First Bones Novels & Stories

You could smell roasted meat from a mile away, and everywhere I looked, young wolves were smiling like their world was just about to start. Their excitement made something twist in my chest. I scoffed under my breath. They had no idea what was coming. The first shift wasn’t a fairytale. It was pain…the kind of bone-deep pain. Two hundred and six bones in your body snapping and reshaping, your skin burning like it wanted to crawl off your body. You’d hear the cracking before you felt it, and then it would all hit at once. That part never left you, not even after years of doing it.

After a while, with a loud noise, the intact skeleton stood up from the pile of broken bones. When he landed on the ground, the spear had been bent to a terrible degree, and it was thrown aside at this time. He bent over and flipped through the pile of broken bones for a while. The human-shaped skeleton grabbed a fragment that looked like a water tank. Unlike the other bones, this fragment emitted a faint white light. If you looked closely, you would find that there was a faint texture in the center of the fragment. The human-shaped skeleton came for the texture. But at this time, if the human-shaped skeleton could have an expression, he should frown and even show a trace of anger.

Jax led them forward with shaky steps, a warrior stood beside him holding up a torch to illuminate the dark surroundings. Lani also had a torch clutched with her both hands as she fidgeted. Cain placed his hand on her shoulder as a means of comfort. They finally reached the place and everyone stopped. The bones were there, shocking those who doubted. White, dry bones belong to people who were long decayed and gone. Skulls stared back with empty black holes. The ground littered with ribs, arms, fingers and several other bones Cain's face darkened. Others gasped.

he explains. "I think I'll be fine," I say brushing it off. "Gargoyle bones are made of different material, you know." "What?" says Bennet surprised. "What do you mean?" "I don't remember the exact specifications, but I know that our bones happen to be much tougher than any other beings' bones. I think they're as hard as diamonds if I remember correctly." "Really?" asks Bennet. I smile. "Really," I say, reaching up and brushing a bit of hair of his forehead. Bennet smiles down at me.

He said to me, finally turning towards me. “Obviously, I don’t listen. Look, I need to know what the hell is going on. I NEED you to catch me up on my missing memories. I cannot feel safe, and I cannot trust anyone until then” I admitted to him. He looked at me with a soft expression. “I understand.” He said after moments of silence. “You need to be careful around all fae, not just Alexander’s children.” He told me, once again closing the distance between us. “What do you mean?” I asked him, still not really knowing the danger that I was in. “There is a disease that has taken the fae realm. It is slowly turning most of the fae people human.” He answered. “Turning them human? Can that really