Novels by Holland Cisca

MateoThe night was too quiet. The kind of quiet that screamed of traps and unresolved bloodshed.My SUV roared through the unpaved road like a beast unleashed, headlamps slicing through the darkness. My hands were clenched tight around the wheel, but my mind was elsewhere, my thoughts thinking of one thing only, Clara.Dominic’s last ping had come from somewhere around these woods. That was over ten minutes ago. Ten minutes too long. I’d told him to focus on getting the girls to safety. This one was mine. Finding Clara was mine.I decided to change up the plans at the last minute. Like I said, I don't believe in coincidences and it was definitely not a mistake that Clara was missing the night Renzetti’s trafficked girls were set to arrive.No. This was an ambush and I'll be damned if I let them get one over me. Not when my woman's life was on the line.Because if anything happened to her…No. I wouldn’t allow myself to go there.I pressed harder on the gas. My eyes scanned the bush,

CLARAThe coldness of the concrete floor bit through my clothes as I shifted against the pillar I was chained to. My wrists throbbed from the metal cuffs.They felt tight, rough, and unforgiving. Not to talk of the fact that I had lost track of time. How long have I been here?Hours? Maybe a day? I had no way of knowing. My phone was gone. My purse, too. All I had were my thoughts and the echoing sound of footsteps outside the metal walls.To make matters worse, I was starving. These people were terrible hosts that's for sure. Apart from water that's been fed to me through a straw, I haven't had anything to eat. My boobs felt engorged and uncomfortable. I haven’t pumped in a while which only made me miss my son.Then there was this annoying human that I had the misfortune of meeting.Martha.Her presence filled the warehouse like a venomous fog, charming on the outside, but seething with cruelty underneath. She had walked in earlier, perfectly put together like someone attending a ch

MATEOClara was gone. Her phone, off. Her car, abandoned. Her scent still lingered in our bedroom like a cruel memory.I hadn’t heard from her in over twelve hours.And every second that passed was a second I could not get back.“Still no movement on street cams around where the car was found,” Dominic said, pacing beside me. “The vehicle was clean. No prints. Whoever took her knew what they were doing.”The moment I got the call, I mobilized Bruno and Dominic and we were currently at our safe house. Only a handful if people knew about this location but it was our main operation centre. It was also the location that had the most weapons, most especially our last weapon shipment.The only thing on my mind now was getting Clara back and making whoever made the mistake of taking her wish they were never born.Bruno entered, carrying a folder. “I’ve got something.”I turned to him, every muscle tense. “What is it?” I asked.He handed me a photo of a soldier. Stocky, buzzcut, a quiet face

MATEOThere are things you can't unsee.Like the glint of a rosary that should never have left your neck. The one that’s been missing for months, a family heirloom, a symbol, a legacy. A piece of myself I thought lost forever.And yet, there it was among Clara’s things.I hadn’t spoken a word. I couldn’t. My voice had dried up somewhere between disbelief and devastation after Clara explained things to me. I don’t even remember walking out of the room, only the weight of betrayal pressing against my chest, thick and unforgiving.The drive to the office was quiet as I went over everything that happened in my head over and over again. If I could turn back the hands of time, I wondered if I would have wanted to know but then I realized that there was no use worrying about something that's already happened.The good thing that's come out of this was finding out that Alessandro was my biological son but I had already thought of him as mine from the moment I first laid eyes on him. But the

CLARAI couldn’t sleep.The sheets felt like chains. The walls felt too close. And Mateo’s silence that unbearable, cutting silence echoed louder than any words ever could.I had rehearsed so many versions of that moment in my head, the moment when he’d find out about the rosary. But I never imagined it happening the way it did. I never expected the look on his face, not rage, not heartbreak, but something far worse... betrayal.After all we'd been through, hiding something like this from him was huge so I couldn’t even blame him for how he reacted.That rosary had been a secret I buried so deep within me, I almost convinced myself it didn’t matter anymore. I thought the past was just that, the past. But now, it was here, clawing at the present, tearing at the foundation we’d barely begun to build.I needed to breathe. To get out of the house. To see someone who could bring me back to myself, even for a little while, so I texted Lucaa asking her to meet for coffee.It was a bit early

