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Dark Hunger

Author: MishaK
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A werewolf who would stop at nothing to claim her… After enduring the torment of his first relationship, Caleb Silver, king of Ixoviya, was enraged to find that he indeed had a mate. When he finally came close to her, the rage within him soothed. But she was on her death-bed. Turned into a vampire, she is on the verge of rejecting her mate… Conditioned to hate the night creatures, Elize Walsh, ran away from her mate. She hated him like fiery pits of hell — until this man starts his slow and wicked games of dark desires. Will Elize succumb to the miseries of her past with him and reject him? Will Caleb be able to win her? Join me in this game of seduction and games of the Lore. --- She watched the sun set through the tinted glass, rays blazing over the water, setting it aflame. Elize looked dreamily at the sea and said, "This looks too beautiful to be real."  "No Liz," said Caleb. Elize turned her gaze to meet him, and he was... mesmerized. In a breathy voice, he said, "You are… surreal. Do you know when I saw you for the first time, I thought I had met an angel?"  Her cheeks became pink like the sky outside. A smile tugged her lips up as his sunstruck eyes held her gaze. "When I first saw you, I was done for my life. Your blond hair, those sharp curves— it all acted like a magnet." His heart thudded in its ribcage and his pulse raced. She took a sip of her wine with trembling hands without realizing that it wasn't blood.  "And that instant I knew you were my mate. And that instant I knew that I could die looking at you."  There was so much intensity in his words that Elize's heart raced for this beautiful man. She wanted to go to him and place a kiss on his lips. Her flute shook on its way to her lips. She drained it absentmindedly and her head became dizzy immediately. Caleb came to her side the next instant. He took the glass from her and placed it on the table. Stroking her back softly, he apologized to her for giving her the champagne. She coughed a little and some tears poured out in response when she felt the burn of the wine in the back of her throat. But Caleb had paled so much by that time that she couldn't help giggling. "Since you didn't remember, it is your punishment that you drink the entire bottle of wine and then next."  ---- Book cover by Micehellwd. Copyrights belong to me. Other books in the series are: Feral Confessions: Adrianna and the Alpha (complete) The Silver Crescent Alpha Prince (complete) Ileus: The Dark Prince (ongoing)

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Chapter 1Watching

Yorkshire

A month and a half before Yule

He could swear that there was something in the air. He could feel the light brush of… magic on his midnight blue fur and he bristled. Caleb prowled on the lonely, dark alley, sniffing for threats. She had been attacked twice and Caleb had been unable to catch the demon or whatever it was. Dread skittered down his spine.

Protect your mate—

Caleb shifted.

He lounged on the ledge of a building as the last rays of the sun kissed the land beyond the city skyline. As the green and white blended in the shadows in the distance, Caleb turned to look at the window, whose sides were now covered with hoarfrost.

His heavy overcoat parted, the light snow dusting of his now revealed black shirt and pants. The broad-shouldered, raven-haired man snagged too much attention as the humans passed by. So, he simply chose a spot away from prying eyes to keep an eye on her… his mate… his Elize.

Caleb gasped at the sight of his perfect mate when the curtains drew open. Wearing a pink gown that pooled just below her hips, she looked ethereal with her golden hair falling till her waist.

He knew where she was headed. His eyes focused on every movement she made. He could hear every breath she took. She entered her kitchen and bent to look inside her refrigerator. The prominent swell of her hips were just enough for his imagination to go wild.

He knew the routine.

She took out the bag of blood she had acquired from the local vet and grimaced as its stench filled her nostrils. She inserted a straw in the bag and took a tentative sip once she reached her dining table with just two chairs. Soon enough, she threw the half-empty bag in the trash and walked back to her bedroom to sleep with her hand pressed against her stomach. Once again, she would go hungry. She grew weaker by the day and only fed on animal blood to survive just that day.

He knew she was addicted to his blood. She had latched onto him the very first day she had turned into a vampire… a day before they got married… and the day after.

His throat bobbed at her agony. He closed his eyes. Then he tipped back the canteen of whiskey, gulping half of it down in one gulp. He wanted to go to her, but he knew that she hated the idea of him being near her; hated the idea of seeing him after what he had done to her.

And so, Caleb grew more anxious by the day. His magic had filled him to the brink and there was no vent. Magic pulsing with anger. With his free hand, he lifted his fingers in the air. Raw magic that was thrumming in his blood, now danced around his fingers pulling the flurry of snow and curling it around them. Being the strongest sorcerer in the world, he had this endless abyss of magic that wanted to break out or it would burn him. He wanted to go back to his kingdom, Ixoviya, but how could he leave his mate, his queen, unprotected.

