“What if your curiosity gets you in trouble?” 

I try to remain calm as his fingers trail higher from my feet, drawing shapes on the inside of my thighs, teasingly approaching my more private parts. 

“T-trouble?” 

There goes the stuttering again… 

“Yes, my little rogue, it could get you in a lot of trouble…” 

He grabs me anew, and with a swift move I’m laying splayed on him with my stomach on his legs. 

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When Nel gets caught attacking Nick’s pack, their encounter is as far from the typical romantic werewolf love story as it gets. His lawful Alpha self and her free rogue spirit collide in an explosive fusion. With the clock ticking above their heads till their time runs out, the investigation for the assault will start bringing pungent secrets of the past to the surface. For each step they take forth towards each other, a new hindrance forces them to drift two steps apart. Through their journey between plots, old enigmas and unknown enemies, can they accept each other for who they really are and rise as one before the revelations bring everything they care for down?

Tainted


**Nel**
“Nel, you are right to be suspicious. Maybe our actions don’t add up to you. The piece of information you’re missing here is that the reason I got involved isn’t our relationship with your father. It’s the legacy of your mother…”

My mum? What does my mum have to do with that?
“I’ll te...

Prologue

1 - The attack

2 – The Captive

3 – The calm before the storm

4 – The meeting, pt 1

5 – The meeting, pt 2

6 – No crime is perfect

7 – The Heat, pt 1

8 – The Heat, pt 2

9 – Wrath

10 - Waking up

11 – The Hellhole, pt1

12 – The Hellhole, pt2

13 – Early morning

14 - Internal Fights

15 - Why didn't you wait? Pt 1

16 - Why didn't you wait? Pt 2

17 - Greg's return

18 - Dressing her up

19 - Playing with fire

20 - Game over

21 - Eleanor Ribbs

22 - Penthouse days 

23 - Warming up 

24 - Night Run

25 - Gianna Ribbs

26 - Ghost Hunting

27 - Preparations

28 - The Council Meeting

29 - Maybe Cross?... or Moore?

30 - Aftermath

31 - Paranoia 

32 - Consequences 

33 - Walls

34 - Unexpected Visitor

35 - Enemies to Allies?

36 - Decision

37- Frigid and sneaky

38- Bird has flown

39 - Restlessness 

40 - Playtime

41 - It’s time 

42 - Dinner Headache

43 - A nice, long chat

44 - Waking up again 

45 - Protection? 

46 - We trusted you 

47 - Chaos 

48 - Taming the chaos 

49 - William

50 - The brunch

51 - Frida’s Legacy

52 - Night Talk 

53 - Return

54 - Basement negotiations 

55 - Reunited 

56 - The night before 

57 - Before dawn 

58 - Judgement Day, Pt1

59 - Judgement Day, Pt2

60 - The Verdict 

61 - Close evasion

62 - Sleepless 

63 - Get ready, let's go 

64 - Healing 

65 - The Pursuit 

66 - In the dark 

67 - Linda 

68 - Missing Greg

69 - Training with New Powers 

70 - Change of shift 

71 - Connecting the dots again 

72 - Conflict 

73 - Long way back 

74 - Distraught 

75 - Casting the nets I

76 - Casting the nets II

77 - Mr Franks

78 - Back in the Hellhole

79 - A Future we can all share 

80 - Northam 

81 - Presentation 

82 - First day at the office 

83 - Kinky office details 

84 - The Meeting 

85 - Hotel room 

86 - Confrontation 

87 - Eventful night 

88 - The fierce friends 

89 - Emotional

90 - The Ambush

91 - The Threat

92 - The pendant

93 - Deirdra, Elaida and the Golden Luna

94 - Take What You Need - His edition

95 - Take What You Need - Her Edition

96 - Ocean View

97 - Planning the next steps

98 – I’m with them, not with you!

99 - Sick Stillness