Wild and Free (The Three, #3) - Kristen Ashley

Abel Jin and Delilah Johnson have lived their lives with a hole in their soul, yearning for something they don’t understand. 

Until one night Delilah is in mortal danger and a man who’s otherworldly strong and supernaturally fast saves her. Delilah is then cast into a world where fiction comes to life in the form of Abel, her destined mate, a vampire/werewolf hybrid who claims her at first breath as his. 

But Abel knows the danger isn’t done. He’s dreamed for centuries that his mate will perish and he will stop at nothing to keep her safe. 

For Delilah, she’s not only coping with fantasy come to life, but a mingling of very different families. Not to mention, she has on her hands a man who doesn’t understand his true nature and has lived his long life thinking he’s a monster. 

Abel and Delilah together fills the hole that has been clawing at them for decades. But finally finding each other, it also tips their destinies as the last of The Three. They must unite with the other destined lovers, who with Abel and Delilah, are fated to save the world. 

Or die trying

Con questa ultima pubblicazione, Kristen Ashley conclude la serie fantasy/paranormal erotic romance chiamata The Three.

Piccolo riassunto per chi non la conoscesse. Esiste una profezia che preannuncia un pericolo che metterà a repentaglio l'intera esistenza della razza umana; saranno I Tre e le loro compagne appartenenti al mondo sovrannaturale, un vampiro, un lupo mannaro, e un ibrido ( mezzo vampiro/mezzo lupo ) a salvare il genere umano.

Nel primo romanzo Until the Sun Falls from the Sky, assistiamo alla formazione della prima coppia Lucian e Leah, i vampiri.

Nel secondo romanzo With Everything I Am, Callum e Sonia, confermano la profezia con il loro amore, e i lupi mannari sanno essere molto passionali!!

Nel terzo e ultimo capitolo, Abel, l'ibrido, riesce finalmente a trovare la sua compagna, tanto desiderata e sognata. Lei si chiama Delilah, che spinta da un vuoto all'interno del suo cuore che ha condizionato la sua vita, si dirige a Sepertine Bay. Qui viene aggredita da personaggi alquanto strani, uomini che si trasformano in cani e altri che puntano alla sua giugulare....viene miracolosamente salvata da una montagna d'uomo. La chimica è immediata e nonostante non l'abbia mai visto prima e sia piuttosto minaccioso, si sente al sicuro e il dolore interiore sparisce immediatamente in sua presenza.

I pericoli non si placano e la vita di entrambi è ancora minacciata. Chi sono e cosa vogliono da loro? Fanno la loro comparsa dei personaggi che apparentemente sembrano essere umani ma il fiuto di Abel, li individua come vampiri e lupi. Superata una preliminare mancanza di fiducia, Abel e Delilah acconsentono ad un incontro, dove verranno informati della profezia.

I Tre sono finalmente riuniti e posso prepararsi insieme alla battaglia finale che decreterà chi prevarrà nel mondo, se quello sovrannaturale o gli essere umani.

Abel, ha più di duecento anni e mai aveva pensato che esistessero altri soggetti "anormali" a parte lui. Adottato da una famiglia cinese quando era solo un cucciolo, vive la sua vita circondato da una grande famiglia e tanto amore. Essendo immortale, ha lasciato indietro molte persone care e questo l'ha reso forte e diffidente nei rapporti. L'incontro con Delilah era scritto nelle stelle ma il loro amore è puro e reale. Sono fatti l'uno per l'altra e le rispettive famiglie si amalgamano alla perfezione.

Quando conosce Callum e Lucian, capisce di avere molto da imparare su se stesso, sul suo mondo e le sue tradizioni. Dentro di lui alberga sia il vampiro che il lupo, il suo carattere alpha è doppiamente predominante, ma possiede anche una tenerezza, valore della famiglia e lealtà senza pari. 

Delilah, è una biker bitch e si adatta perfettamente alla vita di Abel. Superato lo shock iniziale causato dalla scoperta dell'esistenza di esseri sovrannaturali, si lascia andare e comincia a conoscere intimamente Abel e la sua famiglia e tutto quello che comporta amare un ibrido. Quello che le da fiducia e la fa sentire al sicuro è che in presenza di Abel, non l'affligge più quel vuoto dentro all' animo. Al fianco del suo compagno, non è preoccupata per l'imminente battaglia. Si affiata con le altre compagne e vuole imparare a difendersi e combattere. 

Entrambi vogliono vivere Wild and Free, si sono trovati dopo una lunga attesa e non subiranno passivamente il pericolo che li attende. 

Kristen Ashley non delude mai e questa serie è stata conclusa alla perfezione. L'autrice ha saputo integrare il mondo contemporaneo con quello paranormal in modo superlativo e divertente. E' questo il suo segreto: stemperare la serietà della trama con dialoghi esilaranti e scene d'amore intense e passionali ma non stomachevoli. 

L'autrice si conferma una grande scrittrice e anche in un genere che non le appartiene ha saputo splendere. 

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“I’m a monster, Lilah.”

“What?” I whispered.

“I’m a werewolf vampire. I exist on human blood. I can tear a man’s head off and I have. I’m a monster.”

“You—”

“I am,” he stated flatly. “And the first chance I’ve had in all my years to understand why I am as I am is to go to that fuckin’ hotel.”

I stared at him, then straightened my body so I was fully facing him. This caused his jaw to get hard again, but I ignored that and stated, “Okay, let’s break this down.”

“Nothin’ to break down.”

“Humor me,” I snapped, his head jerked, and his lips curved up.

“Carry on,” he muttered.

“Thanks,” I bit out. “First, how many men’s heads have you torn off?”

