Nora Roberts Awakening Series Novels & Stories

Sarah When I woke up Joshua was gently rubbing my head, whispering in my ear. “Wake up sleepy head. Everyone wants to go on a hike today.” I didn’t dare tell him I’d barely gotten any sleep. I sat up and looked around the room, trying to catch my bearings. Joshua leaned in to kiss me good morning but I pushed him away. The last thing I remembered, my mouth was filled with Nate’s semen. I wasn’t about to kiss Joshua. “Not now. I have morning breath,” I told him.

Serena said, tears dropping from her eyes, "That's enough," Screamed Darey as he stormed out of the house, * * * * Mrs Langson didn't get enough sleep last night, so she was up early, but not early enough to see Nora sneaking into her room in a robe. " Nora, wake up, it's morning already," said Mrs Langson as she walked into Nora's room to wake her up, Nora, stretching on her bed, opened her eyes, it was almost one hour before she sneaked into her room, and cleaned up.

"The notary friend you wanted. Forwarded." Adrian: "Good. Now go." — For once, Nora slept through the night. She didn't wake until her alarm went off. Monday morning. The office was dead quiet. "Chief, going out?" Summer was prepping for handoff. "Grabbing breakfast." Nora made up an excuse and headed for the elevator. She was about to push open the stairwell door. "Dr. Ward." An elevator had arrived. Ethan Shaw stepped out and called her name. "Got a moment?"

“It listens. It responds.” “Oh God…” My shaky hand lifted to my stomach. “No. No, no, no….” Because it didn’t feel like sickness, it felt like an awakening. A crawling pressure climbed up my ribs, hot and cold all at once. My vision blurred, and a violent pulse throbbed at the base of my skull. I squeezed my eyes shut, but that only made everything sharper, the movement under my skin, the tightening around my lungs, the whispering sensation spreading through my veins.

incredible. Fearless. Lethal. And beautiful. My fear gave way to awe, and then to relief. She wasn't in danger; she was the one handling the danger. I felt a smile spread across my face, pride and admiration swelling in my chest. I took a step forward, my eyes locked on hers, but she didn't seem to notice me. She was still on high alert, her gaze scanning the surroundings, ready for the next threat. Nora stood in a clearing, surrounded by the bodies of at least six rogues. Blood spattered her clothes, her face. But it was her eyes that shocked me most— fiery, glowing with power that should have been impossible for her to access.

No, I wanted to crawl out of my own skin, burning him in the process. He murmured softly, in the way someone would talk to their beloved and not to the kidnapped woman he was performing bizarre experiments on, "Don't sleep darling, I will get you out of here soon." ~ * ~ * PRESENT * Anita Humming my favourite song, I went to the garden to get some black elderberry for Niki to make some tea for my Alma to take when she woke up. Nursing two starving baby dragons wasn’t easy and she needed all the magical help she could get.

I was enveloped by darkness. I had a weightless sensation as if I were floating in space. I was unable to determine if my eyes were open or closed. Was this the last time? In the distance, a dim silvery light suddenly emerged, getting stronger by the second. It encircled me, inviting and warm but strong. Through the void came a quiet but authoritative voice. "Awaken, Melissa." I gasped as my eyes sprung open. The ground beneath me was cold and solid, but the room Kane and I had fallen into was anything from ordinary. Ethereal light glowed on the walls, and complex symbols pulsated in time with the pendant around my neck.

she muttered to herself, sighed and turned to her right side. She closed her eyes again trying to force herself to sleep when a thought came to her then her eyes opened again. "Aurora started behaving different since the day she woke up from that fall, or maybe some part of her brain was affected that she didn't remember how we do somethings?. Her character has changed also, I need to inform Alpha Ralph about it in the morning." She concluded, staring at the ceiling. Aurora strolled out of the mansion with Rita walking behind her.

She knelt in the ashes, every nerve alight, and let the flames settle into a quiet burn beneath her skin. The forest was eerily still. Smoke drifted upward in lazy spirals, carrying the faint echoes of the destruction she had wrought. Serena rose slowly, legs shaking, and felt the power within her pulse like a heartbeat of the world itself. The whisper returned—soft, low, ancient—threading through her thoughts like silk and steel. They will see. They will know.

Behind her came a group of reinforcements from our pack, their eyes darting warily around the gathered Awakened. “Aurora!” Lily called out, slightly out of breath. “I brought the book from your room, and several others I thought might be relevant. There's so much we need to decipher.” As Lily approached, I felt a strange pull coming from the center of the clearing. My eyes were drawn to the altar where the Awakened had been performing their ritual. There was something there, something hidden… Without fully understanding why, I walked towards the altar. The sounds around me turned into a gentle hum as I focused on the strange energy I was sensing. As I extended my hand, I heard a click, simil