Novels by Fiona O.

"Good morning. I’m Dorothea Sinclair and welcome to today’s session of Under the Spotlight. I am sure that some of you are wondering where I am today and why this background looks different. That’s because, for this interview, I left the studio to conduct this interview in the home of our guest who is no stranger to the spotlight.” Dorothea announced. “Some of you might know her from September last year when she and her best friend, Isabel Gomez, were held hostage by two gunmen who kidnapped them from the club they both worked in. Some of you might also know her from her interview with me on this very show in March where we talked about her revolutionary app, Care Compass which was, and still is, making waves in the medical field. However, some of you might know her from everything that went down two months ago when she was kidnapped from a supermarket and held hostage for a week. Join me to welcome, the very beautiful and very intelligent, Cassie Peters.” She said and signaled to th

The first time Cassie had woken up as a captive, she had thought that that would be the most pain she would ever be in. She remembered how much her head hurt and how she had ached all over. Waking up again, she found that she felt a thousand times worse. She owed the shitty feeling in her entire body to Robert fucking Smith. After she had been caught trying to escape, he dragged her by her hair to the very room that she had escaped from. She had tried to struggle against him but her muscles ached from running around the house and anytime she made any form of movement against him, Robert would pause along the hallway to deliver a series of kicks to her midriff.When they had finally got to the room, he had exerted the second phase of his revenge by reopening the cuts that had been made on her arm earlier that week and adding a couple of new ones with the help of his switchblade. He followed it by wrapping his gangly fingers around her neck and choking her, letting his nails dig into he

When Felix finally awoke, he did so slowly, his vision blurry and his head heavy. Even as he was still half unconscious, he realized that he recognized the environment that he was in. It was all strangely familiar but yet, unsettlingly transformed. He was in a room in the Callahan mansion and judging from the size and layout of the room, he was in his old bedroom. The decor of the room had changed drastically since the last time he had been in the room. All of the posters of superheroes and bands had been taken down and replaced with modern art pieces. The color of the walls had been changed from a baby blue color to a dark gray one. His bedside table which had been formerly crowded with action figures and school books now spotted manila folders, stationery and a small potted cacti.The more Felix observed the room, the more it looked to him like someone had been staying there for a while. The hardwood floors had a few scuff marks on them at the points where the room’s furniture was.

Felix stumbled over the phone as he clumsily tried to pick up the phone. “Cassie. Are you hurt? Do you know where you are?” Felix asked, each word tumbling out of his mouth quicker than a response could possibly be given.He pulled his laptop closer to himself and hurriedly started to launch the software that he had been working on ever since the night of Cassie’s disappearance. He had already set his phone so that whenever Cassie's phone came online, he would be able to track it. It had a lot of flaws but it was the best he could come up with in such short time. He couldn’t just download a regular cell phone locator off the internet to locate Cassie’s phone as she had built a series of safeguards for her phone to ensure that it was heavily guarded. She had everything on it apart from a proper password; it was both ironic and amusing. He had tried launching the app multiple times but the search always came up blank, indicating that her phone had been switched off. Now, it showed that

She startled herself awake the next morning. There was no way for her to tell if anyone had entered the room while she was asleep. As she pulled herself from the ground, she decided that anytime she was going to fall asleep, she would do so with her back to the door so that if anyone were to try to enter the room, she would know. Throughout the entire day, she anxiously waited for someone to open the door but no one did. By the time it was evening, she got into the shower and had her bath again, this time putting on her clean and dry underwear, washing her dress and then hanging it close to the radiator so that it would dry faster. It was already dark out when the dress was dry enough for her to wear and when she left the bathroom, she found another cup of ramen and a bottle of water.She had started to worry that there was a camera in the room that Robert used to determine when she was in the bathroom to come and drop her food. Before she could think about it too much, she realized t

By Cassie’s calculations, she had been Robert’s captive for six days.When she had realized that it had been him that had taken her, she had had a lot of questions, some of which she hadn’t been able to answer. Since when had he gotten out of prison? Was he working in conjunction with Big Daddy? Had he also been a part of her house being set on fire and Isabel getting shot? Would he also be going after Felix and the twins later? Where exactly was this house that he had taken her to?She still found it bizarre that he had had a hand in her kidnapping as she had forgotten all about him after she and Isabel had testified against him in court. She chided herself for not seeing it coming. His exact words to her as they had carted him into the squad car on the day of his arrest had been: I’ll get you for this you stupid bitch! That day, she had thought that his words were just an empty threat of a mad man; she had never expected him to make good on it.Judging by the fact that it had been d

