Arcane Madness Novels & Stories

If I can escape… my baby will be my own and I will be free. Anna looks up at me, nervous, “Chloe, no one thinks you’re crazy.” That’s a lie. “Think about what happened this morning,” Tom says. Anna looks at him and says, “what happened this morning?” This must have been what Tom wanted. Now he gets to shake his head and give her a saddened look, as if I did anything unhinged or heartbreaking this morning. “I already told you I didn’t do it!” I snap at him, “Anna—”

If Mara could snap that bond, she would shatter the queen’s position, leaving her no choice but to step down from command. Mara shut her eyes for a beat, digging deep, pulling the magic thrumming beneath her skin. It was a quiet power, old and terrible, yet it answered her summons. Her fingers danced above the surface of the Arkana, whispering verses of arcana that - more than just a collection of words - were strings that connected her to the pulse of the earth itself. The air buzzed around her as her shape began to tessellate, her skin stretching and twisting into otherworldly forms, the sides of her body warping and shifting like shifting glass.

Each one was a map of the hell she had survived. "You?" Marcus laughed, a wet, arrogant sound. "A wolfless bitch in the ritual ring? You'll be dead in ten seconds." "Five," Madison corrected. She stepped into the circle. "And I won't need a wolf to do it." Marcus didn't wait. He lunged, but he didn't reach for a standard steel blade. He pulled a pair of short, humming daggers from his belt. As he activated them, the metal glowed with a sickening, translucent blue.

"She was already gone inside. Just a shell keeping the baby alive. After the ritual, he imprisoned her. Then Hank brought us the grimoire, that black magic book. We cast a binding spell while Hunter was too arrogant to notice. "Magic’s never free, you know? It takes its toll. We tried using blood from the dead contestants, but that didn’t fly. There’s always a balance, some kind of price to pay eventually. I don’t even want to think about what that’ll be. Seriously, I hope he rots in that pit forever, alone." Now he's chained magically in an underground mausoleum with an enchanted blade through his heart." Aran's laugh was hollow. "He can still escape."

their heads practically spun around in unison. “ARCADE?!” Aria shrieked, bouncing in her seat. “I’m going to win all the tickets!” Arianna declared, already planning strategies for the prize counter. “I’ve calculated the optimal path through the arcade,” Arian said calmly. “We will maximize fun and minimize time wasted.” Cassian, naturally, was narrating from the back seat like a hyperactive commentator: “And here we see our tiny warriors on the approach to the fabled realm of flashing lights and clattering machines!”

Ten – OH LITTLE FREYA! “Have you gone nuts?” Madison raged angrily, breathing heavily. Brandon gently got to his feet, swiftly taking a step back, his brows flushed with amusement. “Interesting!” he muttered under his breath. ‘Well, Iry, it seems her drama is backfiring on her,’ he said, connecting his mind to his spirit wolf, who uttered no response but a deep growl. “Wizard Archie doesn't even know what he is doing right now. Madison has invaded his mind with dark magic to get him to play her dirty games, Your Grace,” Freya asserted, her words weighing on whether they were worth believing.

A Court of Arcane Souls is a collection of short stories from my ongoing book series The Gods' Saga. These stories were written based on characters or storylines fans wished to learn more about. This is an ongoing project. If you have not read the main series, i highly recommend doing so for context purposes. Here is the book list and the correct order the books should be read in... The Gods' Saga: PART ONE ~The Queen Among Series~ A Queen Among Alphas (available in paperback) Bite-Size Luna (A Queen Among Alphas prequel) A Queen Among Snakes A Queen Among Blood A Queen Among Darkness Whole Again (A Queen Among Alphas spin-off) A Queen Among Tides Valor, Virtue and Verve (A Queen

Cree, now in his full wolf form, was going ballistic, slamming against the invisible shield I had erected around us, his roars of anguish tearing through the air. Arcania loomed over my mother’s body, the dagger ready to do more damage, her eyes fixed on me, savoring my torment. But I was done. She was so busy posturing for me, trying to show me just how much of a bargaining chip she thought she had, that she didn’t realize I was dismantling the intricate magic she had my mom entombed in, slowly, carefully. Mom noticed when it was gone, a flicker of awareness returning to her eyes. Just as Arcania brought the knife down for another blow, Mom used her magic, a sudden burst of power, to stop t

The system chimed softly. **EXP CONSUMED. 'ADRENALINE OVERDRIVE' INITIATED.** **COUNTDOWN: 20:00...** “Ronan, stop the bike!” Ara shouted. Ronan hit the brakes hard, skidding the dirt bike into a narrow alley near the shipping canal. He turned to look at her, confused. “What are you doing? We don’t have time to stop.” Ara climbed off the bike, her boots hitting the gravel. A strange burning energy surged through her veins, making her muscles twitch with power.

Tristan is watching us. I can't help the annoyed shift of my head, glancing behind me before focusing on Oscar again. Oscar notices. His eyes flick upward briefly before returning to me, something almost like pity settling in them. “I get it,” he says quietly. “I really do. But once a Madden sets his sights on you…” “It’s just a name,” I cut in. He lets out a humorless laugh, shaking his head. “Just a name? Raven… that name built half the things around you. It destroys the other half.” The wind cuts through us again, but I barely feel it now.