Novels by Carina Coldwell

EstherThe moment things almost settle, the chaos starts. Members of Até’s army run away, and our pack members want to chase them. Josh rushes to Hilda’s side as a wolf. Their snouts meet, creating the most majestic image I’ve ever seen. The full moon and the almost dark sky are here to bear witness to this encounter. Their eyes are closed, and I wonder if they are communicating with each other using a mindlink or if they are just listening to each other’s heartbeats. It’s so beautiful to such an extent that we are all quietly watching.I feel a pinch of jealousy and guilt, because I will never give that to Dominic; he will never know the feeling of being like that with his mate. Dominic comes back from the dungeons and places his arm around my shoulder. “I’m sorry,” I say to him.“It’s okay,” he kisses my forehead. “You have prevented much more damage from Até’s army. It would’ve been chaos.” “Don’t try to make me feel better.”“I’m not, I’m serious.”“Dominic is right.” Logan wa

Esther‘Gee! I wonder what would’ve happened if I killed her,’ Dominic says sarcastically in my mind.‘Her minions were going to come here to kill us,’ I respond.Até walks towards me, my heart is beating so fast. She is here to remind us of who she is, I almost forgot this unpredictable part about her.“Your heartbeat is betraying you,” she grins. “Even though you are trying to keep a straight face, which is actually not that bad, your heart refuses to cooperate. What a weak vampire you are who can’t control her heartbeat when she really needs to.”“What do you want?”“I told you what’s I want,” she sighs. “Do I have to repeat myself over and over again? Anyway, here is my army, or some part of it. I have millions of vampires who are on my side. One wrong move and you will never see your daughter ever again. What I have just demonstrated here by killing my right hand man,” she looks on the ground at the body. “What I have just demonstrated is that I have nothing to lose, if you ki

Esther"But we need her," I say to him."After everything she did?" He grumbles. "Yes, even after everything she did."Dominic hesitates as he removes his hand. Até's wound closes as soon as Dominic lets go, and Até sighs with relief. "Phew! For a second. I thought I saw my life flash before my eyes." She glances at me and then at Jane. "Thank you, girls."Logan pushes the door open without knocking. "Até? What is she doing here?" he grumbles. "We invited her," Jane says. "You completely forgot about her affair with your father and that she tried to kill us?"Thank you, Logan," Dominic says. "I'm starting to suspect witchcraft. There's no way in hell we are suddenly Até's best friends.""Did I forget to mention that you don't have a choice?" She says with a smirk. The four of us perk up, waiting for her to do something. I begin to regret letting her in, but she is a queen of chaos, and who knows what she would have done if we refused to let her in? "I told you that nothing would

Esther“We don’t need your help,” I glance at Jane for at least a murmur of agreement, but her eyebrows are furrowed and she has a distant look on her face. “What are you thinking about?” I ask her.“Nothing,” she shakes her head. “This is interesting,” Até laughs. “I know a lot of things that you don’t know, you know. I know many vampires and let me tell you, war is coming, and you are going to need me.”“We don’t need you,” I say to her.“Are you sure?” She grins. “I could prove myself to you to show you what I mean. There’s so much that you don’t know here, and I could help you.”“We don’t need your help, not after what you did to my mother.”“But I loved your father,” she says. “Why would I hurt the daughter of the man I loved?”“What do you want to tell us?” I ask. “May I please get in the room so that we can talk?” Jane and I exchange a glance, and then a nod. We stand aside to let her in but we keep our guards up. With Até in the room, we need to watch each other’s

Esther“We are not undressing each other,” I protest. “Can we please focus on what’s important here?”“Fine,” Jane says with a smirk.‘You are childish,’ I roll my eyes at her. “Anyway,” I say out loud. “We need to work together for this. There’s no way I’m going to let Charles get himself out of this.”“But I don’t want to be part of...”“You already are part of this. There’s no way out, and if you give up complete ownership of this forest, someone else might come to claim it, it could be Felix, Boris, Enzo or William. Do you really want that to happen?”“I said I was giving it to you.”“And put the lives of so many werewolves in danger? Hell no, and incase you forgot, I have a daughter to protect, whom I love very much and she is growing where she is, without me getting an opportunity to hold her. Do you have any idea how much I’m suffering?” My voice breaks, but I keep it together. I need to practice more how to show emotions a little less. Dominic’s eyes flash with someth

