Chosen X Novels & Stories

But across her face… There was a thick red X. And beneath it, in jagged handwriting: “Choose a side.”

I then distributed gifts to the elder who had taught me and to the butler as well. They were all visibly touched. Each of them thanked me and praised me for being thoughtful and considerate. Oscar alone looked displeased. He let out a dismissive snort. Smiling, I retrieved a custom-made silver bow and walked over to him. "Oscar, this one's for you." His expression froze. "I heard Mother say you enjoy hunting. I had this bow customized based on the design sketches on your desk. See if it feels right." He accepted it. His eyes lit up briefly before he stubbornly barked, "Who told you to snoop through my things?

He informed Alex. "Gods never abandon their followers or their chosen ones; they always stand by the special ones. Hence, the reason why Ogundele, the son of Ladele, the son of Awero (his mother's name), is sitting in the middle of this shrine, at midnight is to get fortified. I plead with all the gods present in this shrine to accept him as the chosen one that he was destined to be. I seek your protection over him as he embarks on the war he is destined to fight. May he conquer all the forces he encounters in the course of the war. May he end up as the triumph." He chanted, as he gave Alex the cut.

Despite the commotion in the room, her eyes searched for Xavier, not being able to spot him through the crowd that had surrounded her. “A rogue in the heart of the red blud pack...? You must’ve been searching for death, if so, you’ve found it.” Kail grabbed her hand, leading her towards the exit, but he stopped when the whispers got louder. Celia turned to look, watching as the crowd path and Xavier stepped through. “Her...I choose her.” He raised his hand pointing directly at her and Celia’s heart stopped beating all at once. What? He chose her? Did somethin...? How...? What...? Why...?

Howard was so shocked to see Selena at his office, "fuck" he growled as he kicked his chair. He had been with her long enough to know just what she must have thought of the situation. He hoped she wasn't the one who had been chosen to be his secretary. That would put him in an even more difficult situation he called Mr. John and just as he had thought. Selene had been selected. "Did she turn down the offer? "he asked in hopes that she had refused to work there after seeing him, not in a million years did he ever think this was going to happen, What was she even doing in California I ln the first place?

He stood there frozen. In my rush, I bumped into someone just outside the shopping complex. "Sorry, I—William?" "Zoe! What a coincidence. Just got back and ran into you. Talk about timing." He pulled a dress and a model toy car out of his case, handing them to me and Luca. "Picked these up in Luxoria—hope you like them. Oh, and there's something else for you two." *** He handed me a small, flat box. Godiva chocolates?

“It better not for what it cost.” Anthony took a sip. “Ah, man. This is beautiful…” He took another sip, rested his head on the table and faded away. “I’ll see you in the next life, buddy,” Xander said softly.

' Blinking back the tears, I mouthed a quick, 'You too. Once the moon hit the highest peak, the chief made his way in front of the girls. "This year is the thirtieth year we celebrate The Choosing. I hope all of you know how brave you all are. I pray you all stay safe, and for the one who finds their beast... know you are blessed." As he moved away from the front, I took a deep breath just as the chief's voice echoed across the open field. "Let the choosing begin!" the sound of cheers came from behind us, as many of the girls eagerly made their way towards that forest. With each step I took closer to the darkness that awaited me, I couldn't help but feel almost lighter.

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.

I looked around for Lexus as I spoke, “What if someone did have a chosen mate? Then what?” “It’s up to them but everyone’s been used to choosing themselves.” Cade answered. “Who knows if anyone else would even believe them. The only proof they’d have is to mark each other and finish the mating process. Marks of true mates look different from the marks we get from the mates we choose ourselves. The only other way is if they rejected each other because then we’d all seen an X that stands for the rejection in the place the mark would be. When mates we choose reject each other the mate more just go away with no X.” Those two things haven’t been seen on someone’s shoulder since the last generatio