Novels by S. V. Poel

FionaI felt like a child in a classroom as we all looked at the two gray-haired women standing before us. Their combined aura was more intimidating than I cared to admit. I got the impression that Anne was much older than Aisling, despite looking like she was the younger of the two."I'll make this as short as possible, as I have somewhere else I'm needed that's honestly a lot more important than being here, explaining things to you .....""Short, but obviously not sweet," Dhara quipped from Matthew's lap with a smirk as Sharia and Maya giggled.My eyes widened as they went from Anne, to Dhara, and back to Anne again."Just like your mother, aren't you?" Anne asked as she glared at Dhara.Aisling rolled her eyes, clicking her tongue in irritation. "You all just need to shut up for once and listen to Anne. She knows more than all of you put together. It wouldn't exactly hurt you to have a mentor of her standards."Anne smiled as Dhara's face fell. "Aisling and I have known each other f

FionaThe air was eerily quiet around us as the sun set in the background, making the sky look like it was angry, or possibly embarrassed. I honestly couldn't tell which.It was as if nature itself knew the severity of what I had just done, and was shocked into silence. Not a tweet from a bird, a bark from a squirrel, nor a rustle of leaves from the wind, as there wasn't even a slight breeze. I couldn't even hear the water splash from Seneca Lake. It was like everything stopped to contemplate the meaning of life. After I swallowed the scratchy lump that had formed in my throat, I opened my mouth to speak, my voice hoarse thanks to the fire that had escaped it. "Why don't you all go home and try to relax for the night. I thank you all from the bottom of my heart for showing up and supporting me. The others and I have a lot to discuss and try to figure out."As if the Earth's silence became their own, the group of water fairies that stood behind me quietly dispersed.I turned around and

Senora The burning lava substance made it's way towards Aisling, as screams from the crowd filled the air around us, a combination of shock, fear, and anger as to what they were seeing of their elders.Rieka immediately stepped between Aisling and the burning material, stopping it with her powers."A little help would be nice!" Rieka yelled as she pushed her feet into the dirt to brace herself.You know how they say everything was in slow motion? Well, it wasn't. I didn't even have a chance to react as I watched from the porch, a mixture of emotions coursing through my body. I was completely clueless about how to react, and if it wasn't for Rieka ...."Colton, what the fuck are we supposed to do?! They're our elders!"Colton turned and looked at me with an equally confused and shocked expression. "You're asking me?! The fuck if I know!"Cerulean shook his head. "Rhi is the only one of us that can actually stop them without fighting them .....""We fu.cking SHOULD be fucking fighting t

FionaThe events that took place were all just a little too surreal. I was still having a hard time believing that the six dragon elders simply washed their hands of their long-standing duties, leaving the deities in complete charge of their hemispheres. But I suppose when you've gone so long living a lie about things that you stopped believing in, and losing children because of those things, you stop caring. Funny how the fear to stand up for what's right leaves one's mind once others are willing to do the same.The elder dragons all made their way back to their homes to take care of business, while the rest of us did the same. Once we were just a few hours from home, we decided to rent an SUV big enough to seat the seven of us comfortably and drive the rest of the way back. It was simply easier than trying to fly into the city as exhausted as we were.I was honestly enjoying the ride as I leaned onto Levi and he wrapped his arm around me. Everything finally felt .... right.Rhi's voi

Beckett"Trust me," Joseline said.Two simple words. For years, the fairies didn't trust the dragons. To be honest, we never really even had much to do with them. Whenever there was a ceremony held, everyone was invited out of courtesy, nothing more.But now the twist of fate has ripped the door of change off of its hinges, allowing things to happen that were never allowed to happen before. Changes that should have been allowed to take place so long ago, but couldn't thanks to a few of the close-minded, power-hungry, and arrogant elders in power. That, mixed with the fear that many had to stand up to do what's right.This is what happens when we allow others to have the power to be in control for so long. When one tries to force others to think, feel, and believe what they do, they no longer care about anyone other than themselves. Mix it in with a fear of what they don't understand and anger about what they don't agree with, and it creates hatred that shouldn't be. A hate that those i

FionaThe Andes, Copahue volcano to be specific. Of course, we would have to travel a ridiculous distance away from home and that puke would go to his own hemisphere. We all knew Glaurung would, it was just a matter of him tiring himself out enough to make a mistake and alert Fafnir of his general location. Despite the reason we were here, and the fact that we were bouncing around in one of the Avtoros Shaman 8x8s that Fafnir insisted on buying, I still appreciated nature's beauty as I looked out the window. It was raining, after all. What more could I ask for?In true fashion, I pissed off those who I instructed to stay behind when I told them that they had to watch over things in my absence, which went over as well as accidentally using super glue instead of lube on your privates.I can understand their frustration. Honestly, I can. Whereas I told them it wasn't their fight, it's really not my fight either, and yet here I am. I couldn't risk my fairies' lives for this, and I really p

