Hello lovely, wonderful readers!
I would like to start by formally thanking everyone for the continued kind and supportive messages left by readers during the last few updates, even the ones who check back in and instead of feeling upset by a lack of update, send me their well wishes. I've never had such an outpouring of love and support and it has touched me greatly!
Now onto the purpose of this update.
I know many of you don't follow my socials, and it's not so easy to announce things on these platforms so there's a lot readers aren't aware of, so I decided to add in this note chapter to give some more information.
Naturally, I will continue to post chapters for A Queen Among Gods whenever available, until the book is completed. This month I will also complete my other ongoing book, Codename: Aconite, as I have been bouncing between the two. When AQAGs is completed, I will reveal the (temporary) cover and synopsis for the first book in the next generation series titled the Royal Shadow Series, the second half of the God's Saga. I cannot release that information earlier as it will spoil upcoming events in this current book. The Royal Shadow Series will consist of 9 books, 2 of which will be posted under the same title as they are parts 1 and 2 respectively, and if you have been following this series carefully and have caught onto the fact I drop many breadcrumbs in my books, you might be able to figure out why there's a part 1 and part 2 for this particular title.
After AQAGs is completed, sometime in maybe May or June, I will be releasing a new book exclusive to GoodNovel titled Treasured Yet Discarded. It is a standalone book that I aim to have daily chapter releases on. Cover and synopsis have already been revealed. While this book is releasing, I will be working on chapters for book 7 in the Queen Among Series, A Queen Among Tempests so it will be ready to go when TYD finishes.
I do plan to release the first book in the next-gen series this year, but I haven't quite decided when Tempests ends, whether I'll start working on that book first or one of the 3 remaining spin-offs left in this series. For a reminder, those are Runaway Empress, a prequel to A Queen Among Snakes following Mei's parents. Dark Invocation, a spin-off to A Queen Among Darkness all about the villainous life of Isolde's imprisoned aunt, Manon, and Valor, Virtue and Verve, a prequel to A Queen Among Tides, depicting the story of Cole and Andromeda and their beginnings long before their untimely end.
I'm also working on releasing more of these stories in print, but they take time and money which is why things have been slow, and I also have a few completed works never before read that are releasing worldwide in mid 2026. So, even if i'm not updating, i am constantly working on this series, the continued series and many of my other projects.
I haven't made plans for when I'll begin writing book 3 in the Codename trilogy, titled Codename: Hellfire, just yet, but given how much i want to complete the first half of the God's Saga, i might not work on that until 2025.
So, there is A LOT in the pipeline, and a lot i'm excited to bring you. The challenge is finding time and mentally energy to do it, but i'm not backing down anytime soon. If you have any questions, please leave a comment and i will check back in each day and reply to them. Thank you once again for the loyalty, love and support, and i will see you guys for the next update!
