Shadow And Bone Novels & Stories

"He's nothing but bones now, he can't touch me. However, you, you're the one I need to protect!" …… Jim yanked the bone arrow out of his chest and strode back to the battlefront. Every city camera was live-streaming the chaos, but aside from the wind's constant hum, there was a haunting silence. It was as if the world had hit the pause button. My mom stopped her tears, eyes glued to the screen. She watched as dark clouds swirled with Haunts, their rage shredding every creature in their path. Telephone poles were ripped from the ground, their sparks setting fire to dumpsters.

"I know. I still need an eternity to get glammed up and slip into my dress. You go on with James. Don't keep Mom and the Elders waiting—you know how pumped she is to see him." Right on cue, the head of the guards outside announced that the old Luna was already on her way, clearing any doubts Malcolm had left. "Be quick," he said, scooping up James and heading for the door. Elaine, looking pleased as punch, straightened her silver gown and tossed a snooty scoff my way. "Malcolm, James, and I are the real deal—a family of three. Someone like you, who can't even have pups, has no business standing next to Malcolm."

The White Tide crown lay across the ravine behind us. It rose from the ground. The crowned shadow reached for it through Raiken’s body. I pulled the white wolf forward. Not fully. Just enough. Claws formed at my fingertips. White light spread across my skin. I drove my hand against Raiken’s chest. The shadow screamed. The pack recoiled. Black smoke tore from his mouth. It gathered above us, shaping itself into the false king. Shin threw his blade. The shadow caught it. Then laughed. You cannot kill blood.

The truck sped across the muddy beaten path full of tire tracks from other vehicles. Lukas stared at the bright sky. Even if it was morning, the fact that the things they fight in the shadows existed made the world a dark one that no sunrise could ever illuminate. Back when he was living in ignorance, everything was colorful but when he was pulled into a battlezone where incarnated nightmares are the belligerents, everything just becomes black and white. And he thought that the Moro rebellion was dark enough. This conflict, simply known in the documents as the Shadow War, had made him see everything.

Karina was covered in sweats, her teeth gritting as she poured all her force into slowing down the momentum of Hail’s final attack. Without another word, the other Nobles summoned their shadow. The blackness of its feature stretched until they connected. It was only then that it stretched into a dome that covered all of them. At the same time, Sloane called upon her shadow who stretched in the basis of her shadow. Before the dome closed upon her, she’d seen Sloane winked at her and she felt a warm sensation stabbing her stomach.

If they would not back off, I would have to hand it all to Jennifer, every last bit of my hard-earned success and the mess she had made. With a heavy heart, I spilled my guts to my advisor. Her face ran the gamut from shock to fury, then settled on a look of deep compassion. "You do what you need to do," she said. "I've got your back." I nodded, my throat tight, and after ordering some custom glasses with a hidden camera, I boarded the train home. Before stepping inside, I flicked on the glasses' secret eye.

“If he did, darling… then Ireland’s about to remember what kind of monsters we really are.” The car turned down a long gravel drive toward an old stone manor, its windows lit gold against the darkening sky. Behind them, thunder cracked again—low, deliberate, almost like a laugh. Silver didn’t look back. But she didn’t have to. Somewhere in the fog, a predator had already found her scent. SHADOWS OF REDEMPTION BOOK 2 Prologue — The Red State The hunters found him in Alabama. They always thought wolves howled before they struck. Matrix didn’t. He moved like silence with a pulse.

One, just except my fate because I was tired as hell and had no will power in me to fight or fight despite my body not being fully awake because I had a daughter to life for and didn’t want everyone to come home to a lifeless body laying on the kitchen floor bleeding to death. Of course I went with the second choice because who the hell will I be if I let some intruder dressed like a damn ninja end my life. I’m the Shadow of death for god sakes so I wasn’t about to accept death so easily. So here I was crouched over the lifeless body of the mystery ninja who turned out to be a woman. Pulling the dagger out from her head, blood came pouring out staining the marble floor.

“Then we fight. I won’t run.” Ryan’s lips curved into a faint, approving smile. “That’s the spirit. But remember you’re not alone. I’ll be right here.” As the sun struggled to pierce the mist, figures began to emerge from the forest. The Shadowborn had returned, larger in number, their shapes more terrifying and grotesque than the night before. Limbs stretched at impossible angles, faces half formed, eyes glowing a malevolent violet. They advanced like a living tide, silent and deliberate, yet brimming with lethal intent.

I say, my voice firm. Selene’s glow guides us through the ruins, her light pushing back the shadows. The shard rests on a pedestal, its surface cracked and jagged. “Careful,” Ryland warns. Selene reaches for the shard, her glow intensifying. The moment her fingers touch it, the ground shakes. --- **The Shadow’s Trap** The ruins collapse, tendrils of darkness snaking toward us. Jarek shifts mid-leap, tearing into the shadows, but they’re endless.