Aria’s POVOf all the things she could ask me to do to prove myself, she wants me to shift?I should be relieved at her request, because she’s literally giving me an easy way out. But I’m not. Not when Dianne was looking at me like shifting was going to expose some deep dark secret she and Keira shared.And I’m sure this has to do with the soul sisters stuff she was talking about between Zie, and Sia whom I suspect to be Dianne’s wolf.I tried reaching out to Zie again, but nothing,Same. Damn. Wall.I accepted my fate, and was about to tell Dianne the truth, when Zie suddenly showed up.“Aria,” she called out in what sounded like relief, but I was angry.So angry that if I could, I’d shut her off for good! “Have you had your fill of this shit show?” I asked bitterly.“I’ll answer that later,” she responded dismissively, and never in my entire life have I felt such a great urge to smack someone hard across the face.What does she mean by she’ll answer that later? Is all this a joke

Aria’s POV“Dianne?” I called out quietly, as I noticed a tear streak on her face. She’s been crying. “Are you alright?”Dianne didn’t answer my question immediately, as her gaze went straight to Isabella who was standing beside me.“Hi Dianne,” Isabella said, but Dianne ignored her, turning her attention back to me.I could tell something was going on between them both.“Keira, we need to talk,” Dianne said, her eyes holding a thousand emotions.“Sure,” I said, and Dianne stepped aside so I could enter.I moved past her, but the moment Isabella tried to follow, Dianne blocked her part.“Alone,” Dianne said firmly, leaving no room for arguments.Another confirmation that they aren’t fans of each other.“Oh…of course,” Isabella said lightly, then looked at me. “If you need me, you know where to find me.”Once Isabella’s receding footsteps could no longer be heard, Dianne shut the door.She pressed her forehead against the door for a second as though bracing herself.“Dianne?” I walked

Aria’s POVIsabella.What was she doing here in the middle of the night?Does she also live in the Pack house?I thought it was only the Alpha, Beta, and Gamma’s that stayed here.She isn’t a Beta, nor a Gamma, so, why is she here?I made my way over to where she was, completely lost in thoughts, tapping her feet on the floor impatiently.“Isabella?” I called out.She froze. Like a deer caught in headlight, the moment she saw me.“Keira!” She exclaimed, with wide eyes. “What are you doing here?”“I should be asking you that?” I threw the question at her.She chuckled, but I didn’t miss as her eyes darted around, as if expecting someone.“I couldn’t sleep,” she explained. “Came down for a glass of water.”“You sleep fully clothed?” I asked, narrowing my eyes slightly.I gave her a once over. She was fully dressed–jeans, sweater, and boots.“I also went for a walk,” She added, and I just nodded, not believing a word she said. Isabella bid me goodnight, and climbed up the stairs, and th

Aria‘s POVThe sound of angry voices was the first thing I heard when my eyes snapped open. I tried making sense of what's happening–who’s voices were those, and what was happening.And that was when I noticed my hands were tied behind my back, and I was on my knees.I looked around me, and all I could see were silhouettes of people surrounding me.I squinted my eyes in confusion, trying to make out the faces of everyone around me, who seemed both familiar and distant at the same time.Slowly, like a badly filmed movie, their faces became clearer, at the same time as the words they were chanting became much more clear.“Kill her!”“Kill the traitor!”“Burn her at the stakes!”The more the words echoed, the more the fog of confusion covering my mind cleared up.Their words and everything became painfully familiar–I was right back at the same night I was killed.“Keira Longhart,” a familiar voice called out coldly.Keira? Did they just call me Keira?I whipped my head in the direction o

Aria’s POV“Jaxon, stop!” I protested, trying to free my hand from his grip. But it was useless. Totally useless. Jaxon held me firmly so much that it stung.I tried looking behind to see what Alex was doing as I heard the kid moaning in pain, but Jaxon yanked me forward.“We have a meeting to attend.”“What did you ask Alex to do?” I demanded, fearing the worse. “He's just a child!”“You wanted him freed, right?” Jaxon said, not bothering to spare me a glance. “That's what Alex is doing. How he does it isn't of importance.”I parted my lips to respond, but decided against it. His response meant that Alex won't at least kill the kid.Right?Oh, goddess! Let me please be right.We soon arrived at the meeting hall, but Jaxon still didn't let go of my hand, but his grip wasn't as firm as earlier.“Alpha, Luna,” everyone present said I'm unison as we walked in, bowing their heads slightly.Jaxon gave a curt nod, his expression neutral, while I forced a polite smile, and did the same, but

Aria's POVThe rogue kid left before sunrise just like he said he would, but all through the night while he was in my room, I laid stiffly in bed, not daring to sleep even though my eyes were closed. I couldn't risk getting gutted in my sleep. Even though he was just a kid, he was still a rogue, and if there's one thing that's common knowledge to everyone when it comes to rogue, it was the fact that they were highly unpredictable.I managed to finally close my eyes with the few hours I had to sleep, but it still wasn't enough, as I woke up in a grumpy mood from my lack of sleep.If today was just any other day I'd have slept in, but today was Sunday, which meant Council meetings.Ugh! Can the day start off any worse than this?Don’t get me wrong, attending council meetings wasn’t exactly a bad idea, instead it's a great idea. This would help me in getting back at Curtis faster, but goddess, I could really use a couple of hours of sleep.Evelyn had already drawn me a bath, and as I go