Novels by O. A. Khrystal

AVELORAThey should seriously make a song and name it 'my muscle aches like a bitch' I would happily dance to itMy walk back to the room was like a walk to the guillotine. There was an increasing internal panic. My hand were tingling from all the stupid drill, and my mind wasn't settled. It felt like I was thrown into a pit to figure out a way out with obstacles that were larger than life itself.The room that was supposed to be a sanctuary now had my heart thundering frantically against my ribs cage. I opened the door carefully.He was never around by this time, he was always out attending to one matter after the other, I knew he never got to have a proper childhood, I knew how bad this place messed him up. Still, I hated him so much right now.The room was empty, the dark space was completely silent, the sheets were nearly folded, but his scent still lingered in the room.Letting out a sigh of relief, I limped toward the massive, walk-in closet to grab a fresh set of clothes. Sinc

AVELORAI stopped talking to him, that was the only thing that gave me a shred of control. I couldn't even look at him without seeing how he had lied to me.Part of me felt like I was overreacting.Who would want me as a mate? He did the right thing.But maybe because I had grown to like him, it made it hard for me to just accept it."I am training alone," I had told him flatly back at the dorms, ignoring the low growl that vibrated from his chest. Which is exactly how I ended up back in the academy’s training room at two in the morning, my muscles screaming in protest as I swung a weighted training staff against a sriking post.Crack, crackThe whole room echoed from the constant pummelling I was doing to the poor training bag. My thighs were still tender from Khyrix's brutal dumbbell torture session, and my lower back throbbed with a persistent ache. But every time I wanted to drop the staff and collapse onto the mats, my mind replayed the lie.He wouldn't have lied to me if I was

AVELORAThe word made breathable air disappear. MateThe silence that followed was deafening, broken only by the crackle of the fire and the shallow sound of my own breathing. I stood completely frozen, the exhaustion in my muscles entirely forgotten as the world tilted violently.My eyes snapped directly to Khyrix His body was rigid, I waited for him to say something, to deny it. He certainly hasn't said the man was lying. He just stood there, his fists clenching so tightly that the skin over his knuckles looked ready to split. The golden hue in his eyes bled out into the darkness, burning with a mix of hostility and guilt that he couldn’t mask fast enough.He knew. He had known the entire time."Avelora," Khyrix began, his voice dropping into a low rumble as he finally turned his head to look at me. "We are leaving. Now.""No," I whisperedThe betrayal hit me more than anything had. Every piece of the puzzle, every single confusing interaction we’d had since the moment I agree

AVELORASomething was moving in the wall. It wasn't just my mind playing tricks on me, instead of it being footsteps though, it sounded like a massive insect crawling against the wall.I instantly took cover behind the dust ridden desk that stood in the middle of the room. I wasn't hadn't been able to successfully hide behind it yet when Khyrix pulled me by my wrist, he made me stand behind him."Stay where I can see you." He commanded.The creaking against the wall grew stronger, at the same time it felt as if the veins across the book was glowing, pulsing and alive. The sound grew increasingly louder, it was coming from behind the shelf. Then everything suddenly went eerily quiet. My pulse slowed, my hand still wrapped around khyrix's who possessed the terrifying calm of someone who knew they were the apex predator.Crack.I hadn't registered the sound yet before the books on the shelf came tumbling down in a horrifying mess.Khyrix who had been standing close to the shelf with

AVELORAI was excited for information, but definitely not this excited. I didn't think my search for answers would involve being trapped in here, barely able to walk, combing through the exact same set of boring books again. My thighs were still screaming, and every time I bent over to look at a lower shelf, a flash of pain shot straight up my spine.Khyrix, however, didn't seem to be looking through the books. He was searching the library itself."Can you tell me what you are looking for?" I asked, leaning against a table.He didn't answer. He just shook his head, his focus entirely consumed by the wooden paneling of the wall."The suspense is killing me," I muttered, dragging myself a step closer. "And I am literally dying a slow death because I can feel the pain in every single inch of my body. A little communication would be nice."He looked up at me briefly. That unreadable mask had magically slipped back onto his face. Without a word, he went right back to whatever he had been d

AVELORA My throat was burning, my whole body was shaking, and Khyrix had just told me to drop into a squat position and remain there while holding these dumbbells.I was being stubborn. I wasn't ready to apologize, but I would do anything, anything, to leave this torture room.He wasn't even saying much, just being unnecessarily cruel. "I can't get strong in a day," I forced out, almost wheezing."No," he simply said, before straightening my arms and my back.My thighs were going to give out any minute, but I didn't want to collapse in front of him. Weak people weren't supposed to possess pride, but my ego had somehow become way more massive than I initially thought it was."I'm sorry," I choked out, almost inaudible.If this continued, I might die before I actually got to the Blood Moon trials."What did you say?" he asked, even though I was sure he heard me loud and clear."I said I'm sorry, Alpha. I won't make decisions without you," I breathed.Khyrix took his sweet time to walk