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Ravished By The Alphas (Reverse-Harem Paranormal Romance) Chapter 21
ValerieI followed Lucas out into the garden, where the air carried the smell of fresh roses and fertile soil. I hadn’t seen a flower in ages—not a real one, at least. Werewolves were not typically fans of flowers, or any plant with an overwhelming smell, really. Their noses were far too sensitive.Occasionally, the aunts would bring in fake flowers for certain sales events, to give the shop a bit of a homier feeling. They said the sight of them would evoke thoughts and feelings from the patrons—thoughts and feelings that would eventually end in a purchase. But it never felt quite the same, and the only thoughts they ever evoked from me were the ones of my mother’s garden. How desperately I wished I was standing in it. Smelling the sweet, floral aroma.But here, the smells circled around us anew with every breeze of air. The sweet, heavy scent of roses wrapped me like a warm blanket. It brought me right back to that lovely garden, and the flowers she used to growing in it when we were
Ravished By The Alphas (Reverse-Harem Paranormal Romance) Chapter 22
Valerie It wasn’t until a cool breeze swept by, that the spell my memories had on me was broken. I was no longer in the study with Mathilda. Instead, I was awake again, staring into Chelsea’s eyes. “What do you know of Cearysal?” Lucas asked. I had almost forgotten he was there. I flushed a little and took me hand away from the statue. I shouldn’t have touched her. That wasn’t becoming of a slave. “Not very much, Lord Lane,” I admitted. It wasn’t as if I wasn’t interested—just that the tome did not hold much information about the empire. “There isn’t a lot of information out there for us…humans,” I explained. “I know only that the empire collapsed in just half a century. But I don’t know why. No one knows why. And no one knows what happened to the king and the princess.” Lucas smirked, looking somewhat satisfied by my answer. “I suppose you’re right,” he said. “Your history stories seem to be so selective. As if the fine details were plucked out and replaced with fairy tales. The
Ravished By The Alphas (Reverse-Harem Paranormal Romance) Chapter 23
ValeriePerhaps my fondest thing about this place was the way the sun crested the trees, just outside the window. Soft, rose-tinted light poured into the room, a velvet glaze of pinkish clouds in the sky.I did not often get to see the sunrise, back in the slave shop. We spent most of our time in our living quarters in the basement, where there were no windows to see the outside world.I was lucky to be here. I often forgot just how lucky I was, but this place was beyond expectation for a slave. Even if I was trapped here all my life…would it have been so terrible? So long as I got to see sunrises like this…staying here as a servant seemed like pure bliss compared to the fate of most slaves.But my ultimate goal was freedom. And I could not forget that.Despite how warm the room was, a chill still swept over my skin. Maybe it was the lack of sleep. Or maybe it was the anticipation for the day ahead of me. I was not looking forward to going to Baycrest. I was not looking forward to spe
Ravished By The Alphas (Reverse-Harem Paranormal Romance) Chapter 24
ValerieEventually, the large double-doors opened and Mrs. Manson presented herself. Although she was an unusually grouchy woman, I smiled at her entrance. This morning was certainly different, as it wasn’t only Mrs. Manson entering the room. Two young girls followed nervously behind her. They were new faces—girls I had not seen around the castle. I wondered if they were the new servants that Mrs. Manson was having a hard time training.I supposed that would explain the crooked frown on Mrs. Manson’s face, and the nervous air around the girls.They were like kittens, dumped into a new surrounding for the first time. They looked around curiously, like they’d never seen the innards of the Alpha’s room. Like they feared they might step wrong and knock something to shambles. Mrs. Manson shot them a glare and they ducked their heads down.Then, without a word, Mrs. Manson gestured for the girls to come forward with clothing and supplies. I could tell in the brief time I’d known her that M
Ravished By The Alphas (Reverse-Harem Paranormal Romance) Chapter 25
ValerieI could not look at Mrs. Manson’s face any longer. My heart panged with memories of my mother, the ghost of her still warm in my heart.It was so painful to have lost a mother. I couldn’t imagine what it was like for a mother to lose her daughter. I wanted to know more about Mrs. Manson. More about the woman she used to be.I opened my mouth to speak, then thought better of it. Mrs. Manson doesn’t like questions.“Say it,” Mrs. Manson ordered.“W-what?” I hesitated. She was not even looking at me in the reflection of the vanity. How could she have known I had a question on my mind?She glanced to me, then back to my hair. “You’ve something to say. Say it.”I swallowed and stared at my own reflection in the mirror. The girls had done a lovely job of fixing me up into a slave fit for a proper aristocrat vampire. I looked young and healthy, but not too pretty. Not too respectable.“Can you tell me about her?” I asked. “How did you lose her?”Mrs. Manson paused, the brush mid-way
Ravished By The Alphas (Reverse-Harem Paranormal Romance) Chapter 26
ValerieMy heartbeat seemed to only grow louder the longer we waited for the car to arrive. It was just Lucas and I, standing outside the castle door.Lucas looked easy, unbothered by the task set out before us. I envied the way he didn’t seem to care about much of anything. It seemed a lot less painful than the crackle of sharp anxiety running through my ribs every few minutes.When finally, a large black car pulled up at the gate, I followed Lucas down the stairs. The car was quite similar to the one that had driven me from the slave shop, but I could tell from the silver accents that it was a different car entirely.I wondered how many they had. To own one car made you deliriously rich beyond the rest of the population. To have more than one was unheard of.As we approached, Mrs. Manson and the other servants waited for us at the gate. They all seemed prepared to see us off. I wondered how many of them knew where I was going—what our mission was. They wouldn’t have crowded around l
Ravished By The Alphas (Reverse-Harem Paranormal Romance) Chapter 27
ValerieThe windows were blocked out.I had been staring out through the glass at the lush forest outside, when Cliff hit a button on his door, and suddenly, there was only black staring back at me. Black and my own reflection.What was this? Some kind of privacy screen?“You aren’t going to love what you see in a moment,” Lucas had warned me upon entering the limo. Maybe he was telling the truth, because clearly, I was not allowed to see outside.And yet, I heard sounds that terrified me.They came through, creeping over the rumbling of the engine, like ghosts howling echoes of haunting things in my ears. Low, grating voices. Growls and shrieks and screams that came and went in passing.I did not know what was happening beyond these blackened windows, but I was certain now that I didn’t want to. Lucas was right. There was nothing to love about this ride into Baycrest.I was suddenly grateful for Cliff. For whatever magical button he had pressed that blocked the rest of the world from
Ravished By The Alphas (Reverse-Harem Paranormal Romance) Chapter 28
ValerieI was certain by the sight of it that no one wanted outsiders knowing what was happening in this building. The windows were tinted black—so black, not a light could be seen inside.I followed Lucas down a corridor so dark, I could hardly make out the shape of my hands out in front of me. He did not pull the leash chained to my neck, but it felt heavy nonetheless. We approached a staircase at the end of the corridor, and I was reminded of my time at the shop. Of our daily routines, and how when dusk came, we would walk down the stairs back to the basement where we slept.It had only been a matter of days since I left the shop, but it already felt like a far-away memory. A dream I never really experienced. A nightmare, more like.I was not surprised to see the place as dark as it was; vampires did not need the light. In fact, they preferred their surroundings dark and shadowed. That meant their pets could not see so much as a glimmer in the darkness.I ached for the slaves that
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