“Four, and two wolves.”

“That’s it?” I asked.

“Yeah.”

“These being the night we met,” I stated.

“Yeah,” he repeated.

“The night some of them were trying to kill me and the others were trying to kill you.”

To that he said nothing.

I kept going, “So you haven’t torn off unsuspecting citizens’ heads willy-nilly, for the fuck of it, or on a psychotic rampage?”

He pressed his lips together and I knew it was to hide his humor because his eyes lit with it before he unpressed them to say, “No.”

“Right,” I said sharply. “Have you ever had a psychotic rampage?”

He shook his head.

“So let’s get to the human blood part,” I suggested. “When you were,” I paused, “drawing from one of your ex-bitches, did you ever kill one of them?”

“Fuck no.”

“Take too much and make them sick?”

“No.”

“Do it against anyone’s will?”

His eyes went guarded, but he said, “No.”

I threw up a hand. “Okay, so what’s the problem?”

He blinked, straightening in his chair, but again said nothing.

“I mean, seriously,” I went on, “I’ve seen lots of vampire movies and TV shows and even the good vamps screw up and overindulge. Hell, Jessica killed three fairies in a ravenous attack. She might have had her issues as a young vampire, but by that time, she was full-on good.”

His brows shot together. “Fairies?”

“Fairies.”

“What the fuck are you talking about?”

I threw up both hands and cried in exasperation, “True Blood!”

“Jesus, Lilah,” he muttered.

“No, seriously, Jessica is very sweet.”

“For fuck’s sake,” he growled, sounding like he was losing patience, which I didn’t figure was a good thing.

“Okay, back on track,” I began. “Tell me. Tell me one instance in your life where you actually behaved like a monster.”

“I wanna fuck you,” he snarled.

I stared.

“Yeah,” he ground out. “I wanna fuck you, Delilah. Consumed with the need and I have no idea why, but I can guess, seein’ as it’s like you’re a bitch in heat, I’m a dog that catches the scent and his mind is wiped…wiped of anything…but the need to mount you and”—he leaned forward—“rut.”

“Holy fuck,” I breathed.

“Yeah,” he said again. “That make you feel safe?”

“Abel—”

“I can smell your fear.”

I swallowed.

“It turns me on,” he kept going. “Makes me wanna tear into your throat and fuck you and feed from you. Now, does that make you feel safe?”

“No,” I whispered, because it really fucking didn’t.

“Right. No,” he bit off. “So I’m not a monster?”

“I love you too, bao bei, with everything I am, and I’ll do it until the sun falls from the sky.” 

“This was it. This was us. This was what we’d be. Wild and free.” 

“You might have missed it with all that’s gone down, but told you straight up you were mine.” 

“Terrific. I’m named after the brother who was murdered and you’re named after the bitch who stole her man’s strength and betrayed him to his enemies. Fuck.” His eyes came back to mine and he dropped his hand. “We’re screwed.” 

"THE THREE SERIES"

Leah Buchanan’s family has been in service to vampires for five centuries. Even so, Leah wants nothing to do with her family’s legacy. But when she’s summoned to her Selection by the Vampire Dominion, under familial pressure, she has no choice but to go. 

Lucien has been living under the strict edicts of the Vampire Dominion for centuries but he’s tired of these ancient laws stripping away everything that is the essence of the vampire. 

So he’s taking it back. 

And this is because Lucien has been watching and waiting for decades for Leah to become available for a Selection and he will not be limited with what he can do with her. He will have her, all of her. 

Therefore, Lucien is going to tame Leah, even if he gets hunted and killed for doing it. 

What neither Leah nor Lucien expects is the strong bond that will form between them, connecting them on unprecedented levels for mortals or immortals. And what will grow between them means they will challenge their ways of life and their union will begin The Prophesies which makes them one of three couples who will save humanity… or die in the effort. 

“Don’t try me,” Lucian warned in my head.
“Kiss my concubine ass,” I returned in his.” 

“Hey! Don't drink from my drink!"
He replaced the glass on the table and looked at her. "Why?"
"It's my drink!"
"Yes. And?"
"You can't drink my drink!"
"And why not?"
"Because it's my drink."
He sighed her name, "Leah."
She mimicked his sigh sarcastically. "Lucien.” 

“I’m taking my mortal as my mate. You love me, I love you, we’re connected, what we have is beautiful and that’s all it’ll ever be. For eternity. Until the end of days. Until the sun falls from the sky, all you and I will share is beauty.”

One night, Callum is driven into the woods by instinct, an instinct to protect. In the form of wolf, he meets a young human child who he is instantly drawn to in a fierce way he doesn’t quite understand. 

Sonia Arlington has lived a lonely life. She has certain abilities that make her strange and she has a rare disease that, if untreated, could kill her. Her father makes her vow that she will never let others discover her abilities. This forces Sonia to stay distant, always guarding against exposure. 

Intelligence leaks that Sonia is Callum’s human mate. He is now King of the Werewolves and has war on his hands. He’s forced to claim his mate and integrate Sonia into a world that is strange and frightening. 

As Sonia attempts to adjust, Callum attempts to cope with the knowledge that his mate is mortal. He will have her beauty and gentleness only the length of a mortal life making their union unbearably bitter even as Sonia makes it unbelievably sweet.

“Baby doll, you're about to be claimed.”

“This party was not in the least like a party a wolf would throw. For one thing, no one had shown up smashed. For another thing, even though it started an hour ago, still no one was smashed.” 

“I loved you before you took your first breath on this earth because that was my fate but you made me love you because you’re just…fucking…you.” 

“You love me?”
He answered without hesitation. “With everything I am, baby doll, and everything I’m meant to be.”