Fated To Not Just One, But Three

Chapter 424: The Man I was meant To Kill

Selene’s POV

Goodness. I wanted to push him away. I needed to push him away. This wasn’t the plan. This wasn’t what I told myself. For five years my only purpose had been to kill this man. To get close enough, gain his trust, slip the poison into my blood, and end him. That was the vow I whispered over my mother’s grave. That was the reason I’d breathed every day since. And here I was — kissing him back, my hands trembling against his chest, my whole body on fire.

"Mate," my wolf howled in my head, the sound echoing like a curse. Yes. That’s what made this so cruel. The Moon Goddess, in all her twisted humor, had tied me to the very monster I was supposed to kill. My mother’s killer. My enemy. My mate. From the moment I’d first seen him at that party, my wolf had screamed it. Mate. And I had shoved it down, locked it behind iron walls, told myself it didn’t matter. Mate or not, I would stick to the plan. And he didn’t know we were mates. Thank the stars, he didn’t know.

But now... now his mouth was on mine, his scent all around me, his hands dragging heat from my skin, and I couldn’t stop myself. My fingers fumbled at the buttons of his shirt like a traitor, desperate, hungry, shame clawing at me even as desire burned hotter. I hated him. I wanted him. I hated myself for wanting him.

A strangled sound tore from my throat — part moan, part sob — as my wolf pushed harder inside me, wanting him to fuck us again. This is wrong, I told myself. This is not the plan. And yet my hands slid over his skin anyway, pulling him closer instead of pushing him away. His lips claimed mine again, harder this time, and the world tilted. My wolf howled in satisfaction, and I was losing—losing to him, losing to myself. His shirt fell open under my shaking fingers, his skin cold beneath my palms.

parted my thighs, all I did was spread them wider. I dragged

and possession. "Your turn," he rasped, his voice a low, thick sound that demanded obedience. He didn’t wait. He grabbed the hem of my blouse, pulling it up

return. He finally reached out, his thumbs tracing the line of my

radiating through me. I leaned into him, burying my face in the curve

answered, his teeth lightly nipping the soft skin of my neck. Then, with a quick, practiced motion, the clasp

chest, his eyes darkening further with predatory hunger. His gaze was heavy, possessive, sending a fresh wave of heat crashing low in my belly. He sank to his knees, his hands moving to the waistband of my skirt. He found the zip and drew it down with a slow, deliberate sound that felt deafening. As he pushed the skirt over my hips, his eyes never left mine, demanding I watch the

the thin fabric of my underwear, he hesitated. His fingers brushed against the soft, warm skin of my inner thigh, and my legs trembled violently. "Tell me to

was too intense. The need was too strong. I reached out and grabbed a handful of his hair, pulling

smirk this time. A slow, intense heat replaced the arrogance in his eyes. He lowered his head again, his mouth finding the sensitive skin of my inner thigh where his fingers had just been. My breath hitched. The contact was electric, a sudden, blinding shift in the air. He was reverent and brutal at the same time, using his hands to spread me wider, leaving me utterly