"Take off your clothes," he ordered in his cool, baritone voice.
My robe slid off my shoulders and I stood in front of him naked and ashamed.
But when his wet lips worked their way down my neck, I found myself trembling in fear and desire.
***
I was 20 years old, a maid.
I was given to the bloodthirsty Alpha, the cold and cruel demon that all had feared.
Knowing my love for him was hopeless, I made a contract with him: he would take down my enemy in exchange for my life.
On the day I got my revenge, I was ready to die, until I found out...
***
“Amber, do NOT run away from me again," he commanded as he took a step forward.
"Don't come any closer," I held a dagger up to my throat with one hand, and covered my abdomen with the other, my voice calm. “Or you will never meet your child.”

Hybrid Alpha's Contract Bride is created by Reina Bellevue, an eGlobal Creative Publishing signed author.

Hybrid Alpha's Contract Bride

Luckily I was wearing a pair of flats, better for running, but my red dress that I chose in the spirit of date night didn’t exactly help me blend into my surroundings. I headed into the wall of trees that towered over the rest stop. It was the only direction I felt had enough natural hiding places where I could escape from Jean, who surely would have the whole town looking for me once he finished relieving himself.


If only I had my wolf like everyone else my age; I could have blended into the forestry easier. I surely wasn’t about to strip down and take my dress off to blend in.


I wondered many times why I couldn’t shift. Even Lily had shifted already, but we weren’t biological sisters, so that could have had something to do with it. I wasn’t jealous that she got her wolf before me, I was more anxious about whether or not the time would ever come.


Maybe my birth parents were human and I never would find my fated mate. That saddened me more than never being able to shift.


Chapter 26 : Meeting My Wolf