The Second Quarter Quell Novels & Stories

Melina asks, concerned he might be stressing himself. “Don’t worry. I’m not doing anything strenuous.” “Please don’t; your wound hasn’t fully healed,” Melina says, touching his chest area where he got shot. “I don’t like seeing you stressed about me, so I won’t,” Thomas says, kissing her on the cheeks. “I don’t mind being stressed about you, but thank you anyways,” She smiles. “You’re welcome.” He smiles back. A few minutes later, they arrive at one of the Costanzo warehouses. Melina walks in, and her eyes almost fall out of their sockets. Ammunition that’s enough for the whole US Army to go to war with Russia stares back at her.

By the time Callum walked into the boardroom, everyone else was already seated around the long walnut table. A presentation filled the screen at the front of the room while quarterly projections and acquisition reports lay neatly arranged before each executive. Marcus stood beside the screen, finishing a breakdown of projected returns on Blackwood’s latest portfolio. “…assuming the market remains stable through the fourth quarter, we’d be looking at an increase of just over twelve percent.” He clicked to the next slide. “However, if interest rates shift again, we’ll need to revisit—”

She answered "Glen with Bryan, Ian with Joss, and Wade with our Ken" I raised my left brow and asked, "What's the problem I thought it would be perfect for the theme, and the point to note is we also have a female model with them". She sighed and said, "I am not protesting the way to make a team Stef but you know people here will get more excited if we go with the shipping pairs, we will get behind-the-scenes visuals for our promotion".

She smiled as a raven landed on the windowsill. “They’ve seen me.” The bird bowed its head. A deep voice echoed from the shadows behind her. “My Queen…” The woman didn’t turn around. “I told you not to call me that.” The man lowered his head. “My apologies.” “What news?” “The Second Key has been claimed.” She nodded slowly. “As expected.” “And Lucian Valerius?” For the first time… A genuine warmth entered her smile. “He refused both light and darkness.” The man looked surprised. “Then…”

"You first give me the news when you carry come, after bad news, good news go enter." "Seriously? You are now forming for me abi?" "Ehen?" I shrug my shoulders "can't a babe form again? See it's not easy to be a diva and right now that is what I am, so madam, abeg, allow me form small." "No problem oo, just know that 'first to do e nor dey pain, second to do e eye go red' remember oo" I laugh uncontrollably at her words. She had just said a quote about how bitter revenge is on the victim, and it was a quote I heard mostly from pre teens thus hearing it from her seemed kind of akward but in a funny way.

“Tell me you’re with me.” Nyra’s silver eyes cleared as she forced herself upright. Lunar‑flame flickered in her veins, a cool silver fire that pushed back her fear. “I’m with you,” she said, voice trembling but determined. “But Selene… what game is this?” Kaelan stepped into the light, voice low and gravelly. “The Hell Queen’s Game. It begins when midnight’s shadow falls. You were warned.” A sudden echo rattled the sanctum’s carved doors, a whisper that seemed to swirl around Nyra’s skull: “The game begins at midnight.”

More precisely, it was not time yet. She wanted to watch a little longer, to be more certain. She was not ready to reveal her appearance as Ruby Moon, who possessed Maia Queen’s dark side. And in her heart, she wanted to play a little. At least, one more time. Before she truly had to return to lead the battlefield. “Sorry, Mike, you’ll have to be patient a little longer,” she muttered while wiping her tears. “I want to see how crazy you get when you realize that your boss isn’t dead.”

With his silent approval, they tore me down, piece by piece, until I was nothing more than a joke—no longer the queen I once was. The suffering pushed me into severe depression. Only suppressants keep my wolf form from spiraling out of control. Until one day, my medication was replaced with a slow-acting poison. He was the one who did it. I died alone, locked away in the cold palace, a child still growing inside me. However, the Moon Goddess granted me another chance. Reborn in this life, I chose to let them have each other. But what I didn’t expect was that Alpha Iris had been reborn too.

She only shrugs, not bothered by the insults. “They have me and you. We’re enough,” she pats my head like I was a fucking pet An angry growl rips from my chest which makes her smile broaden. “Even though I’m the better bitch.” She claps like a giddy child and starts walking off. “Oh, and when the spell wears off and she wakes up, tell her not to bother coming back to me. I’m already done with her.” She stands by the door. “I now have a better puppet. One that will actually listen to me and kill you when I give the order.”

I thought it had been lost. I never expected to see it here. Kian noticed my reaction. He leaned slightly closer and asked quietly, “Do you know it?” I kept my face calm. “I’ve heard of it.” That was not a lie, but it was not the full truth either. The auctioneer began explaining the item. “This is a preserved wolf-tech data core linked to the legendary Mooncode. It contains old code samples and early sound storage work. The starting price is twenty thousand dollars.” The room stirred at once. Some people looked interested. Some looked confused. Others were already whispering because of the name Mooncode.