Onyx Storm Excerpt Cosmopolitan Novels & Stories

She refused the marriage they demanded. He was the Cold CEO feared by all. Yet fate has its own designs. Rachel Raphael’s life has been a mixture of loss and betrayal. Being maltreated by her stepmother and stepsister since her mother died, she was denied everything she deserved. Now, her father, CEO Victor Raphael, demands she marry Matthew Kane, the enigmatic and ruthless mafia CEO. Rachel refuses, she already has someone she truly loves and she refuses to be pawns in the cruel games of power and wealth. But Matthew is no ordinary man, he cold, calculating, and feared by all, he doesn’t take refusal lightly. As Rachel navigates a web of lies, family betrayal, and dark secrets, she discovers that some enemies wear masks and some allies hide knives. Will she survive the storm of love, revenge, and deceit? Or will the darkness claim them both?

He was everything I should have run from— Zane Wilde: cruelly handsome, ruthlessly wealthy, dangerously charming. A storm in human form. Addictive in ways I never saw coming. He didn’t knock—he barged into my life. Into my space. Into my thoughts. Into my body. And I let him. With every touch, every word, he tore down the walls I’d built to protect myself from men like him. I was supposed to guard my heart. But love doesn’t follow rules. When I was bare. Defenseless. Hopelessly his... He walked away. Now I’m left piecing together what’s left of me, while he moves on untouched— like he never bled me dry. This isn’t a love story. It’s a warning. One that begins with obsession… and ends with ruin. ---Mature Audience Only---

Sienna Hayes only wanted one thing: to escape the wreckage of her father’s debts and start over at Ridgecrest Academy, the elite school where she’s nothing more than the invisible scholarship girl. But blending in is impossible when her path collides with Luca Russo, the academy’s golden boy with a dangerous edge. Luca has it all—money, power, and the world at his feet—but behind his charming smile lies a storm he can’t control. When Sienna becomes the first person to see through his carefully constructed façade, their connection becomes impossible to ignore. But Sienna has secrets of her own—secrets tied to Luca’s powerful family and the debt that could destroy them both. As their worlds spiral closer, passion ignites, boundaries blur, and the line between love and disaster disappears. Will they survive the fallout, or will their forbidden love become the ultimate betrayal?

Betrayed by her mate. Rejected by her pack. Bound by an agonizing supernatural bond. Luna Georgina has given up everything to build a future with Alpha Ryan, only to be publicly humiliated when he continues a passionate affair with Danica, his first love and now his pregnant mistress. When Danica starts spreading lies and turning the pack against her, Georgina loses not only her title but also her sense of self. When Alpha Marius, a powerful rival, offers her the chance to rise again, Georgina must decide how far she is willing to go to reclaim her power and protect those she cares about. But in exchange, Georgina must make an allegiance that only a Luna like her can. Georgina faces the storm with a burning spirit and a desire for vengeance. Betrayal, secrets, and power struggles will blend with love and loyalty for a Luna who will not be broken.

Everyone thought she was blessed by fate— Luna of the Ironspike Pack, daughter of the Silverlight Alpha, and mate to Cassian Simmonds. Three years after swearing eternal love under the Blood Moon, she finds him holding another woman—his first love. When the truth shatters their bond, Trista stops begging for love and starts taking back her power. But Cassian isn’t ready to let go. He’s in her dreams, her bed, her every breath—his voice a promise and a threat. “You think I’ll let you go? The mate bond isn’t something you can cut.” He thinks she’ll stay broken. He doesn’t know her rebirth will ignite a storm that could tear the werewolf world apart. She’s no longer his. She’s the backlash beneath the Blood Moon.

