I Will Be The Matriarch Novels & Stories

I tried to scream, but it came out as a weak wheeze. I looked out the shattered window. My father, Henry Williams, stood under the orange glow of a streetlamp. He was holding my daughter. He looked at her like she was a trophy, not a human being. The Matriarch stood beside him, her black veil fluttering in the wind. She held a long, thin blade that glinted like a snake’s tooth. "She’s perfect, Henry," the Matriarch whispered. "A clean slate. We will raise her to be the queen we always wanted."

The Matriarch nearly keeled over from the shock. “She has no discipline,” Sorelle hissed in the Matriarch’s ear, all venom. “Doesn’t even drop her chin before the elders. A wild female like that will never fit the Dominion’s rules.” I held her gaze, watching her fists clench frustration leaking off her in waves. She’d counted on the relic’s destruction to doom me, but I stood there, untouched, while her chosen agent got dragged away.

"Welcome, child. I am Arianna Blackwood, Ryder's mother, and the matriarch of this family." Arianna Blackwood stood before Emilia, exuding a quiet strength that belied her age. Her silver hair cascaded gracefully around her shoulders, framing a face weathered by wisdom and experience. Her eyes, a striking shade of steel-blue, held a depth that seemed to unravel the secrets of time itself.

Her face was a perfect, terrifying mirror of my own. "I am the **Matriarch**," she said, her glass lips moving in perfect sync with the voice in my head. "The Architects were the dreamers. I am the Waking. I am the one who planted the seeds in your father’s mind. I am the mother you never had." "My mother is dead!" I snarled, launching a bolt of Grey Flame at the glass figure. The flame hit her chest and simply... absorbed. She didn't even flinch. She grew brighter, the energy feeding her form.

she pauses, “but are you certain you want her dead? I would like to see her, even if just once.” “It's what you want, is it not? You know best, and because of that, I will always follow whatever decision you make.” “Oh my son,” she touches my face gently, looking straight into my eyes. “Everything that I do, I do it for you. I will go to any lengths to protect my family.” From the fire burning in her eyes, I find it incredibly easy to believe her. The Matriarch of the Derulo family, popularly referred to as the Devil's Sword, because of the life she lived before becoming my father's mate and Luna.

The Matriarch pointed to a single, hard wooden chair in the middle of the room. I did as I was told, my back straight as a board. "This is the pack's secret 'Moon Soul potion'," she said, slamming the vial down on the table in front of me. "Drink it. It will maximize your chances of conceiving. Within a month, you'll be pregnant with Alex's child, an heir with the purest Blackwood blood." "I don't need this." I gently pushed the vial back towards her. "Don't need it?" The Matriarch let out a cold, sharp laugh, her eyes like daggers raking over my face. "You've been mated for three years, and not even a whisper of a pup! And you have the nerve to say you don't need it?"

Now that the singing had penetrated her stressed brain, it was pretty darned hard to miss. “And that was ‘Love Is Like a Butterfly,’” Maria announced in an impressed voice, as if she’d found the off-key rendition very enjoyable. Further proof that her sister-in-law really was a kind, kind vampire. Now, the next singer to come on stage is ,” Maria glanced at the square of paper she held, “Sophia Anderson-”

I stand looking dumbfounded for a while, there's no way "Why didn't the mate bond activate earlier before now? "I don't know the answer to that but the moon goddess probably does" "You mean William found his mate and his mate is that thing" "What thing, she's human so what?, " "You think that's what we have to worry about ?, I' have new things to do now but I'd be watching , one mistake and it all goes off " He places a wide smirk on his face "Did you say she's his mate?, Invite her over for the moonlight festival, I'll tell mum itll be cool"

"Stella, calm down! Waverly just recovered from a serious illness. If you scare her, I won't let you get away with it!" I cut him off coldly. "She's got you, the hospital director who sacrifices his own family for the greater good. When someone has a man who'll defend her even when his own mother is dying, how would I dare provoke her?" Martin realized I was talking about the interview that had gone viral, and he relaxed a bit. "Stella, if you're jealous, just say so. There's no need to make such a scene. I know I've been neglecting you lately, so let me..."

Madre begins to speak "You were given wrong Information! "Tori cuts and the crowd gasps at her bravery. "You'll get what's coming to you! "Madre says in a devilish low tune at her. "Sure, but I want my last wish. I'm sure you know how it feels to die without one of those. "She replies and madres stares at the brave beauty before her. "Tori... "I make to speak as tears escape my eyes. "Enough with your drama bi*ch!" she screams and I gulp.