The night had deepened.
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZqmTojDABs
Andi’s old Jeep creaked as it came to a stop near the edge of the woods. They were far from the school now, far from the crowd and far from the watchful eyes of her family. The only light came from the sliver of moon peeking through the drifting clouds. The air was thick with humidity and scent damp leaves, wildflowers, and something deeper, more feral.
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJrVd9vX8Wv
Lyra’s skin felt hot to the touch. Her breathing was shallow. Something inside her pulsed, throbbed urging her forward, to claim, to devour.
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzGzdDvaXRi
Andi leaned over, brushing a kiss against her neck. “God, you feel electric tonight.”
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtl26ggVfTA
She didn’t respond with words. She kissed him deep and desperate. Her hands clutched his shirt, pulling him close. His body was warm, willing, but even as their lips locked, something in her recoiled. His touch was eager… but thin. His scent sweet… but not satisfying. She wanted more. Needed more.
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvyoh7oyv4L
She wanted strength. Depth. Dominance.
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv4m3uq2gcl
Andi wasn’t it.
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIQytx0kitd
Her eyes opened mid-kiss, glowing faintly golden.
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡogy5EJCvZi
“Lyra…?”
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkMZExC7xOd
But she was already pulling away, her breath ragged. “I’m sorry.”
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW5G1kauAIe
“What’s wrong?”
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTxd72fINCS
“I” She clutched her chest. Her pulse raced. Her skin itched. Her bones felt like they were bending beneath her. “I need to go.”
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡONSSpjwJHm
She flung the door open and stumbled out into the woods.
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNkdZF7RyzW
“Lyra! Wait!”
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMCRugQGvrB
She ran.
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ80CZVw0QvT
Faster than she ever had. The wind sliced past her face, her feet barely touching the ground. Her nails were longer now. Her breathing shallow, but rhythmic. Her body was changing, not entirely into the beast her parents feared, but into something in between. A creature in heat. A female predator.
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJZrDSFymE3
Her instincts dragged her toward the scent. It wasn’t Andi. It wasn’t random. It was something familiar, comforting... Jhon.
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU8pypnZvZD
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1yYGqItjQY
He lived a few blocks past the school, alone in the cottage his grandfather left him. Quiet, rugged, older by a few years. Jhon had always looked at Lyra like she was something untouchable but she had seen the way his gaze lingered. The pulse in his neck quicken. The hesitation in his voice.
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhNbm8kTUbA
He wanted her. Always had.
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY8dI3fhzCr
And tonight... he would have her.
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTUOo1YLORd
By the time she reached his door, her dress was half torn, her breathing harsh, hair damp with sweat and rain. She didn’t knock. She crashed through it, her eyes wild, her body trembling with lust and change.
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgCyV5eAHn1
Jhon stepped into view, shirtless, holding a mug of tea eyes wide.
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyIh7TmNGut
“Lyra?”
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpxF2PNzere
Her lips were on his before the question finished. Her kiss was hunger and fire. He didn’t pull away. He knew. He had always known something about her was different. And still, he welcomed it.
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEuXLNGDvnp
She tore the mug from his hand, letting it crash to the floor, then shoved him backward until he hit the couch. She straddled him in one fluid motion, her thighs gripping his hips, her fingers in his hair.
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCwtWPfaPQA
“You’ve wanted me,” she growled against his throat. “I could smell it.”
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKCl2CvYfWx
Jhon swallowed, his voice low and hoarse. “I still do.”
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmjlEsO5L74
He didn’t ask what she was. He didn’t tremble. He touched her the way no boy ever had without fear. His hands explored her body with reverence and craving. When his fingers brushed her spine, she arched like a bow, moaning deep in her throat. Her nails dragged down his chest, leaving red trails.
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOwYFxKJ6vM
Her fangs brushed his shoulder, but she didn’t bite not yet.
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCZHYsDuxMG
They shed clothes in between gasps and growls. Skin against skin. Every inch of her burned for him. His body was strong, but more than that he yielded, not out of fear, but out of desire.
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMBSzIlgVCu
When he entered her, she cried out not in pain, but release. Her back arched, her body convulsed. It was as though the beast inside her paused, stunned by the perfect union of power and surrender.
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTX0EYpHyNQ
Their rhythm was wild. Her hips moved with primal force, but every time she looked into his eyes, she saw not terror but awe. Admiration. Love.
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡflUb3tw8ue
His fingers gripped her thighs, holding her as though anchoring her to the world. She howled once, loud enough to shake the windows. Her transformation surged to the edge of the surface her eyes gold, her teeth sharp but she held it back.
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpgDBYjisA0
Because she didn’t want to scare him.
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmsKVVVVZ9C
But Jhon cupped her face, kissed her lips, then her forehead, and whispered, “You don’t have to hide.”
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyUzAdnxJos
Her chest trembled.
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuTb6SSvuY2
“I know what you are,” he said. “And I’m not afraid.”
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQGKenrdm75
She broke then not from lust, but from something deeper. She kissed him softer now. Her hands gentler. Their pace slowed, deeper, fuller no longer just wild, but intimate. Sacred.
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyBMNcV6wyr
They moved together like nature itself storm and earth, wind and flame.
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2wic0KiBG4
When she finally came undone, she cried out his name like a sacred word. He followed soon after, his arms wrapped tight around her body.
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR11iH2BxqN
They collapsed against each other, sweat-drenched and gasping. Her heart pounded against his chest. The clouds outside parted, and the full moon bathed them in silver light through the broken door.
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYpYu489Xd0
Her skin shimmered faintly.
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkRDeeOTty8
He looked up at her, brushed a strand of damp hair from her cheek, and smiled. “You’re beautiful.”
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡenqtdZLddo
“You’re crazy,” she whispered. “I’m a... monster.”
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjp7mDtzJQL
“You’re mine,” he said, without hesitation. “If you’ll have me.”
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEhal7R0Mq2
Tears welled in her eyes not from weakness, but from belonging.
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaiACHHSxuT
“I will,” she said softly. “But I’m not human. I’ll change. Every full moon, I’ll crave... blood. Hunger. Sex. Power.”
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUhDtLF0WqS
“Then I’ll be there. Every time,” he said, pulling her close. “Let me be your anchor. Let me be your alpha.”
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxz4np7b80U
And with those words, the beast inside Lyra purred.
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhzsX9Vd2Lq
For the first time in her life, she wasn’t at war with herself. She was whole.
176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvUm8SjWOqd
And under the Blood Moon, she chose her mate not the one chosen for her, not one offered out of fear, but one who saw her... and stayed.
ns216.73.216.70da2
and then Add to home screen.