[Warning: This book contains Strong Language and Mature Content]
On her eighteenth birthday, Ravenna felt the weight of exile as she was outlawed from her home because she could not shift to a werewolf, a mark of shame in their world that revered power. Away from all the ridicules and hate, she had at least a more peaceful life, until a beautiful storm knocked at her door. Deceived by its enchanting waves, Ravenna welcomed it with open arms until she was swept away into the deepest depth of the ocean of love. Being a daughter of an alpha, that was not supposed to happen even if she was not living in the pack anymore. Falling in love with the king of darkness.

Alaric! He is the epitome of danger. But then, she turned his life upside down. From a heartless man to an obsessive lover. All he wished was to keep her with him. Even if it meant chaining her to himself. Whether what he felt was infatuation, desire or... he just would never ever let her go. Let no man or beast separate him from what he had claimed and marked; else they would face his unceasing wrath.

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"Am of no use to you, why do you still insist on keeping me?" She just wanted to hear him say it. That he loved her as much as she did. She was becoming more desperate as days went by, maybe more than desperate to the extent of destroying herself in this love.
Alaric paused and kept his laptop aside. He held her hand and brought her in front of him before pulling her to his lap. 

Silently, he sniffed her neck and licked it, then replied, "Because I want to." He continued his actions, and his hands were already moving under her dress caressing her thighs.

Ravenna took a deep breath trying to stop herself from diving into pleasure as always. "Will you ever say it?" Her voice came out as a low yearning plead and with his advanced hearing ability, Alaric did not miss a word.

"Say what?" His hand reached her pant ready to tear it apart.

"That you love me." Her words made him pause abruptly before looking at her. As usual, his eyes were blank with no hint of emotions making Ravenna feel like she was just fooling herself. For how 
long could she endure this?

"Do I?" He asked not tearing his gaze away from her eyes that were already tearing up.

More days passed by, Astrid and her brothers still taking refuge in the palace. Alaric was kind to her and her brothers, yet somehow, she missed the simple days when she could walk around freely, without guards shadowing her every move. Today, though, she had a chance to slip away. Alaric and his brothers were out, leaving her with a rare moment of solitude. She needed to retrieve something important, something she had left behind in the chaos of that fateful night when they fled. Her parents' old staffs were still in the cottage, and they held sentimental value, reminders of the life they once had.


Chapter 100 - Nightmare Truly Began