Esther“What is it that I don’t know?” I look from Jane to Dominic. The entire room is silent, and the only thing they are doing is exchanging glances. “We never intended to kill Felix,” Jane sighs. “Uhm, Why?” I ask, confused. “Why have we been chasing Felix around if we were never going to kill him? After everything he did?”“Why is no one helping me out here?” Jane looks around. I follow her gaze and everyone is keeping a straight face. “We spoke about this when you were locked up by Felix in London.”“And no one thought they should tell me?” “I changed my mind, Jane,” Dominic says lazily. “But you didn’t think of telling us first?” Logan asks. “Telling who what? Could someone please tell me why you are all suddenly best friends with Felix?”“We wanted Felix to live so that he can feel how it is to be a servant,” Dominic says. “ Although his minions think they are doing this for themselves, they are technically working for him, and you know there’s nothing that Felix

Dominic ‘You hate me that much?’ Apollo asks, a little sad and not angry like he usually is. ‘You will be spending eternity without Esther. You let her go. Again.’ ‘Thanks for rubbing it in,’ I say dryly. He responds with a growl. ‘What do you want me to do, Apollo?’ ‘You can kill everyone in the world for all I care. All I want is my mate!’ he grumbles.Aiden knocks once and opens the door to my study. I’ve been spending a lot of time in my study and avoiding my bed, where Esther’s scent still lingers. “You okay, Dom?” “Dealing with Apollo’s tantrums,” I sigh. ‘Yeah, sounds like him.’ He sends a mindlink and then chuckles audibly. ‘Is it about her?’ I nod. 'And about Felix. We despise Felix.’ ‘I still can’t believe you let him get away with it. You had a reason to kill him legally, but you didn’t, he closes the door and sits on the other side of the desk. ‘I know,’ I groan. ‘Why?’ I glare at him. Can’t he see the obvious reason? ‘Esther feels like Felix is the only one wh

Willow It has been two weeks since our encounter with Liam, and I keep pushing the questions that bother me to the back of my mind. I can’t completely ignore Liam’s words, but he could be lying like the psycho he is. Leo and I have fallen into this comfortable relationship. I don’t know how it happened, but most of my stuff is at his apartment. We are sitting comfortably on a couch, watching TV, with my head resting on his shoulder. “Are you telling me that Liam was one of thw wolves bear-sprayed, when I bear-sprayed those wolves at Carkeek Park?” I ask him. “Willow? Is that a smile I see on your lips?” He gasps. “You are a little devil, you know that.” “Me? It’s not a smile.” I bite my lower lip. “It’s okay, you can laugh.” He laughs heartily, and I pause mid-laughter, staring at him. “What’s wrong?” he raises his brow. “You look so happy,” I smile. “I am,” he grins before kissing my forehead. * In the morning, we eat breakfast at a restaurant, and Leo heads to his lab, wh

Willow Leo kisses me, unzipping the back of my dress my dress. We continue to kiss when the dress falls, as he cups one of my butt cheeks. I unzip his pants, letting them fall on the floor. We move to the couch without breaking the kiss, and he sits on the couch, letting me straddle him, my eyes widen as I feel his bulging manhood, suddenly feeling nervous. “Should I stop?” He whispers, and I shake my head in response. He kisses my neck while he lets out a primal growl. His breath on my neck feels a little ticklish, but it makes me want him more. He holds my butt as we kiss on the lips, and then his hands caress my back as they move upward to unfasten my bra, exposing my breasts. He kisses one of my breasts, and I moan as he does. “Leo,” I exhale. His hand is on my back, pulls me close to him, letting my opening feel his cock. He uses the fingers of his other hand to circle my nipple, while his mouth is on my other breast. I just gasp, feeling helpless while my whole body resp

