Ariana tries her best to live up to her duties as a child of an alpha. But, her life is thrown way off balance when she meets her mysterious mate. He is strong. He is fierce. And, he may, in fact, be her enemy.

Now she feels torn between duty and love.

*****

"Please, don't go," I whispered as I started kissing her neck once again.

She caressed my head but started saying the reasons why she knew it was wrong.

"We can't do this, Triton," she told me. "It is killing us, and it is destroying our families. Imagine how the pack would react if they were to discover us here? If they discovered that you were in the woods with me, kissing and caressing? As much as I love you and as much as we are mates, we are also enemies, Triton."

"No!" I said, my face still buried in her neck. "I don't care what they think! I don't care what will happen! All I want is you."

My Enemy, My Mate is created by Emma Levy, an eGlobal Creative Publishing author.

My Enemy, My Mate

I stood outside her for a few minutes. I saw her bedroom window. A soft light seeped through the sheer curtains that draped the window.  It was on the second floor and nestled in a little spire of the old farmhouse. I never really noticed that her house was painted a modest dark blue. The second floor seemed to be an attic with two-bedroom spires on either side. 


The room below Ariana's room seemed to be the living room. The curtains were closed, but I could just make out the roar of the TV playing some sort of 90's sitcom. I inched forward a little in hopes I might hear her voice. 


But then, movement from the top bedroom caught my attention. 


Chapter 21: Texting For Answers