Novels by Speedwriter

Lyra“Nick… Nick, open your eyes.”My voice trembled so badly I barely recognized it.My hands cupped his face, my thumbs brushing over his eyelids, trying to force them open like that alone could wake him. His skin was still warm, but there was no response beneath it.“Nick, please,” I whispered, shaking him gently at first, then harder when he didn’t react. “This isn’t funny. Stop it. Open your eyes.”His head tilted slightly with the movement, limp, unguarded.Panic clawed up my throat, choking me. I pressed my forehead against his, my breath uneven as tears spilled down onto his face. “You don’t get to do this,” I said, my voice breaking. “You don’t get to leave like this.”My chest tightened painfully as I pulled him closer, cradling him against me, my fingers digging into his shirt like if I held on hard enough, I could keep him here. “Wake up,” I begged, my voice raw. “Please… just say something. You can argue with me, you can annoy me, you can say something stupid, just… don’

LyraThe healer’s voice cut through the air behind me, loud and unrestrained. “You did it!” he shouted, rushing forward so fast his robe dragged against the ground. “You actually did it.”My hand was still locked around the dagger.I could feel it. The resistance of flesh. The warmth spreading against my fingers. The slight tremor still running through Damien’s body as the life in him began to break apart.Then it happened, his body gave out and he dropped.His knees hit the ground first, then the rest of him followed, his weight hitting the earth with a dull, heavy sound. Blood spilled from his mouth as he coughed, the sound rough and wet, like his lungs were tearing themselves apart from the inside.I stepped back without thinking, my chest rising and falling too fast, for a second, I just stared at him at what I had done and what he had become.Damien let out a strained laugh, the sound broken and uneven. Blood stained his lips, dripping down his chin as he looked up at me. “Wow…”

LyraMy fingers tightened around the dagger.The weight of it felt heavier than it should, like it carried every choice I had ever made… and every consequence waiting on the other side of this moment.My body trembled as I stepped forward.One step……then another.The ground beneath my boots felt uneven, like it might give way at any second, but I didn’t stop. Damien saw me coming and for the first time since I had known him, the arrogance on his face cracked.His lips parted slightly, his brows pulling together just enough to betray him, and something cold slid through my chest at the sight.My grip tightened.Do it.The healer’s voice cut through my head, sharp and unyielding.Go ahead, don’t hesitate to end it now.My heartbeat pounded in my ears, loud, uneven.If you stop now… everything we’ve done will mean nothing.The words echoed, over and over, pressing into me, pushing me forward.Drive it into his chest.My hand lifted slightly. The blade caught the light.Damien’s eyes fl

LyraWhat's Nick doing here? I hope nothing bad happens to him tonight...... he's not supposed to be here in his current state right now.“Good,” Damien's voice snapped me from my thoughts. “That makes this more fun.”The words barely settled before his expression shifted. He tightened his grip around my throat just enough to make my breath hitch, just enough to remind me I was still in his hand.Then his gaze slid past me….straight to Nick.A smile crept back onto his face, thinner this time, sharper.“Well,” he said, voice smooth as glass. “It’s good to have you all here.”My stomach twisted. “All of you,” he repeated, glancing briefly toward where Jay and the healer stood, unmoving, watching.Then his eyes returned to Nick.“And now…” His fingers flexed slightly against my throat, making my pulse spike. “…I can finish this. Right here and right now.”Nick didn’t react immediately. That scared me more than if he had shouted. He just stood there.“What are you doing?” Damien added,

Lyra“How dare you—!” The words tore out of me before I could stop them. I barely registered moving. One second I was standing in the clearing, staring at Damien with my heart clawing against my ribs, and the next I was lunging forward, straight toward him, straight into his space, straight into his trap.The healer’s grip snapped out too late. Something invisible hit me mid-step, hard enough to knock the breath from my lungs. My feet left the ground. My body jerked upward like I’d been yanked by unseen chains.A strangled gasp escaped me as I hung there….suspended.“What the—?”My limbs jerked instinctively, trying to find balance, something to push against, anything. There was nothing. Just emptiness under my boots and a pressure wrapping around my body, tightening like a fist.Below me, Damien didn’t even flinch. He didn’t look surprised, instead he looked… entertained.A slow, amused laugh rolled out of him, low and rich, like he’d been waiting for this exact moment.“Oh,” he sai

LyraMy pulse pounded so hard it felt like it might burst through my chest.The forest had gone completely silent except for Damien’s voice echoing through the trees and the faint rustle of wind against the leaves.“I know you’re here!” Damien shouted again.His voice carried easily through the night, sharp and confident, like a hunter who already knew where his prey was hiding.I stood frozen behind the thick trunk of a tree, my breath shallow. My eyes stayed locked on the scene in front of us.Rixa lay crumpled on the stone steps.Blood soaked the sleeve of her shirt and dripped slowly onto the ground beneath her. One side of her face was swollen badly, her lip split open. Her chest moved weakly with shallow breaths.Jay’s body stiffened beside me. “Damn it…” he muttered under his breath.The healer stood on my other side, completely still, his hands folded behind his back like he was observing a lecture instead of a nightmare.Damien rolled his neck slowly, like he had all the pati