Willow “Mine!” He growls, his eyes wide and his gaze on the door. This is followed by a soft tap on the door, and I look from Jeremy to the door. “My mate,” he rushes to open the door, and we come face to face with a woman who is about 5’7”. She is a redhead with beautiful freckles on her nose bridge and the sides of her nose. Her eyes widen, and she presses her lips together. She stares at Jeremy who has calmed down, and looks at her as if he doesn’t believe she exists. She looks mad instead of surprised, then she abruptly walks away. Jeremy stands still, whimpering as if he is in pain. I close the door, facing Jeremy. I pull my by his hand, and he seems to be following me mindlessly. I make him take a seat, and he does without saying a word, as if he is a zombie that is following commands and there is a part of him that is gone. I run to my dresser to grab my phone, and I call Leo, hoping that he picks up. “Willow?” “I need you in my dorm room. It’s Jeremy.” “What happene

Willow “Someone is knocking on my door,” I whisper. “Open the door, but don’t hang up yet.” “Hi, Professor Malino.” I say as I open the door, my hands shaking a little. “Come in.” I hang up on Leo, satisfied that at least he knows who it is. She awkwardly stands in the centre of the room, looking around as if lost. I offer her some refreshments and she shakes her head. We take a seat at my table, and I try to read her face, but it is blank. “Willow, I’m sorry had to see that,” she exhales. “Do you at least have an explanation?” She nods. “I have a confession to make.” I watch her expectantly. Waiting for her to continue. “I haven’t told Leo this, but my sister is suffering from vampire syndrome.” A tear trickles down her cheek. “Oh my God! Professor, I’m so sorry.” “It’s okay. I’ve been doing research and I think I was a little desperate to find a solution. She is getting worse every day.” “Professor, I know how you feel.” I sniffle, unable to contain my tears. “But we st

Willow As soon as the door opens, I run towards Leo, and I hold him in a hug, crying tears of relief. “I’m okay,” he whispers, putting his arms around me and kissing my forehead. When I have wiped my tears, he glances at the beakers on the table. “What were you doing?” He motions towards the table. “I got bored, so I decided to test myself,” I shrug. “And?” He smiles, but the smile doesn’t reach his eyes. “Just as I suspected, I’m clean, look.” I pull him by his hand and lead him to one of the computers, which shows my results. “Hmmmm. Is that the only reason you tested yourself? To show me you are clean?” He raises an eyebrow, a corner of his mouth tilting up. “Of course not, I’m going to give these results to Jeremy.” I retort. “I suspected that,” he chuckles. “Why would you suspect that I wasn't clean? I told you I haven't…”“People sometimes get infections from toilet seats, and I felt like what you did was a reckless move. I've had sex. Shouldn't you have asked for pro

JeanetThe breakfast table is quiet, and I can see the way that Damien is shifting uncomfortably in his seat that he sort of wishes that he wasn't in this room. It's just the sound of forks and knifes and plates. I also don't even know what to say to make this less awkward. "That is crazy! How could you do this to me?" Linda is crying at the breakfast table."I don't have a choice, Linda.""But it's safer here than it is out there, why would you do something like that?" She looks from me to Damien. "Unless my uncle paid you again. Did he?""I understand you are upset, but you don't have to say such hurtful things.""I'm sorry," she mumbles. "It's okay," I chime in."But tell me, what are you going to do out there by yourself?" Her voice breaks. "I'll figure it out?" I half-ask."Please, stay. Uncle tell her to stay. Tell her we want her here. You do want her here, don't you?"Damien just nods in response. He doesn’t even look in my direction, and his nod is curt, it's almost unreco

