The Last Kingdom Novels Novels & Stories

“He’ll cast me aside too, won’t he?” Tyler’s eyes darkened. “Did that bastard force you into this? Demand an heir?” “Alpha Jeremy is the last in his bloodline, and—” “I want the truth, mate.” Tyler cut in, voice sharp. “Don’t defend him. Don’t act like you’re beneath him.” I swallowed. “Yes. He… insisted. But I tried to make it work. Did everything I could.” “And that woman—” Tyler spat the words like poison, “—she’s carrying his child?”

I swear to God, if I had known my father was going to put so much bullshit in the will I would have drugged him just so he would write what he wanted and not have to comply with his absurd clauses. Take a deep breath. "Your lineage, your family name, is almost extinct sir, if you don't have descendants, it would mark the end of the powerful Van Hellfrost family," the man clarified. I bit my lip, I did not expect them to refute my arguments in such a way, I was letting myself be blinded by my anger, I had to find a solution and I still had two years to achieve what my father wanted me to do, it was true that only I was left, I was the only Van Hellfrost, I had no other options and the only th

That was apparently passed down to us, their heirs. The last kingdom belongs to the Lycans, ruled by a powerful Lycan king, a man feared and revered by all. His lands stretch several miles across the borders. We were not enemies, we were not friends either, but even I know that I am no match for him. Regardless of that, I would still confront him if I found out he was in possession of something of mine.

Especially not my own child. Then there’s the countdown. The cruel ticking clock silencing everything else. Maybe this was the perfect ending. He’d impregnate me. And before the pups could form… I’d die. A win-win. Two ways to shatter a king’s heart. His dynasty… gone. His only offsprings… buried in ashes. And maybe, just maybe, the woman he couldn’t stop loving… gone forever. The ultimate regret. The Alpha King’s last one.

"That is what she is, eighth. That is what she has always been. Do not pity her. Do not — " Vessa's voice, somewhere behind me. I do not turn. I am still pressed to the wall. The fourth impression is the worst. It is a list. Not a list of names — a list of *kingdoms.* Calisto's kingdoms. The ones she has hollowed. The ones she has steered into the Silver Pearl's mouth across two hundred years. I count seventeen before I lose track. Most of them I have never heard of. Three of them are kingdoms I learned about as a child in my father's library — the kingdoms of the deep-pacific war, the kingdoms whose collapse Alastor blamed on plague and on famine and on internal mismanagement. They were not

"This isn't a hideout..." "It's a palace." Oliver's expression darkened. "No." "It's where corruption was born." Agent Ross slowly walked into the chamber. He examined one of the steel vaults. "It's government property." Oliver nodded. "Edward has spent decades stealing from governments all over the world." Emma carefully approached the round table. Resting on it... ...was a thick leather book. The cover read: THE FOUNDERS' RECORD She hesitated. Liam looked at her. "Do you think it's safe?"

The rest of us followed, thirteen of us struggling through exhaustion and cold to make it to safety. As soon as the last of us cleared the gates, the guards completed the closure. The heavy wooden gates swung shut with a finality that felt almost ceremonial, and I heard the sound of the locking mechanisms engaging. We were in Karenthel. On the other side of the walls, the sounds of battle continued, but they felt distant now, separated from us by stone and iron. Vex collapsed to her knees, coughing, and Mira immediately moved to her side. "Vex! What happened? Your arm—"

Was it funny? "I am fine, I am fine," Olgarias raised his chin and looked into his eyes. "Tell me the whole story, Ran." So, to follow his command, Ran started his own version of what he had been in the battle. He said that a new rival had emerged there, a powerful witch named Hadassah. Then he also informed his master that his older brother Moriah had been possessed by a real legend the Lord of Life, and after that powerful witch had vanquished him in a 'One versus One' fight, he had just disappeared in the air. Two of three portions of Moriah's army were dead and to everybody's surprise, that witch hadn't claimed for the throne. She had just winked Lord Nrikawn and also vanished in the win

Rowan had a vision, one Alicia readily embraced, but the fate of the kingdom rested in their hands, with many enemies, and traitors ready to seize that power. --- This is the END of Book 1 ---

I was almost skipping around the store on my toes, my veins pumping with adrenaline and an unnerving excitement that made me so restless as I looked through the books. The minute I reached got to the next Aisle and reached for the Red Kingdom series; The Rise Of The Red Kingdom, The Fall of the Red Kingdom, and Fire and Ice, I felt it again. And this time, it was more intense. It felt like someone was drilling holes into my back with their eyes, causing goosebumps to sprout on my skin. My muscles locked and my hand was almost giving away the pile of books in my hands.