Much love,
Ashleigh xo
I walk down the front steps of the beach house, making my way across the sand and over to Jartre who continues to stare out at the horizon. I sense his anguish and guilt and if our bond were complete I’d probably be crushed by their weight. That’s the thing most people don’t realize about Jartre. Jartre feels everything far more intensely than others. His own emotions are a destructive force to himself and those around him. His love for Apaki nearly destroyed the world and then his love for me nearly did the same thing, only on a much larger scale. His guilt, disgust and shame birthed a new God and that has come with its own set of problems. I can’t blame Jartre for wanting to run and hide from his feelings all these years because it seems whenever he lets them out, someone gets hurt.“Are you going to keep standing there watching me?” he utters, not sparing me a glance.“I didn’t want to disturb you. Do you want to talk?” I gently ask.“I’m sure you already know what happened, so wha
I appear in a wide open, sparse living room surrounded by walls of stone and endless glass windows that look out onto an incredible mountainside from atop a hill with trees as far as the eye can see. The sound of the rain echoes around this somewhat hollow domain, each drop beating down on the glass ceiling and cascading down like a waterfall all around me.“What do you want, Jartre?”I look over to see Oshmin sitting at an oversized dining table, his head buried in his hands while flecks of golden glitter in his azure hair manage to twinkle in the light of such an overcast day. A simple whiff is enough to tell me Yildiz is here too, but as I pay closer attention I can feel her energy emanating from somewhere upstairs.“I’m sure you would love more than anything to throw me out, and that would be more than fair, but I’m hoping you’ll give me a chance to speak,” I say with all the confidence I can muster. I feel like a human child confronting their disappointed parent. It feels revolti
Instant relief washes over me when Gabriella finally appears. She crawls onto the bed, collapsing and snuggling up to me, wrapping her arms tight around my body and nuzzling against my chest, setting my body ablaze. I put the TV on mute, wrap my arms around her and plant a tender kiss on the top of her head.“How did it go?”“I knew it would be emotional but…that was even harder than I anticipated,” she exhales.I gently comb my fingers through her green locks as I tenderly run my fingers up and down her arm, her scent swirling around the room putting me at peace. “Did Fretez put up a fight?”She shakes her head, “No, she was very sympathetic and understood why I wanted to do this and said that ultimately it’s my decision and she no longer has a say on the matter. That alone is crazy to me. I mean… having the power to move the spirits of the dead from one plane of existence to another…it’s insane to think that’s something I can do now.”“And how did the young Alpha handle it?”“I thin
The tender moment is interrupted by the suite's buzzer, so I reluctantly free my hand from the mighty grip of my daughter and answer the door. I stand there, mouth agape, looking up at the 7’7” Goddess standing at the threshold of my suite. Dark, yet radiant forest green hair frames her face in long natural waves while her bright, silver eyes look down at me with apprehension.'What would a Goddess have to be apprehensive about?' Zara utters in astonishment, echoing my own thoughts.'Beats me, but a better question would be: why in the hell is a Goddess at my front door?''That is definitely the superior question,' Zara nods in agreement. 'What kind of God rings the doorbell?' Zara appears more lively than she has in weeks. I’m not the only one who lost both her parents. Just like me, the only things keeping her going are Ace and their pup.“I’m so sorry for just showing up like this. It’s Amelia, right?” she says hopefully. “Sorry, I mean, Alpha Amelia,” she quickly corrects herself.
As I look down into the bassinet, listening to the steady thumps of my precious baby girl, I lose count of how many emotions are running through me. My mum tried to brace me for how overwhelming having a baby is. She warned me that from one moment to the next I won’t know whether I want to laugh, scream or cry and she was right, but I still wasn’t prepared. However, the one thing she didn’t prepare me for was how to do this without her.Zara whimpers quietly in my mind as I look over at the framed picture by the television of my mum holding my daughter the day she was born, and I can feel the tears filling my eyes. She tried so hard to make herself look healthy and strong for her granddaughter that day. It’s such a beautiful, bittersweet photo. My mum’s radiant red hair almost cocooning my daughter, her thick black tufts a stark contrast against my mum’s red. Mum was so happy to meet her granddaughter and even though my daughter was fresh out of the womb, it’s like she knew what my mu
I place a glamour over my eyes just as Jartre taught me, allowing people to see my eyes as they once were and not as they are now. I figure this will make it a little easier to take in my new appearance. I wait until Wyatt steps out, then let myself into Derrick’s hospital room. I walk over to the bed and look down at my best friend, his hair damp with sweat and his face pale. He doesn’t deserve this, and I feel like a bad friend for not being there more for him lately because of all this supernatural drama.I quietly pull up a chair and sit down, reaching out and holding his hand between mine. Derrick slowly opens his eyes and looks over at me, first his brows furrow in confusion, but soon his eyes widen in disbelief as he looks me over.“Ella?”“Hey, you,” I say softly.“What…Is that a wig?” he asks in confusion.“Uh no.” I grab a strand of hair between my fingers and look down at it scornfully. “This is my real hair.”“You hate the colour green.”“Oh, I still hate the colour green,