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Nine: Sleeping Beauty
Emma TaylorHey Rebels, Thank you for your patience and support! I know many are looking for a more in depth explanation about my current predicament and update schedule. I apologize for everything, I am human I make mistakes. I falter, I stumble and I fail. I appreciate those of you who have patience and grace, who understand that these characters matter to me, and that I want the best for them always. Many of you do not understand the mental exhaustion that comes with being an author, wife, & mother. I am not a machine, I am human- it takes time and love to create stories with this much passion. If you're a reader who demands quick, daily updates, then I am not the author for you, that's okay and I wish you the best in finding ones who cater to your needs as a reader. XO ET.
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PEYTON POVThe morning sun warms my skin, giving me hope that today will be a good day. Sweat rolls down my brow, and in between my shoulder blades. This May morning is warm, the humidity makes everything sticky. My wolf is unusually alert, prancing in my head with anxious energy.Hell, the entire pack is practically drunk with excitement. Its bittersweet taste, soaks the air, coating my tongue. Our future alpha, beta, and gamma return home from college today. If they’re anything like the younger versions, there’s no reason for me to be happy about their arrival.To make matters worse, the alpha and beta are coming home without mates. Every girl eighteen and older will be throwing themselves at them at the welcome back party. I’d avoid the whole mess if the Alpha didn’t command all of-age females to attend.I round the corner, and that’s when I notice them, the torture squad, as me and my friends have ubiquitously named them. Brad, the younger alpha, and ringleader of his high school
Alpha Bane's Rejection Two: The Lake
PEYTON POV“I don’t understand why you’re doing this.” I whimper, shivering as I’m forced to stare at the lake, where I will die. I’m sure of it. This is where Peyton Samuels’ life ends. In the bottom of a dirty, dingy, lake. And I honestly thought today was going to be a good day. How stupid am I?“You don’t understand why I am doing this?” He jerks me to his chest, forcing me to meet his crazed irises. His hand caressing my cheek, tender, but it doesn’t last long before he’s pinching my flesh between his fingers. “Don’t you get it?”“No, I really don’t.” I whisper, shaking my head, trying my hardest to stop make the tears stop. My body hunching over, on the verge of collapsing in on myself, from fear and trying to stop the alpha command wreaking havoc on my insides.“You’ll end up being my brothers.” He spits, hatred flooding through him at the mention of my brother. “Bane, precious, glorious, Bane’.”“No.” I deny, shaking my head, trying to put distance between us, which only infur
Alpha Bane's Rejection Three: One Sentence
BANE POVOne sentence. One sentence is all it took for my world to come crashing down around me. My eyelids flutter open, blinking against the sun, memories I don’t want slam into me.“Peyton.” I whisper, testing her name out for the first time, loving the way it sounds on my lips. Of all the ways I envisioned this day going, this wasn’t how I saw it happening. Especially to her, the cute little brunette I’ve been harboring a secret crush on for the last few years, but never had the guts to act on.No, this isn’t how I thought this day would go at all. In fact, in all the hallucinations I’ve conjured of this day, none of them included rejection. Not a single one. Instead, they started with me fucking her passionately, until she was a blubbering mess, and then fucking her again. None of them included this shitty, achy feeling sitting in my gut. How naive am I?She didn’t give us the chance to enjoy it before rejecting me and running away. I swear she was happy, for a split second, unti
Alpha Bane's Rejection Four: Don't Look Back
PEYTON POVDon’t look back. Don’t look back. Don’t look back. Heart pounds against my chest fueling my fear and adrenaline. My feet hurry along the forest floor, doing my best to put distance between me and my home. Away from them.Branches smack and slice my skin, leaving me to bleed, my lungs desperate for oxygen, but I don’t stop. I can’t stop. I got a head start but one of them will come for me eventually. Bane when he wakes, or Brad, when he realizes I am alive.I’ve dealt with one psychopath for the last three years, what the hell would Bane be like as a mate? Doesn’t that shit run in families? And if he’s not crazy, what crimes will his brother commit to possess me for myself? What will that do to the pack? They’ll end up under Brad and his gaggle of fuckwads? I cannot do that to my family or friends. I may fear Bane, but I’ll give him the benefit of the doubt. Or enough to not allow him become the Abel to his brothers Cain.My wolf curls in on herself, a broken mess, mourning
Alpha Bane's Rejection Five: The Prodigal Son Returns
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Alpha Bane's Rejection Six: Cheddar & Gouda
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Alpha Bane's Rejection Seven: Duct Tape & Pop Songs
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Alpha Bane's Rejection Eight: Mommie Dearest
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