Cade's pov:

(Timeline: two years before the rebellion)

I couldn't contain it; the excitement jumping off my skin.

"I've never done this before, Lily said, playing with a loose thread on the hem of her sweater sleeve and I grinned at her, turning sharply into the parking lot of our penthouse suite.

With the way she was acting, you'd think we were doing something very dirty and ugly when this was the first time she was following a boy home from school... Anyone actually. Lily was the resident outcast with her shadow being her only friend on campus. And whose fault is that? My subconscious nagged me and my hands tightened around the steering wheel, guilt clenching my heart.

The entire smear campaign on Lily was started and orchestrated by the elites of Gold crest, spearheaded by the son of the Luna... me.

If she knew even half of what I've done to her... what I've almost cost her...

A memory flashed before my eyes, Lily locked up in the school freezer hours before anyone noticed she was missing. Thad realized almost too late. Her blood was almost frozen solid, her fingers stiff, her lips blue.

If she knew what I've done to make her life a living hell, Lily would never forgive me.

I don't even expect her to.

A hand touched my arm, gentle and soft. Her voice was a light whisper. Like an angel. "Are you okay?"

I turned to look at her. She had the biggest, greenest eyes I've ever seen, thick dark hair fell down her face and framed her round cheeks in long, luscious curls. I wanted to plunge my hands into her hair, see if it was as soft as it looked. I wanted to taste her lips and see if it was as sweet as it looked.

Gods, I wanted her.

I swallowed and tried for a smile that must have been a grimace because she frowned at me.

"Cade, if you don't want me here:"

"That's not it!" I said immediately, grabbing her hands to stop her from snatching it away.

Sometimes, fu ck! Sometimes, I felt like if I didn't hold her tight enough, she'd slip right through my fingers and I'll never see her again.

Last week had been the last straw. Last week when she had tried to kill herself.

All the while, with others making hits on her, hits aided and abetted by me, I knew who would strike and when and Iwas able to stop it most of the time before it got too far.

I never imagined that Lily would try to do the deed herself and take her own life.

I'm sorry. I'm so sorry Lily. I'll spend every breath in this body making it up to you.

"I don't want you to go," I said, my hand going to her cheek.

Softly, as if she was a shy creature, an elusive thing. As if she'd disappear forever if I made any sudden movement.

My hand was large against her tiny cheeks. She was so small and fragile. So breakable.

I frowned, my heart beat turning erratic.

The look in her clear green eyes was tentative. Trusting but worried. Sometimes I worried that she was too trusting. I should be the last person in the entire school she should be caught dead with. But Lily didn't care. To her, I was her friend. Her saviour. "Oh," she relented, her shoulders relaxing. "It's just that sometimes I think I'm forcing myself on you. I've never had a friend before so I don't know how to do this correctly... this friend thing." She sighed and looked up at me with those large green eyes, "you'll tell me if I become annoying and clingy right?"

I laughed and slipped my hand behind her head, bringing her closer and resting my forehead against hers. "I'll never replace you annoying and clingy."

"You promise?" She asked, her green eyes sparkling with hope, the vulnerability in her expression made my chest tighten.

"I promise, Lily."

Present day (Few years after the rebellion).

The maids that usually greeted me at my door were nowhere to be found when I reached my penthouse apartment. They were usually at my side, taking my briefcase and my jacket as soon as I was out of the elevator. Granted, I was earlier than usual but that didn't excuse them from their duties.

Sighing, I turned on the lights and flung my jacket on the sofa. I was just tugging off my tie when I caught the scent for the first time. Lavender, jasmine... Lily.

I closed my eyes and inhaled deeply, my heart tightening in my chest. I was grateful for whatever deity that had brought her scent to me because was Lily thousands of miles away in law school, accompanied only by two of her mates.

Aiden and I had gotten the shorter end of the stick. After the great rebellion and the war we fought, with our significant guardians gone and half the three-fourth of the council eradicated, we didn't trust anyone but ourselves to manage the companies left in our hands.

I had been trained to take over our family businesses since I could understand simple commands and I don't doubt that the Night Shade king also had similar experiences and expectations. We couldn't trust anyone but ourselves to get the job done.

A clanging sound from the kitchen had me stopping in my tracks and within seconds, I had crossed from the living room to the kitchen, my hackles raised.

I froze at the sight in front of me, unsure if 1 was dreaming, if some demented part of my brain was now conjuring more than just her scent.

Lily was standing in front of me, her eyes wide like a deer caught in headlights, obviously shocked to see me. She was wearing a green apron, holding a pot of... what was that, chicken? curry? F**k if I care

"Hey," she said, amd I closed my eyes, my breathing turning erratic.

Please don't be a dream. Please don't be a dream. Please don't be a dream.

For the past few months since she left, I have been filled with never ending desire that couldn't be sated by anyone but her... not even by my own hands. Many nights, I have stroked myself, or grinded and thrust against my bed, imagining it was Lily beneath me, looking up at me with those fu c k me eyes, all those nights futile because even though I found my release, my need only multiplied.