Rieka As I unwillingly sat in the meeting room next to Seth, I anxiously played with the nonexistent ring that hadn't been on my finger for months. A habit that I'm sure will be impossible for me to break. It didn't matter how big the meeting room was, I still felt uncomfortable surrounded by 13 strangers. We could have been in the large banquet hall used to hold summits and other large events, and it wouldn't have mattered. I still would have felt claustrophobic. It didn't help that I had no desire to be here. Future Luna or not, I should be out there with the others looking for Izzy, not sitting here next to Seth with a group of Alphas and Lunas that I didn't know. "Long story short, Luna, we're here because Jo forgot to hang up the phone," Alice Starfield explained. "I heard everything and immediately called my sister. Before you knew it, we were all on our way here." Alice was a beautiful young woman with skin that was the color of hot chocolate on a cold winter's day. She

Rieka "Rhi? We seriously need to get up," Lupa's voice echoed in my mind, waking me from my deep slumber. With my eyes still closed, I yawned and stretched, and as my hands moved across the familiar fabric, I realized that I was lying in my own bed. Before my thoughts could go any further, a set of dog legs was on top of my right arm, holding me in place. I slowly opened my eyes, thankful that the lights were dim, and saw Amar staring at me with his right eye while wagging his tail excitedly. A smile crossed my face as I reached over with my free hand to scratch Amar behind his ear. "What the hell happened?" I asked the gray dog, knowing damn well he couldn't answer. "That was all you. We started to pass out after the stunt with the dragon, but in the process, you somehow did some weird evanesce-teleportation thing. We got home in one leap, and everything went dark," Lupa explained as I sat up. I let out a sigh as I scanned the room for Seth, only to see that he was nowh

Isabella "Wake up, you fucking, dumb bitch," a familiar female voice whispered into my ear. I cringed at the sound of the voice as I tried to force my eyes open, but my eyelids were still too heavy from the juniper. SMACK A crisp slap landed across the side of my face, and I winced from the shock more than the pain as I tried to bring my hands up to defend myself. Only I couldn't. I tried again before realizing that my hands were restrained to the wall behind me. My ass was numb from sitting on the hard floor, and I tried to reposition myself .... just to find out that my feet were restrained as well. SMACK A second slap went across my face, this time a little harder than the first. "I'm awake, you fucking cunt," I mumbled as my eyes slowly opened, though my vision was blurry. Red hair. The only thing I could easily make out was red hair. "I know. I've just been wanting to do that since I saw you," the woman's voice said as she roughly took hold of my chin, tilting

Damian I knew that something was seriously wrong as soon as I saw the look on Seth's face. Without bothering to get any details, I evanesced home, hoping to make it back as quickly as Rhi did. Only I quickly realized that I was nothing like her. Rhi had to have done some evanesce teleportation combo thing. Despite taking multiple leaps, I returned home much faster than I would have by driving or even letting Ace take over and run home. But it still took a lot of energy and was longer than I had anticipated. When I finally arrived in the entrance area of the pack house, I immediately collapsed to my knees. "BELLA?!" I yelled out as loudly as I could. "Will you fucking let me take over?!" Ace growled as he continued to fight for control. Really?! With what fucking energy?! Fix that, first! Ace let out an angry scoff before going quiet. "Damian?!?" Mia's voice called my name from the top of the stairs as she and Jay hurried towards me. "Are you OK? Where is everyone else?"

Laramie I had NO desire to have anything to do with the meeting. It's not like I was familiar enough with werewolves to say who should be bunking where. But, I didn't want to go fishing with the guys either, and Izzy was busy working. So I did what any logical vampire my age would do and went shopping. Izzy made my day when she asked about going riding. I got home as quickly as possible, hurried up the front stairs, ran to my room, and tossed my bags on the bed as I went to the closet to grab my riding boots. After switching shoes, I hid the bag I bought at the adult store and evanesced to the back porch. I knew better than to evanesce to the barn & risk freaking the horses out. As soon as I landed on the porch and took a step, something caught the tip of my riding boot, causing me to stumble toward the stairs. Luckily, I caught myself on the railing, and when I turned around to see what I tripped over, I realized it was a shoe .... a shoe attached to ... "Rhi?!?" I hurried t

Isabella I shut my laptop and stretched my arms above my head as I stood up from my office chair. Damian had asked if I wanted to go with him and the others to New York, but I've done enough traveling in my life. I was looking forward to having a few days to catch up on work. Plus, I had been working on a little surprise for Damian that I hadn't told anyone about. As I quietly made my way downstairs, I saw Sylvia walk out of the kitchen carrying a cup of tea. "Would you like one?" she asked as she walked up to me, her anklet lightly jingling with each step. I smiled as I shook my head. "No, thank you. I'm a coffee girl. Where's everyone else?" Sylvia snorted before answering. "All of the guys took off to go fishing first thing this morning. Jo, Delilah, Susan, Victoria, and Grace have been in the meeting room trying to figure out which visiting Alpha and Luna is going to stay where. Mia said she had some shopping to do and took off as soon as the others arrived. I can't