Other-hearted Novels & Stories

Each one radiates something different: Heartwood Emberroot hums with deep sorrow and embered hope. Ashbane carries the ache of betrayal, the weight of endings. Mireblossom pulses faintly, echoing my heartbeat. Lunacrown Thistle stings even from a distance, sharp, and proud, refusing to be tamed. Solstice Veinleaf is cold and impossibly bright, like moonlight on snow.

“Then you’ll be another body I step over. Pray it doesn’t come to that.” The silence between them crackled with danger, with love curdled into something sharper, deadlier. And though Ruben’s heart still ached for her, for the woman she once was, he couldn’t shake the truth settling in his bones he had married not just a grieving widow, but the very storm that would bring down the Delwuncos from within.

And somewhere deep inside the shared heartbeat, something tightens in anticipation.

But the whole time, she was all he could see. I had trusted the institute's lies in my last life and delivered my sister into their hands, only to watch her die in agony. In the end, Victor had died for me. When his eyes met mine now, all I saw was hatred. "Anya is your sister. Do you even realize what you're doing? I've never met a woman in this world as vicious as you! Do you even have a heart?!" He had always been so gentle, yet the words he threw at me cut like knives.

" It all happened so fast that I couldn't dodge. Her slap burned my skin, making my cheek throb as I stumbled forward, almost falling to the ground. My father and Audrey didn't even flinch. They just stood there, watching coldly with hatred burning in their eyes. My father spat on the ground. "The tarot reader was right. She told me one of you was gonna bring wealth, and the other ruin. We should've killed you the second you were born. You're such a disappointment!" Their eyes cut into me like sharp knives. For a moment, anger, sadness, and pain all fought inside me. But it passed quickly.

𝙈𝙮 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙩 𝙤𝙣𝙡𝙮 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙝𝙖𝙙 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙩, 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩. 𝙊𝙣𝙚 𝙣𝙚𝙚𝙙. 𝘿𝙚𝙨𝙥𝙞𝙩𝙚 𝙖𝙡𝙡, 𝙞𝙣 𝙨𝙥𝙞𝙩𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙖𝙡𝙡...𝘼𝙡𝙡 𝙢𝙮 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙩 𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙬� �𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙞𝙨 𝙮𝙤𝙪.

Elysia, The distinct bitterness of oleander still lingered in my mouth, coating my senses with its deadly essence. It was the second poison I had recognized, almost immediately after the first. Oleander was ruthless—it weakened the heart, slowly breaking down its strength until it faltered completely. Heart attacks, heart failure, an excruciating end that left no room for recovery. Yet, I was still here.

"I thought I was drawn to her. Why do I feel this pull towards you?" Amelia's eyes shimmered with empathy, her voice gentle yet resolute. "Harrison, the heart is a complex and mysterious entity. It doesn't always adhere to the confines of our expectations or preconceived notions. Perhaps what you felt for Claire was a deep admiration and friendship, while the bond between us is something more profound, something destined."

"Dad, can you hear me?" nothing "Mom, please answer, mom, are you ok?" Ocean, are you getting anything?" Acre mind linked from the next room, "No, you?" "No, I'm really worried, what if they're...?" "They are alive, we would have felt it if they weren't" "I guess, what do you think of Shannon?" "Well, she seems genuine... but let's not forget she betrayed the pack once before" "Yeah, I was thinking the same thing". A light tapping on the bedroom door got my attention so I got up to answer it,

"Are you actually asking if the Oceanheart Orb is worth a lot of money? You really are an idiot!" Dunley wasted no time in berating Cyndi ruthlessly, making her cheeks go bright red out of embarrassment and fury. Then, he continued, "One can only chance upon an Oceanheart Orb. No amount of money could buy something as priceless as that orb. Also, it's extremely rare to see an Oceanheart Orb that big. "Ah, by the way, the Oceanheart Orb is crowned with an older name in the past. It used to be known as a Nocturne Orb."