Nier 9s Novels & Stories

My fated mate, Alpha Kian of the Valerius Pack, had an unbreakable rule. After 9 PM, he cut off the mind link. No calls. No exceptions. He called it his "absolute radio silence." A time for the Alpha to calm his inner beast. Even when my heat hit the hardest. Before 9, he’d comfort me. The second the clock struck 9, he pushed me away without a second thought. Once, I was patrolling the borders late at night and got ambushed by rogues. My wolf howled in pure agony as blood spilled. Panicking, I pushed through our mate bond, begging for help. All I got was his voice, dripping with extreme annoyance. "Do you have any idea what time it is? Do not disturb me!" That night, I tore those rogues apar

When he tried again, it was still the same busy tone from before. He dialed seven times in a row, but none of the calls were picked up. Natalina had never once ignored his calls. Even when he was blatantly lying to her or brushing her off with half-hearted explanations that he barely believed himself, she had always answered. She had always listened to him finish. He threw on his coat and intended to return home. When Aurora heard the noise, she stepped out of the bedroom in her nightgown and leaned against the doorframe. Her expression changed the moment she saw him grab his car keys.

"Even me?! I hold the highest authority in the Snowclaw Pack, and I don't have clearance?" The Beta nearly collapsed. "Alpha, maybe ask the pack elders. They might know what's going on." Garrick's chest rose and fell sharply. After a long moment, he forced himself to calm down. He lowered his gaze to Rowena's phone and powered it on. The lock screen lit up and asked for a password. He entered her birthday first. Wrong. Then he typed his own. The screen unlocked. Garrick's expression softened. "I knew it. No matter what happens, I still come first in her heart. Wena has always placed me above everything else."

I leaned against the cold brick wall, my hand trembling as I pulled my phone from my pocket and called my assistant, Maria, to come get me. The ninth time. I thought back to the ridiculous bet Julia had proposed a year ago. "Nine choices, Leona. Let's see who Isak really picks. The loser walks." The first time was at my mother's funeral. A rival family crashed the service and opened fire. Isak dove to shield Julia without a second thought. The second time was at his succession ceremony. A bomb went off, and his first instinct was, again, to protect Julia. The third, fourth, fifth time…

“Of course, I will let you go.” “Really? Oh my God, thank you so much.” “But that will be after ninety days.” “What?” She screamed. “Yes, ninety days.” “What do you mean after ninety days? Are you crazy? You kidnapped me for no reason and you won't let me go till after ninety days?” “You should be lucky I didn't say I will kill you.” “Let me go, this is a great offense and I will report you to the cops, untie me and let me go.”

Natie curiously looked at her as Anelia raised her hands. “Nine times one, you take down your thumb. There you have it, nine but that’s an obvious one. Let’s move on to nines times two, you take down the second finger. See, I’m left with my thumb and eight more this side. So, that’s eighteen.”