Novels by carameljoyy

The cold air blew past the curtains. "Arghhhhh." I groaned, rubbing my hands against my eyes. I must have left the window open last night.I sat upright on my bed and turned to my side and there he was. My sweet Eli. I almost teared up looking at him. He was still sleeping, and he was sleeping peacefully. He didn't know what was coming.I glanced at the clock. 5am."Oh shit." I had woken up earlier than I planned to. I let out a deep sigh.And suddenly the thoughts started clouding my head. My hands started fidgeting."Are you really going to do this?" A voice said. “You know you can't leave your dad. He needs you." Another voice said."SHHUTT IITT," I said out loud. Loud enough to wake the neighbourhood. I got myself up and turned to see if Eli had woken up.He hadn't.I got up, slipped into my running shoes, and left the house.I couldn't stop thinking about my dad, or my fate once I got home. I couldn't stop overthinking what exactly would happen when I arrived. I was about to lea

The howl cut off suddenly. The pathway filled with absolute silence.I let out a shaky breath and moved forward into the darkness, pulling Eli tight against my chest. My heart still hammered against my ribs, braced for the sound of spears, for guards to emerge from the tree line, for something. But nothing came.No footsteps. No guards. No wolves. Just the rattling sound of leaves, the cool wind blowing through the branches and the distant sound of my own breathing.I kept moving. Then I saw it.It was an iron horn mounted on a post at the tree line, half hidden by overgrown bush. It is triggered automatically by any wolf crossing the border after dark.Not Caelum. Not any wolf. Just a border alarm.Air rushed back into my lungs. My legs unstiffened. My defense instinct pulled back.Just the alarm, I told myself. Nobody felt you. Nobody knows you're here yet.I pressed my lips to the top of Eli's head and kept walking.I had barely taken three more steps when the air around me turned

The cold breeze blew past me as I made my way out of the hospital, pulling my coat tighter around my shoulders. "Mum! Mum!"I heard him before I saw him. Across the narrow street, Eli jumped on his toes beside his daycare teacher, waving his arms like I’d been gone for years instead of hours. A smile cut through my fatigue. I waited for a yellow taxi to move past, then jogged across the pavement and scooped him into my arms. "My sweet boy," I murmured, pressing my nose against his cheek. "Mummyyy!" He giggled, wrapping his small arms tightly around my neck. I thanked his teacher, took his backpack, and held his hand as we walked the three blocks to our apartment building. "I love his eyes," an elderly woman smiled as she passed us, pausing on the sidewalk. "Such a unique silver."I offered a quick, fake smile. "Thank you."The moment she walked past, the smile faded immediately. Eli had silver eyes, his father's eyes and that was what got me every single time. Every stranger who

"You're so beautiful," Caelum's voice whispered softly in my mind."Thank you, my Alpha."In my head, I saw myself touching our baby's head, watching Caelum smirk as he murmured, "He really looks like you...""SERA. Sera. S...e...r...a."I blinked, pressing both hands flat against my stomach.Nell stood over me, waving a hand in front of my face before setting a steaming cup of coffee on the small table beside the bed. She took one look at me and sighed.She crossed to my side and pressed the back of her hand to my forehead. Her brown eyes softened, shifting from worry to quiet, certain realization."Your temperature is elevated," she whispered. "And you haven't been able to eat since Tuesday."I looked away, pulling my knees to my chest. "It's just the bond sickness.""I have two boys, Sera," Nell said gently, sitting back. "Bond sickness makes a wolf feverish and distant."Silence stretched over the small room, thick and heavy."You can't tell them," I said, my voice cracking like dr

I stood at the foot of the eleven stone steps, my heart hammering against my ribs.The amphitheater was packed with five hundred wolves from both the Ashwood and Ironveil packs. Above us, the luminosity of the full moon made the amphitheatre glow. At the top of the dais stood Alpha Caelum Voss. He was broad shouldered, tall with silver eyes you could get lost in. My fated mate. I whispered to myself as a smile bloomed across my lips. Three months ago, a lowborn wolf like me could never have dreamed of this. Getting married to a high born wolf? It was out of reach. Lowborns were expected to tend to pack duties and stay out of high ranking affairs. But over the past few months, Caelum had changed everything. He had looked at me differently, listened keenly when I spoke of midwifery. Made me feel like I truly mattered. I took my first step up the damp stone. I looked over to the Ashwood side of the amphitheatre. Just then my father gave me a quiet, reassuring nod, his weathered hands