Novels by ravenvale10

Lilian's POVI watched Kade nearly die from the shadows.Watched the guardian pin him. Watched corrupted claws press against his throat. Watched the moment he accepted death.And I realized I could not let it happen. Not like this. Not when I could stop it.So I moved. Fast. Silent. The way Viktor taught me before everything went wrong.My blade found the guardian's heart. Pierced corrupted flesh and ended a life that should have ended years ago.Riven beat me to the kill by seconds. But I had been there. Ready. Willing to save the wolf I once tried to destroy.The irony was not lost on me.Now I stood at the cave entrance watching the team prepare for retreat. Watching them load freed captives and organize defenses.They had no idea I was here. No idea I

Kade's POVThe guardian stepped through falling rubble like it weighed nothing.Stone that would have crushed normal wolves bounced off its massive frame. Each movement was liquid grace wrapped in nightmare flesh.But something about the way it moved triggered recognition in my mind. The stance. The weight distribution. The predatory circling.I knew this wolf."Fall back to the entrance." I kept my eyes on the guardian. "Get the survivors out.""We are not leaving you." Kael stood beside me. Blade drawn."You will if you want those captives to live." I gestured toward the cages where wolves still screamed. "That is your mission now. I will handle this."Marcus grabbed Kael's arm. "He is right. We complete the objective."Kael looked torn. But he nodded. S

Kael's POVI never imagined I would lead Council wolves into battle.Yet here I stood at the entrance to the corrupted nest with fifty warriors behind me. Half wore Phoenix Pack colors. The other half bore Council insignia.Enemies united by necessity. The irony was not lost on anyone."Remember the plan." I kept my voice low. "We go in quiet. Map the interior. Find the captives. Then signal for the main force."Kade nodded from my left. His specialists were scattered through the group. Silent killers trained for exactly this kind of mission.To my right stood Marcus, a Council commander who had probably dreamed of killing me a month ago. Now he checked his weapons with professional efficiency."How deep does this go?" Marcus studied the cave entrance. Dark stone swallowed all light beyond the first few feet."Scouts estimate three levels." I pulled out the map Evander had provided. "Captives are likely on the lowest level. That is where they would keep the transformation chambers.""

Evander's POV I hated neutral ground meetings.The clearing sat exactly halfway between Council territory and Phoenix Pack lands. Trees surrounded us on all sides. No cover. No advantage for either party.Just open space and the pretense of civility between enemies.Elder Marius arrived with four guards. I brought the same. We faced each other across ten feet of grass that might as well have been a battlefield.He looked worse than I remembered. Gray hair thinner. Face more lined. The battle with corrupted forces had clearly taken its toll on Council wolves too.Good. Let him suffer as we had suffered."Alpha Evander." Marius inclined his head slightly. Not quite a bow. Just acknowledgment. "Thank you for meeting me.""I have not agreed to anything yet." I kept my voice neutral. "Your messenger delivered a proposal. I came to hear your reasoning.""Direct as always." Something that might have been respect flickered in his eyes. "I appreciate that quality.""Save the flattery." I cros

Kael's POVThree days after the battle and I still found blood on the stones.I knelt in the courtyard scrubbing at a particularly stubborn stain. My hands were raw. My back ached. But the work helped. Kept my mind occupied.Around me, wolves moved through cleanup with exhausted determination. Bodies needed burial. Wounded needed tending. Structural damage needs repair.The mountain looked like a war zone. Because it was.We won. That was what everyone kept saying. We defeated Mordain and scattered his corrupted army. Victory.But victory felt hollow when I counted the cost.Over a hundred warriors are dead. Dozens more were injured so severely they might never fight again. Sera lay in critical condition. The healers worked around the clock to keep her alive.And that was just the physical damage.Riven remained comatose. Trapped in whatever trance had consumed him when he called the spirits. Three days and he had not stirred. Had not woken. Just lay there breathing but absent.Sabine

Sabine's POVI should not have been standing.Every healer in the wing told me to stay down. To rest. To let my body recover from the spirits draining my life force.But Evander was fighting Mordain. The corrupted leader who had killed my ancestors. Who had tortured my bloodline for centuries. Who now threatened everyone I loved.So I stood. Pushed past the pain and weakness. Walked on legs that barely held my weight.Kael tried to stop me at the door. "Sabine, you cannot. You will kill yourself.""Maybe." I moved past him. "But I am not letting Mordain walk away. Not after everything he has taken from us."The bond with my mates pulsed weakly. I felt Evander's exhaustion. Felt him fighting with everything he had. Felt him slowly losing ground despite the spirits' help.And I felt Riven. St