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Not Lost, But Found

SCARLETT A hand tightened around my wrist.I turned around, heart jumping into my throat, ready to give whoever was holding me a black eye.It was the innkeeper. His eyes had turned and brimmed with urgency. He jerked his chin toward the counter.I hesitated. The voices thundered closer. The door hinges groaned as boots hit the floor.“Search every room.”Without delay, the innkeeper yanked at me. My feet moved before my brain caught up. I stumbled behind the counter. He shoved at the wall panel, and a narrow gap, just wide enough for a body opened.“Go,” he hissed.I ducked inside, pressing into the narrow space. The panel slid back into place just as the door crashed open and heavy steps stormed in.I clamped a hand over my mouth, my lungs fighting the urge to drag in air too fast. Through the thin wood I heard them interrogating the rest.Oh goddess please keep them safe.“Four of them,” the leader barked. “A vampire, a witch, two wolves. Where are they?”My stomach dropped. They

Chosen Mate

CARDANThe council chamber emptied like an empty plate of soup licked clean.I left with Cassius at my back. Outside, the courtyard seethed with soldiers though the Council dared to claim them. The men glanced at me with hesitation. As their lord commander… former lord commander, they still didn't know how to.act around me with the drastic change that had come upon us. “Alpha,” one of them muttered, showing his unsureness.I stepped closer. But before I could take a few steps further, a young enforcer barred my way, the new crest glinted in his armor as if mocking me. “You’re not permitted down there,” he said, hand on his hilt. “Lord Elers’ orders.”So the priest had taken action already? Turning the soldiers against me.Smart move.Behind him, a soldier dropped to one knee before being yanked upright. Whispers rippled through the ranks.I smiled. A slow cruel smile. “Of course. I wouldn’t want to frighten them.”The enforcer’s relief was almost pitiful. I turned, climbing back to

A Fortnight

CARDANShe moved faster than I expected.One second she was standing there, The next, her arms were around me.Her body pressed against mine as if years had never passed. Her shoulders shook, and I realized she was sobbing into my chest.“Caddy,” she whispered again, broken. “You don’t know… you don’t know what I’ve been through. I thought I’d never see you again.”Her tears soaked through the front of my tunic. My hands hovered at her back, rigid. Cassius shifted beside me, silent fury radiating off him, but even he didn’t dare move.For a long moment, I let her cling to me. The council chamber waited, hushed, feeding on the spectacle like vultures over a fresh carcass.Then I set my hands on her shoulders and pushed her gently but firmly back.Her sob caught in her throat. She looked up at me through the thin veil, her eyes shimmering with something I couldn’t yet read. I turned my gaze to Elers.He was smiling. That same oily curl of lips that promised ruin.“How touching,” he mur

A Time And Place

SCARLETTThe mask of the intruder covered the lower half of his face. His eyes glowed hell-red, fixed on us with a hunger that made my skin crawl.He took one step forward, voice low and dangerous.“Hand over my brother… or you’ll die.”For a moment, we all went still in the quiet that followed. Then every head turned at once to Leo.He too was frozen, he looked just as surprised as he addressed our new intruder with intrigue that later morphed into recognition and amusement flaring in his eyes. “You shouldn't be here.” The man’s gaze sharpened with a deep frown. “And you shouldn't either, but here you are captured like a freaking chicken.”Leo let out a laugh and faced us. “Forgive my brother's rudeness.”Ezra’s grip on him tightened. “Well,” he muttered darkly, “that explains a lot.”The intruder’s blade hissed free of its sheath. The wicked curve of the blade caught the lamplight. The air itself seemed to avoid contact with it.Harley’s eyes widened. “Careful!” she snapped. “That

The Box

SCARLETTIT WAS SO MUCH EASIER TO BE HOLED UP IN THE ROOM than to face the world outside. I didn’t want to leave just yet, and I didn’t want to confront the uncertainty of my situation. The silence was deceptive here. It made me forget for a few moments that the world was closing in. That every choice I made could tip the scales toward ruin or survival.I didn’t want to leave. The hours crawled by until dawn bled faintly through the curtains. The air felt heavy, as if the city itself was holding its breath.Harley checked her wristwatch for the fifth time. “We should move.”Ezra slung his weapon across his back, expression unreadable. “He said five. It’s five.”Adam hadn’t spoken much since the night before. He stood by the window, shoulders tight, staring out at the dim skyline.When he finally turned, the look in his eyes was enough to silence any doubt in my head. “Let’s go.”The streets were slick from rain. The kind that fell in a whisper, soft but continuous.The Harbor’s Mee

