Novels by Lakisha Ivy

My heart slammed wildly in my chest. Kael?! How the hell did he get my number? And why the hell was he calling me now?Before I could think too hard about it, Dain reached over and plucked the phone right out of my hand."What do you think you're doing?" I snapped, my voice coming out sharper than I intended.Dain didn’t flinch. His thumb hovered just above the decline button as he responded calmly. “If you don’t want to answer," he said, eyes locked on mine with concern, "you don’t have to. You shouldn’t if you’re not ready. I don’t know everything going on right now, but you know you’ve always been my priority. I can handle everything if you need me to."My throat constricted. This was Dain. Steady, loyal Dain. Even though Kael was his friend first, he’d always stood by me. Even if it meant pissing Kael off.But that loyalty wasn’t enough now. Not when he didn’t k

At some point in my downward spiral, my legs had given way, and Dain had rushed forward to catch me before I could hit the ground. His hands were steady, despite the restraints, and warm against my arms. The contact startled me back into myself, and I jerked away quickly, shaking him off."I don’t need your help," I muttered, backing away, more from myself than from him.So what if he was right and they thought I was dead like I did, and that’s why I’d been left alone in this world to fend for myself, and Kael hadn’t actually rejected me because he was fed up with me. None of that mattered. That was then. This was now.Things had changed, each and every one of our circumstances. And my situation now couldn’t afford to get distracted, not when Maya’s life was still dangling in the balance.She was the priority. The only thing that mattered.And if there was a cure for what was happening to her, I needed to get my

My words must have hit the mark right at the center with the way her jaw clenched and her hands twitched like she wanted to rip something in half.Bringing war to herself was the last thing Dr. Veyra wanted. She stood stiffly, staring at the console. As much as she didn’t want any kind of war, she didn’t like the idea that the Alpha, acting or not, of Silverclaw had found the lairs of her lab.Her body shook with the anger she could barely contain. This was the most uncomposed I’d ever seen her, it was nerve-wracking."Dammit,” she muttered, swearing under her breath. “Of all the cursed wolves in the world, it had to be the acting Alpha of Silverclaw, huh? What the hell does he want with my lab? I’ve never even brushed their radar."I didn’t know the answer to that either, but I had a feeling we were about to find out."So what, we just leave him out there?" Veyra snapped. "Because we’re scared of a little war?""That’s what we have to find out,” I tried to patronize, my heart skippin

The last message from the order was still echoing in my head when the distant echo of shouts and a sharp but faint siren-like sound resounded through the lab. It was followed by hushed voices, and then boots slamming against the tiled floors as they rushed past the hallway outside the lab I was in.My heart jolted.Maya.I bolted to the door, yanking it open in time to see a blur of security personnel rushing down the corridor with their comms pressed to their ears.But besides them, there were a few lab technicians who moved around with trays and containers, with a minute sense of urgency, though they lacked the tension the security personnel seemed to have.My pulse kicked up. Was something happening to Maya because I hadn’t made my choice immediately?I reached out and grabbed the sleeve of a passing lab assistant. "What's going on? What's happening?"He blinked at me like I’d interrupted his thought. “No idea. Probably something about sensors going off. Who knows.” Then he walked

I stumbled backward, my grip on my phone slipping instantly. It clattered to the floor with a sickening crack that echoed through the lab. My hand flew to my chest as my lungs locked in their panic mode. The other hand flailed blindly, searching for anything to keep me upright. My fingers brushed the cold edge of the lab table, and I latched on like I might fall straight through the floor.What in the…How did anyone even…My thoughts tangled, and my breath hitched. A tremor raced through me as I stared at my phone lying face-up on the ground, its screen glowing with the still-open email and those words.I spun around, scanning the lab like a hunted animal. My gaze darted to the smoke detector above the door, to the shadowed corners of the ceiling, to every piece of equipment lining the sterile counters. Looking for the impossible. A lens. A shadow. A blinking red light. Something to explain how they were watching me.But there was nothing.No camera. No trace. No eyes.Then how the h

I had silently fumed throughout the ride to the lab. It was probably why the men in the front seat didn’t even bother to blindfold me as we went back. I was too wrapped up in my own head. The adrenaline that had carried me through drugging Kael and escaping had finally started to wear off somewhere along the highway.My pulse had begun to slow, but the fire in my chest only seemed to burn hotter with every mile we passed.What the hell had I done?No. I shook the thought out. I couldn’t backtrack. I’d done what I had to do. What I believed was right for my sanity. I deserved to find out the answers of my own, too.Still, a thousand scenarios clawed at my brain. Had Kael woken up yet? Had he found out and realized what I’d done? Was he furious?I swore under my breath, trying to tell myself a dozen times that it didn’t matter now what he felt.That was my choice, and I made it with my full chest. I would accept a