Meera Rathore has spent her life fighting against the future others chose for her. Forced into an arranged marriage with the heir of a powerful dynasty, she finds herself trapped within the walls of the Singh Palace—a place of wealth, tradition, and unsettling silence. Beyond the palace lies a forbidden forest where, during a monsoon storm, Meera encounters Laila, a mysterious woman whose beauty is rivaled only by the sorrow she carries. Drawn together by an undeniable connection, Meera soon discovers that Laila is tied to the palace's darkest secret. As forgotten histories resurface and long-buried truths emerge, Meera uncovers the stories of women erased from memory and silenced by generations of power. But some names refuse to be forgotten, and some loves refuse to die. *The Palace of Buried Names* is a haunting gothic romance about forbidden love, forgotten women, and the secrets that survive long after death.

I've been mated to Alpha Alaric Goremane for five years, and I'm still a virgin. On the night he claims me, I stand before him, naked. With my heart pounding against my chest, I muster the courage to step forward and wrap my arms around him. But he pulls away, and then comes the words that lingered in my head for years like a devil's whisper. "I'm sorry, Kyna. I have severe germaphobia and can't handle physical intimacy. Please give me some time." In that moment, my heart plunges into the abyss. But when I see the torment in his eyes, I convince myself that he doesn't love me any less. He's just sick, and all I have to do is wait. So, I wait for five long years. On our fifth mating anniversary, I cross thousands of miles in a raging storm just to see the look of delight on his face when I surprise him. Sure enough, I see the warmth in his eyes and gentleness in his expression. But what a pity… it isn't for me. The Alpha, who claims to be an obsessive clean freak, is on one knee before his childhood sweetheart. He gently slips off her rain-soaked heels, dries her feet, and warms her cold toes with the heat of his palm. It's as if that's the most natural thing in the world, and as if his world holds no one else. He sighs. "Serene, how many times have I told you that you'll catch a cold? What would you do without me?" In that instant, the last of my delusions shatters. I finally realize that his germaphobia is selective, and I'm simply the one he can't bear to touch. Instead of making a fuss, I slip off the ring I've worn for five years and walk into the storm without looking back. Later, I hear he tries to win me back with the most expensive roses in the city. But the Kyna Lupen who loves him is long gone.

Danica Laurent never imagined one mistake could change her entire life. After a reckless night with a stranger, she finds herself pregnant and shamed in front of the world. Eden Cross, a ruthless billionaire with everything never planned to take responsibility for the pregnancy when he finds out. He still loves his ex, fashion icon Erica Lancaster. But under pressure from his grandmother and the looming media storm, he steps forward… on one condition. A one-year contract. One year of marriage. One hundred million dollars will be given to her. And after that? She must disappear—without the child. But Danica has dreams of her own. A struggling medical student, she agrees to the contract. But what happens when hearts start to shift? When Eden’s cold heart starts to burn for her? He gave her one year, but she might steal a lifetime.

She was his fated mate-until he cast her aside. Marked by rejection and left to pick up the shattered pieces of her heart, she swore she would never let herself be broken again. But fate is relentless, and when a second chance mate steps into her path, she faces a choice: risk her heart once more or guard it behind the walls she built to survive. Yet love is not the only battle she must fight. The rogues are rising, their threat creeping closer like a storm on the horizon. War is inevitable, and with it comes the ghosts of the past-secrets buried, betrayals unmasked, and a reckoning that could tear everything apart. As the lines between love and loyalty blur, she must find the strength to face her enemies and herself. Will she embrace the future waiting for her, or will the scars of the past hold her back when it matters most? The heart can heal, but only if she dares to let it.

Zeva’s life shattered the night her mate, Alpha Darian of the East, rejected her in front of his pack. Cast aside as unworthy and stripped of her future, the Omega was bartered away like a pawn, her fate sealed in a cruel bargain. Now, she belongs to Aric Veylor—the ruthless Alpha of the North. Cold as the frozen lands he rules, Aric has no use for weak Omegas except as breeders, and Zeva, being his first, is delivered to his pack as nothing more than his breeder bride. But Zeva refuses to break quietly. Beneath her scars lies a strength he never expected, and her defiance sparks dangerous consequences in a world already divided by power, betrayal, and blood. When an Omega is traded into the arms of the most feared Alpha alive, will she survive as his breeder bride… or will her defiance ignite a storm that could consume them both?