Novels by KINANA

SELENA’S POVThe fire I set up died to the wind minutes after the maidens slept off. One by one the flames curled inward, then went black, now there is only I, darkness, and sounds of trees blowing cold wind. I sat up with my back against the long tree, my breath came out in the wind, then disappeared, I was thinking of how everything is going back at home. By now the news that I escaped the palace with Arden and some maidens must have reached out to my mother. She would be worried sick like she always have since I was four when I wandered into the east wing on a snowy day, got lost for some hours and came back with burrs in my hair, she would be standing at the window checking if I had returned, every step she hears she’d run outside to check if I have retuned with Arden and possibly the maidens I escaped with. It’s been two days since I left her and my dad to rescue Arden, I wonder if she is eating well or if she is starving. The thought of her skipping meals made air cut from m

SELENA’S POVI stretched out on Draven’s bed, the moonlight spilling across the white silk of my new gown, revealing my shape. It was pooling on my lap, then on my thighs, and finally on my collarbone. The fabric was cool at first, then warming. The gown clung to my body, revealing everything exactly how I thought of it, this gown is just like the one I used the first night Darius saw me and lost feelings for Elara. On the bed I sprayed dark red rose petals, dampened with the moonlight, the atmosphere smelt like Darius. I lay slanted on the bed, my right hand on the pillow the slightly bent towards my face, my left leg curved up a little giving me a hot look. An hour passed, then two and three, Darius still wasn’t here, I could not wait any longer, I slipped out from the bed, wore my fluffy slippers, reached out to his closet, took a long red robe, and set out for Darius private study. I stopped in the hallway, adjusted my gown, flipped my hair backwards allowing it to spray on my

ELARA’S POVSeeing Arden jump and scream in amusement, I felt settled. I had always craved the sight of him jumping at the awakening of my power, and right now, I felt accomplished. While watching him scream at the top of his voice, I felt a flash in my eyes, more like a vision but it was fast. Something bad was about to happen, but I couldn’t tell what it was. I tried calling on my wolf, but for some reason, it was silent. I kept trying, but there was no response from it. The vision flashed again, it was clearer than the first one, all I saw was Arden running from something, while trying to see what he was running from, one of the maidens screamed, jolting me out of the little trance. “Help..help.” She screamed as she came towards us. She was being chased by a mountain shadowcat, a beast that was twice a giant with white-gray fur, it comes out during winter. She tripped and fell, as the beast was about to kill her I yelled, it’s focus drifted to me. It ran towards me at full sp

I moved forward to the stone, stretched my hands towards it, pressed the stone and I began shifting back into my human form. I couldn’t control my shift or my powers yet, my bones began cracking, pain was an understatement of how I was feeling now, my powers were out of control, I shot at a side of the tunnel and it melted down. What if I hurt Arden? I had to stop, but I can’t. It felt like the powers were controlling me, I began hearing different voices within me, only if I could hear my wolf's voice, I would know what to do. My hands twisted backwards, the sound of my bones breaking was being heard by Arden and the maidens, my head spun round, my eyes turned gold , I growled silently in pain. What is going on with me? Stop please! Arden stepped towards me, trying to calm me down, the other maidens were scared I’d kill them after seeing how I melted a side of the tunnel. As he placed his hands on me, I used my claws to scratch his hands. I wasn’t the one doing it, I regret not

ELARA’S POVDust hung in the air, I stood still, frozen. I stood still, my breath catching as I stared at the wall of rubble and stone, where a doorway should be. My heartbeat wasn’t stable anymore, the beat was four times as usual, the smell of dusty air hit the back of my throat, dry, I pushed my saliva into my throat, trying to wet it. The thoughts of being stuck here got me widening my eyes, my mouth parted as disbelief of being stuck here flickered my mind, my shoulder felt heavy, like someone carrying an invisible stone, i clenched my jaws, my neck was in deep pain, there was always light at the end of this tunnel, how come it’s dark, all my hope was thrown into the darkness. This tunnel is our only escape route. Back when it wasn’t blocked by stones and dust, it was just a narrow gap behind Theron’s chamber, big enough to contain three kids at the same time. Darius and I would always run through here every day, playing games, most times he’d take my snacks while running thro

I didn’t say yes and I couldn’t say no. Before I knew it, I was running. The tea room door slammed behind me. My lungs burned. My dress tangled around my legs as I bolted down the corridor, towards the gate. Away from Darius.“Elara!” His voice cracked behind me.“Stop!”I already lost count of how many times my name had been screamed in the last two days.My body ached like something was clawing its way out from under my ribs. Pressure built up in the pit of my belly as pain shot through my body. It was way worse than the pain from bonding. I skidded to a stop in the empty courtyard, letting the moonlight hit my face but all I could see was red.The moon was red.Pain exploded through my spine as I dropped to my knees unable to run further. My hands clawed at dirt.A very bright light burst through my skin and I screamed, except no sound came out. The courtyard lit up like a second moon had fallen. Shouts filled the air and heavy footsteps approached my direction. I could hear a few