The Castaway Novels & Stories

… When Jay woke up, he realized he was on a helicopter, bound—the very same one from that day. A woman sat in front of him with her legs crossed, exhaling a slow stream of smoke. A strange panic rose in his chest. "Giselle, untie me now! I'm scared!" In the haze of smoke, Giselle let out a chuckle. Her voice, however, made his blood run cold. "Scared? Ever considered how scared my mother-in-law was when you tied her up here?" Meanwhile, Valerie casually fiddled with the remote control. She looked at Jay as if he were a mortal enemy. "Mr. Cooper, you know you're not a dummy, right? If you fall, you'll actually die…"

I snapped back to reality and looked at Tyler. “I’m hungry,” I said, avoiding giving him a direct answer. Tyler seemed to take my response as agreement. After dinner, we began packing for our trip to his mother’s home in the countryside. “Don’t forget to bring motion sickness pills.” Everyone knew I got carsick easily. Tyler nodded along, promising he’d remember. However, halfway through packing, he claimed he had an urgent matter with the production team and left early. I was used to this by now.

Leo smiled placing a kiss on my lips, his words sweet as I rested my forehead on his. “The Outcast Claimed by the King.” I smiled looking that very King in the eyes, after twenty years of searching… I’d found my place. ~The End~

**The Chase Begins** Two days later, the decision was made. The crew insisted. With nurseries triple-guarded and the empire’s elite on rotation, Damien and Cinthye slipped away at dawn in an armored convoy. The coastal villa promised seclusion: cliffs overlooking crashing waves, hidden tunnels, and state-of-the-art defenses. The drive twisted through mountain passes, adrenaline mixing with anticipation. Damien’s hand never left hers, his thumb tracing patterns that spoke of nights ahead. Halfway there, the first sign of trouble hit. A black SUV appeared in the rearview, too persistent for coincidence. “Tail,” the lead driver barked through comms.

"Please don't blame Ms. Lyall. I know she doesn't like me or my pup…" He shoved me aside and lifted her into his arms to carry her away. "You've gone too far, Serafina. I'm never letting this slide if anything happens to her!" Collapsed on the ground, I could feel my heart so cold as I watched them leave. … At dawn the next morning, I packed my belongings and erased every trace of myself from the pack house. Before leaving, I reached out to Elder Garmr Grey of the Snowbound pack, once my grandpa's most loyal subordinate.

"That burger cost two-fifty. That's half a day's food allowance for you. You really know how to waste it." They kicked a dog bowl toward me. "Here. You can have whatever leftovers Goldie didn't finish." I used to think life would go on like that. I would muddle through each day until the agreement ended. But not long ago, Jenny told me a matching heart donor had finally been found for Mom. "I can assign the heart to your mother. But Jackson said his cousin has been cursed with terrible luck and needed someone to hike up to the mountaintop cathedral and sincerely pray for him."

Autumn’s Pov I woke up with a bad feeling. My stomach hurt like hell. Then I looked around. It's a pack's hospital. The only room I never want to visit at home. The pain started to go but I know that I have a hole in my chest. I remembered I clawed it but I thanked the goddess that I still can be alive. I wish whatever the moon's daughter said will be true. I want a happy life, and I also want to help Ethan. However long it will take.

“Away from you and your hell!” “Tatiana! Come back!” This time it is Darío’s voice that booms throughout the castle. I turn and see him beside his brother at the foot of the stairs. “I’m sorry,” I mutter before opening the door and escaping.

Elder Ada standing before Lucien and I administered the marital oath; Elder Ada: we are gathered here to witness the coming together of these two beautiful young couples; Lucien Denver and Andrea Brigadier. This was the wish of her father before his untimely demise. Now, Lucien Denver, do you take miss Andrea Brigadier to be your mate through trying times, in sickness and in health, till death do you apart? Lucien: I do. Elder Ada: And you miss Andrea, do you take Lucien Denver to be your mate through trying times, in sickness and in health, till death do you apart?

He sat with his head in the snow, hoping that this was all a dream but when he picked his head up again, he saw the big grey castle standing tall in front of him. He had so many regrets. He did not protect Edith. He still cannot protect her from this vile creature. He stood up and morphed into his wolf form. He needed to get home. He needed to see Ann. Ann May, his wife, would know what to do. She always knew. He looked back at the castle one more time before starting him journey home. Thirty minutes later he reached just outside his house. He paced around the barn until he transformed back into his human form.