Novels by Black Swan

"Lyra!!" Kael’s voice boomed down the corridor... Fuck, he was searching for me.​My heart slammed against my ribs like a battering ram. The gate issue hadn't taken him nearly as long as I’d hoped.​"Lyra? Are you in the guest room?"​I heard a door handle rattle down the hall, followed by a low curse from Kael when he realized my room was empty.​Full panic flared in my chest, but I forced my hands to stay steady. I shoved the vault door shut and swung the portrait back into place. His footsteps were heading straight toward the study now...Fuck...at this rate, he would catch me here.​"Lyra?"​He was right outside the door.​I looked around the dark room frantically. The doorknob began to turn, but thankfully I had locked it from inside too.​"What the hell...?" Kael muttered from the other side, his tone instantly shifting from confused to dangerously alert.​I hugged the stolen documents to my chest, my eyes darting toward the floor-to-ceiling glass doors leading out onto the seco

Chapter 4Before his mouth could touch mine, a loud phone ring shattered the quiet tense atmosphere.Thank the goddess...​Kael froze, his lips hovering a millimeter from mine. He let out an irritated sigh and pulled back, reaching into his suit pocket for his phone. He looked at the screen, and his dark eyes narrowed in annoyance.​"What is it, Marcus?" Kael answered, his voice hard and obviously pissed about being interrupted.​"Alpha, sorry to bug you this late," his Beta said over the speaker, his voice clear and casual. "The delivery trucks from the southern packs just sent some supplies, but the gate system is frozen and won't let them in. The drivers are blocking the main road and waiting for your approval to bypass the security code."​Kael’s jaw tightened, he looked like he was about to say the code, then he looked at me, and sighed deeply. "Tell them to park by the side gate. I’ll come down to the security office and sign off on it myself."Oh...he didn't want me to know the

Chapter 3​The cold night air slapped me in the face the second the guards escorted me out of the auction hall. I sucked in a deep breath, trying to clear the disgusting taste of wolfsbane smoke from the back of my throat, but my lungs just felt tight and heavy.​Kael walked right beside me, his long strides effortless. He stopped by the curb where a massive black SUV was idling, surrounded by armed guards. He glanced down at my bare legs and the thin fabric of the black dress they had dressed me in, then slipped his suit jacket off his shoulders."Lyra, you're shivering...oh goddess. Hold on, let me put this on you."​He draped the jacket over me, his heavy hands lingering on my collarbones. His thumbs brushed against my bare skin.​My skin crawled so violently I thought I was going to vomit. Right there, under his thumbs, was exactly where Vivian’s knife had carved into me. I could still feel the phantom heat of my own blood soaking through my clothes, the wetness of the silk nightg

Chapter 2​My eyes snapped open.I gasped and coughed as huge amounts of air filled my lungs that were still burning as if that silver blade was still buried deep in my chest.​I scrambled to touch my stomach, but there was no blood. No ruined silk gown...No Kael kissing Vivian over my dying body... Nothing...it wS almost like it never happened.​I turned to look at my surroundings even though my head was throbbing violently, with cold air biting at my bare skin. The sharp, bitter stench of wolfsbane smoke hit the back of my throat, making me dizzy. Around my wrists, heavy silver chains clinked loudly as two guards dragged me onto a raised wooden platform.​The auction. You’ve got to be fucking kidding me.​I stared down at my hands. Dirt and old bruises from my pack's invasion still covered my skin, but it was completely whole. The knife wounds were gone.​Tears prickled my eyes, my breath coming in ragged, terrified hitches. My heart pounded against my ribs so hard I thought it wou

Chapter 1All I could taste was blood.All I could see was my blood leaking out from the fresh hole in my stomach."Please... help me... don't..." I whispered weakly, turning slowly toward my killer. The bloody knife still dangling from her hand."For someone who's about to die, you sure do talk a lot! Take a look around you, Lyra... who the fuck do you think is coming to help?" Vivian, my husband's former mate, chuckled as she strolled closer, enjoying every second of the show.I looked down at my bleeding body, my white silk nightgown was ruined, stained dark red. The wet fabric clung to my wound. I pressed my both hands hard against my stomach, but the warm blood just kept leaking through my fingers, pooling onto the floor.My knees gave out and I collapsed on the wet ground of the master bedroom, my cheek pressing against the cold, expensive carpet my husband and I had picked out together just three months ago."Kael..." I choked out, staring helplessly at the empty doorway."Some