(Completed. Edited by: RonnyRotten) THIS IS A SAMPLE °°°°°°°°°°°°°°°° Rejection has never been sweeter For Patience, life gets interesting when rejection by the one fated to be yours throws you into the yearly Hunting Game in hopes to find your chosen. Highest Ranking #3 werewolf

"The risk shouldn't matter when I need you. And I do need you Luke. The fact that I I need you, that's what should matter." I look up at him meeting his eyes, and he looks conflicted. "What do you want Abbey?" "I want you to kiss me. Kiss me like you mean it. I want you to take me. I don't care where: here, the couch, floor, my bedroom. I don't care. I just need you. You decide the rest." "There's one thing." "What?" "I'm not going to take you, fuck you, or have sex with you. I'm going to make love to you." *** Dr. Abbey Cartwright is trying to make it in a big city as a doctor without revealing her past to everyone. One day she gets an email saying she needs to come home because her cousin and his friend are coming in to her hometown and need a place to stay. Abbey goes back to place that has haunted her for years. Luke Roberts is an architect going on vacation with his best friend. He only knew that the woman he was staying with was his friend's cousin. He had met most of his family, why hadn't he met her? Once these two meet sparks fly but can they both overcome each other's past....

Prince John's biggest fear? Becoming King, and everything to do with it, from the sheltered life, to someday having to get married. Celia, a lady knight, minus the 'Lady' if she can help it, is not looking forward to coming of age and attending the High Ball which she thinks is nothing more than a market for single girls. The two have hated each other since childhood, but when the stress gets to John and he does something drastic, Celia's the only one who can help.