Mateo There are moments in life that change things. Moments that shift the ground beneath your feet so subtly that you don’t even realize something has changed until it’s too late to go back. Tonight, I wasn’t expecting anything more than a quiet evening with Clara. She’d gone to take a bath, and I was left alone in the room, sprawled on the bed, scrolling through some intel Bruno had sent over. The flickering light from the bedside lamp cast soft shadows across the room, and for once, I allowed myself to relax. It was rare, this sense of peace. Even rarer was the warmth that filled my chest every time Clara looked at me like I was more than the broken man I’d become over the years. We’d come a long way. The walls I had built around myself were slowly being torn down by her love, her patience. And I let her. I let her in. As I leaned forward to plug my phone into the charger, my hand accidentally brushed a velvet pouch tucked beneath the bed. I froze. It hadn’t been there before,

Epilogue ✓***They all left the room, standing at the entrance of the building as they waited for the approaching wolf pack.They were known as the Lanisters. One of the most deadliest wolf pack in the world.Years back, it was said that they once had issue with the previous king, Kaden's father which hasn't been resolved until this day.Illiana seems to be more scared than anyone. She was some how beginning to doubt what the Moon Goddess had told her.She said it was all fake and that there was no war ahead, why then are the Lanisters coming?Is it that fate has programmed a new prophecy again? One even the Moon Goddess isn't aware of?Her legs were trembling, even with the looks on their faces, one can tell they weren't coming for a peace talk.

***FLASHBACK... ( 8 Months Ago...)Illiana ✓I was setting the candles when the door opened. " Hilda, please get me some more candles. It's in the drawer. " I said without looking at who it was." Here. " Kaden said, stretching the candles to me." Hey, " I took it from him." How was your day? " He said with a kiss on my neck." Great, what about yours?" I asked back." Stressful tho, but thankfully what I had planned to do gas been settled. "" You didn't ask Coen for help? "" He was a lot busy too. Don't worry, it's all done and settled. "" Okay. Have you eaten yet? "" I'm not hungry. "" You said that yesterday, and you're saying

***Writer ✓She had called both Hilda and Laura into the drawing room. She wanted to talk to them over two good reasons.First was to kill the boredom she was beginning to feel as Kaden has ordered for a pause in her practice. He wanted her to have a break." Is there a problem, Miss?" Hilda asked." Is there really a problem, Ana? "" I think so. " She said." What is it? " They asked in unison." I wanna ask you guys a question. "" Sure, go ahead. "" If someone has to touched your stomach and say you were expecting someone soon, what does it mean? " She threw at them.Laura and Hilda both stared at themselves for a while before bursting into a long lasted laughter." What?" She asked, darting her eyes at the

***I held his hands, they were cold. Indeed, he was really scared than I am that's why I always have a double mind to tell him about my visions.But yet, I know I still have to no matter what." You don't have to be scared, we can never escape the future as far as we still breath. Like you said, I'll have to keep reading the Book to see if I can get more visions about the prophecy. "He sighs.I know he still finds it difficult to accept the sad news fate has for us, but all will turn out to be alright, not today.. but one day it surely will." I have to go to the library." I said as I stood up from where I sat." Why?"" You know I always see things at night, maybe reading the Book, I might see a new vision that can explain what the previous one means. "She rushed to the library

***I gasped, breathing heavily as I stared around the room. Kaden looked shocked as soon as I jerked up." Ana, are you alright? "" No, I'm not alright. " I said, still breathing heavily. " We've got a big problem, Kaden. "" What are you talking about? " He looked confused." Kaden.... Something big is about to happen. Something big and dangerous..."" Talk to me, you have another vision right?" I nodded at him. "What did you see this time?"" It was after the practice, I came to rest then I started to hear voices, screaming and begging for help. They were many of them, as if some one was torturing them.They all needed help but I don't know, it doesn't seem like it makes any sense at all. And when I closed my eyes to sleep, i saw myself in this place it was

***He did do as he promised.He escorted me to the library. Him with Evans were discussing while I flipped the pages of the magic book.I acted like I wasn't interested in whatever they were talking about, but my ears were actually listening to their discussion.I didn't realize I've been flipping through the pages over and over again and this is the third time, I'd say." You can just turn to page eighty three, that's where it is." Evans said.I looked at Kaden who was now looking at me. I shyly removed my gaze at him, staring at the book before me. " Page eighty three." I said to myself.I opened to the page Evans had told me, " Why do I have to study greek first?" I asked. " Why don't we just go ahead with latin first?"" Most magic words are written mainly in greek, it

