Embers Rekindled Novels & Stories

Their gasps echo, their bodies arch before I RER rend him, his bones crack, blood pours, screen cracked. “Stop it!” I snarled, shifting back, my hand closing on his throat. My vision was red. “Turn it off, or you die.” “It’s done–” Tyler choked. His voice was a rasp. “The twins… they’re the Alpha’s rebirth.” Elara’s eyes glowed, and her wolf re-awoke a light more fierce even mirrored in Lyra’s gaze, their power surging. The runes pulsed in sync. I felt myself freeze, my grip on Tyler slackening, shock icing my veins. “They’re remaking the pack?”

"‌Y⁠ou fell. I saw you fall fro​m the c‌l‍if‌f." "I‍ did⁠ fall, Viv‌i⁠an,⁠" Mauric⁠e said. His voice​ sounded like t⁠wo stones grindin​g togethe⁠r. "But the w⁠at‌er d⁠idn't want me. Just like i‌t didn't want you. We a‌re the​ 'Reborn,' rem⁠ember? We are the ones who refused to leave th‍e party."

It was never "something small." Blake had given me this exact speech in my past life, too. Back then, I was already furious about the lock of hair. Hearing Blake defend Catherine pushed me over the edge. I stormed into the Council of Elders and severed our mate bond in front of everyone, then turned and left. I thought dignity mattered more than life.

"And then you died as well." "Yes," I said, my voice barely holding together. "And somehow, I was given another chance. I had begged the Moon Goddess for a second chance, to save Trenton. I woke up back at the beginning, and I swore I would do everything differently. I swore he would live this time, no matter what it cost me." The Alpha was quiet for a long moment, staring into the fire, his expression unreadable as he processed everything I'd just told him. Finally he looked back at me, his eyes glassy with unshed tears.

"I want 51% controlling shares." "It's all yours," he said with a smile, holding out the ring. "My heart has always been your wholly owned subsidiary." This time, there was no hesitation, doubt, or fear because I knew this wasn't the tragedy of my past life repeating itself. Instead, this was the beginning of my new life. "Deal." I held out my hand as the man who loved me without reservation slid the ring onto my finger. Sunlight streamed through the floor-to-ceiling windows, wrapping us in its bright, warm embrace. The ghosts of my past life were finally gone, and I was truly reborn.

"Better me than him. You need him whole." "I need you whole too," Meera said. "All of you." James Aldric appeared at the edge of the gathering crowd, and then his parents and siblings were crowding him, and the sound that came from that reunion was the kind that made the losses bearable without making them smaller. I stood apart for a moment, once Shahira was taken to see Elena, watching Freedomborn gather itself around its returned and its wounded and its grief. The sun was fully up now, indifferent and proud, illuminating the burn marks and the broken stone and the wolves who were already, even now, beginning to figure out what came next. I felt a tug on the bond.

I have to fix everything I broke. Outside her window, the sun was setting, painting the sky in shades of orange and red. A new beginning. Or perhaps, a second chance at the beginning she'd thrown away.?

My Alpha fiance's childhood sweetheart died after being poisoned, and the pack believed I was her killer. Only the Alpha stood by me without wavering. "Ophelia is the kindest Beta in this pack. She is also your future Luna. How could she possibly poison anyone? I never want to hear another accusation like that." For my birthday, he gave me a wolf-tooth necklace. When I came down with a fever, he stayed by my side around the clock and even punished the healer who prepared my medicine. Then, three days later, I overheard him talking to Vivian's mother. "Alpha, you've been dosing the Luna with wolfsbane for days. She hasn't noticed, has she?" Kyle gave a cold laugh. "No. I slip a little into he

“The roots stir, Mother. They gather at Hollow Hill.” Her cracked lips parted. “I have felt it.” “They’ve awakened the Remembrance. The bloodlines are converging again.” Mother Veruun’s fingers traced the edge of the basin. “Fools. They believe unity is strength. But the Seed cannot be mended—it can only be fed.” There was unease in Theras’s voice. “If they succeed…”

After the SAT results come out, the girl everyone knows as the school's scholarship case throws a lavish graduation party. That same night, I get a text alert saying my credit card has been maxed out. I go to confront her, but she's already in my boyfriend's arms, sobbing like she's the victim. "Just because I'm on financial aid, I'm not allowed to throw a party?" My boyfriend rushes to comfort her and turns on me instead. "Your family's loaded anyway. Spending a little on Lacey isn't going to kill you." Sure, my family has money, but I'm not a saint, and I don't see why I should be footing her bills. I refuse to back down. I call the police to make her pay me back, but my boyfriend re