My hips work shamelessly, riding his hand as he sucks bruises into my neck. This dirty secret, this indecent proposition so at odds with my buttoned-up life. The light, near-cruel flicks, rip a scream from my throat as I shatter, my eyes rolling to the back of my head, my body locking down in a bone-deep spasm. 

*I just had sex…with a stranger…in a dirty back alley…*

***

"Be a good girl. Good girls get rewarded." 

Bullshit.

Being a good girl doesn't get you jack shit, but a cheating husband and piles of credit card debt in your name—credit cards that he used to pamper his side piece, the mock with I really want to erase from my mind from that bitch: Maybe if you could give him a baby, he wouldn't need to go looking somewhere else."

After years of negative tests, how cruel is it that one reckless encounter with a stranger could succeed where my marriage failed? A strangled laugh escapes my lips, edging on hysteria.

***

The sexy man with dark eyes leans forward, elbows on his knees. "Who I am doesn't matter," he says, the words echoing in the marrow of my bones. "What matters is that you, Penelope, are carrying my descendant."

"Your…your descendant..?"


Chosen To Be The Alpha's Surrogate

⊰ 118 ⊱ The Agreement

**| Malachi |**
The silver cuffs clink on my wrists as the guards lead me down an unfamiliar corridor. Though Rook has reduced the dosage in my food as promised, the restraints remain.
Three days have passed since my conversation with Rook. Three days of gradually returning strength, of carefully ...

**| Malachi |**

The silver cuffs clink on my wrists as the guards lead me down an unfamiliar corridor. Though Rook has reduced the dosage in my food as promised, the restraints remain.

Three days have passed since my conversation with Rook. Three days of gradually returning strength, of carefully ...

⊰ 1 ⊱ Happy, Happy Anniversary

 ⊰ 2 ⊱ Ashes in My Mouth

⊰ 3 ⊱ The Gift and the Burden

⊰ 4 ⊱ Twisted Satisfaction

⊰ 5 ⊱ Glowing Eyes

⊰ 6 ⊱ Of Blood and Breath

⊰ 7 ⊱ Rabbit and the Wolf

⊰ 8 ⊱ Mother and Monster

⊰ 9 ⊱ Unraveling

⊰ 10 ⊱ Humble Abode

⊰ 11 ⊱ Monster with a Heart

⊰ 12 ⊱ What I Can't Deny

⊰ 13 ⊱ Truth Bites

⊰ 14 ⊱ His to Protect

⊰ 15 ⊱ More Than a Means

⊰ 16 ⊱ Mark of the Past

⊰ 17 ⊱ Edge of Control

⊰ 18 ⊱ The Alpha's Mate

⊰ 19 ⊱ Before the Hunt

⊰ 20 ⊱ Forged in Fire

⊰ 21 ⊱ His to Claim

⊰ 22 ⊱ Scent of Danger

⊰ 23 ⊱ Body and Soul

⊰ 24 ⊱ Howl in the Heart

⊰ 25 ⊱ Promises

⊰ 26 ⊱ Ripples on the Lake

⊰ 27 ⊱ Before Dawn

⊰ 28 ⊱ The Man Who Loves Me

⊰ 29 ⊱ Frosting and Fury

⊰ 30 ⊱ Surrender

⊰ 31 ⊱ Blood on the Streets

⊰ 32 ⊱ True Mate's Shadow

⊰ 33 ⊱ Fragments of Trust

⊰ 34 ⊱ Friend from the Past

⊰ 35 ⊱ The Shadow of Her

⊰ 36 ⊱ Unwelcome Memories

⊰ 37 ⊱ Silent Rescuer

⊰ 38 ⊱ An Alpha's Fury

⊰ 39 ⊱ Clash of Wills

⊰ 40 ⊱ A Desperate Claim

⊰ 41 ⊱ Silent Fears

⊰ 42 ⊱ Promises in the Dark

⊰ 43 ⊱ The Memory of Her

⊰ 44 ⊱ Emerald Promises

⊰ 45 ⊱ A Kiss of Desperation

⊰ 46 ⊱ His Rivalry

⊰ 47 ⊱ A Question of Control

⊰ 48 ⊱ Ring of Hope

⊰ 49 ⊱ A Moment of Defiance

⊰ 50 ⊱ A Shattering Image

⊰ 51 ⊱ Breaking Point

⊰ 52 ⊱ The Hunger Within

⊰ 53 ⊱ The Looming Hunt

⊰ 54 ⊱ Into the Unknown

⊰ 55 ⊱ The Alpha's Resolve

⊰ 56 ⊱ Lost in the Storm

⊰ 57 ⊱ The Promise of Tomorrow

⊰ 58 ⊱ Fevered Dreams

⊰ 59 ⊱ Primal Awakening

⊰ 60 ⊱ A Fatal Bond

⊰ 61 ⊱ A Wolf's Love

⊰ 62 ⊱ Test of Love

⊰ 63 ⊱ The Hunter's Prey

⊰ 64 ⊱ Primal Instinct

⊰ 65 ⊱ The King's Crown

⊰ 66 ⊱ Crossroads

⊰ 67 ⊱ Political Gambit

⊰ 68 ⊱ A Mother's Worry

⊰ 69 ⊱ The Pull of the Wild

⊰ 70 ⊱ Primal Force

⊰ 71 ⊱ Hidden Enemy

⊰ 72 ⊱ Hidden Connections

⊰ 73 ⊱ A Twist of Fate

⊰ 74 ⊱ Primal Anger

⊰ 75 ⊱ Someone Worth It

⊰ 76 ⊱ The Looming Threat

⊰ 77 ⊱ Uninvited Guests

⊰ 78 ⊱ Prisoner of Fate

⊰ 79 ⊱ Price of Trust

⊰ 80 ⊱ Game of Life and Death

⊰ 81 ⊱ Bound by His Power

⊰ 82 ⊱ In the Wolf's Den

⊰ 83 ⊱ Searching for the True

⊰ 84 ⊱ Hidden Allies

⊰ 85 ⊱ Irreplaceable Mate

⊰ 86 ⊱ Thawed Hearts

⊰ 87 ⊱ Painful Truths

⊰ 88 ⊱ Beacon of Hope

⊰ 89 ⊱ The Alpha's True Face

⊰ 90 ⊱ Island Mystery

⊰ 91 ⊱ Shattered Reality

⊰ 92 ⊱ A Race Against Time

⊰ 93 ⊱ Necessary Sacrifices

⊰ 94 ⊱ Line in the Sand: Part 1

⊰ 95 ⊱ Dangerous Temptation: Part 2

⊰ 96 ⊱ When Guilt Whispers

⊰ 97 ⊱ A Deal with Shadows

⊰ 98 ⊱ Whispers Among the Flowers

⊰ 99 ⊱ The Secret Truth

⊰ 100 ⊱ Garden's Pull