“ ANASTASIA.. DRACO... ”( Seven Months Later )"Call me, Lucas! Call me my husband!" She cried in pains."But, my lady. You... ”" Call me my husband!" She yelled at the nurse who did that Immediately.Not quite long, Lucas walked in straight to her side." Hold me tight, don't let me go." She said in pains and tears." I will never leave you my love. I'm here for you, okay? " He assured her.She nodded continuously while the nurse asked her for a push.She screamed, her grip tight on Luca's hand. She kept gasping for air.The nurse ordered for another push which she did. Again and again, this she went on until sometime like a head was seen."I see it. I see it. One more push my lady.""Ahhhhh!!!"There came the cry of a baby filling the air."What do we have?" One of the nurse asked."It's a boy!"Lora stared at Lucas who offered her an assuring that everything was gonna be o

“ THE WAR... ”The time has come.On the battlefield stood the hunters and the demons.The night had already surfaced fully because that was the perfect time for wars like this especially when it has to do with this two creatures.Lucas sat on his black horse coated in pure golden armor with some other of his men who were actually his war front men.While the rest of his armies stood at the back. And from the gathering Lora walked silently to the front with her head covered with her coat cap, hiding her identity.No one seemed to have noticed her entrance until she made it to the front beside where Lucas stood.According to fate... Lora was meant to fight along side with him.Both leaders rode to the middle of the battlefield as a normal way to do. Luca's eyes held darkness, darkness the hunter leader feared not.He laughed evilly. "Do you think I'm scared? No. I've patiently waited for this moment to come and I'll mak

“ LORA IS ORDAINED... ”( A Week Later )"The war is in two days time, likewise your one year training is coming to an end. Lucas will be waiting for you. You always read his letters, don't you? " Asked Nyk as they stroll around the castle." Yes, " she replied with a nod. "I still have them with me.""That's good." She sighed deeply. " Tonight, you'll be fully ordained by the witch sisters. You'll be becoming a true witch, you have to get yourself ready before the time. "" I will. "Nyk nodded again.They kept quiet, none saying a word to each other as they kept walking.Lora groaned, rubbing her head slightly. Nyk looked at her."Are you okay?""Yes, it's just a little headache, I'll be fine."But the little headache was becoming so severe. She stopped walking, touching her head. Just then, she felt her stomach grumping and she felt neusea."Lora, is everything alright?" Nyk asked, holding her."I think

“ SAVED... ” ~ Matilda ~I picked the courage to talk to priestess Nyk. Even if they don't listen to me, I wanna live a clear mind.I knocked at her door."Come in." She permitted immediately without asking who it was. I guess she's kinda having a visitor.I walked, shutting the door gently behind me. Indirectly, or I'd say quietly taking in as much air as my nostrils can occupy." Matilda." She called my name in a surprise.No one expects me for a chat so, it's definitely not her fault seeing me."Please have a seat." She offered me and I sat while she dropped her ink, shifting the brown scroll beside. "Okay. Is there any way I can help you?""I wanna tell you something, it's been bothering me for some days now. " I started." Okay." She nodded. I'm listening. "" It's concerning Lora. " I said and her eyes widened in surprise."What does that mean? What has happened to her?!" She asked in a yell.

“ DARK LORA III... ”He flipped each page of the book over and over again. Life has been bored for him without Lora.It's been five months her haven't seen or heard from her and all he wished for was her safety.Only twice and that was two months ago his mother sent Lora's letter to him. Since then, no letter, nothing.Brian walked in with a scroll which contained the reports of the kingdom affairs.Taking it from him, he read through the reports, dropping it on his desk. He rubbed his eyes, everything was going well in the kingdom. But what about him?Even recalling his moments with her wasn't making things better, he wanted to see her. He wants her standing right beside him, promising him that she'd never leave his side.But still, he knew going to the witche's castle was the only option to keep her safe likewise everyone else.At night, when it was time for him to sleep, he would feel the bed empty.

“ DARK LORA II... ”" Lora..." It called once again.She knelt with a single leg. "Yes, mistress. Your servant is at your service. "She smirked evilly" Yes, I can see that." Said the voice. " Finally, I found you dear child. I've waited for months for your arrival, and now I've seen you, you'll be of a great task for me."" Your wishes are my command." She said still on her knee.Out of the witche's lips came a devilish laughter. It was so strong and hard to the listeners ears.~~~~~~~~~~~~She stretched her body as soon as she got down from the bed.Whew! What a long night.She looked at the sky. “ Oh! No. ” It's almost to nine.She rushed for a shower. She didn't take much time for the dressing, she ran to professor Morgan's class.She tried her possible best to make her entrance unknown as professor Morgan wrote on the board but, it ended up being in vain.