"Let me take a look." The handsome professor, with his broad shoulders and powerful muscles, lifted me effortlessly and placed me on the desk. His strong hands gently lowered the strap of my uniform to examine the bruise from training. "Helanie! Why do you always end up hurt?" His voice grew husky, sending a shiver down my spine as I struggled to catch my breath. I had to remind myself that he’s my professor... and my stepbrother. I shouldn’t be seduced by his touch. "If anyone bullies you again, come to my office and I will deal with them," he murmured, his beautiful eyes locking onto mine. Despite knowing he’s forbidden, I couldn’t help but wonder—should I tell him about the mate bond I felt the night he was drunk? .. When her parents rejected each other, Helanie went from being her daddy's angel to a neglected and forgotten child. But on her eighteenth birthday, things took a dark turn. When her body went into heat, she attracted a group of alphas. Instead of rescuing her, her secret alpha boyfriend ran away. That night changed Helanie’s life forever. Accused of consenting to the attack, she was sentenced to execution by her own pack. Desperate, she fled, determined to find her mother. What she didn’t expect was to find her mother preparing to marry a rogue king with four dangerously handsome and beastly sons. Things turn even darker when she felt a mate bond with her bully stepbrothers, will she be able to escape their claws or their seduction will ruin her life to next extremes?
During her junior high school years, Nida Mildea dated her first love, who was in a higher grade. Because of this, they were called "beauty and the beast." But she never thought that this title would actually become reality. While celebrating her boyfriend's graduation, he turned into a wolf and was about to harm her. After that incident, her boyfriend disappeared into thin air. Years had passed and Nida had finally moved on from the traumatic nightmare she experienced in her teenage years. However, after getting hired by her new company, she discovers that her ex-boyfriend is one of her coworkers, and no one is aware of his beastly identity. Does she need to reveal the identity of her ex? Will her life be in danger if she stays at the company? Will her ex-boyfriend remember her? ------ proofreader: Aserehtam