Novels by Xoro

"What are you doing here?" Julietta asked me harshly as I stepped into her cell. "If you've come to laugh or gloat, then get the fuck out." "You're forgetting something," I told her. "You can't order me around here. This is my pack, not yours.".Julietta glared at me, spat, and the glob of saliva landed at my feet. Rolling my eyes, I sidestepped it, walking towards her, and bending when I was right in front of her. "What are you doing?" She demanded. "Don't touch me, you filthy little—"I yanked the collar of her shirt to the side, ignoring her rant, and staring at what I was here for. I was still wearing my gloves, so she couldn't see the state of my own hands. Her shoulder was a mix of black and grey tendrils against her pale skin. Her whole arm was basically useless at this point. Not to mention, it was physically unappealing. No one should have to carry this around with them. "Saoirse?" I called out. "Please come in." Saoirse, who had been waiting just outside, stepped into t

The meeting dispersed, and Cassian and I left Ironwood as soon as all the other Alphas did. We bumped into Alpha Frost right when we were about to get in Cassian's car. Her own car was parked nearby, and sitting in it was someone who looked like he could be her Beta. "Alpha Frost," I greeted, extending my re-gloved hand for a handshake. "A pleasure to meet you. Thank you for having my back in there." "You can call me Elaine," she said, shaking my hand. "A pleasure to meet you too." "Call me Iris," I replied. "So...have you been around for long?" She snorted. "You mean how long have I been an Alpha, and how many of these meetings have I attended?" I blushed slightly. "No offense, I just—""None taken," Elaine said easily. "As for the meetings, I've attended one too many. Most of them aren't as interesting as this one was, mind you. They're mostly just sexist men bragging about their latest acquisition and droning on about pack politics. Ask your mate. He always leaves before anyo

"Alpha Sinclair?" "Didn't he die of a mysterious illness?" "Shh. I heard it wasn't an illness at all. They say his mate killed him.""No way. Luna Camilla?""Hugo was her first love or something. Crazy shit." "Yeah, imagine being killed by your fated mate. I wouldn't have ever seen that coming." "Can we please have order?" Alpha Frost asked, putting an end to the shameless whispers."Alpha Stone," Alpha Black started, then cleared his throat when both Cassian and I stared at him. "The female Alpha Stone. You say your father was Alpha Sinclair?" "He was.""And Julietta... She's your sister?" "Step sister." "Right. Step sister. You two grew up together, so one would think there would be a bit of...familial love?" What he was basically asking was this: if Julietta and I were so closely related (half sisters), then why did I challenge and take Red Moon from her? I smiled coldly. "This is a family matter, Alpha Black, but I don't mind saying it here. Julietta and I were never clos

It was finally the day of the Council meeting. Cassian had told me it was going to be held at Ironwood Pack, and I wasn't looking forward to it. Of all the places to hold a meeting... If not for the fact that Cassian had told me that the venues for the meeting were already rotated between the packs, and that it was truly Ironwood's turn to host, I would have believed they were doing this just to try to intimidate us. We were both back in Cassian's bedroom (which I guessed was ours now). Cassian had suggested spending the night in Ironwood to reduce the stress of having to go back and forth, but I refused. I didn't like the pack and I wasn't giving it up, but that didn't mean I wanted to spend even a night there. Cassian was in front of a mirror, knotting his tie, while I was trying to decide between a skirt suit or a pant suit. I finally chose the pants, feeling like it would make more of a statement. Cassian looked impressed when I pulled on a pair of red pumps to match the dark

We had breakfast, went to the hospital, and got the cast off, with congratulations from Doctor Ethel, and strict instructions not to try to move heavy things or put any strain on the arm for at least three more days, provided Althea's recovery remained steady. While we were talking, Cassian received a mindlink from Lily at his office, and I convinced him to go. He kissed my forehead before leaving, and I wasn't even aware I was smiling like a schoolgirl until Doctor Ethel smiled too. "You seem better, Luna." "I feel better," I agreed. She nodded. "That's good." "I'm not fixed yet, am I?" I asked, already knowing the answer. She hesitated, then slowly shook her head. "I guess it depends on what you mean by 'fixed', Luna. If you mean physically healed, then yes, I would say you are almost completely healed. But if you mean mentally... I'm afraid that's going to take much longer. Don't get me wrong. There'll be good days, like this one. There'll be wonderful days. But sometimes, t

Max and the Covenmaster left, and so did Lily and Saoirse. Sage stared longingly after them, the sighed, and disappeared into the guest bedroom. Cassian's eyes fogged over as he mindlinked someone, probably the border control, giving them firm instructions to not let Max or anyone else into that pack. I was still a bit appalled at how easy it was for Max to get past our defenses, but from the look on Cassian's face I knew it wouldn't be happening again. "Let's go to bed," he mumbled when he was done talking to whoever he mindlinked. I took his hand, and we went back to my former bedroom. A glance at the clock told me it was about three in the morning. They really picked the time to come, I thought as Cassian held the covers back and waited for me to get into bed before joining me. His arms immediately went around me, and I snuggled closer. He was vibrating slightly with adrenaline and unused energy. I touched his shoulder gently, trying to comfort him. "I can't believe he woul

