Neil Flambe Novels & Stories

I made sure then that I killed him years ago. “Ladies and gentlemen, I’m sorry if we were a minute later, there was a problem with my fiance’s car, so it took a while. By the way, my name is Flame Ledesma, the boss of the Fire organization. Also, I would like to meet you all, my soon to be wife, my fiancée, Carla Christine Zabala.”

Neil had endured so much without even knowing the full extent of Roy’s control over his life. Indeed, everything was orchestrated by Roy to gain control over Neil. I hadn't realized that the identity of Neil Caster was also fabricated by Roy. I initially thought there might have been an overlap between Neil Wesley and Neil Caster, but it became clear that while Neil Wesley still existed, Neil Caster, though present, had no true identity. Could it be that the resurrection ritual gave this child, originally known as "Little None," a new identity as Neil? Did my decision alter the fate of Little None?

Lovely. A gust of wind fluttered through the room, and then he appeared, tall, slender, ageless in that eerie fae way. He wore pale blue robes embroidered with runes, had glowing silver hair that floated like he was underwater, and opal eyes that shimmered like stormlight. He didn’t speak. He turned to the board, lifted his hand, and magic flowed from his fingertips like glowing golden ink. The letters curled and formed elegantly across the black stone: Professor Claymen.

Even wrapped in Alexander’s arms, her mind spun with Celeste’s revelations, the undercurrents of secrets she’d barely begun to comprehend, and the new questions about the fire that had turned her apartment and the remnants of her independence into smoke. By morning, she was already in the study, reviewing the preliminary investigation report Celeste had delivered in a discreet black folder sealed with the Drake crest. Her hands trembled as she flipped through pages filled with grainy surveillance stills, emails between Genevieve’s assistant and a man identified only as “R. Mun.” According to Celeste’s brother’s security team, “T. Cho” was short for Tae-min Cho, a cousin of the assistant and