Novels by stephanieandy218

When I finally made it home after school, my body was still bruised from warrior training. The house was quiet when I walked in, but that wasn’t unusual. My dad and Sebastian were mostly likely handling some sort of pack business, and Grace liked to spend her afternoons helping in the pack nursery.That was fine by me my bed was calling. I desperately needed an afternoon nap after the ass-kicking from this morning.“Scarlett?”Just as I was about to ascend the stairs, a voice stopped me in my tracks.I turned around to see Sebastian standing in the living room, looking even more serious than usual. I was surprised to see him here. In the year since he’d graduated high school, Sebastian had been spending less and less time at the house. My dad was grooming him to take over the Alpha position, and that meant keeping Sebastian glued to his side.“Yeah, what’s up?”“Can we talk?” He asked, his eyebrows furrowed.As he’d gotten older, it seemed that Sebastian’s face was permanently stuck i

Scarlett POV “Keep running! I want twenty more laps before class is over!”You’d think that if being human could ever work in my favor, it would probably get me out of warrior training the mandatory class that trained young werewolves in combat and fighting.But you would be wrong.Despite the fact that I could not turn into a werewolf (nor would I ever be a pack warrior), I still had to take warrior training with everyone else. I had tried to talk my dad into letting me skip the class more times than I could count, but he was resolute. He thought it would be a good way for me to feel included, to feel “strong like a wolf.”Unfortunately, it often made me feel the opposite.For a werewolf, running twenty laps around the big, open field we practiced in was no biggie. For a human who wouldn’t call herself an athlete, it was hell. My classmates continued to pass me on the track, laughing and talking like it was no more than a leisurely jog.My legs burned and every breath felt like a l

Scarlett POV “Were we supposed to have a test in Biology today?” Lily asked as she drove.“Yeah,” I shrugged, “It’s on the anatomy of the wolf form, and what genetic factors. play into the size of someone’s wolf form.”“Shit,” Lily cursed, “I totally forgot about that. Guess I’ll just have to copy off Brody. He’ll let me do it, I’m pretty sure he’s obsessed with me. I can practically see his canines drooling whenever I walk by.” (3I rolled my eyes playfully, although Lily was right. Brody was definitely obsessed with her, and he salivated like a dog or more like a horny werewolf whenever she walked by.Ugh, I am definitely not in the mood for a test or school today. Remember how I said that the pack had its own grocery stores and infirmaries? Those weren’t the only things on pack lands we also had our own school too:Blacktooth Primary School.Here’s the thing. When you’ve got hundreds of adolescent werewolves with heightened emotions and the ability to shift at will, you can’t exa

Scarlett POV I hardly slept that night.When I did finally doze off, I dreamt of a man.I couldn’t spot his face or hear his voice, but I saw his hands were large, with long, nimble fingers that could’ve belonged to a pianist and visible veins running from his knuckles down to his arms.I could make out his forearms too, but more specifically, the large tattoo that covered his left forearm. It sort of looked like a bird, but the body was something else: a panther or a lion, maybe? The shrill sound of my alarm woke me before I could get a closer look.“Scarlett!”As if the loud beeping from my alarm wasn’t enough, I had a second alarm today: Lily.“Scarlett! Turn that shit off, it’s been beeping for more than a minute!”What a perfect way to start my Monday morning.I didn’t need to open my eyes to notice that Lily was glaring at me from my doorway. She was even less of a morning person than I was, and everyone in the house’knew it. We’d all faced her early morning wrath more than on

Scarlett POV Whispers spread across the room like wildfire.My human ears couldn’t make anything out any of the murmurs from other pack members, so I just tried to focus on keeping calm. Did I want to attend some uber-important diplomatic meeting filled to the brim with short-tempered wolves?No.Did I have a choice in the matter?Also no. I might not have been the hub for all-things-werewolf knowledge, but even I knew that the Alpha King’s word was final. If the guy told you that he wanted you at a meeting, you were going to be there.“Okay, everyone, let’s settle down,” Dad’s voice boomed through the room, and the chatter ceased immediately. “I’ve already contacted one of the Alpha King’s contacts about Scarlett’s attendance. The King is aware that she’s human, but she’s also an Alpha’s daughter, so he’s not willing to make an exception.” I wasn’t sure if I should be pissed or flattered. Part of me was touched that my dad had already gone out of his way to get me out of this whol

Scarlett POV The walk to the pack house was short, and within ten minutes, we were walking through its massive foyer. The pack house was the biggest home in our territory, and since it was used for meetings, parties, or other pack events, it was made to house close to a thousand people if needed. It was designed like one massive log cabin with chairs, couches, bean bags, and other furniture scattered throughout the living room.From the moment we walked in the door, there were people.*Everywhere.The elders of our pack were seated on the couches, sipping their coffee and engaging in small talk. A couple of mated couples cuddled up on love seats and chairs, completely tuned out to everything but each other. Some of the pack warriors stood around laughing and joking in groups, most of them unmated or keeping their mates at home.As soon as my father stepped through the door, a gradual silence swept over the room and all eyes fell on us. The conversation ceased and many people inclined