Novels by Leo

ZORA "Come on," Ryker whispered in my ears, "It's our honeymoon. We are supposed to be enjoying it."I nuzzled my face in the crook of his neck, "We just a few miles away from the palace, in a fancy and very expensive hotel. What's there to do aside doing nothing.""You asked for space, remember?" He questioned, "And I think I've left you alone for too long,""Less than twenty-four hours," I countered, removing my face to glance up at him."That's long enough," he shrugged, "your personal space includes me,"I rolled my eyes at him, "Fine, do you have something in mind?"He grinned, "Just the perfect and appropriate idea of fun. You wouldn't even need to leave the building."I wriggled my brows, "Now, I'm interested. "He gave me a light kiss on the lips and led me to a room in the penthouse. Then he opened the room.I forgot how to breathe for a second. The bond was excited, my wolf was thrilled. This would be her first time.Ryker's eyes twinkled as he regarded me, "What do you t

BONUS CHAPTER OF WESLEY AND COURTNEY The library wasn’t the place to fall in love. At least, that’s what Courtney told herself when she caught him looking at her again.Wesley.They’d barely spoken over the course of months she'd been here but she was always catching him looking at her.And now, like usually, she could feel his gaze on her across the room and it made her aware of everything concerning her.She tried to focus on the book she was reading, her eyes dragging over the same sentence again and again times without taking in a single word.Finally, she lifted her head, and as expected, he was staring like she was the only page worth reading.Her heart skipped. Say something, her mind screamed, but her body was co-operating. All she managed was a tilt of her head and raising her brow in question.That was enough. He stood, walking towards her."Courtney." His voice was deep and rich.She swallowed, her throat dry. "Wesley."He leaned on the edge of her table, close enough th

SIX MONTHS LATER ZORA We stood before Leah's grave, head bowed as we said our silent prayers.Marissa was by my side as a free woman, no longer bound with being called my maid servant.Wesley, Courtney, and Grace were standing not far away.Tyler was on the floor, tears brimming in his eyes. "Do you think she's happy?" He asked.I shrugged, I had no idea too. The woman that appeared to her apparently wasn't Semya. Maybe it was the deity. I can only hope she's okay." I hope so," I whispered. Tyler kissed her grave and went to stand beside Ryker. Yes, Ryker.You read that right. After I "unalived" him.Wesley took his body inside to clean later.Then, at night, when the chaos had settled down and I was still mourning her child, Wesley barged into my room to announce that somehow, Ryker was alive.The beast was dead. He was healed, but my child was still gone.It wasn't until Leah's body started decaying before I lost hope of her coming back to life.Semya said it was because the

ZORA "You're not actually thinking about this, right?" Marissa screamed, "You're going to kill your child and your mate.""He's going to wipe the world clean." The first tear escaped my lids."Ask yourself, WWRD." Wesley said flatly, "What would Ryker do?""Ryker would take his chances and go into hiding with his children." I replied because I know that's what he would do."Good!" Wesley snapped his fingers.I have two minutes left. I picked up the knife I earlier cut myself with and made another bigger cut to have the knife completely filled with my blood. "I have to do this," I whispered, "For the sake of everyone. I don't have to be selfish.""Selfish is exactly what you should be!" Wesley yelled.I stared at him.Ryk— The beast.I walked closer to him, ignoring the protests of Wesley and Marissa.The beast looked scared, as if it knew what I wanted to do and was begging not to. But I knew Ryker would want this. I tuned out everybody. It's just me and Ry- the beast now.My ins

ZORA "You need to listen to Marissa." Ivan piped in."Now is not a good time." I snapped back."You have to kill me, Zora, or get the hell out of here!" Ryker rasped out."Stop talking," I snapped, took out a pocket knife from the training ground stash, and entered the circle with him.To kill him, my blood on a knife along with a burst of my power was enough, but to heal him, it was much more complicated but still involved my blood."Twenty seconds left." Marissa announced. I made a cut in my palm and on his chest, then infused our blood together, more like making sure my blood entered his bloodstream. My eyes were a hue of different colors aside from red. My tattoo glowed radiantly, I could feel my power, the energy coursing through every part of my body.I have to do this, I need to do this!The silver threads surrounded him, waiting. I began chanting."Aelunthra, lumen matris. Sana corpus, sana animam. Redde vitae filum argentum""Ten seconds left," Marissa announced.A sense

"What, Lucas? Are you insane?" The mother yelled."Relax, mother," Lucas cajoled, "Have you seen him? He's an Alpha king with an ego the size of an ocean. He's not going to b-"Everyone stopped in a stunned silence.You could hear a pin drop without even trying hard to listen.Ryker was on his knees. "Please.." He said in a low voice, "Let her go. Do whatever you want with me, but let her go."Lucas cackled, "Who would have thought?! I never imagined a day like this would come. Okay, mum, I take back my words.""The council were right," Scarlett muttered, "She really is your weakness.""She's going to die regardless," Lucas shrugged, "What I can as a merciful being is kill you first."Lucas’s brother charged towards Ryker, holding a dagger.Scarlett had twim daggers out, and I was still trapped in between Lucas, a bit weak.I didn’t know if I could get my silver threads to move. Time seemed to stop.Scarlett and Lucas are both charging towards Ryker in a bid to have the first kill.

