Shadow And Bone Fanfic Novels & Stories

But his voice wavers—just a little—and that’s what makes me take one step closer. Before I can respond, I feel the strength of the shadows encasing me. A sharp pain courses through my body, and for a moment, the darkness swallows me whole. But then, Shadow’s hands wrap around me—steady, relentless. His energy flows into mine, merging with it, and for an instant, all I feel is him. His love, his rage, his pain… everything. It’s as if our souls are intertwined so deeply we cannot live without each other. “I told you I didn’t care what happened,” Shadow replies, his eyes blazing with overwhelming intensity. “You won’t tear us apart. You can’t.”

We can see through the darkness luckily because so can Bane and his men apparently and they advance as soon as the fog covers the whole area. ‘Now Tristan.’ I mindlink our Beta, and he howls from somewhere to my left. Shadow rubs his head against Dawn, and she reciprocates his affection before the first rogue is over us. Shadow takes him down without a hitch, tearing his throat out. Another rogue comes at us and Dawn makes short progress, killing him as well, throwing his body into an advancing Bane.

Just leaving her in my room, sleeping peacefully, to attend this morning's meeting had physically pained me now they wanted to send her to a different place entirely. I paced, wringing my hands. "The mate bond is new to Maddox," Lena said softly standing to hold my hand. "You won't take her away from me," I snarled. Shadow paced in my mind, fighting me for control. I didn't need him to speak to me to know what he wanted. Shadow wanted what he always wanted. He wanted to fight, to rip apart anyone that stood between him and the thing he loved most in the world. Before Kayla that was his pack but now, nothing and no one not even the safety of his pack would stop him from being close to Kayla.

“I felt pieces through the bond but I want to understand it the way you do.” I sat at the table and he took the chair across from me. The bond stayed wide open. I described the stones in detail. Tall and weathered. Covered in runes that pulsed red like fresh blood. The ground around them cracked as the shadow moved beneath. The voices sounded old and layered. They warned that the bloodline had kept the shadow contained. When the rejection happened and the bond fractured the shadow had stirred. Now that the bond had strengthened again the shadow pushed harder to break free.

"Soon, we will go to war with other supernaturals. People of the same species Shadow and some will lose their mates because of my deranged father. Life can be taken away so easily, and I couldn't let another second pass without letting you know how much you mean to me. We are so lucky to have found our way back to each other. I'm scared that not everyone will be as lucky as us." No matter how much Shadow tried to convince Bella that he would be okay and return home, she still had a look of melancholy in her eyes. And in the end, he settled for holding her tightly in his strong arms as they looked at the stars together, eating food and sharing tender kisses beneath the moonlight.

I needed distance. “You’re being an idiot,” Shadow’s voice rumbled. “Our mate is in school, and you’re here, sulking.” I groaned and sank deeper into my bed, clutching my pillow like it could somehow muffle him out. “We can’t be around her every second,” I snapped. “You know what happens when we’re close. I lose control. You lose control.” “And staying away is working out great, isn’t it?” Shadow sneered. “Because I’m definitely losing it more right now. The bond isn’t going to weaken just because you’re hiding under a blanket.”

It didn’t even move. Instead, it stepped closer. “Choose, Rory. Or I will.” The mark on my palm burned so hot it felt like my skin was tearing apart. The bonds flared, Kael’s sharp like a blade, Thorne’s warm but fading, and Riven’s dark and steady. I couldn’t lose them. Any of them. “I can’t,” I whispered, falling to my knees. “I can’t do this.” “Then watch,” the shadow said. The shadow struck. Not with claws or teeth, but with my own fire. A black-and-silver flare of heat lashed out, slamming into Kael. He cried out, staggering back as his bond to me screamed with pain.

Her eyes fly open, but she sees nothing, pupils blown wide with shock. The bond explodes between us like a star being born. I drop to my knees, unprepared for the sensory onslaught. Across from me, Rain does the same, a strangled sound escaping his throat. Dawn's consciousness floods into mine—fragments of her fear as she faced Sorin, her wonder at Rain's dragon form, her confusion and pain as the shadow magic drained her light. Beneath those immediate sensations run deeper currents—her determination, her loneliness, her hunger for belonging.

The Emperor’s private wing stretched before us like a throat ready to swallow us whole. Torches flickered low along the stone walls, throwing long, twisted shadows that danced like fingers reaching for my throat. Darius kept his hand firm on my lower back, guiding me forward, but his touch felt more like a warning than comfort. Ronan walked a step behind us now, his boots echoing softly. That charming smile of his never left his face, but in the dim light it looked sharper, almost hungry.

Slowly, the darkness fell, and instead of the sun, the moon rose in the sky, more majestic than the most precious jewel. The night that fell was growing colder and colder and the pain in my soul was growing harder and harder to bear. I felt lost. I was a man without a future. Feeling scared and overwhelmed, I took tiny steps into a future that looked like a canyon. I hated it, but I also loved it madly. I couldn’t forget her stony face or the venomous eyes I saw the night of the accident. But I couldn’t get out of my heart her naïve, pained, passionate nature with which she had captivated me. Who was the real Emily? What could I do now that I knew the truth? When I was totally lost, I felt a