Haunting Adeline Triggers Novels & Stories

Someone who knew him well enough to call him out if he was losing his grip. Caroline agreed to meet him without hesitation. She watched him over her drink as he fidgeted in his seat, pushing food around his plate like it might rearrange itself into an answer. “What’s wrong with you?” she asked finally. Ben took a breath. “I think my house is haunted.” Her eyebrows shot up as she chewed, but he didn’t stop. “The ghost watched me in the shower.” He made a vulgar motion with his hand. She choked. Ben winced but barreled on. “It got quite the show. I mean, full frontal. Very educational.”

Adrian nodded, his jaw tight. “It isn’t just the people hunting you,” he said. “It’s the spine itself.” I stared at him. “You mean… the spine will kill me?” Adrian shook his head quickly, as if the thought itself was painful. “No,” he said. “It will use you.” My throat tightened. “Use me how?” Adrian stepped closer, and his voice became urgent. “It’s going to make you a trigger,” he said. “It will activate its defenses through you.”

Her lips trembled, but she obeyed, folding her hands tighter in her lap. But the silence did not bring peace. Instead, memory pressed in—the garden, the sharp jolt before darkness swallowed me, and the moment earlier in the day that refused to leave my mind. Her. Adeline. I caught her scent in the corridor—faint, but impossible to miss. Herbs and earth, warm and sharp like crushed leaves. It always rattled me, tugged at pieces of memory I tried to bury. But this time, something else pushed through, heavier, sharper. Something primal roared in my blood, refusing to be ignored.

Personally, I wished she’d excluded me from the guest list entirely. But here I was, standing in a bright, fabulous living room after spending the night trapped in total darkness. Last night felt like a dream. No, a nightmare—but the bruises on my mind told me it was entirely real. Somehow, I’ve made a terrifying deal with Riven, or whatever the hell his name is. That man isn’t normal. His actions were psychotic. But I have to— "Adelina!"

"The astrologer said, as soon as you sign here, your stars will immediately align with Charlie's. You… You have to sign… Please." I took the pen without hesitation and signed my name. As I finished the final stroke and lifted my gaze, I met Adrian's venomous gaze. I could see it clearly now—the signs of his decline were written on his face, darker and more defined than ever before. "Claire… Milton… You bitch, how dare you betray me!" he roared. He was about to lunge at me when his body suddenly froze. He clutched his chest, and his face contorted in agony. Then, he coughed up a torrent of crimson blood.

"We just need to get out of the open. We’ll find a place to hide together. A hollow log, a cave... anything." "Hide?" A sharp voice cut through the dark from just behind us. Even though I couldn’t see her face clearly, I knew it was Mirabel. I would recognize that sneering tone anywhere. "That’s your big plan, Adeline?" She chuckled and stepped closer. "You three really think hiding like scared rabbits is going to save you? If you had a single wolf between the three of you, maybe you’d have a real chance at surviving the night. But no, you’ll probably just trip over each other in the first five minutes and serve yourselves up on a silver platter."

She's not moving, just looking into the air like she's having another vision. I want to touch, to shake her so she can tell us exactly what she's seeing because I know it has to do with me. "Don't." Cassandra reads my mind and warns me against. Seconds later Nikolina is out of her trance with a gasp. She's breathing fast and gasping for her. I immediately know that whatever she saw was very bad because Nikolina looks like she's seen a ghost. "Sister," Amelia places her hand on Nikolina's shoulder. "What did you see?"

The first and last time she met Adaline, the figure turned into a scary monster. "Rain!" Adaline shouted, then pulled Rain into an exaggerated embrace. Instinctively, Rain backed away in fear. She was terrified that suddenly Adaline turned into a tearing monster and pounced on her on the spot. "Oh, Lord!" Said the witch. Adaline shook her head until her earrings swayed like the clink of the wind in a storm. "Last time I saw you, you disappeared along with the ripping monsters." "And the last time I saw you, you turned into a tearing monster yourself," said Rain, who backed away in fear.

Adeline held Audrey's neck and pressed her to the wall, threatening to choke her. "Next time I see you with him, I'll kill you. And trust me, human, you don't want to know what it looks like when a wolf gets angry!" Adeline hopes to scare Audrey away, she briefly lets her wolf surface, turning her blue eyes to a glowing brown. Audrey lazily stared at Adeline, she was bored from the moment they stepped into this place, this was the climax of her boredom. She couldn't act scared anymore. "This is considered a warning, human!" Adeline finished and pushed Audrey aside, hitting her back against the wall. She noticed something in Audrey and decided to leave, still proud.

“I saw the look the three of you had when Adelia spoke about reliving her past life.” “How were we not able to sense you?” Arthur finally spoke. They had not heard any footsteps approaching the door nor had they perceived her scent, so how did she get into the room? Adelia lifted her hand up and a white thread suddenly appeared on her finger. The other end was of course tied to Adrian’s finger. “Don’t you dare try your tricks on me, I’m not my sister and so it won’t work,” Adelia said to Cara, who was trying to mutter a spell to make her fall unconscious so she would wipe her memories.