Novels by crystalsmith551

Third Person POV“You have a visitor,” the guard spoke quietly, hands folded in front of him.He looked bored, disinterested. Like this was just like any other day for him, and it probably was. MaryAnne looked up in surprise. She was locked in a cell, her clothes rumpled, her hair dishevelled, and her body curled up in a fetal position on a threadbare mattress. The visitor stepped forward, pulling back the hood of their cloak, and MaryAnne gasped, scrambling to her feet and moving closer to the bars, holding onto them as she looked at her daughter with shock.She was the last person MaryAnne thought she would ever see. “You only have a few minutes,” the guard advised, looking around, “make it quick.”He sounded nervous, thought MaryAnne, slightly bemused. She doubted that the guard or Marissa had permission to be here. This meant Marissa had bribed him to get to MaryAnne. That was a good sign. It also meant MaryAnne hadn't discovered it yet. The secret. The one MaryAnne kept close t

Hades POV“Fuck,” I roared, slamming my hand down on the dining table and causing a large crack to appear down the middle.I’d made a mess of things as usual. Aeress was unsympathetic. “You botched that up. How could you treat Raven like this? That girl loves you, and you just broke her heart! Do you have any idea just how much you’ve hurt her?” she demanded icily, looking as though she wanted to tear me from limb to limb.I was tempted to let her. That’s how guilty I was feeling. I had botched everything up, from the marriage proposal to now this. I had no idea what I had been thinking of to broach either subject like this. I was an idiot. A moron. A bastard. I'd let my fears come over me and spoken without consideration for what Raven wanted. “I wasn’t…that is...” I trailed off and slumped down into a chair, “I didn’t mean to,” I muttered.Except I had. But how was I going to explain that to Aeress, who looked like she was on the verge of murdering me?“Really?” Aeress snarled, “Be

Raven POVA week later.“Jesus Christ,” Aeress exclaimed as I came trudging out in the early afternoon, hungry and my eyes filled with dark circles, “what the fuck did you do last night?” She paused, “actually you don’t need to tell me. You’re practically glowing with all the sex you had last night," she teased, a playful smirk on her face, "not to mention all this week."I coughed, sitting at the table and gratefully accepting a mug of coffee from a kind-hearted omega, “I don’t think you want to know all the details about your brother’s sex life, Aeress.” My voice was slightly hoarse.She waved a hand, nodding in agreement. Hades came sauntering in, a wide grin on his face, looking pleased with himself, looking remarkably cheerful, whereas I felt like a truck had run over me twice.“Hades,” Aeress scolded, “look how tired Raven is. You kept her up all night. Gods, everybody heard you both,” she added as I almost spat out my coffee, “you really should soundproof your room. Especially

Raven POVI wasn’t too surprised when Hades and the men failed to recover Marissa. She’d had a head start, and her wolf was fast, even as weak as it was in comparison to mine. I ran my hands up and down Hades bare chest, trying to make him relax, soothing him. He was still seething. Men and their pride, I thought inwardly, there was nothing worse than when they thought somebody had made a fool out of them. “We’ll get her next time.”My voice was gentle, sweet. No amount of what-ifs was going to change the result. Marissa was gone, and now we had to find a way to deal with that. Right now, we have to focus on what matters and the pack itself. Marissa was a nuiscance, but she was no longer here to cause trouble. If there was a next time. Marissa might be smarter than I gave her credit for and stay away from us completely, letting us lead a life in peace, but it was doubtful. Her hatred was too strong for that. “In the meantime, what did you think about Aeress’s news?” I asked brightl

Third Person POVShe tore through the trees, leaping gracefully to avoid broken twigs, paws thudding loudly on the ground, her entire focus on the boundary line. Never before had Marissa been so grateful to be a white wolf. Her speed and agility were certainly coming in handy. She felt a flash of fury at the image of Raven’s wolf in her mind. What right did that bitch have to be granted a wolf and a white wolf at that? Hers was bigger than Marissa’s and stronger. It made her feel so enraged that she could feel her heart beating furiously in her chest. God, how she hated that bitch. She’d stolen Marissa’s fiancée, the man she loved. The man she thought she would have children with. Sure, Marissa had wanted wealth and power in the beginning but now she wanted Hades for herself as well. He was so handsome, so strong, so…everything she’d ever wanted. She had envisioned a future with him, no matter how cold he had been to her, and now it was going to amount to nothing and it was all becaus

Raven POV“Damn that bitch,” Aeress sighed, flopping onto the sofa and looking moodily at me, “maybe she’ll get trapped in a bear trap or something,” she muttered.I laughed despite my concern. It was just like Aeress to lift my mood.“They’ll find her. I don’t know why Hades insisted I stay here. I could help. I could take her,” I said irritably, plopping myself on the opposite sofa.He was so protective. It was nice to have somebody who cared that much, but I wasn't exactly made of glass. Then again, I had only shifted once, so maybe it was necessary in order to conserve my strength.“Men,” Aeress sighed, “they act like it’s the Middle Ages and women are useless. It’s like a caveman instinct or something,” she beat on her chest with both hands, “me Jackson, me Hades. Me so smart,” she drawled, causing both of us to dissolve into giggles.Suddenly Aeress’s face changed, and she got up, putting a hand to her mouth and making gagging noises. I hurried after her as she almost ran to the