Outside Woman By Bloodstone Novels & Stories

“You keep walking toward doors that weren’t built for you.” She lifted her chin. “Open the one that is.” Silence stretched—the kind that measured worth. Then one facet darkened, swallowing its light until it showed not reflection but depth. Stairs unfolded inside it, slick with frost. “Down,” Taren whispered. “Down,” she agreed. They stepped through the glass. ⸻ The Sanctum of the First Flame was smaller than any legend promised. It was a room of bare stone with a basin sunk into the center like a wound. No pillars. No altars. Only a low platform on the far side where a body lay bound in chains of white metal—runes glowing dimly at each link.

"Not a single person should be missing. I want the elders, the warriors, the civilians, the maids, every single person with breath in their lungs. It doesn't have to be a rumor anymore" She nodded her head and walked away. I leaned against the wall as soon as Lia walked away. My body was weakened. My knees wobbled. I tried hard to stand on both feet, literally and figuratively. By afternoon, the people were gathered outside the pack house. I grabbed the moonstone from where I kept it. The stone hummed in my ears as soon as my hands held it. It glowed—a bright blue glow that could almost shatter the eyes. I stepped on the podium given to me, with the moonstone in my hand.

Perhaps this… dream walking… would be the key to earning her affections, or at least to understanding the wounds she kept so well hidden. I slipped the chain over my head. The bloodstone settled against my chest, a familiar, grounding presence as I crept down the hall, a silent shadow in my own mate’s home. Her door was ajar, a sliver of darkness promising a glimpse into her soul. I peered through the crack. Her head rested on the open book, soft snores escaping her lips. I couldn’t help but be impressed. She was nearly finished with the tome.

he says. "I know," I say. He hands the knife back to me, handle first. "Keep it," he says. "Next time, aim for the throat." Outside, the moon is rising—two days from full, heavy and pregnant with light. But in the portrait room, surrounded by the faces of women who had not been allowed to choose, I feel something shift. The bloodline is not a curse, I realize. It is a question. And for the first time, I am ready to answer it on my own terms.

I turned around and reached back inside, wrapping my arm securely around Natalie’s waist to lift her effortlessly down to the stone platform. The moment her feet hit the ground, I kept her tucked tightly against my flank. I wanted every wolf in this territory to smell the suffocating weight of my claim on her. She was mine—my shield, my antidote, and the undisputed Luna of my pack. We walked up the grand, sweeping marble steps of the Bloodstone hall. Two rows of silver-armored Bloodstone warriors stood on either side, their hands resting on the hilts of their claymores, their eyes glaring down at us with open hostility.

Eirlys POV: My heart nearly stopped dead in my chest. “What is that?” I whispered, staring at the glowing thing. Rhydian looked up at me from where he knelt. “The Bloodstone.” “I’ve never heard of it,” I said. “You weren’t supposed to,” he replied simply. His gaze shifted toward the hallway where Auren was standing. “It only responds to descendants of House Drakhar.” My stomach dropped like a rock. “I don’t know what you’re talking about.”

“She is indeed” I sat on the bed after a long and steamy shower with my wife, I could not stop thinking about how Olivia had changed from being so loyal and faithful to the pack to complete psychopath and kidnapped my first born. The heir to the Blood Moon Pack and now she was back to take revenge on my family and our pack.

"As if I could become consumed by their ways. I'm a Bloodstone remember, I bow to no one." ***

According to her , they had to prepare clothes in the given time but how could she do this as it was just her start and she didn't want to make any trouble for Aaron. She walked outside the room after examining the office and stood beside Umera who started telling her about the stone embroidery. They were busy in their work when silence surrounded the hall. She looked behind to find Aaron with Aunt Marina. He was staring at her but diverted his attention to the workers who were standing with lower heads.

“Where is the Blood Orchid, Hailey Brookes?” “I….don’t>>>>know,” She replied with a sob. She wished then that she knew, she wished that the Blood Orchid was in her possession. She would have given it to him no matter the value or importance. “Wrong answer”. Hailey watched the long, dark claws swipe at Hailey’s throat. She watched Peggy try to wrest her hands from his grasp in order to hold back the blood gushing from her slit throat. She watched her best friend try but fail. Peggy mouthed another “Run” before falling face first on the Kitchen floor, the blood streaming out from beneath her and staining the white tiles. It seemed to Hailey like she was watching from a distance, she didn’t eve