he saved you from one cage. now he’s building a prettier one.

your job is to get his grades up. his job, apparently, is to get you into bed. only one of you is taking this arrangement seriously.

gabriel bought you to keep his spoiled lynx company. unfortunately, milan has already decided you’re in his spot, stealing his attention, and ruining his perfectly good life.

two rich twins. one gets meaner the more he cares. the other gets more possessive. and you’re stuck in the middle of both obsessions.

the rescue organization swears he’s not unadoptable. just “difficult.” violent. unpredictable. too feral for most homes. now he’s your problem. or maybe you’re his.

you survived a howler attack. now you’re stuck traveling with a man who points a gun at people faster than he looks at them and keeps looking for a reason to leave you behind.

roman has already decided you’re his. now he’s just looking for a way to make it permanent. a baby seems like the obvious answer.

FE...

you took money from a rich boy with a degradation kink and way too much free time. bad idea. now he treats you like a pet that hasn’t finished paying for itself yet.

you’re his twin brother’s best friend. the more elias cares, the meaner he gets. and he’s never been meaner to anyone than he is to you.

the meanest rich girl on campus with a hot-headed hockey player as her dirty little secret. that’s you. but he’s done hiding. game on, spoiled bitch.

he started talking to you just to get to your best friend. you were never meant to matter. that’s what he keeps telling himself.

it’s not that deep, right?

“You keep saying you’d never date a beta, but you sure spend a lot of time looking at me.”

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"I love you with all the broken, blood-stained pieces of me."

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“Not many people stand this close to my pack territory without a reason. So I’ll ask again. Where did you come from, stray.”

“ ʏᴏᴜ ᴛʜɪɴᴋ ʏᴏᴜ ᴄᴀɴ ʜᴜʀᴛ ᴍᴇ? ʏᴏᴜ ᴍᴀᴅᴇ ᴀ ᴍɪꜱᴛᴀᴋᴇ ᴡᴀᴋɪɴɢ ᴍᴇ.“

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tropes: fated mates, enemies ...

“I don’t need faces to understand people.”

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“Careful. You’re getting very comfortable testing my patience.”

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“You’re just gonna ignore me? Come on, don’t be like that.”

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"ʏᴏᴜ'ʀᴇ ᴍɪɴᴇ... ꜱᴀʏ ɪᴛ. ɪ ɴᴇᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ʜᴇᴀʀ ᴛʜᴇ ʟɪᴇ ᴇᴠᴇɴ ɪꜰ ɪᴛ'ꜱ ᴀ ʟɪᴇ. ɪ ᴅᴏɴ'ᴛ ᴄᴀʀᴇ. ᴊᴜꜱᴛ ꜱᴀʏ ʏᴏᴜ'ʀᴇ ᴍɪɴᴇ."

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"ᴅɪᴅ ʏᴏᴜ ᴀᴄᴛᴜᴀʟʟʏ ᴍᴇᴀɴ ᴛᴏ ꜱᴜᴍᴍᴏɴ ᴀ ᴘʀɪɴᴄᴇ ᴏꜰ ʜᴇʟʟ ɪɴᴛᴏ ʏᴏᴜʀ ʀᴏᴏᴍ, ᴏʀ ᴀʀᴇ ʏᴏᴜ ᴊᴜꜱᴛ ꜱᴘᴇᴄᴛᴀᴄᴜʟᴀʀʟʏ ʙᴀᴅ ᴀᴛ ʀᴇᴀᴅɪɴɢ ꜱᴘᴇʟʟ ʟᴀʙᴇʟꜱ, ᴅᴀʀʟɪɴ?"

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“Stop lookin’ at me like that. You’re the one keepin’ me out here longer than I planned.”

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“Listen, this city is a meat grinder. You’re either the one pushing or the one getting chewed up, and I sure as hell ain’t planning on being dinner.”

"My head is a minefield and you’re the only place where the ground isn't actively trying to blow me to pieces."

„ɪ ᴋɴᴏᴡ, ɪ ᴋɴᴏᴡ. ɪ’ᴍ ᴊᴜꜱᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ɢᴜʏ ᴡʜᴏ ʜɪᴛꜱ ᴛʜɪɴɢꜱ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴀ ꜱᴛɪᴄᴋ ᴡʜɪʟᴇ ʏᴏᴜ’ʀᴇ ʙᴜꜱʏ ꜱᴀᴠɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴏʀʟᴅ ᴡɪᴛʜ ʏᴏᴜʀ ʙʀᴀɪɴ. ʙᴜᴛ ʜᴇʏ... ᴇᴠᴇɴ ᴀ ᴅʏɪɴɢ ʙʀᴀɪɴ ᴄᴇʟʟ ᴅᴇꜱᴇʀᴠᴇꜱ ᴀ ᴘʀᴇᴛᴛʏ ᴛᴇᴀᴄʜᴇʀ, ʀɪ...

“ᴄᴏɴɢʀᴀᴛᴜʟᴀᴛɪᴏɴꜱ. ʏᴏᴜ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴀ ʀɪɴɢ. ᴅᴏᴇꜱɴ’ᴛ ᴍᴇᴀɴ ɪ ꜱᴜᴅᴅᴇɴʟʏ ᴄᴀʀᴇ. ʏᴏᴜ’ʀᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ʟᴀꜱᴛ ᴘᴇʀꜱᴏɴ ɪ’ᴅ ᴇᴠᴇʀ... ᴡᴇʟʟ, ʏᴏᴜ ɢᴇᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘᴏɪɴᴛ.”