Novels by Esther M.

Gwen POVEverywhere felt unusually quiet than usual.Morgana was no longer here, but her dark presence was still dripping within me,I can feel it.Liam stood motionless and unmoved like a Statue, looking at me as if he no longer recognized who I was,like I am the new villian. Alven and Xander observed from a distance, holding on to their weapons not for protection but due to uncertainty,they were really scared.And here I was, standing in the midst of it all, feeling empty,void.Empty except for the burden of my recent actions.The power within me moved, whispering, telling me something I don't know, enticing. Morgana might be gone, but her essence and presence remained.It was as if she had never truly departed from us.I held my fists, trying to draw in breath, trying to think clearly. Trying to assure myself that I was still the same person.But deep down?I wasn't sure of that anymore.Liam was the first to break the stillness.He approached me slowly, his golden eyes searching my f

Gwen POV The ground shook beneath me, filled with an energy that was no longer Morgana's. It was mine now. Before me, Morgana knelt, her fiery dangerous red eyes reflecting an emotion I had never encountered fear. The immortal witch, the publisher of my nightmares, was scared of me now.I should have felt triumphant, but instead, I felt empty,void. Shadows held her wrists, restraining her. She struggled, but they no longer answered to her; they answered to me,I am their new boss. Behind me, Liam, Alven, and Xander stood frozen in shock, unable to recognize the person I had become. I wondered if I even recognized myself.Morgana raised her chin, a smirk playing at her lips. "You believe you've won, little wolf?"I remained silent and calm, knowing better she wasn't defeated yet. Deep down, I sensed this was merely the beginning of the main gig.Tina lay gasping on the ground, her complexion pale and her strength waning, fading out gradually. She had nearly lost her soul to the wit

Gwen POVThe night felt unusually hot, thick with an inexplicable tension. Something was off tonight.Since we left the ruins, my sleep had been almost nonexistent. Each time I tried to rest my head, Morgana was there haunting my thoughts, unwavering in her observation.Tonight, however, that sensation intensified and unusual. It felt as if she was actively moving around us.Liam was next to me, silently sharpening his blade while Alven and Xander maintained their watch near the trees, both tense and alert. We all sensed that something was imminent, something dangerous.And then, it happened.A sudden, icy dust swept through our camp, unlike any ordinary wind it was hovering with whispers.Liam tensed beside me. "Did you hear that?"I nodded slowly. I did hear it.A single whisper. A name echoed in the darkness.Tina... Selene... Ronan...I froze in place.Liam, noticing my reaction, asked, "What's wrong?"I swallowed hard. "She's targeting them."His expression shifted in alarm. "Mor

Gwens POVThe forest had fallen silent again, yet I could still feel her presence around.Morgana may have disappeared, but she was still with me. I felt her gumming within me, like a dark whisper hovering around my soul, waiting and observing, looking for something maybe.Liam knelt beside me, his hands holding my shoulders tightly. Concern filled his tense expression and golden eyes. "Gwen, please, speak to me,what wrong."I swallowed hard, forcing myself to breathe steadily. A chill ran through me, as if something important had left my body, a piece of me was no longer my own again.Xander and Alven stood close by, weapons drawn, surveying the darkness among the trees, aware that our ordeal was far from over.I closed my eyes, striving to calm my racing heart. But the instant I did, I saw her again.Seated on a throne made of shadows.With my face.Smiling.I gasped and dug my fingers into the ground. I was no longer just battling Morgana.I was battling myself.Liam helped me stan

Gwen POVThe freezing morning air was thick and filled with unease. I was unable to sleep last night ever since I encountered Kai and heard his dangerous cautious warning.Morgana's voice filled in my mind, a haunting and scary whisper: You cannot escape me, little wolf.I held my fists, urging my legs to move as we rearrange our camp. Liam, Alven, and Xander appeared unfazed, unmoved but I was aware they sensed it too.Something felt off.The atmosphere was heavier, thicker. We were being observed from afar I think.Liam walked next to me, studying my expression. "You seem off."I sighed. "I'm alright."He narrowed his gaze. "That's a lie."I chose to disregard him,not minding what he said, tightening my pack straps. I couldn't waste time. I needed to understand what Morgana had done to me before it was too late,I really need to.If Kai was right... if I was already shifting into something elseThen I needed to stop it.Before I turned into a monster as well.**** We walked through

Gwen POVI sat motionless, looking at Kai across the fire. This wasn't right. He shouldn't be here,not now.Liam, Alven, and Xander were asleep, completely unaware of the threat and danger hidden in the darkness. But I was aware. I sensed it.The atmosphere around Kai felt wrong oppressive, dangerous as if he wasn't entirely there.Or perhaps... as if he had become something beyond human."You're not supposed to be here," I whispered.Kai turned his head slightly, a smirk playing on his lips. "Neither are you, little sister."I held the dagger in my lap tighter. I could call for the others, seek help. Yet, something told me that wouldn't matter.Because Kai wasn't here to fight.At least, not yet."You followed me," I accused.He chuckled softly, moving closer. The burning firelight cast strange shadows over his face. "No, Gwen. I've been waiting for you."A chill ran down my spine."Waiting for what?"His smirk grew. "For you to wake up."I frowned, confused. "I don't understand."Ka

