Shadowheart Choice Parents Novels & Stories

"You? My first daughter? My most trusted?" "I betrayed you the day I realized what you really were," Amaya said. "Not a father. Not a savior. Just another monster who thinks power is worth any price." She looked at me one more time. "Your mother loved you both. She knew Nova's fire would kill her—it's the price of bearing a shadow phoenix. But she chose it anyway. Chose you both. Said the world needed both light and shadow to find balance." "Enough!" Alaric moved faster than sight. His hand punched through Amaya's chest, lifting her off her feet. She gasped once, blood pouring from her mouth.

“Now that that’s out of the way, can I start?” “My biological father is a Filipino named Jason Manabat. He’s a naturalized citizen of Korea now and goes by the name Nam Jae-hee. ‘Nam’ means south in Korean. He chose that family name because the Philippines lies to the south of Korea. He’s also one of the department heads of Big Break Entertainment, the talent agency that manages MONTE X-O. The founder and former CEO is Kim Mi-young, Shadow’s mother. “The story I’m about to tell you is really more Shadow’s story than my story, because our father Jae-hee told it to him. My own Filipino mother never talked about her past, not even to me.

“Your father made his choice. You are making yours right now. You fought beside her. You held the bond when the shadow tried to rip it apart. That is what we saw.” Kade nodded once. “You could have run when the voice spoke. You stayed. You stood here and told us the truth. That counts for something.” The mother shifted her toddler on her hip. “My child is alive because you two held the line. I do not care what your father did. I care what you do now.” More voices rose. Some angry. Some confused. But many nodded. The young warrior stepped forward. “The shadow wants us to turn on you. I will not give it that.”

“He used you to heal himself while his family’s poison rotted my mind. He is his father’s son, Winnie. And you are a daughter of the Night. Choose now. The light that lies, or the darkness that knows your name.” ​I looked at Cassian, who was struggling to stand, the poison in his system reacting violently to the shadow energy in the air. Then I looked at my mother and brother, the family I had prayed to see again for ten long years. ​The choice was an impossible weight, a knife to my heart that threatened to cut me in two.

He needed stronger shit than that to defeat a demon born in darkness. His father stepped back. There would be no bloodshed today. No, today he would just...as Ava’s father put it, show everyone who had the bigger dick. Shadow unfurled and took over. His father took further steps back when he looked into the beast’s red eyes. “I told you not to give me ultimatums.” His father’s gaze lowered immediately. “My mate isn't hiding. Go home.”

She stood a little taller and stronger with her brother’s help. “I, Kydence Diamond Shadow, daughter of Beta Karson and Kora Shadow, of the Shadow Mountain pack accept the rejection of Andrew Grady Chambers, as his TRUE FATED mate in witness of my family, Alpha and the Moon now and forever. I am no longer bound to him as his TRUE and FATED mate.” She recited cutting her connection to Andrew as he fell to his knees clutching his chest.

“From this pack. From the monster who humiliated their mother for political power.” The twins pressed closer to her legs. Luka’s shadows reached out instinctively, wrapping around Aria’s calves like a shield. Kael looked at them again, raw hunger and something almost like pain in his expression. “They carry my blood. Shadowthorn blood. They belong here.” “They belong with me,” Aria said. Her voice didn’t waver even as the bond screamed at her to step closer. “I raised them. I trained them. I kept them alive while you played house with her.” She jerked her chin toward Seraphina.

For the first time Cole went to Leah’s quarter, the closet door was open, but there was nothing inside; every trace of Leah was gone For the first time, he imagined a child in the house, running, playing. He clenched his fist; this was gone because of him. He picked up his phone and called his assistant. “Find out who hired her." His assistant hesitated for a moment before answering. “She’s working at Mark’s Corporation.’’ Mark’s Corporation, his family’s biggest rival. A frown crossed his face.

The streets echoed with nothingness. I made my way to my childhood home, laying my mother and brother to rest. The only thing on her was a paternity test in her pocket. I unfolded it slowly, she had done the test twice. Did she really hate me that much? The ground laid the infants we were sending off. They had been kind souls, may their next lives be brighter. The graves of my mother and brother faced the building. With each infant's passing, they could only stand vigil. For eternity, they would remain in the place they least loved.

*What she is. Shadow Queen. Killer of ancient beings. Someone who could level mountains. "I love her because of what she is," I said. "Strong. Brave. Someone who chose love over power." My father was quiet until we reached the main door. "Your choice reminds me of something," he said. "A choice I made long ago." He looked at my mother with eyes full of old pain. "I chose duty over my heart once. Married your mother because it was what the pack needed. What was expected."