DamienThe words slice through me like a knife. She might as well have carved out my heart, because the feeling is probably similar. "Jeanet?" My voice comes out hoarse and desperate. "Damien?" She sounds irritated. "You are breaking up with me?" "We've never been together, Damien." She rolls her eyes. My jaw drops, but I quickly pick it up off the floor. She's right, of course, but the way she's so emotionless as she says this hurts me more than I would like to admit. "Wait," she furrows her eyebrows. "We were never together. Were we?" I try to smile politely, but the only thing that happens is me pressing my lips together. "We were not," I manage to say. She sighs, and the relief that she feels is written on her face. "I appreciate everything you've done for me, Damien. You and I have come a long way, and it's safe to say we have gone from being enemies to..." she trails off. "Enemies to people who tolerate each other. So, at least I don't wish for you to choke on your diamo

JeanetI was led to a dark room in the basement for my disobedience, and I've been sitting in here, I don't know, for how long. In this room, at least I can move around, but it feels more like a prison cell. The boss lady, whoever her name is, reminded me over and over again that I should be grateful to Damien or I would regret trying to run away.I hear footsteps, and I rush to the mattress to sit and look innocent. The light is switched on, hurting my eyes, and both the kidnappers are standing in the doorway."You have no idea how much I'm tempted to put a bullet through your head." The guy looks at me, his face marred with disgust. "I would've done it if everyone weren't so afraid of Damien. You know, it really feels as if everyone practically worships that traitor.""Come on, we need to be patient. We will destroy him one day, and at least we know who we are going to use to do that." She places her hand around my arm, deliberately causing me pain. I wince, but I don't say a word.

Damien"We..." Tumi trails off. "We can't find the footage in five minutes.""Tell me you are joking," I chuckle in disbelief. "Tell me that this is a joke.""I promise you, Damien, that we'll find whoever did this, but we can't speed up the process of retrieving the CCTV.""My niece's... My friend has been kidnapped, and I want to find her, but this is all you can tell me?""I can get my security team to look for her; we will do it for free, and I promise...""No, thanks," I interject. "I'm good, and thanks for nothing. When I'm done with this, I'll find whoever deleted that footage, and God help them."Tumi shifts uncomfortably. "That is a threat, Damien.""I'm glad you see it for what it is." I storm off from the office, and the moment I get in the car, I call my number one suspect. "Where's Jeanet?" I ask as soon as my mother picks up the call. "There's no, 'Hello, mother, how are you? Have you forgotten your manners, or is this girl driving you crazy that much?'" "Mother! Wher

JeanetThe boss lady's rings, and then she speaks in a calm tone and expressionless face. After hanging up, she sighs as she stares at me. "I still don't understand why." She shakes her head. "Are you blackmailing him?" She raises her eyebrows, waiting for me to respond. I point at the tape on my mouth. "You are pretty, I admit that, but you are not captivating."She turns to my kidnappers, who are standing on the side and watching me with curious looks. "Remove her tape, I want to ask her a few questions." The kidnapping lady walks towards me and removes the tape as if she's removing a wax strip. I almost scream in pain, but I manage to keep it together. I refuse to give her the satisfaction that she hurt me. "So..." The boss lady smirks. "Are you blackmailing him?" "I'm not blackmailing him." I hold up my chin defiantly."Oh! Feisty, I see," she chuckles. "I never expected this."I've been tied to this chair for closer to a day, I'm exhausted and thirsty, but I can't sleep or dri

DamienI am sitting at the table for breakfast when Linda walks in the dining area alone. She freezes in the doorway and stares at the table, then she walks towards the table, her eyes filled with questions. "Where's Jeanet?" I ask her."I was about to ask the same question. Her bed is almost made, but she's not there.""Did you check the gym?""I looked everywhere for her, but she isn't around.""Did you call her?""Obviously, but her phone is in her room."A strange feeling of something that feels like fear moves through my body. Linda and I exchange a look that says we could be thinking the same thing."No!" His eyes widen. "No, no, no," she shakes her head. "Your security is tight, right? And it doesn't seem like she was forced out of her room. Maybe she went for a run.""Jeanet doesn't run.""Come and see her room."I walk to her room at a slower pace than how I usually walk, hoping to catch a glimpse of her and hoping she's around the house and Linda didn't see her. "It seems