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Am I Awake?

Author: Bella Moondragon
last update Last Updated: 2025-05-20 22:04:53

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The pebble-like gem’s glisten in the starlight, like always. I sit on the beach where still, star filled water reflects… nothing. It’s so quiet today. I’ve seen no more doors, nor had more visions, for Goddess knows how long.

I toss a gem into the water where it bounces, creating little ripples that stretch the stars reflected on its surface. I grab a handful and lean forward, letting the gems fall between my fingers, creating little waves in the otherwise smooth-as-glass liquid. My reflection is shadowed, nothing more than a halo of starlight around my face and head.

I don’t know how long I’ve been here, but I think it’s been long enough. Too long, I believe, to keep telling myself I’ll wake up.

I miss everyone. I miss my father and Annabel the most. I miss Kael even though we’ve only met in our dreams. That doesn’t feel like enough to me, but if the Goddess is the one protecting me now, trying to keep me sane while I linger in Morgathra’s clutches, I hope She’s also prote
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  • Beauty and the Alpha Beast   The Pup in the Legend

    *Leo*The forest rushes past in shades of green, the sunlight cutting through the canopy in slivers. My paws drum the ground in a steady rhythm, swift, sure, and quiet. Every inch of me hums with strength and purpose, but my thoughts drift, caught somewhere between instincts and wonder.Roxy.Her name tugs at me like a thorn caught in my fur. I didn’t expect to meet her. Not in a place like that, and not tucked away in some forgotten tower like a magic spell gone sideways. I sure as hell didn’t expect to care, but I do.I slow my pace near a small hollow, circling once, then drop to the ground and roll deep in the grass, twisting until the scent of earth and moss clings to my coat. I leave it thick, pungent—mine. A breadcrumb trail of crushed grass, scent, fur, and wild magic. I don’t want to forget how to get back. I can’t forget.Her scent is still in my nose—lavender, woodsmoke, fear, and something else. Something old and unclaimed. The kind of scent that changes when a young shift

  • Beauty and the Alpha Beast   The Wolf in the Man

    *Roxy*He’s not moving.I stand over him with the broom handle clutched tight in both hands, the end still vibrating faintly from the force of the blow. He went down hard—his legs knocked clean out from under him, head smacking against the stone floor with a dull thud.And now he’s lying there, sprawled out like a rag doll.Wearing my flowered pajamas.The sight would be funny if I weren’t still shaking. My sleeves, the ones with the ruffled cuffs, are stretched absurdly tight over his muscular forearms. The tiny embroidered daisies at the hem of the shirt ride up his abdominal muscles, which I can’t help but allow my eyes to linger over. And the pants, well… they only go about halfway down his calves.He looks absolutely ridiculous, and somehow, impossibly handsome. I stand over him, studying his face. Dark hair, a strong jaw, lips with the hint of a smirk even while unconscious. I’ve never seen a man before, but if I had to guess… he must be one of the better-looking ones.I grab th

  • Beauty and the Alpha Beast   The Poison in the Jar

    *Leo*I wake to the hush of dawn and the cool damp of dew clinging to my fur.For a moment, I can’t recall where I am.Then I see the valley stretched around me, lush and unreal. The tower shines quiet and unmoving in the pale gold of early morning. The wind here carries no scent of danger, only water lilies, damp moss, and that same strange sweetness. Lavender and honey.My ears twitch.A rustle, soft but certain, stirs the ferns nearby. I lift my head, my nose twitching, senses sharpening.A woman steps into the clearing. She’s tall and thin, wrapped in a dark green cloak that brushes the grass as she moves. Her presence feels... sinister. I can smell the wolfsbane in her pouch. She’s barefoot but walks like she owns the earth beneath her, and I crouch lower behind a bramble, barely daring to breathe.She stops below the tower and lifts her head.“Let down your hair,” she calls, her voice melodic and strange, tinged with a lilt I can’t place.There’s a moment of silence.Then, impo

  • Beauty and the Alpha Beast   The Girl in the Tower

    *Roxy*I settle into bed, my comfy mattress soft beneath me. The tower feels colder at night, even with the thick stone walls holding the chill at bay. I pull my blanket closer, but it barely wards off the shiver crawling down my spine.The silence is too heavy. I should be used to it by now, but tonight, the stillness presses on me. Shadows pool on the stone floor, stretching long and dark beneath the faint moonlight streaking in through the window.I tell myself I’m alone, and I’m safe, but the feeling that I’m being watched doesn’t fade.A flicker of movement catches my eye, a glimmer just beyond the window, or maybe inside the room.... My heart beats wild and loud. I scan the walls, the floor, the ceiling. Nothing but stone. I clutch the blanket tighter and pull it up to my chin, trying to summon the courage to close my eyes. Though, every creak of the tower, every whisper of the wind, sets my nerves on edge.What if someone’s out there? Watching me? I force my breath to slow,

  • Beauty and the Alpha Beast   The Tower in the Forest

    Book 3: Tangled with the Beast*Leo*The wind shifts the moment I step outside, laced with pine, smoke, and something darker stirring beneath it all. I pause at the threshold, my eyes sweeping the horizon as the trees whisper in an uneasy rhythm. My instincts have kept me on edge for days now—something is undeniably wrong.Marek finds me before I call for him. He’s always been two steps ahead. “We need to talk,” he says without preamble.I nod and jerk my head toward the firepit. It’s unlit, but the circle of stone feels like the perfect ground for discussing strategy. We sit across from each other, both of us still in human form, though I feel the wolf pacing beneath my skin. He does too—I can see it in the way his jaw clenches, in the tension vibrating through his shoulders.“He should’ve been back by now,” I say.Marek doesn’t flinch. “Missing three days.”I grit my teeth. “Too long.”“Just a standard sweep past the ridge, chasing fresh elk tracks. We both cleared the route ourse

  • Beauty and the Alpha Beast   Epilogue

    *Max*One Year Later The salty air drifts softly through the open windows of our chamber, carrying the scent of sea and pine, wild and fresh. Moonlight spills across the stone floor, catching on the scattered toys my son left behind, tiny wooden dragons, and wolves. I lie in bed next to him, where he sleeps half-curled like a wolf pup. His tiny fingers twitch, and I swear I can feel the pulse of ancient power mixed with untamed instinct in his breath. He is ours, wolf, dragon, and witch all tangled into one perfect soul.Kael traces delicate circles along his soft skin. “Look at him,” he says, voice thick with something like awe. “Our little Lykos.”Life here on the Emerald Coast is nothing like the life I once knew. I used to be trapped behind my castle walls at all times, my father afraid of the danger of Morgathra’s spell. Here, the dragons of Starfall protect us, and we live wild and free. Kael and I walk through the villages often, watching our people grow into something new,

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