Seduced by Fate, Bound by Desire

ying scream in her mouth, echoes of it sti

stomach, and a fine sheen of cold sweat covered her skin,

e held her head in her tremb

the concluding part of the nightmare that visited

-sharp claws was now forever etched in the walls o

y other part of the nightmare. Only the monster cho

to filter into her mind. The wedding...Nickolas standing on

took in the world around her. A st

ressed in a soft thick duvet as tawny brown as the carpet and bedside cabinets. There was nothing else

d?" She could onl

elong

l strange men had uttered those words just before

d been kidnapped o

ge. Surely Aunt Marissa must've taken me somew

e of humor had thought it funny to pull off on on

ve carpet as she got out of bed. Stars sparked in her vision as s

ak doors, pulled the kn

n a millimeter. Locked.

e. No, it hadn't been a prank. Those men had disrupted her wedding to

gh her veins. She turned back towards the door

ut of her

Her arm hurt. Tears stung her eyes

me

. She should be with him right no

uman,

o

confusion in her head. There was no lie there. The li

human. She was

face of the beastly man in her drea

ewo

werewo

t friends were werewolves. She'd fallen for one

. She'd trusted Marissa, considered her

ve I never

inner wolves were automatically unchained in the truest form, the thin line between mind and matter

d to her. In fact, she didn't have the enhanced reflexes and st

uldn't be

what

able to clarify things for her. The an

returned to the door and had just lifted

at she immediately took a

ne of the twins. The relatively slimmer on

m earlier and from the tousled look of hi

before those dark eyes caressed her from h

te a sight f

ping slender arms around h

oom, they beg for me to come closer." The signature sm

move. She couldn't stop thinking of him as a cat, on

the couch and relaxed into it. He propp

he glanced back at him to find him watching. H

ed. "Hav

iling with

side. Who am I to stop you? I'll

y'd gone through the motion of ruining

you simply enjoy my company? I ca

ically hastened t

warning

e length of his legs and his obvious athletic

ss paths with him now." He said without an ounce of care. "People have been known to

d it, she could see a dimly lit passage. That passage certa

s paths with him. He was achingly handsome and had an attractive pull to him, but there was someth

from Marissa and freedom was just too potent a crav

led toward