Spider Lily Novels & Stories

came Lila's gruff voice. I walked inside, blinking my eyes. Lila was over her desk. "Um, Elder Lila?" I said hesitantly. “I brought the herbs. She turned and her eyes widened when she saw what I was carrying. "By the Moon Goddess," she breathed. “Actually you did. I nodded and carefully placed the herbs on her table. “Moonflower from Whispering Falls, Ghostly Orchid from Misty Hollow, and blood rose from Crimson Meadow. Lily's twisted fingers hovered over each herb, her expression a mixture of fear and suspicion. "How?" she demanded. "How did you manage?"

“What are Spider Ferns, Mama? And why do you need them?” Estella knelt beside the plant, brushing a strand of hair from her face as she began to explain. “Spider Ferns are a very special plant, Devon. They can be used to treat poisons. The plant itself is highlight poisonous, but if handled correctly and mixed with the right herbs, it becomes a powerful antidote for almost any type of poison.” Devon’s eyes widened in amazement. “So, it’s a poison that can cure poisons?” “Exactly,” Estella said, smiling at her son’s quick understanding. “But because it’s so dangerous, I need you to stay a bit further back while I gather it. It’s important to be very careful.”

Upon opening it, her eyes widened. “These are rare species—lilies of twilight and nymph vines! Luna, how did you get them?” Lyra gave a soft smile. It had been long ago, on the day she gave birth to her baby girl. The plant had sprouted beside the room where she delivered her. Curious, she had plucked it and handed it over to the pack’s doctor for examination. Its healing powers were something she had kept secret—until now. She needed it to save this girl, a daughter, a hope to both her father and this hidden pack.

I twisted sideways sharply, shifting back to human form and drawing the silver knife Rhys had given me. Silver flashed as the blade plunged into the spider's belly. The spider shrieked, its limbs twitching frantically. I shifted back to wolf form and lunged at its exposed weak spot – the soft tissue under its head. A fatal blow. The spider fell, but the poison was spreading. My fur was matted with it in several places, the wounds burning. Venom-Mist Spiders wouldn't just show up here. It was… Cassidy. That strange smell earlier, and the "herbs" she was gathering near the cave – it was a scent to lure the spiders!

Its petals shimmered with an otherworldly iridescence, shifting between shades of silver and pale blue as if capturing the very essence of moonlight. Lilly's heart raced as she realised what she was looking at. Moon Roses, the legendary flower of the Moon Goddess herself, were only meant to bloom once in a lifetime, but now a second one had appeared in front of her. At least while she wasn’t in a trance at first, and this one was like the first one, not like the three that everyone thought might be some kind of countdown.

His sharp eyes scanned the garden, taking in every detail. I shook my head slightly and crouched near a cluster of silver-blue leaves. “Stormpetal,” I said, remembering the textbook. “It reacts to body heat. You have to pluck it fast, or it shocks you.” Darien nodded. “Correct.” I reached out quickly and yanked a stem. A tiny spark bit my fingers, but I got it. One down. The others weren’t as easy. Bloodroot Lily hid under thorny vines that lashed out if you breathed wrong. Asterleaf only showed itself in patches of moonlight, and we had to wait for the clouds to shift.

Or just native to the Lycan realm? I decided not to dwell on that for long, instead, I took a few steps forward and crouched beside a cluster of pale-blue blossoms that glimmered faintly. “Okay, Pearl,” I said, touching one gently. “This one is called Moonlace Hydrangea.” Pearl leaned closer, eyes wide. “It’s shiny.”

It felt like more room. Lily came back up the beach and dropped onto the sand beside them, leaning against Elena's other side. "The tide is coming in," she said. "I found a shell that has a perfect spiral pattern. I want to show Alexander tomorrow, it's a good example of the Fibonacci sequence in nature." "Of course you do," Dominic said. Lily looked up at the sky, which was moving from orange into deep blue above them. "This is the best trip we've ever taken."

"Now." "Prince Levante," Supreme Beta spoke quickly again, "His Majesty asked for three herbs. I already sent people for Moontears and Whisper Moss. But we can't get Sun-drop Lily within three hours!" "Sun-drop Lily?" "Yes. For Miss Serenity. Since you are in the south, maybe you can get it." My eyes narrowed instantly. "Send me the location." "Okay. Please be careful. They only grow in caves or places where no sunlight reaches. You will recognize them as soon as you see them. Their shape is almost like droplets of tears. Luminous and growing in batches. And—"

Her senses came back. When she looked around, she saw mountain of pitiable corpses. Most of these corpse's body was dismembered, cut spotlessly while some have horrifying hole in their head. She noticed too that in every corpse there's a red spiderlily flower on it. A beautiful and alluring flower that bloom from the blood of their wound. The ground she stands is full of nasty blood as if it was a pool of a crimson sea. Although the air is filled with its foul smell and very suffocating, she can breathe normally like there's really nothing. She unfortunately woke up in another nightmare.