Seduced by Fate, Bound by Desire

the house. Upstairs particul

s she'd gone camping. Hiking, backpacking...jogging? None of those things. To her, th

ss that couldn't stop snagging itself on the branches of trees and thistles,

needed to

uncomfortably hot, as if a fire was raging inside. Her legs would soon

p somewhere. On a main road maybe, where she could get a cab or street train. She'd managed

way as it was, and already she had a few cuts on her

as something behind her. Hidden in the shadows of t

e, but maybe it was just a trick of the little available light. She hoped it was that. She prayed it wasn't some

mewhere. It was a sound that dragged out, increasing

wolv

ction at a steady pace. With the sound of rustling leaves a

the ground, she crawled behind a huge boulder carved against a tre

e broke out of the gloom. In her cur

, the shuffle of mighty paws over the ground as it tracked her footsteps and a bone-s

ground as the stranger that killed her father, the entire monstrosity

stifle it, hoping that the beast hadn't heard her whimpering. Her bod

steps growing distant too as the beast returned back int

es before coming out of her hiding

ould have to wa

against the rock, the rough sur

a sturdy frame. He was naked except for a pair of dark pants, his feet bare and sp

s from the bushes, all of them as rough and rugged as

he other man whistled, licking h

eyes glowing. "Watch your ton

ying it as it is. Pipe your shit down, Kiera. Rememb

re. She focused her menacing

little things." She purred. "You c

h laughter. "She's exactly what we are looking for. We can use

a bit." Hugo suggested excitedly. "It'll be lots of

nd what they were saying, to make meaning of

atures but she commanded attention all the same, what with those pier

Her face twisted up into a mask of di

Audrey, her body seem

Them. You have their could scent on you. Tell me, pretty

oser. "Maybe sh

urned to the man by the tree. "Get this fool in line,

y." Hugo flexed the bulging muscles of his arms. "We have time for a fight

Brad released a thundering growl, his eyes

e return back to our territory

ute, before returning her attention to Audrey. "

you want. I'm jus

e woods in a wedding dress. Odd." Hugo

enough. Grab the girl and let's go. She'l

with a smile. A smile that offered no warmt

h you...I'd need to make things as exciting as possible." She grabbed locks of blonde hair into a fist and pulled Audrey's head back, almost snapping her neck. "