One year later. ... I sat down in my throne and looked down at my subjects. The throne was the tallest thing in the room, much larger than the old one Alpha Conrad used to use. And it was only fitting of course. I was ten times the man that old coot had been. “Lord Alpha, the last of the rebel packs in the pack lands have submitted to you. Now the entirety of the pack lands belongs to you as is rightfully so.” Colton said. I smiled at the words. This was what I had dreamed of for so long. And finally I had come out of the shadow of the great while wolf bloodline. My body melted into my throne with satisfaction. After a year of siege I had finally conquered every single pack in the pack lands. It has taken many times longer than I expected. If everything has been straight forward then maybe I could have pulled off such a fear within a mere months. But when they noticed that most of the more powerful packs had been taken out, the weaker ones reacted by abandoning their terr

Magnus screamed at the pain. The sound permeated the entire room due to the lack of noise. My eyes widened as I couldn’t believe that I had actually gotten him. It had only been a last ditch effort on my part. I would have died if it didn’t work. Magnus fell to his knees. He gritted his teeth and touched the dagger. But then he removed his hand from it, rethinking what he was about to do. Instead, his eye went to the book he had dropped. He reached for it. But I was already there. I dove and smashed into him. We both landed on the ground hard, but he took most of the impact himself. “You bastard!” Magnus shouted. But my fist landed on his face before he could say anything else. I hit his face again. My face only showed focus and nothing else. Magnus raised a hand to try stopping me, but it was the blackened hand and it was extremely weak. I was easily able to push it away and punch him again. Roughly pushing away his blackened hand seemed to hurt him more than the punches.

“Now do you understand!? Do you understand how it is hopeless for you!?” Magnus laughed. I had been running around the church while barely avoiding the explosions. It felt like my entire body had been pummeled. I had no idea how I could ever win a fight like this. I managed to reach the rest of the group. “How are we going to beat this guy?” Rowena asked. “I have no idea. What is he doing with that book exactly?” I asked. “I’ve heard of it before, but I’ve never seen one. It’s a grimoire. It’s a conduit of power between all realms. He’s using magic.” Rowena explained. “Magic? Is that how he got younger?” I asked with gritted teeth. That was why he had gotten stronger in sword play. “Wait there’s a magic spell to get younger? I’m definitely interested in that.” Carter said. “But we need to take this man out first. And we’ll do that by attacking him with everything we have.” Carter was already out of his trousers, and his body began to change. In no time he had turned into a bla

“You are a crazy old man.” Magnus laughed. “Don’t you get it, there’s nothing old about me anymore!” I scowled at him. Somehow, what he was saying was the truth. His face looked very young. It was the same face of the man who had first adopted me and brought me in. It brought back many memories I would have rather left buried. This was the confrontation that I had been anticipating for a long while, but it wasn’t going in the direction that I expected it to go at all. What did Magnus do to make him so much younger? It was a question I couldn’t answer at the moment, so I pushed it out of my mind. “It doesn’t matter, I’ll still beat you!” I told him as I charged in again. Magnus was able to counter my attacks again, but this time he moved in for the offensive. Slowly I was moved to the back leg as I avoided and dodged his attacks. It went on like that till I moved slightly too slow one time. There was a thin cut across my chin and a line of blood splashed out. We both disengage

“Morning?” My voice cracked as I said her name.Morning was completely naked and in the hands of a tall well built man. He held her by her neck and upright. Morning’s body had various burns on it and she was gasping for air in his hands. I had no idea what had happened in this hall, but after seeing the sight in front of me, I couldn’t care less.“Let go of her you bastard!” I drew my sword and dashed forward.The crazed eyes of the man who held Morning moved to me. They met with mine and he smiled.“Peter, so you’ve decided to visit me?”The rage in my mind turned to confusion. Who was this? He sounded and looked familiar, but how was that possible?“Magnus?” The man let go of Morning’s neck and her naked body slumped the ground.“Is this your dog? I never took you as one to do something like that, but don’t worry she’s still alive. I need her for other purposes.” Magnus said.I couldn’t believe my eyes. It was Magnus who stood in front of me, but why did he look so young?He notice

I sat at a desk, thinking.What would be the best way to attack the church?I had been an invocate myself once, so I knew that at it’s headquarters the church was very powerful. They would easily have hundreds of invocates in ground. Those kind of forces would be far too much for us. Attacking them in a head front attack would only be suicide.As much as I hated to admit it, the best option would be to treat this as an assassination. Magnus himself was the target and not the church. If it was only one man then it simplified everything drastically.I had beaten Magnus before and now it would be even easier to do that. If that was all we needed to do then it almost felt like taking the whole crew would be over kill. But it wouldn’t be that simple of course. Magnus was an important figure and it was very possible I wasn’t the only one who had ever thought of assassinating him. He would be well protected. So we would need a way to get past that. And still escape when we finished the job.