Novels by Xoro

The sitting room was silent for a moment while they took in the plan I suggested. Through our mindlink, Cassian said to me, "I never knew you had such a devious mind. I like it." My face reddened slightly at his praise, and I spoke back to him through the mindlink. "Do you think it's going to work?" "I don't see why not. With a little planning and tweaking, it should." Finally, Max whistled. "Remind me never to get on your bad side, Luna. That's a good plan. And what's more, your sister and her mate won't be expecting it." "I don't see how it'll work though?" Saoirse asked. "I mean...how will you get the Red Moon in time to seize it and not run into their warriors while they're on their way here?" I'd been expecting Cassian to speak up since he was more versed in matters like this, but he simply gave me a mental nudge, pushing me to go ahead. "With a small team, it should be relatively easy to stay out of sight of the marching warriors," I replied. "And if that won't be possibl

"What was the meaning of that?" Max raged as he walked into the Alpha house, Saoirse and Barry tailing him.Cassian and I had since returned home from the pond, dressed, and sat in the living room waiting. "What are they planning?" He continued. "I know they're planning something stupid. They have to be. Why else would they do something as unnecessary and foolish as what they just did?" "Um... Unnecessary? Foolish? They attacked us. On two fronts." Saoirse asked. "Unnecessary and foolish," Max repeated. "Their attack was poorly coordinated, and their ruse impractical. So they set fire to a bunch of trees. It's not much of an issue since we got it under control fairly quickly. And we have enough warriors that even if they'd staged an attack on three fronts, we would have been able to hold our own. They know this. Their fighting numbers were already greatly reduced due to our first attack on them. So the only thing they achieved today was killing off the warriors who were dumb enough

A small part of me was nervous at being on the same battlefield as my former pack mates, but on opposing sides. Would they recognize me? In their eyes, would I become more of a traitor than I already was? I scanned the clearing to see if there was anyone I recognized, but since they were all in their wolf forms and fighting, it was difficult to know. Once upon a time, they would have scented me and known I was one of them. Now, that Red Moon Pack scent was gone. In fact, since I hadn't yet joined Cassian's pack, I was technically a rogue wolf. I did as Cassian instructed and tried to stay close to him as much as possible, but it was obvious from the way he fought that Cassian was no longer the one in control. And if I was being honest, the sight of wolves ripping into each other was making me feel slightly sick. I could fight. I'd had basic combat training back when I was still in Red Moon, but combat training was vastly different from seeing the guts spill out of the stomach of

Iris and I dashed for the door at the same time. "Max, how did they get so close?" I shouted through the mindlink. "What happened to the sentries on guard?" "We can't get through to them," Max replied grimly. We both knew what that meant. Those men were probably no longer alive. "Meet me at the border," I ordered and shut off the mindlink. Only when I raced outside my house did I realize Iris was right beside me. My eyes widened. "What are you doing? Get back in the house!"Her expression was determined. "I'm coming with you.""Like hell you are!" I snapped. "Go back in the house, Iris." "I will not!" She said stubbornly. I screeched to a halt and caught her before she could run past me. "What are you doing!" "I should be asking you that!" I said. "Did you hear the alarm?"At that moment, said alarm fell silent. I could hear the sounds of my pack members running around, getting ready for what was coming. They were trained already on what to do. Those who couldn't fight would

Before we mated, I'd thought waking up with Iris sprawled on top of me was one of the best feelings in the world.It didn't compare to waking up next to her now that we'd actually mated. The mate bond was a curious thing. It didn't just connect our minds and make it easier to feel each other's emotions. It was like it bound us physically also. Everywhere my skin touched Iris, an electric current seemed to spark. I glanced down at the woman on top of me. Her hair was disheveled and her mouth slightly open as she slept. I couldn't help the smile that curved my lips. Iris was incapable of not rolling around in her sleep, which was how she'd ended up right on top of me, with her head thrown back.My heart felt like it would burst with the force of the emotions coursing through me. So much happiness that it almost felt like insanity, satisfaction, pleasure. Those feelings only grew stronger when I realized that although she was asleep, some of the emotions I felt were hers. I played w

Hours must have passed, because when I glanced out the open window of Cassian's bedroom, it was dark outside. Cassian and I lay on the bed, atop the sheets, a slight sheen of sweat on our bodies. I was sprawled against him, feeling like I could barely move my limbs, and his grip on my waist was loose. Our hearts had calmed their incessant pounding, and now beat slowly, softly, in time with each other. My stomach rumbled, breaking the silence, and Cassian started to pull away. "Stay," I said, holding on to him. "You need to eat," he replied. "I can't believe I let you go this long without food." "I wasn't hungry," I said, still holding on to him. "You are now. And honestly, you should be. You haven't eaten real food in weeks." "But I wanna stay in bed," I whined, pouting up at him. He chuckled. "You stay in bed then. I'll make you something."When he got out of bed and immediately went to pull on some pants, I sighed, and rolled out of bed too. My leg and back muscles screame

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.