Caleb recalled how Elize was dying from terminal illness and how he had convinced her family to take her with him to Bainsburgh. From there they had to go to Ixoviya, where his younger brother Daryn and his wife Dawn had called him for his coronation. They had freed Ixoviya from their vicious mother, Sedora, who was now into hiding. Unfortunately, she had taken their father with her.

Caleb had asked their friend Lorza, the vampire king of Wilyra, to help Elize recover because she was on the verge of death. He just couldn't see his mate dying. The thought of losing his mate tightened his chest as misery sank its claws so deeply into his soul that he tasted a whirl of emotions ranging from pain of death to rage of not being able to save her.

Lorza finally saved Elize, but she had turned into a vampire, a demon.

But Caleb was in for a big surprise when he found that instead of staying with her family, she was living in this tiny one-bedroom apartment. It was obvious that her family had abandoned her. And she seemed angry, gloomy, frustrated, ever since. He had heard her cursing… him, a number of times… She hated him and he loved her. He would watch her every day, waiting for the axe to fall on him… waiting that she would reject him…

Gods. He didn't want to feel the pain that would come with rejection. He groaned, had more whiskey from his canteen, and looked at the raven that watched him from the chimney of the apartment below, perhaps waiting for him to throw his cold crumbs of bread. He wondered as to why this raven watched him so closely every damn day ever since he had come to Yorkshire. He had shooed it off a number of times, but it always came back. Ignoring the eerie eyes of the raven he looked down from the ledge at the ground that was now covered with a layer of snow and pine needles.

"Why don't you go and meet her, Caleb?" Ileus asked, and Caleb could have sworn that his cousin was bristling with something he was about to reveal. He had already felt his presence a while back because of his magic, but didn't acknowledge him. He got up and sat on the ledge of the apartment building. He handed his canteen to Ileus, for he found him too slightly nervous.

"You have managed to build yourself a terrific life over here," said Ileus. He drank the remaining whiskey and wiped his mouth with his hand. The Dark Wizard gave him a pointed look with his golden eyes. Ileus handed the canteen back. Caleb glanced at him once before filling it once again.

"Why are you here?" asked Caleb in a rough voice. "If you came to take a jab at me, then you better run. I am not in the mood!" He looked back at his mate through the window of the glass, who was now deep into reading. She had covered herself with the soft blanket and all he wanted was to go and slide next to her. What would he do to be with her?

"We need you," said Ileus. "You have to come with us!"

Suddenly, Elize sprang out of the bed and drew out the curtains fully.

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Ekkkk, finally we get Caleb and Elize's story. Ever since Caleb was introduced in The Silver Crescent Alpha Prince, I’ve been hoping he’ll get his own book. Caleb had his own mini arc playing an antagonist and then had the biggest character development and redeemed himself. Just OMG....I am so excited you've decided to start his own book. He deserves it. One of the most intriguing aspect of Caleb and Elize's love story is the backstory of how they met, which is introduced in book 2. After a horrible experience with his chosen mate, Caleb takes off on a journey of self discovery and meets Elize, his fated mate, who is dying from a terminal illness. She is a devout Catholic and has accepted her death but Caleb can't let his mate die, so he has her turned into a vampire....AGAINST HER WILL. thus why she hates him and runs away from him. this isn't a spoiler, its all in chapter 1 lol . I am excited to read about their journey to forgiveness, Caleb’s redemption and them accepting their love for each other and completing the mate bond. If you are a new reader to Misha's world, this book is part of a series of werewolves stories by Misha. They are as follows: 1. Feral Confession 2. The Silver Crescent Alpha Prince 3. Ileus: The Dark Prince 4. Dark Hunger If you start with Caleb's story first, you should definitely read book 2 because Daryn, the ML, is Caleb's younger brother. Caleb was a secondary character with his own mini arc and it was soooo good. You hated Caleb and secretly had hope for him to finally wake up and couldn't understand how he could be the way he was when Daryn and Gayle (their father) was soooo lovable. BUT Misha is really good at writing this books as standalone and does explain things throughly. You don't need to read book 1 (but you def should lol) to understand book 2. The only connection to these two books is the introduction of a new character, Ileus, who is the son of Adrianna and Dmitri. While Dark Hunger has started and is currently at 26 chapters, Ileus’ book is still on-going with about 514 chapters. Caleb makes appearances in Ileus' story (because they are cousins) at chapter 403 and stays around for a couple of chapters to help Ileus but I don't think you need to read book 3 to understand Caleb's story. BUT you should lol because Ileus is my favorite book out of this entire series. He is my bae ❤️❤️

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