Novels by Mari K

Denine was momentarily thrown off by the sudden tap on her shoulder.But now as she settled down to look at the man who was speaking, she was thrown off once more.Her eyes were wide with surprise as her jaw hung open and she gawked at him, she could not believe that the legendary warrior, Joel was speaking to her.For a brief second, Joel himself was confused, did he not articulate himself well? Why was Denice staring at him like he was deformed or something?“I’m sorry, what did you say?” Denice replied with effort after struggling to pull herself together. She was already angry that she had made a fool of herself in front of Joel, she did not plan to make it any worse.Joel took a deep breath and then leaned in close to Denice.Her breath caught in her throat as the handsome face and clear grey eyes loomed close to her.“I heard your call to arms. I have some information that is of grave importance to leader Zara,” he spoke slowly and clearly.Denice nodded, “Okay…” her brain was b

Elder Aliya was aware of Zara’s suspicious gaze but she was also aware that Zara had no basis to accuse her.She was an Elder, highly revered and respected in the pack, Zara on the other hand was a nobody beta warrior who was risen to the status of pack leader because of an unfortunate turn of events.Even though Zara undoubtedly had all the military power, Elder Aliya was still confident in her spiritual power as an elder.What mattered was that the assassin was dead and with him dead, no finger could point back to her.Zara had a similar train of thought going on in her mind as she watched the elder.Why would she do something as suspicious as killing the assassin? That meant that she must have had something to do with the assassination attempt.Zara did not have any proof and knowing how unstable things were in the pack right now, she was not in a haste to point fingers.Denice had said that she heard some of the warriors plotting against her, she did not say anything about Elder A

Zara braced, the man was moving fast and swiftly, cutting through the night air as if he were a weapon himself.She had her whole attention focused on him but then there was a tingling sensation behind her, something inexplicable that she could not explain.Years of battle and combat had taught Zara to live at the mercy of her instincts, as much as she wanted to focus on the dark figure wielding a sliver blade and charging towards her, she could not ignore the warning her body was giving her.She took her eyes off the target right in front of her and looked back, there it was – another figure clothed in black, also charging silently towards her from behind.There were two of them?No, not two!Three!While she was turning, her eyes caught sight of something – no, someone on one of the tree branches.There were three attackers, two were with silver daggers, what of the third one?Zara heard the whistling sound of an arrow cut through the still night air and just managed to dart out of

Denice recoiled as if a snake had struck her as she saw Zara and alpha Draven lip-locked.Her mouth hung open, what?Zara jerked back suddenly, taken aback by Denice’s scream.Alpha Draven sighed and fell back on his bed and closed his eyes, the chemistry was broken by the unwanted intrusion.He sighed deeply, even if he died, he knew he would die happy.“Denice?”“I’m sorry Zara…” she shook her head – there was no time to process what she just saw now, there was something more pressing. “This cannot wait!” Denice said.Zara looked at alpha Draven as he laid on his bed, her eyes were hyper focused on his lips as her head buzzed and her lips tingled – did that just happen?“Zara!” Denice yelled.She shook her head and snapped out of her daydreaming.“I am sorry, alpha,” Denice pleaded from far, she did not dare take a step further, even on his sick bed, he was frightful to her.Zara stood up, her legs felt wobbly and she staggered towards Denice, “Wha- What is going on?”Denice grabbed

“C’mon Zara, make up your mind, we are running out of time.”The elder’s voice was terse. She could see that she had done most of the job; all she needed to do now was give Zara a little extra nudge, and the deed would be done.She used ‘we’ to give Zara the impression that they were in the conundrum together. In reality, she did not care a damn about her, Zara was a means to an end and she needed her to play her role to that end.Zara sighed, she could not do it, she could not live while alpha Draven suffered and died, she would do it, she would make the ultimate sacrifice for her pack.“I’m ready,” her voice was full of determination.The Elder nodded, a solemn look on her face as she walked Zara back into the cabin.“What is it again?” the healer asked looking up.“Could you give us a moment?” Zara asked.“Alpha Draven is very weak and he is sleeping, he does not need your argument and noise–”“Just leave the room,” the elder said irritably.The healer looked suspiciously from the

“This is outrageous,” the Elder spat, watching the discourse unfold with disgust on her face. “Are you really going to sit there and call yourself loyal to this pack when you cannot do something as simple as this?” she could not understand why Zara hesitated, trading her life for that of the Lycan King was supposed to be a simple decision and an honorable one at that. Zara’s eyes darted from the fuming elder to the frail form of Draven on the bed. His eyes were partly open, and she could see his pupils staring into her soul, begging her not to do it. “I’m sorry,” Zara stuttered and got to her feet backing away from Draven. Her head was starting to swirl, his words had done something to her that she did not even believe was possible. She had been hurt over and over again by words – words of rejection. Words in general stopped to have any meaning to her. But not Draven’s words. When the Lycan King had spoken to her with such vulnerability and sincerity, it had stirred somethi