True Alpha

SCARLETTArrows rained down.“Ambush!” Ezra roared, dragging Harley down just as one of the arrows grazed her shoulder.The area erupted into chaos. Leo’s soldiers defended themselves, raising their shields against the onslaught. The first wave of attackers came pouring from the ridge.I was too stunned to move.Was this what we were going to face at the capital? This was a tip of the iceberg. What we were going to fight against!Someone pulled me behind a stack of crates, bringing me to my senses.“Stay the fuck down!”I drew my weapon, blood pounding in my ears. “I’m not hiding.”Before he could argue, one of the crates beside us shattered, an arrow pierced through the wood, catching my arm.I took a sharp gust of inhale, shocked by the pain that seared through me. Blood immediately spilled, soaking my sleeve.I held on tight to the box with my uninjured hand, refusing to let go even as I tried to swallow down the pain that filled my brain.“Scarlett!” Adam’s voice was sharp with pa

The Awakening

SCARLETTThe first thing I noticed was the warmth.A heavy blanket cocooned me, soft against my skin. The air was thick with the scent of healing herbs. My lashes fluttered open, the ceiling above me made of smooth wood and metal beams. A single lantern swayed faintly in the corner, casting flickers of gold light across the room.For a moment, I couldn’t remember how I had gotten here. My mind felt fogged and slow. Then, like the rush of a broken dam, my memory flooded back.The ambush. The arrows. The explosion.The box. The light. The scream that wasn’t mine. I sucked in a breath, sitting up sharply. Pain went through my shoulder. My arm was wrapped tight in clean white bandages, stained faintly with red. “Easy,” a voice murmured from the corner.I turned my head and found Harley sitting there, legs crossed on a stool, her arm in a sling. She smiled faintly when our eyes met. “You gave us a bloody scare, you know that?”“Harley?” My throat was dry, rough. “Where…where are we?”“L

True Or False Bond

CARDANI stilled. Slowly, I faced her again. Her gaze was still on the floor, making me wonder if I’d imagined what she said just now. Then, her gaze rose to mine. “What the hell did you just say?” I asked her coldly.Her smile widened, soft and sweet on the surface, but her eyes glimmered with something else. “You felt it too, Caddy. You can pretend you didn’t, but I know you did. The moment I touched you, it clicked. Our bond. The Moon doesn’t lie.”For the briefest second, I swore I felt it again, a spark that shouldn’t exist.It was impossible that she was my mate. I had felt the real thing before… faint and fleeting, with Scarlett. I never understood why she never felt it back. But what I had felt was unmistakable. This? Could I be mates to two different people at the same time?My jaw tightened. “That bond,” I said slowly, “is nothing.”Samantha laughed, the sound thin and broken. “You think it’s that easy? You think you can erase me, Caddy? The Moon doesn’t let go of what sh

Consummation

CARDANThe first thing I felt was the pounding in my skull. My heartbeat seemed to be slammed behind my eyes like a drum.The second thing was warmth. Pressed against me. In my bed.My eyes snapped open.The ceiling blurred, the world spinning in and out of focus. My throat was dry, heavy, as if I swallowed sand. The sheets were tangled around my legs, the scent of jasmine thick in the air.When I turned my head, I froze.Samantha lay beside me. Naked. Smiling.I sat up so fast the room tilted. My head pounded, my stomach squeezing at the impending bad news. The sheets slid off my waist, revealing my nakedness Fuck.I swung my legs off the bed and stood, gripping the post to steady myself. “What the hell did you do?”Samantha stretched like a cat, her smile lazy and poisonous. “You don’t remember? How sad. You were wonderful, Caddy.”“What the fuck did you do.” My voice came out rough.Her gaze dropped to the sheets where a faint stain of blood marked the white fabric. She touched it

Alliances

SCARLETTWe had been too brash. I knew that now. Just a little too good to be believable. I would have tried amassing an army or at least hiring one if we were going to have a chance at catching the rogue king. It has been delusional to think that we could simply waltz into the palace and out with the rogue captured.Delusional.“Let’s go greet them properly.”Leo's voice intruded my thoughts of doom, his words and stance were polar opposites. He sounded confident but looked every bit as caught unawares as the rest of us.I say we run. But I didn't voice out my thoughts to anyone's hearing. The gates groaned open. The sound rumbled through the ground like thunder. Wind poured in, cold and biting.They were waiting for us.At the front of the formation sat a rider wearing a crimson cloak, like the color of blood.His aura and presence was enough evidence that he was their commander. And that aside, I knew him. Lord Frederick. A man who could pass for a father figure. My father figu

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