ng surrounded by people and still

ra's

ext m

he woman at the dining table a

as ready. I was just waking up then, so I quickly had a shower

truck. It was just as grand as the living room. Everything scr

-ceiling window was the most beautiful sight I have ever seen in my entire life. T

le

e didn't

ma," I said-l

nored me and just kept tearing the ga

hifted to me and then back t

the glass plate-and glanced up at me, her eyes dark. "Of

th hun

a soothsayer to tell me

like me because of my mother, of course. But I never kne

"You smell so a

n. Sometimes I wonder if the scent is a curse. The men like it an

om

word more. She stood up. "Can you please just stay off

lowered as I wrapped

ay, her heels hittin

t am I surprised? No. I'm used t

mine. "Don't mind Mom," she says, her voice low

smile. "I

on the wall. "Shoot," she snapped. "We are a

my backpack. "Let's go.

y, but I have sudden

ning me. "Are you weari

aded, but it was clean. And the white Polo was

boots-which I was sure would cost a fortune. The dress cleave to her body like a

f style to keep up with college life. Otherwise the other students wi

Nina. You've done so

excuse," her voice was fi

that, I stop

s car, and she pulled out of the pa

__

na, my head lowered and my hands gripping

l. So invincib

ng greetings and appreciating her

tfully as usual, while the ladi

scholarship girl, and her friend replied her saying I

ays, before turning in the opposite

wanted to study Herbalife and Healing too, but she is

her, watching as

guess I'm al

g the whispers, murmurs, and lustful gaze. Unt

a," he

n into that cold glare, before

than Ashen. My ex-mate. The prin

scovered that Ashen was my mate. I felt angry.

enjoyed tormenting me. He rejected me immediately and offered that

sh me, he had me jailed for three days. No food. No water

, she blamed me for being too arrogant. She says I should

ng devilishly. "I knew it. I could

doing here?" I snappe

ed through. "Really? Such audacity. The whore

ed in our

y palm as humiliation and hunger washed

o

at all times. It's m

't say

e, of course. And unlike you, I can affo

rouble. He would keep picking on me. I had hoped to start afresh here,

ost,"

come my whore, and maybe I will let you go to school here quietly," he whi

I pushed against hi

d quickly w

. "Think it through, huh? I wil

he

ra

want to

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ter," a professor-who introduced himself as S

stood tall, broad-shouldered, with piercing blue eyes that seemed to

e men at the Ec

s rippled amo

surprisingly there was nothing like

has ever looked at me s

Silas continued. "Tomorrow, we begin properly." With

ossed my books inside my bag, hoping t

oice said

me, has a tattoo on his collarbone, and has tinted

d already tell that they

l burst into laughter. "Don't you think you missed your way he

I fired, my e

He purred, l

upposed to be at the psychiatric hospital t

yes crumpled in disbelief. I guess he di

students burst

d around

portunity to run

e, bitch," he

ammed against a hard chest covered in sleek, padded fabric, and I stumbled

houlders, gloves in one hand, skates strapped and resting lazily at hi

wline that belonged on the

orld

aptivating. Addictive. Overwhelming. I bite down on my lowe

dn't whisp

. Loudly. Sexua

thed,

s,

o attract

e other men who are c