Razor's Edge Bloodline Novels & Stories

“By hiding there.” I turn back to the window and imagine it. Sirens. Panic. Wolves forced to hold back while fear spills everywhere. “He thinks the city makes him safe,” I say. “But it makes him weak.” Lena steps closer. “And when he realizes?” “He will have nowhere to run,” I say. “Because he will not abandon them. That is his flaw.” Mark nods slowly. “And his bloodline?” I feel that old fire burn hotter. “It ends,” I say. “Right there. In the open. Where everyone can see what happens when you cross me.”

"No. That isn't feasible. There is no brother for me. Kane averted his gaze, regret visible on his face. "I apologize, Freya. It's true, though. Your blood is Azrak. He is the one responsible for everything. A feeling of nausea swept through me. My sibling? How could that have happened? How could the adversary be someone with my blood? "Why didn't you inform me earlier?" My voice rising with the wave of emotion that threatened to overwhelm me, I demanded. "Why don't you tell me?"

“What could possibly fix this?” “Me.” She pulled out a knife. Silver. Ancient. The blade that killed the first cursed wolves millennia ago. “I am the original bloodline. The source. The template all other cursed bloodlines were copied from. If I die, if my bloodline ends, all the copies end with it. Including the fragments inside you.” “That will kill the Void fragments. But it will also kill us. Kill the seal. Kill everything.”

I turned to look at her and the green was almost completely gone now, the counter blade had done its work, she was pale and exhausted but the dissolving had stopped and her edges were solid again. "So I have two wolves permanently," I said. "Permanently," Mom confirmed. "The gold is your healer bloodline, your grandmother's line, the silver is your father's warrior line, the Prime Wolf blood, they've been fighting each other your whole life, that's why your shift was suppressed, neither one would yield." "And now?" "Now they've agreed to coexist, which means you'll need to give them both what they need or they'll go back to fighting."

Natalia whispered, her royal voice carrying an absolute clarity that made the concrete walls of the gorge vibrate. She raised the blade, the starlight cutting through the smoky gloom of the pavilion. "And your lineage ends this morning." With a single, precise thrust, Natalia drove the dagger directly through the center of his leather battle tunic, burying the blade to the hilt. A violent surge of silver energy erupted from her palm, traveling through his veins like liquid fire, completely incinerating the pureblood lineage within his cells. Roderick stiffened, his amber eyes fading into a dull, lifeless grey before his massive body slumped forward onto the cold earth floorboards.

"That is the mark of Audrey’s witch coven. They are testing you, sending visions to see if your blood reacts like the ancient texts say." I looked between the two brothers. "Why does she hate me so much? I didn't ask for any of this." "It's not about hate, Betty," Adriel said softly. "It's about your bloodline." "What about her bloodline?" the King demanded, stepping closer as Mitchell refused to let go of my hand. "My parents told me before they died," I whispered, the weight of the secret pressing heavily on my chest. "My blood comes from two lost royal kingdoms. I am the last female warrior of the Blaze and Knight lineages."

It looked like nothing more than a beautiful sword, ancient and deadly. Elder Lyra knelt beside me, her face alight with wonder. You live, she breathed. The blade accepted you. I looked at my hands, expecting to see burns, scars, something to mark what had just happened. But my skin was smooth and unmarked, though my veins seemed to pulse with a faint crimson light. What happened? I managed. The blade tested you, as it tests all who seek to claim it. Most who touch it do not survive. You are truly of the bloodline, child. Not a trace, not a remnant. You are the heir.