Blackstone Fortress Novels & Stories

--- Outside the fortress, Orion mounted his white horse once more. He looked toward the shattered walls. "Prepare the second assault." A commander bowed. "My Chancellor..." "Our scouts report Blackstone reinforcements are approaching." Orion smiled. "Excellent." "Destroy them first." He turned toward the fortress one final time. "Bring me the Moonfang Queen alive." "And kill the Alpha." --- As the order spread through the enemy ranks, hundreds of elite warriors dressed in black armor stepped forward. Unlike the regular soldiers, these wolves carried curved silver blades etched with glowing runes.

I pushed through a side door and stepped into the open grounds of Blackthorn Fortress for the first time. The sight stole my breath. The fortress was not simply a home. It stretched across a vast plateau like its own small kingdom. Warriors trained on a wide field to my left, their blades flashing under the afternoon sun. Guards patrolled the high stone walls with disciplined steps while servants moved between outbuildings carrying supplies. Ancient statues of past Alpha Kings stood watch along the main path, their stone faces weathered by time and battle. Dense forest surrounded everything, dark and watchful. Valerian did not rule from a distant throne. He commanded an army that lived and b

“Well, I’ve got your back. Let’s see what secrets the Blackstone Pack holds, then.” As they approached the pack house, Kane’s sharp eyes took in the looming structure of the Blackstone mansion. It was large, formidable, its stone walls framed by tall, ancient trees that created an eerie canopy around it. The pack house sat high on a hill, almost hidden, as if it wanted to keep its secrets close.

, Jared repeated the question. "The fortress was created by a research scientist named Gary Bradley and his wife Lily Bradley after the first set of evolved humans were found and the first set was he and his son. Two years after the inability to control his abilities of growing eight times his original size whenever he was angry or excited, he decided to create an institution named the fortress because he knew he wasn't the only one going through the difficulty of controlling his abilities. That same year, his four year old son who was diagnosed deaf started bleeding excessively from his ear and a medical doctor and otolaryngologist by profession named Alexander Scott told Doctor Gary that h

“You wanna play god, Blackstone? Fine. But don’t talk down to the devil that made you.” A beat of silence passed. Then, slowly, he pulled the door shut again. I took that as apology enough. I started the car once more, and we sped into the underbelly of the city. *** The safehouse was beneath a condemned building in the East District, the kind of place even rats avoided. Blackstone’s people had retrofitted it years ago—concrete walls laced with silver dust, hidden panels, emergency routes. From the outside, it looked like just another husk in the ruin belt.

The fog hung thick and heavy here, swallowing the moonlight and wrapping the world in a ghostly shroud. "Look up, little wolf," Dominic’s deep voice rumbled against her ear, commanding and sharp. Rosalie forced her heavy eyelids open, blinking through the thick mist. As the fog parted, her heart stopped in her chest. Perched on the very edge of a massive, jagged cliff was the infamous Black Fortress.

Three Years Before the Main Timeline. The Summit of Blackwood Hill. The wind up here was vicious. It whipped across the exposed bedrock, carrying the scent of impending snow. Cyprian Hale stood on the edge of the precipice. Behind him, the skeleton of a monster was rising from the earth. Steel beams crisscrossed the sky. Concrete mixers churned. Sparks rained down from welders hanging fifty feet in the air. This was the site of the Hale Fortress.

Plates sit drying in the rack, the clock ticks like it’s counting down to something inevitable, and a layer of dust has settled on every surface his father has stopped caring to clean. He grabs a stale granola bar and heads out. The air outside is thick with the smell of early spring—wet dirt, blooming flowers, and the faint, ever-present scent of mildew. Black Salt is a town that feels like it’s sinking. The buildings sag, roads crack, the church steeple leans a little more every year.

My thumbs were cold from the morning air, but I typed fast: Victor Blackwood house. Bingo. It was the very first result. Like he was a famous movie star or a politician. There was even a fancy picture from some real estate website. It showed a huge, modern fortress made of glass and pale stone, sitting up in the hills overlooking the city. The full address was listed plain as day, for the whole world to see. He wasn't scared of anyone knowing where he lived. Good. Perfect.

“Then we do what we must.” Maxwell glanced at me. “You ready for this?” I wasn’t sure anyone could be ready for what we were about to do. But there was no time for hesitation. I squared my shoulders. “Let’s go.” --- The Blackwood estate loomed ahead, its towering gates shut tight. The once-grand mansion had fallen into disrepair after the war, its windows dark, its gardens overgrown. But beneath it lay the vault—one of the most heavily guarded places in the supernatural world.