13 Crowns Novels & Stories

Sera somehow procured within four hours of being asked, and which I decide not to question too closely. Candles at four points instead of eight. The number matters, Queen Alara says. Eight invites. Four contains. "You will feel everything," she tells me, while Draven checks my pulse one final time. "Not metaphorically. Every wolf bonded to this territory. Every heartbeat. Every fear, every joy, every small mundane thought passing through every mind connected to the crown you are about to fully claim." She holds my eyes. "It is too much for an unprepared mind. It killed three of the five queens who attempted it after your great-great-grandmother's reign."

“Two days ago, Alexander personally took her to a private jeweler. Measurements, design consultations—he stayed the entire time.” My heart clenched. “There’s more,” Ethan continued. “And it gets worse.” “I accessed her private cloud. Password was Alexander’s birthday.” Inside were photos. Hundreds of them. I opened the file he sent. The album was titled: My Knight. The most recent post was dated two days ago. He said this crown belongs only to me. Just like him. Next week’s family dinner—he promised to give me a name. The image showed an exquisite bridal crown— diamonds and sapphires set in a constellation pattern.

Archer's father comes and stands around us to stand in front of his son and his mother does the same to stand in front of me. I glance down and see each of them holding a soft cashmere pillow with the new royal crowns atop them. I gasp lightly with how beautiful they are, and I look up to meet Archer's mom's tearful gaze. " There's no one else more deserving of this crown, hola. Rule alongside my son and keep him humble. I nod, my own eyes teary as she places the crown on my head. My crown was designed with my name intricately woven into the diamond stones emblem, rose gold framing that is molded to look like wild vines adorned with more diamonds.

He was too huge for his species, I wondered letting my hand brush his neck. His eyes suddenly flickered open and I fell back onto my burr before scrambling to my feet with hands flaying around to get a hold of Chicken Nugget's beaded collar. "Easy easy." I say to the unmoving animal, it's eyes open and lazer focused on us with an intensity that made me freeze and my dog shuffle on his feet. Crimson were it's eyes, so blood red that I couldn't differentiate between beautiful and dangerous. The look was fleeting, his lids fluttered shut again, but it left my skin tingling as if I'd touched an electric wire.

“Let’s finish you up. It’s almost time. Even in her early forties, Anna is good at applying makeup. She dabs some finishing touches of makeup before she puts on my jewelry. I touch the intricate carving of the pendant. It is shaped like a spiral that is adorned with thirty diamonds. At the center of the spiral is a bigger diamond than the rest with the purest color of diamond I have ever seen. There were three knocks on the door. Three knocks meant that the person was a royal guard. Anna excuses herself and heads for the door. “Your Highness, the King was just checking to see if you’re all set up for your coronation,” General Silverstone stands on the doorway and bows. “Shortly, General Silv

The other member of the thirteen crowns is Lucas, Elliot, Blair, Azazel, Foire, and most importantly, the crown's peak, Illac. Athalia remained silent. She is surrounded by supernaturals and does not know what to do. She is beginning to question her decision of staying inside the border against his father's wish, but she has something to do and she needs it done no matter how long it will take. Dorian looked at Athalia which made her uncomfortable. She has never seen the thirteen crowns before aside from the usual. Their presence are too much for her to handle, their gaze was like killing and beating the crap out of her. Athalia gulped, only if Illac is not busy thinking of how to save Foire

Selene cuts her hand first, followed by Octavia, Archie, and Dean. The blood mixed and came out of the bowl. Selene twisted her hand, and two identical crowns appeared. The crown is golden with red gemstones on it. It has three thorns coming out of it, but it confused me why there were two. The blood poured on the crown, and I can see the blood entering the gemstones and turning them crimson red. Selene looked at Dean, smiling at him.

Speaking of that, my crown was also on the table, and I noticed immediately that it also got an upgrade like my dress. “wait why does my crown look different?” I ask as I walk over and run my finger over the jewels. “Mrs. Jillson insisted when I took them all to get polished and tightened.” my mother tells me. My crown was gorgeous, but it was the simplicity of it that made me love it. It was white gold, wrapped around itself in intricate tangles. Before it had one stone in the main center. But now I saw that there were two more stones. One on each side of it that were smaller. And it only took me a moment to decipher that they were mine and Ryn’s birth stones.

Okay, we all know I would not be able to even get a punch in but I could have him weak on his knees while I grind on him, ridding him so good. My heart drummed even harder, not the time. His crown was placed first. It was so large it took everything in me not to gasp. It was black in color, so stunning with white and black short fur at the ring of it as it sat on his hair. The crown was laced with red diamonds which just left you breathless. It was truly something to see, just wide eyed but I closed my mouth and stared ahead until I saw the man walk towards me.

Calruz gritted his teeth as he glared at Toren viciously, silently. Toren took a deep breath, looking at the golden rings around Calruz, and he counted 23 of them. That was already enough. If they continued, they could very well pay dearly with their lives! Toren continued, "Please, Calruz, can you not be crazy?! Twenty-three golden rings are more than enough! Compared to normal warriors, our treasures will be dozens of times more valuable than theirs!