KYRASilence didn’t feel quiet.It felt loud.Heavy.Like the air had turned into stone and we were all trapped inside it.I couldn’t stop staring.My father lay motionless on the floor, the space around him stretching into something unreal, something distant. My brain refused to accept the shape of what had just happened. It kept trying to rearrange the scene into something that made sense.A mistake.A dream.Anything else.My hands were still shaking.Zyran’s arms were still around me, solid and warm and real, but even that felt far away, like I was touching the world through glass.“I need everyone out,” Nicole said quietly.Her voice cut through the room like a blade.No one argued.Emma moved first, grabbing the stunned guards by the sleeves and pulling them toward the door. No one resisted. No one even spoke. The room emptied in slow, stunned silence until only three of us remained.Nicole. Zyran. Me.And the body on the floor.Nicole exhaled slowly and dragged a hand down her

KYRA Everything blurred together after Zyran walked in.My mind was still trapped in that moment, Susan’s body on the floor, the blood on my hands, the cold emptiness in my chest. I could hear voices, movement, and tension thickening the air, but everything felt distant.Muted.Like I was watching everything happen from far away.Zyran’s gaze moved from me, to Susan, and something inside him shifted instantly.His entire body went still.Dangerously still."He killed her?" he asked quietly.No one answered immediately.Nicole’s jaw tightened.Emma looked away.I couldn’t speak.My father broke the silence."Your arrival is… inconvenient," he said calmly.Zyran’s eyes snapped to him.And the air in the room seemed to crack.His gaze was dark, colder than I’d ever seen before."You did this?" Zyran asked, his voice dangerously calm.My father smiled faintly."She interfered."That was all it took.Zyran moved forward.But before he could take another step,My father beat him to it..Fa

KYRA I couldn’t breathe.The room felt too small, too quiet, too suffocating.My father sat across from me, calm as ever, like he hadn’t just told me he wanted me dead. Like he hadn’t just reduced my life to a political inconvenience.I stared at him, searching his face for something, anything, familiar.I found nothing.“You’re different,” I whispered before I could stop myself.He tilted his head slightly, almost curious.“People change,” he said calmly.“No,” I shook my head slowly, my chest tightening. “Not like this.”Nicole shifted beside me, her presence grounding, her body tense as she watched my father carefully.Emma stayed close too, her hand lightly brushing my arm, like she was afraid I might collapse.Susan stood a little farther behind, silent, watchful, her posture alert.I swallowed hard.“So… that’s it?” My voice trembled slightly despite my efforts. “You brought me into this world… just to kill me?”My father’s expression didn’t change.“If it preserves my family’s

KYRA The ride to the Academy felt longer than it actually was.None of us spoke much after the transport arrived. The carriage cut through the forest roads quickly,I sat beside Nicole, my hands resting in my lap, fingers twisting together unconsciously. Emma sat across from me, watching me quietly, while Susan remained near the front, speaking occasionally with the driver in low tones.My thoughts kept drifting back to everything that had just happened.Davis.Astrid.Zyran.And now… the Academy.Nicole leaned back in her seat, her arms crossed, her expression unreadable. But I knew her well enough to see the tension in her shoulders. She still wasn’t convinced this was a good idea.Honestly… neither was I.But we were already committed.After nearly forty minutes, the trees began thinning, and the familiar outline of the Academy appeared in the distance.My breath caught slightly.The moment we got closer, I noticed something was wrong.The gates.They were damaged.Not destroyed,

KYRA The silence after Davis disappeared felt wrong.Too weird and too quiet.The wind brushed across my skin, cold and sharp, but it did nothing to calm the storm still raging inside me. My heart hadn’t stopped racing. My hands were still trembling, even though Emma held onto me like she was afraid I might disappear.Nicole stood a few feet ahead of us, blade still in her hand, her posture tense, her shoulders tight. She was staring at the woods Davis had run into, her breathing still uneven.Zyran stood beside her, quiet and still, but the air around him felt dangerous. Like something inside him had snapped and hadn’t quite settled yet.“He won’t get far,” Susan said softly.Zyran didn’t look away from the trees.“No,” he replied quietly. “He won’t.”I swallowed, my throat dry.Davis.I still couldn’t believe it. My mind kept replaying his face, the calm in his eyes, the quiet sympathy he’d given me before he ran.I didn’t know what hurt more, the betrayal or the revelation about m

KYRA The blade remained pressed against my throat as Davis dragged me backward.Step by step.The hall seemed frozen in time.No one dared to move.Zyran’s eyes never left me.Or Davis.His expression was cold, calculating, but beneath it, I saw something else.Betrayal.Davis continued backing away slowly, keeping me firmly in front of him."Don't follow," he warned quietly.Nicole looked like she was about to ignore him completely."Nicole," I whispered softly.Her jaw tightened.She stopped.Davis reached the exit.Then he moved fast.He pulled me with him and bolted outside.Gasps echoed behind us.Footsteps.Shouts.But Davis was fast.Much faster than I expected.He dragged me across the courtyard, then toward the forest beyond the palace walls. My heart pounded as branches scratched against my arms and dress."You're not getting far," I said breathlessly.He didn’t respond.He just kept running.We climbed higher.Up a slope.Then another.Finally—He stopped.We stood on a hi