Chosen: A House Of Night Novel Novels & Stories

Liam said he wiped Lea's tears off her cheeks. "No, I'm fine, thanks Liam," Lea said, their eyes locked, undisturbed with Liam's hand still covering Lea's cheek. "Can I kiss you?" Lea said, after they met, they never did anything, including kissing. They only slept in the same room because they didn't have a room anymore, besides Liam mostly slept in Jodie's room so of course there wasn't much physical contact between them. "Why do you have to ask for it?" Liam pulled Lea and kissed her. The Moon Goddesses indeed fated them to be together as mates, it's just that Liam's special characteristics made him choose his own Luna.

“I can get you there fast.” “You shouldn’t go,” I tell him slowly, hating that I’m saying it. “Or at least not to my house.” Resting my head in my hand, I let my eyes fall shut. It’s nearing ten thirty and in theory, we could get to Thorne Hill before midnight. If we hit traffic, that will be a different story. “I’ll be there,” I tell Kristy. “Alone.” * “The Grand Coven can’t get mad that you’re here.” I open the door to Novel Grounds and turn on the light. “Vampires have as much right to live in this town as the non. There are two vampires who live downtown somewhere already.”

Only the mark remained, glowing red in the firelight. Flames and screams twisted into something new, yet terrifyingly familiar. The heat faded, replaced by a sudden chill. Smoke lifted, revealing a night sky painted crimson—blood-red and burning with its own light. My heart skipped. The scene grew clearer. The pack house had transformed into the grounds of the mating ceremony. Wolves of Night Crescent gathered in tense ranks, fangs bared—not in celebration, but in fear. At the center, Alec and Amanda stood beneath the rising blood moon, their forms illuminated in a sinister glow.

Only the sight of the house saved me. I bolted from the car, desperate for a cold shower to burn off the fire. But before I could escape down the hall, I froze. Cassie stood behind me, eyes wide and glistening, like a lost little lamb begging not to be abandoned. “Can you stay with me tonight?” she whispered. I groaned. “Cassie, please we talked..” But she closed the distance, her finger pressing gently against my lips. “I promise I won’t cross the line. I just…I can’t sleep alone tonight. Please?” Her breath was shaky, her eyes damp with sincerity.

The room fell silent. Three gifts, with three futures. The necklace gleamed with the promise of blood and belonging. The journal rested with the promise of freedom and selfhood. The letter waited with the promise of power and ambition. Henry stared at them until his vision blurred. “I don’t know what to do,” he whispered. “Each one pulls me in a different direction. If I follow Elias, I find family—but maybe chains too. If I follow Adrian…” His chest tightened. “I find safety. Home. But maybe I never escape the whispers. And if I follow Damien…” He swallowed. “I don’t even know what I’ll find. But it feels… unstoppable.”

I walked along the shores of Lake Lucerne, taking in the quiet stillness of the water. At the succession ceremony for the Vampire King, I saw Dominic again. The seats were arranged strictly according to bloodline rank and status. Dominic was placed in the third row from the back. When he saw me seated at the central throne, disbelief filled his eyes. He tried several times to push forward and speak to me, only to be stopped by the Sterling family guards. My grandfather, Victor Sterling, formally announced my ascension to the Vampire King’s throne. Ancient blood sigils ignited above the hall, responding to the Sterling bloodline alone.

— The House by the Sea, Night Deep into the night, silence enveloped the house overlooking the sea. The distant sound of waves drifted through the windows, filling the emptiness with a soft but steady rhythm. Daniel and Rovan were asleep, each in their own room, enveloped in the stillness that followed a night of terror. Malik and Dima emerged from their rooms, each wearing a mask. Their footsteps were measured on the cold floor. The night air slid through the slightly open windows, gently stirring the curtains, as if the house itself were breathing softly.

Urban didn’t come back to life nearly as much as Sam or Dean have, but he gave it a valiant effort! I hope you can tell I binge-watched Game of Thrones, too! Much of that series inspired the making of One True Love. I have this strange quirk of wanting to have at least one hero and heroine named for every letter of the alphabet. And I didn’t have a heroine whose name started with a V yet, so that’s how Vienne came about. I chose Vienne above every other V-name out there because of the heroine in the book The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah (that heroine was named Vianne). The Nightingale was the first book my family chose for the book reading group we started together, so that has special mean

She must have not noticed me yet because she looked ahead at Stephanie, her face in a scrowl. I closed my eyes and prayed fervently in my heart that Zahra shouldn't get chosen but once again, luck wasn't on my side. The shortest of the men turned to her side and stared for a long while before pointing at her to be chosen. All eyes in the room turned to Zahra and she looked like she was about to make a scene. Oh no. She still hadn't noticed me. Stephanie smiled as the men chose 7 out of the 10 people she had arranged from them. It seemed like she was more happy that my best friend, Zahra, had been chosen too.