Chapter 20 Ivy’s POV"What?" I whispered, the word slipping out before I even realized it.My mouth hung open. I couldn't close it. Couldn’t breathe, even. Had I heard Jack right?“You’re my mate, Ivy. The one I’ve been waiting for.”That one sentence sent my world into a tailspin. It felt like someone had opened a trapdoor beneath me and I was free-falling, my heart left fluttering in the air behind me.Jack, this stranger I barely knew… just told me I was his mate?He smiled, like what he said was casual. Like it didn’t just rip through the confusion in my soul and add another crack to the already fragile state of my heart.He walked to the passenger door and opened it for me. “Let’s go to school,” he said gently. “I’ll take you.”I just stood there for a moment. Everything inside me was tangled in knots. Should I trust him? Could I?Jack was kind. His presence calmed me. His words made me feel seen. But Damon…Damon had carved himself into my thoughts like a scar I couldn’t look aw

Chapter 19 Ivy’s POVHe lunged toward me with terrifying speed, his red wolf eyes blazing, his snarl echoing off the stone walls. For a moment, I thought he would rip into me. I didn’t flinch, I was ready. My own blue wolf stood her ground, furious and trembling. We were locked in a deadly stare, two storms circling each other.But then, he stopped.Just inches away from me, his massive paws halted mid-step. His claws slowly retracted. His breathing slowed. And without a word, Damon shifted back into his human form.I followed, breathing heavily, letting Vivian retreat as the blue fur vanished and bones cracked back into place. I gasped, now bare and trembling on the cold castle floor. I was completely naked, my knees pressing into the hard stone, hair falling in wild curls over my shoulders.He didn’t look at me with lust or anger. Just… quiet. Distant.He pulled off the shredded remnants of his robe, the one I’d torn in my rage, and silently draped it around me. The fabric smelled

Chapter 18 Ivy’s POVI didn’t know what came over me. I swear to God, I hated this man. I hated him,.loathed every breath he took and every arrogant word that came from behind that damned mask. But last night... something shifted. It was still me who reached out to catch him when he stumbled. Still me who ran to his side when he looked like he had lost every last bit of hope and was going to throw himself into the water.So why..why in the holy name of the Moon Goddess, was I now lying under the duvet completely naked, whispering in my mind, “Come touch me… Come take me…”?What the hell is wrong with me?My heart was thumping like it was trying to rip out of my chest. My legs tangled awkwardly beneath the sheets as my body burned with a need I didn’t understand. The door creaked open, and there he was, Damon. Still in that ridiculous mask that hid everything… yet revealed too much.His eyes widened the moment he saw what was under the duvet.And I expected it.I expected him to poun

Chapter 17 Damon’s POV“Get out!” I growled, voice hoarse with rage and pain.The maids and guards, Ivy, the healer and selene didn’t wait a second. They scattered like frightened birds, leaving me alone in the suffocating darkness of my chambers. The door slammed shut behind them with a heavy thud that echoed through the stone walls like a death bell.Alone again. Like always.I collapsed onto the cold marble floor, my knees buckling as though my body finally gave in to the weight of centuries. My hand flew to my chest, fist clenching over the cursed chain that burned against my skin like a branding iron. A sob escaped me, raw and guttural. My shoulders shook violently as tears streamed down my face. I wasn’t crying, I was breaking.“I can’t… I can’t do this anymore…”My fingers brushed the sharp, dagger-like letter opener on the table beside me. Without thinking, I grabbed it and plunged it into my chest. The pain was sharp, searing… but fleeting.The wound healed instantly.Of cou

Chapter 16 Damon’s POV“You’re mine tonight,” I murmured into her ear, my breath hot against her skin.She froze.Her back stiffened, and I felt the slightest tremble in her shoulders. I watched her, closely. Her lips parted as if to protest, but no words came out. Her eyes, wide with fear, flicked to mine. She wasn’t ready. Not emotionally. Not physically. Her body was here, but her soul? Her soul was already trying to escape.She didn’t want this.And yet I was here, towering over her, with my abs visible, fists clenched with desire and duty.I told myself it was for her good. That once this was done, once we consummated the bond, I’d finally be released. She’d get the happy ending she dreamed of. Peace. A life free of me. This was the only way. That’s what I kept telling myself. Repeating it like a sacred chant to drown out the guilt trying to claw its way into my chest.But the guilt didn’t stay quiet for long.Because the moment I reached for my trousers, I saw her.Her.Aria.

Chapter 15 Ivy’s POV“What? Consum… what?” My eyes widened in disbelief, my voice cracking at the edges.Damon's voice was low, dark, and sharp like a knife cloaked in silk. “Consummation. With me.”I blinked. My pulse spiked. “I— I can’t. We didn’t talk about that. We never talked about having sex. I’m not ready!” My voice broke into a desperate yell.He didn’t even flinch. Beneath that eternal mask, his lips curled into a smirk so smug it burned through me. I could see it in the angle of his jaw, the arrogant tilt of his head.“Really?” he said, tilting his head slightly. “I don’t need to say much. Just know I’m ready for tonight. We have to consummate our bond... for the chain to be broken.”And just like that, he vanished. Gone. The silence he left behind was louder than his presence.I stood there frozen, heart hammering, body trembling. My fingers clawed at my own arms as I tried to ground myself. What the hell just happened?Why would I have sex with him?No. No! That can’t ha