Dresden Files Novels & Stories

My magic still crackles under my skin—white, volatile, unfamiliar. Rylan is across the room. Not unconscious. Not dead. Something worse. He’s on his hands and knees, gasping, his body shaking as if it doesn’t know which shape to choose. Gold light flickers beneath his skin, then dies. His wolf claws scrape against the stone before retreating. His breathing is ragged, raw, unanchored. I crawl to him without thinking. The bond does not answer. That absence is a wound all its own. “Rylan,” I whisper, touching his shoulder.

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“You… were always… my greatest pride.” The ancient vampire crumbled to ash in the rain. Damien stood motionless, rain mixing with the blood on his face. He didn’t cry. Vampires rarely could. But the emptiness inside him howled louder than any wolf. Occult Studies Basement Exit Serena Vale ran through the secret tunnels beneath the library, violet magic flickering weakly around her hands. The smell of burning sage and flesh still clung to her clothes — the scent of her coven dying by her own fire.

I thought maybe if I didn’t pick it up, it would stop. But what if it was Daddy? I walked slowly toward it. My feet felt cold on the floor. I reached up and grabbed the receiver the way I’d seen Daddy do. It felt heavier than I expected. “Hello?” I whispered. A woman’s voice came through. “Hello, this is City Gate Mortuary calling to notify the family of Asher Wolfsbane and Valerie Darkrose that the individuals listed were found deceased after a car accident on the 22nd of May, two days ago.”

My wolf growled low, her claws flexing beneath my skin, demanding action, demanding answers, demanding vengeance. “Dresden,” I whispered, leaning into him, our bond vibrating like a drumbeat between us. “Who is she? How do we even begin to find her?” Dresden’s jaw tightened. His eyes, usually so steady and commanding, flickered with frustration and determination. “She’s a rogue of a caliber I’ve never seen before,” he admitted, his voice low but tense. “She’s been inside our walls, waiting, watching… striking when we least expect it. And now… she’s targeting Mara—targeting us.”

"Maybe it'll keep you awake. Or scare you more so that sleep eludes better." His hand hovered over the bronze clasp of the drawer as he pulled the book to him. He knew Nathaniel would be livid if he pried into his papers...but that was a small risk if these pages yielded nothing. Still. This time, new information danced before him. Rather like a good novel, he saw different things. The words were blurred as if water had made the ink run. A high possibility when all was considered. '...a mighty Great President of Hell, having thirty legions of demons under his command...he giveth true answers about hidden treasures; he reveals where serpents can be seen and delivers them harmless...'

I say quietly, fighting the urge to go suck what's left dry. I don't wait for them to say anything and run off to where I smell the blood. I see a woman braced against the side of the building and two puncture wounds on her neck. There's a vampire, her blood still smells fresh. That's when I felt a knife enter my waist from someone behind me. I turn to see a vampire, blood staining his mouth. He takes one look in my eyes and his widen in fear. "Dhampir," he says scared.

and before he could react to those words, a very ornate dagger was plunged through his chest. When Rainn woke up, he was in a bedroom, but it wasn’t the one that he knew from the fortress. He got up and went to get himself cleaned up. After he put his clothes on, he figured that he better find out where he was and see if he could find Ard’al. He walked down the hall completely in his own thoughts when he bumped into someone. When he looked up, he saw a beautiful woman with long black hair and the most haunting blue eyes he had ever seen.

He stumbled back several steps, face drained of color, stomach churning. He'd never imagined—not in his worst nightmares—that his own flesh and blood would come back to him like this. Broken. Violated. Reduced to filth. There was no grief in him. Just the panic of something spinning out of his control—and revulsion at being confronted with such dirty, disgusting remains. When it came time to settle my affairs, my father had to go to the county clerk's office to officially close my records. The clerk on duty was a chatty sort. Glancing at the file, he remarked casually, "Mr. Duncan? Oh, right—you're the one who reported your younger son missing last Halloween, aren't you? Real shame, losing y