Novels by Paisley C

KIERANI slammed the door shut behind me, letting the sound echo around the stone walls of my chamber before I leaned heavily against it, dragging my hand down my face as I tried to steady my breathing. The adrenaline from the fight hadn’t even begun to wear off, but the one thing clawing at my chest more violently than the battle itself was Vee. Her face kept flashing in my mind, the look in her eyes, the way she held herself back, the way she didn’t strike when she could have ended me. It didn’t make any damn sense. She hated me. She’s always hated me. And yet…“Are we just going to pretend she didn’t hesitate?” I muttered aloud, not even realizing Dorian had followed me inside until he shut the door behind him.“She had you,” he said quietly, crossing the room. “Wide open. I saw it, Kieran. Everyone did.”I turned to face him, still pacing. “Then tell me why she didn’t do it. Why didn’t she kill me, Dorian? That was the perfect opportunity. The pack was distracted, my focus was spl

RAVENI was bent over, my hands deep in the soil, lost in the rhythm of working the grounds when the sound pierced the air like a blade, an ear-splitting cry, raw and violent, carried by the wind. My head snapped up. I wasn’t the only one who heard it. All around me, Kieran’s men scrambled, the once disciplined formation falling into chaos.“What the hell is going on?” one of the guards shouted, dragging his blade from its sheath as he sprinted past me.Then I saw him, Alpha Kieran, his strides long and furious, his eyes ablaze with a storm I had only seen in glimpses before. Right behind him was Dorian, panting but determined, his voice rising over the din.“Circle the south wing! Hold formation! No one enters through the northern gate!” Dorian bellowed, even as three wolves collided in a furious clash behind him.My heart raced. Then a blur cut across the pack’s outer barrier, sending crackles of blue light through the air before landing on all fours with a snarl. My breath hitched.

RAVENI slammed the door behind me, the echo of it crashing shut still ringing in my ears. “Fucking asshole,” I hissed beneath my breath, storming back to the station where I had been before he called me in. My hands were trembling, not out of fear—but rage. I wasn’t scared anymore. I wasn’t the same Raven who cowered when he raised his voice. And still, the taste of that damn kiss clung to my lips, the memory of his hand gripping my waist burning hotter than it should have. I wiped my mouth furiously, disgusted at myself.“You let him touch you,” I muttered, jaw clenched as I shoved a stack of files onto the shelf.“You let him—damn it, Raven.”Just then, the sound of boots echoed down the hall, and I didn’t even have to turn around to know who it was.“You’ve got some nerve,” Dorian’s voice came sharp, low, like a blade dragged over gravel. “You don’t ever talk to the Alpha like that again. I don’t care who you think you are.”I turned around slowly, eyes narrowed, lips already curl

RAVEN I wiped the sweat off my forehead and bent again, hands on my knees, breathing hard. Two weeks. Two full weeks of waking up before the sun and working like a damned mule on this cursed construction site, breaking stones and hauling loads like some mindless laborer. Every bone in my body ached, but I didn’t complain. I couldn’t. Not because I enjoyed it—hell no—but because I knew my time hadn't come yet. Not the time to rise. Not the time to strike. Just… endure. That was what I kept telling myself. Just endure. I straightened up slowly, my back stiff and sore, and that was when I heard the click of her boots. I didn’t even need to turn around to know it was her. The scent of expensive perfume and arrogance came before her voice. Selene. Always Selene. “Well, well,” she said, her voice coated in poison-sweet sarcasm, “look what the moon dragged in.” I turned, and there she stood—immaculate as ever, dressed like she was heading to a royal council, not walking into a dusty, half

KIERANI found Dorian near the edge of the training field, arms folded, eyes surveying the younger wolves as they sparred under the noonday sun. I didn’t wait for him to notice me before speaking.“How did she take it?” I asked, my tone low, careful, like I was probing something sharp. He turned to me, eyes bright with amusement already, like he had been waiting for me to ask. His chuckle came before his words, the kind that crawled under your skin because you knew exactly who it was about.“Oh, she was pissed, Kieran,” he said, drawing out the word like it tasted sweet on his tongue.“Looked at me like I was the one who made the call. If looks could kill…” He laughed again, shaking his head. “She almost knocked over a chair—the poor thing didn’t even do anything. Stormed out of the hall and slammed the door hard enough to shake the walls. It was a scene.”I smirked without meaning to, a flicker of guilt dancing beneath it. “Serves her right,” I muttered, mostly to myself, but he hear

RAVENI blinked against the morning light, my head pounding faintly, my bones aching from the stiff mattress. Before I could even gather myself, the knock came, short, hard, like the fist behind it had no patience. The door creaked open and one of Kieran’s men stepped in, his voice clipped, almost bored.“You’ve been reassigned,” he said. “You’ll be working in the far outskirts from now on.”I stared at him. “Outskirts?”“Orders from the Alpha.” He didn’t even look me in the eye. “Packhouse wants less… distractions.”I swung my legs off the bed slowly, letting his words sink in. Distractions. Right. That kiss. That stupid kiss. My heart twisted for half a second before the rage swallowed it whole. So he wanted me gone. Out of sight. Far away.I yanked on my boots in silence, fists clenched. The man lingered for a second, then left. Moments later, as I stepped outside, Dorian was already waiting like a damn prison warden. Arms crossed. Face like thunder.“You move slower than a dying d