I learned to ignore it. Drown it with work. I was repulsed by other women, incredibly cruel especially if they showed interest. The only girl i wanted- needed- was now right in front of me.

"I sent the helps away. Sasha told me you'd be returning much later," she said, taking her bottom lip into her mouth and looking a little guilty. "I wanted to surprise you."

"Left work early," I answered gruffly, crossing over to take her in my hands, make sure this wasn't a cruel dream I'd soon wake from and when I touched her soft silken skin, I exhaled a breath I didn't know I had been holding.

I moved to kiss her and she held up the pot that she was holding, "slow down, pretty boy. I don't want to drop this."

Growling, I snatched it away from her and placed it on the counter. Cupping her face in my hands, I took her lips savagely. Her soft moans, light and sweet, went straight to my brain and my hands left her face to grab her soft a*S.

My hands stilled on her nice, soft bare a s s and a part of my brain electrocuted immediately.

Lily wasn't wearing anything under that apron.

My blood roared in my ears as I squeezed her a s s, palming it roughly and kissing down her silken neck. I impatiently grabbed the neckline and ripped it in two, loving the sound of her startled gasp as I picked her up and placed her on the quartz-top counter, spreading her milk white open.

Her pretty pink pu s sy glistened with her wetness and I groaned as I knelt at he feet.

My first taste of her was maddening, so glorious that I didn't even attempt to go slow with her. I devoured her ravenously, deep growls of appreciation rumbling in my chest as she grinded and undulated her hips helplessly against my tongue as I sucked and sucked, pulling her c**t into my mouth, one hand gripping her thigh, the other unbuckling my belt and undoing my pants until I held my c**k in my hands, fisting roughly as her sweet maddening scent filled my senses.

"Cade," she whispered helplessly and I looked up to see her grabbing her breasts, tweaking her n*****s as she grinded even harder against me, her thighs starting to tremble around my head. Her cheeks were flushed, sweaty, a euphoric haze in her eyes. Remnants of the apron hung uselessly from her neck, doing nothing to protect her breasts, torso and hips from my wild gaze. Mine.

"Caden. Ahh," she gasped, throwing her head back as I sucked harder, madly, while she grew wetter and wetter with each stroke of my tongue.

"Come for me, baby," I growled against her s e x.

She wrapped her legs around my head, thrusting and undulating wantonly as she shuddered and cried out. I worked her through her o****m, the sight of her coming undone never seized to amaze me.

leased back up, kissing up her torso until I got to her n*****s, puckered with desire. I sucked tirelessly, groaning when the head of my cock slid against her slick entrance.

"Need you," she whimpered in a breathy voice and I glanced up, her eyes glowing with ecstasy,

,"need you in me."

"F**k, Lily," I muttered around one of her n*****s, my eyes sliding shut at the need in her voice, dizzy with desire. I slid my c**k against her pu s sy, growling to see how wet she was but not giving her the satisfaction of plunging into her. I wanted to draw out her pleasure, to see her tighten with frustration at what she so desperately wanted.

But Lily was not going to be denied. Reaching for the tie around my neck, she pulled me up, clashing her lips against mine, her tongue immediately diving into my mouth to meet mine. Simultaneously, she jerked her hips into mine, my c**k impaling deep inside her. Stars dotted my vision and I bellowed like a vicious beast, my fangs lengthening and plunging into her neck and she cried with delirious ecstasy, clutching me for dear life. I started slow at first, wanting to draw this out as much as I could.

Lily laid back on the counter, her hands stretched out above her head and she arched her back, beating my thrusts, her gorgeous b re a st s on display for me. She had a perfect body, smooth, rosy skin, the necklace she wore all the time bounced between her bre a sts with each thrust, her hips flared out perfectly. I growled, sucking every inch of her exposed skin as I started pounding into her like a piston, unable to stop myself.

This is better, so much better than any wet dream I could ever orchestrate.

I squeezed a hand around her neck, my thumb stroking her pulse, my hips slapping against her thighs. She was so wet, so f*****g wet, the sounds as I plunged in and out of her made me go cross eyed.

"Cade! Oh god!" She cried even louder this time, her claws digging into my back.

"I know, baby. I know. Come for me."

She tightened her legs around my hips, screaming as she trembled and quaked.

"Oh, God! Oh f**k!" I swore as I stilled, my balls tightening.

My thrusts lost their rhythm and I was coming into her with a force that made my teeth clatter.

I collapsed on top of her, exhausted and shaking, my cheek on her breasts, her taste on my mouth, her scent- now mixed with mine in my nostrils. She ran her trembling hands through my hair. Her heart was pounding in my ears and I was aware of my c*m dripping down her thighs.

Mine.

After a few moments of nothing but our breaths calming, she whispered, "Should we take this to the room?" My cock stirred at the low purr of her voice, my response a resounding fuck yeah! As I lifted her up and took her to the room. At the end of the night, there was not a part in my apartment left unchristened by us.

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