. Since we were on the third floor, it could have been anywhere in the house. “Well, clearly, there was a change of plans we hadn’t been made aware of. If they didn’t have our scents yet, they do now.” Kade said, and I cried out as he pulled me back and moved the desk from the door. Panic crawled up my throat, and I wanted to dig my nails into his arm and
EMBER“Is that why you sent your people out to search for Fae among the packs? You were trying to find her.” I said as understanding dawned on me. If my little sister had been kidnapped, I would have started cursing people, too. “We wanted to bring all our people home, the princess included. As soon as the curse was cast, the wolves started killing our people, wanting to purge their land of our magic. We wanted to save as many as we could.” Kade said, wincing as Dex flipped one of his pack members over his shoulder and onto their back.I couldn’t hear the cracking that accompanied it, but I knew it would have been there. Dex was breathing heavily. Even from the window, I could see his chest and back moving with each inhale and exhale. He turned and looked up at me, holding my gaze for a minute before closing his eyes and shaking his head. “He’s going to shift soon,” I whispered, fear making the spit in my throat feel thick. “Then it will be up to us to defend ourselves.” I wanted
EMBER Dex pulled his shirt over his head, exposing his muscular back and broad shoulders. He tossed the fabric behind him and moved forward several feet to be closer to the tree line but hesitated and looked back at me. I lifted my hand to wave but couldn’t seem to move it once I had it in the air. The distance between us seemed too great, and my lungs felt tight as I tried to take my next breath. How was it possible for me to feel so strongly for Dex when I had only met him a few weeks ago? “I understand now why you chose them over us. You used to be one of them.” Kade said, walking to my side and turning to lean against the wall beside the window with his back to Dex. Dex must have been able to see his shoulder because his hands clenched into fists, and he looked furious as he looked away, scanning the trees like he was on guard. “I still am one of them.” “Then where is your wolf?” He pushed, and I pressed my lips together in irritation. “I think there is a reason your wo
EMBER "Absolutely not," Dex said, but Kade shook his head with disappointment. "You're not going near her." "I'm here to follow orders, not to fuck your mate." Kade rolled his eyes, and my head flinched back at his crude comment. I knew the two men didn't like each other, but I hadn't seen this side of Kade for myself yet, and I didn't like it. "You think that will make me feel any better about this? I said no. Now get off my land!" Dex ordered with his hands curled into fists at his side. He looked ready to snap, and the sun hadn't even set. I glanced at the horizon at that realization, seeing just how far down the sun had gone since we came outside. "Dex," I whispered and glanced around us. The pack seemed on edge with Kade being here, but one by one, they turned away from him and snuck away from the crowd. A few jogged, glancing over their shoulder with a shake of their head as they saw their pack still closely huddled together. I could see it in their eyes when a retreating m
EMBER I knew I should have felt on top of the world after facing Tristan and hopefully getting him out of my life for good, but I didn't. Instead, Alpha Cain's revelation about my mother left me feeling torn. There was so much that I hadn't known about my family, and discovering that my mother had powers had me questioning everything. How did I not know about it? Had Alpha Cain known before she saved Tristan, or was that when he learned she was part Fae? I had been a month early, and the revelation about my mother had me wondering if my bond with Tristan had been a fluke. Had my mother, using her magic to save Tristan, put her into early labor? Were our lives tied to each other because of it? Had I been carried to term, would he still be my mate? Did I have another mate out there? I rubbed my cheek subtly against Dex's thigh as we cuddled on the couch, wanting to be impossibly closer to him. I had chosen him and couldn't imagine ever running into my second chance mate…if I had o
JENSEN I stared down at the blonde in front of me, disinterested. She looked weak. Nia walked over to me as soon as the doors shut and began pushing me for information, but I refused to participate, not wanting to acknowledge her in the slightest. Caroline wasted no time swooping in and, like the snake she was, had latched onto every weakness and insecurity Nia had in an attempt to cut her down at her knees. They had already exchanged pleasantries as they complimented each other's outfits and hair and how no one else could pull something so vintage or faded off. I knew women had the power to disguise insults as compliments, but I had never cared to listen to it before. Now that I had nothing better to do and couldn't escape it, I discovered it was highly entertaining. The more Caroline spoke, the darker pink Nia's face turned, and I was prepared for her to lunge at Caroline at any moment. But Caroline knew I couldn't let that happen. She had a control over me that I couldn't esc
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