GEMMAI thought myself crazy when sleep eluded me for a long time that night.The words echoed in my mind in the exact way in which he spoke them, the sound sharp and cold in my ears and heart. My place in the harem.Not beside him as his lover, not as the woman who had shared his breath and his body in frantic waves of lovemaking in the cave from the night before. It felt as though I was just another piece of his collection of women, a trinket to be stored away until he desired me again. I had hoped I would not return to the harem, but it was where he wanted me, and the sweet, familiar scents of jasmine and sandalwood greeted me once again as I entered the harem. The other women sat on silk cushions, smoking or drying their skins off or indulging in whatever hobbies they thought would make them more attractive to Alpha Grey.All of it stopped when they saw me again, and they started to confer with one another, the whispers leaving their mouths and their eyes alight with some dark e

GEMMA I woke up and sat up first thing in the morning, trying to remember all that happened from the previous night, and one by one, the memories came, making me smile with glee.The cave was silent and without a single sound save for the soft breathing of the horse as it sat on the cave floor, the faint rustle of leaves outside and the chirps of the morning birds in the trees. My eyes looked back at Alpha Grey's naked body, and thinking of how he dove into me only hours before made my body ache with forgotten pleasure, a reminder of the night before. I tried to find my clothes, but my motions only caused Alpha Grey's eyes to blink open, meeting mine with a warmth I hadn't seen in him since he put Alfred to death. We smiled at one another, and for once, I didn't feel like an accessory. I felt like his to own and love."Is it morning already?" he asked lazily as he reached out with a hand to brush back a wild lock of hair that had gone out of place and fallen across my face.I nodded

GEMMAThe fire crackled between us, throwing shadows across Alpha Grey's face. With Alynna sleeping comfortably in his lap-we had all come to accept that it was her new bed, Rose sitting quietly while staring at the fire, her eyes so blank that they gave nothing away-though I had no doubt that she would be thinking of her lost husband, and myself who sat apart, the warmth of the flames barely reaching me because I was so clouded by my thoughts that I was left detached from anything surrounding me. I only wondered if I mattered to him.He hadn't even said anything about me when he spoke of leaving, as though I were nothing but an accessory to him, as though I meant nothing. Nothing at all...The hours went past and the night deepened, and Rose soon took Alynna away from Alpha Grey and inside one of the rooms to sleep. For my own part, I stayed by the fire, staring into the orange flames until Alpha Grey's voice broke the silence."Gemma," he said, his voice low and rough. "Come with

GEMMAThough everything cleared up, he remained moody and aloof till night.With everyone now aware that he was the Alpha, Rose and Alynna's house were filled with people who had come to see him and to pay their respects. What I found amusing were the gifts they brought to him which ended up being even far more than what Alfred and his men could gather. Even far into the night, there were still so many visitors, so that the Alpha had to move elsewhere for Rose and Alynna to sleep in peace in their own home.The next day came and he was still speaking to those who came to see him, placing himself in a distance that allowed the house to be free. That was when a number of women came to visit, to express their surprise that the Alpha had been hiding in a house just as small as theirs. I do not know if they knew that I could hear them, but it was to my hearing that they started to ask Rose how human he was and if he ate, slept, peed, and even breathed. I stood listening to them, wondering

GEMMA I did not know much about Alfred. I didn't even know him.Yet when they returned so quickly that I wondered if Alfred was close by, and with him hanging between them as the crowd started to curse and spit, I felt pity for him. It was like watching the highest mountains crash into the sea and seeing the world turn upside down in a supernatural twist. I barely recognized him when they dropped him at the Alpha's feet too, his red hair taking up enough of the dust on the floor and mingling with it. His once-fine cloak, a beautiful work of art threaded with gold thread, had now become a disgraced ruin, streaked with dirt and blood. At the sight of him in a state that was so vulnerable, the crowd surged forward, their moving sea of heads looking to me like a tide of fury that I was caught up and trapped in. Around me, mothers clutched their children while spitting curses, and the elders did the same, throwing saliva into the dust. I pressed my lips together at the sight of all this

GEMMAEvery time I thought I knew Alpha Grey, he only stepped up and did something to blow me away and make me wonder what kind of man he was. For seven days, I watched him pretend to be a mute and deaf man outside and in places where he would be seen while allowing me to ask the questions. Many of the people cursed him in his hearing, but he did not seem to bother so much about it, and he only continued to listen to all they had to say about him.Inside, he had become Alynna's father and Rose's husband, caring for them so intimately that it was as though he had known them for so long. I envied them both-Alynna sitting in his lap at any time she wished, and Rose saying all she had to say for him to listen. Then there I was, nothing but his concubines and a member of his harem. He would remain with them until night and then disappear, only coming back as the sun rose. None of us ever knew where he went, and we would all be alone until he came as the sun rose.Then the sunrise came tha