In His Arms: The Alpha's Temptress

"Rain crashed behind us. Wind howled through the cracks of the wood. And I kissed him like I had nothing left to lose.

He pulled back just for a second

For a second, the air between us froze and my breath hitched. My mind screamed, What have I gotten myself into?

But this moment the rain, the dark sky, the ache in my chest I didn't know what had come over me.

I leaned in, close enough to feel his breath. My voice low, unshaken.

"Next time you pull away, make sure you really mean it."

Then I kissed him.

Hard."

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Penelope was the girl they broke. Now, she's the woman who'll destroy them all.

Penelope once thought love would save her. Julian the golden boy, her mate was supposed to be her forever. But one night shattered everything. Drugged.

Humiliated. Framed.

Her best friend and her mate betrayed her in the most brutal way imaginable, and the pack she once called home cast her out like filth.

Whipped. Starved. Left to rot in the Ashborne Pack dungeons. Her innocence was replaced by something colder and sharper. A year later, the world thinks she's forgotten. Forgiven.

They couldn't be more wrong.

But when her father strikes a deal with Alpha Daemon Callister's father, Penelope is forced to move into the mansion of her enemy. She swore she'd make Callister pay.

Her plan was simple: seduce Alpha Daemon, destroy Callister, and take back everything she lost. Make Callister jealous. Make her watch as she sank her claws into Alpha Daemon, Callister's father.

She would seduce him. Use him and then walk away, satisfied.

But revenge turned into obsession.

Not hers. His.

Daemon wasn't supposed to fall.

Wasn't supposed to crave her like a sickness.

Now, he watches her every move.

Marks her skin with his mouth.

Kills any man who dares to look at her twice.

He knows about the age gap.

But he doesn't care, he doesn't just want her love.

He wants her submission.

Because now that she's in his bed,

he'll ruin anyone who tries to take her away even if it means destroying his own blood.