(On hold as I want to concentrate on other stories... Sorry)
“Ruby Black, I hereby reject you as my other half, my wolf’s half and...”
He stared into my eyes, and smirked, ‘please don’t, please don’t, please don’t’ I chanted in my head again and again, my wolf howled; a howl of longing, love and desperation.
“...As my mate”
Souring pain erupted in my chest, like a red-hot poker was stabbing me in my heart over and over...
“Please Nate, please help me! Please! Please, please, please, help me...” My voice trailed off, he smirked one more time before he shook his head.
“No”
Ruby Black is the school's 'slut', not be choice, but by trying to forget. With having an abusive father, his 'friends' who sexually abuse her, and a mother who abandoned her, Ruby didn't have the best start to life.
Sleeping around made her temporarly made her mind clear thoughts of her father, by having all the problems and hassle of being paid to be someone's girlfriend helped her head fill up and block out the home she's forced to live in. Ruby could be called a 'loner', not frinds to rely on; no girl wants to be freinds with a slut, no boy she has come across has not tried to use her. Broken, battered, hurt, rejected, a slut, a loner, and a liar is what she is.
Having a mate would only add to the pain... And it did.
Tobias and Talia are complete opposites, yet thrown together in an arranged marriage. Can they navigate married life in the wake of a terrible tragedy?
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After being pressured into an arranged marriage to merge their families' companies, Talia and Tobias are stuck living together as husband and wife. Although they are both unhappy, neither tries to make the best of it. Tobias is too busy, and Talia is too distraught by the tragic death of her former fianceé, Jason. But as time goes by and they spend more time together, an undeniable attraction develops between the two. Despite this, Tobias can't seem to see past his jealousy of Jason and accept Talia - and Talia, plagued by guilt, is unwilling to let Jason go. Are the two heading for better - or are they headed for far worse?
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