Novels by Ashley Snyder

MALACHI'S POV River seemed off as we spent the last night before the battle not too far from Victor's home. It didn't seem like it was nerves regarding the war, I couldn't quite place it, but she wasn't talking and I knew she wouldn't. I also knew she could tell I could tell something was off. "Goodnight. I love you. Everything will be okay." I curled up around her to comfort her the best way I could. I didn't fall asleep until she had. RIVER'S POV "Hello." A woman, who looked similar to me said in a long flowy black dress, as she strolled towards me. I was sitting on an old dead toppled tree. "Who are you?" I wasn't scared or even nervous with her. I was totally relaxed in fact. "I'm the last hybrid in our family line, before you of course. I've been watching you for awhile now. I'm just on the otherside of the vale. I know that dream you had a few nights ago, it was false foretellings to throw you off this fight. The three witches that work for Victor did it. Your babies are

MALACHI'S POV After the threats River's parents made I was too angry to keep letting this fight build organically. I'd learned over my life, and the stories of my ancestors rushing into a battle doesn't tend to work out well. The exception is when they attack first, or someone from the pack needs to be rescued. But things are different now, we're hybrids and this is for the entire future of lycans and actually according to Victor, humankind. I began to train River how to fight properly. She was powerful, so strong, at first I went easy on her. I think it was purely because of my love for her, the need to protect her, but then I realized going easy on her wasn't going to do her any favors. So, I went all in and she quickly got it down kicking my ass. I got the other hybrids to fight her at the same time as well, increasing the number going at her at a time since vampires tended to swarm. As the original hybrid her speed, grace and strength was far superior to all of ours. It took

RIVER'S POV I woke up beside Malachi for the first time in nearly two months. It felt great. Especially when he woke up and rolled over on top of me to kiss me. Of course, it always leads to sex. Great sex. And this time was no exception. As the inevitable war grew closer and closer, I enjoyed the mornings before reality and it's shit show came crashing back at us. The time when it's just Malachi and I, making out, making love. Just being together with nothing else around us mattering. That fantasy has to end though, and it sucks when it does. "I'm going to go for a run." I said to Malachi as I put on exercise clothes, he nodded. "Please don't go too far. I know you can handle yourself just fine, but I know Victor will be lurking about or have some nasty little parasites watching you." He walked over and kissed my forehead and I nodded. I went joking through the wooded area a little ways from the castle grounds, and I could feel eyes on me as I ran, so I stopped and turne

VICTOR'S POV I lost River, and her birthday has well since passed so I lost out of that as well. But as fortune would have it, I have a few witches in my arsenal. A few very old and powerful witches. Witches were nearly as rare and unknown as the hybrids, both lycans and vampires had slaughtered them to near extinction thousands of years ago. These particular two witches are hundreds of years old and to my advantage had their loved ones killed by wolves not vampires, they have no love for lycans. Hidden away from everyone's knowledge the witches help cast spells on the vampires I turn so they can control thier blood lust and impulses. They need to be focused solely on war and new vampires can't stop thinking about blood. The witches were also nearly finished with the spells and tools I'll need to trap River and weaken her. I may not have been her first but she can still have offspring with anyone. I'll still be able to get my hybrid army out of her. "I was quite surprised that Ma

MALACHI'S POV I woke up the morning following the big annoucement dinner. River wasn't there beside me so I assumed she was probably downstairs cooking. She seemed to like to cook for a lot of people and since every one of my guys had agreed to be turned, and thier mates were supposed to arrive today she had a lot to cook. When I got downstairs I saw Morgan, Brice and Lilly all helping her. It was a funny sight. I wanted to walk over and give her a kiss but with how busy she was I knew it wouldn't be a good idea. She'd kiss me when she had a moment. My men greeted me and the entire house was filled with the chatter of what it would be like as a hybrid. "Alright alright everyone!" River hollared over everyone they got very quiet as they shoveled food into their mouths like uncivilized beasts. "So, the way it works, this is proven as you can see with Malachi and Morgan and the others...You must feed off of me, I will feed off of you and then we will snap your necks killing you. It ha

RIVER'S POV I was so exhausted turning people. Nora had been first, followed by Brice and then my brothers. Malachi demanded that everyone give me a break. I understood his reasoning, it was kicking my ass turning them. Being drained of blood faster than my body can replenish. Morgan was anxious about Lilly not being a hybrid yet, he tried to hide it, but we could feel it coming off of him. I felt bad about it, that he was struggling with the terror of her dying before she could be turned and then he would spend eternity without her. Despite how I was feeling, so exhausted and drained I pulled Lilly aside and turned her. Much to Morgan and Malachi's dismay. But that did it, I was tired. I need food, fluids and sleep. The draining had a lot to do with the lycan side of me, the side that still needed real food for energy. There that was it, everyone was now done and I could finally relax. I knew at some point we would turn some of Malachi's most loyal werewolves into hybrids as well,

*THEO*Theo decided it was best not to interrupt Sebastian and Charles during breakfast. They needed time alone to bond and understand each other. Tensions were high anyway as both fought their nature to kill each other, if there were two wolves while Charles was tense it could cause issues. So, Theo decided to brave a walk around the small hunter town. Everyone knew who he was, they knew that some werewolves were going to be visiting town to help search for their beloved Blaire, but seeing one so close that wasn't an enemy was shocking to most. He watched people avoid him, or glare. Children stared at him wide-eyed with a wonder that only a child can possess. Tending to one of the horses he saw a beautiful woman. She had long black hair and caramel skin, native american he believed. He couldn't help but stop is walk to look at her. To admire every curve of her body. She was obviously very active because she was in great shape. He wasn't sure what he liked looking at most

*SEBASTIAN* It was early the following morning after Sebastian and a few of his lycans had arrived. Charles and Sebastian had woken up early and ran into each other in the kitchen. "Are you hungry?" Charles asked him, despite being on the same team and having the same goal things were awkward and a bit tense. They were natural enemies, hunters were created to destroy lycans and vampires, that is their only purpose for existing. "I am yes." "Eggs and bacon alright?" "Yes that will be fine. Thank you." "And would you like coffee?" "I would table a cup if it's no trouble." "I was making myself some anyway." Their voices were monotone and cordial, both knew they needed to stay calm and polite so that they could accurately work together to get back Blaire. Charles began to cook the bacon while the coffee was being made. Neither man spoke until the coffee had finished. "Milk? Sugar?" "No it's alright." "There you go." Charles said pushing a black coffee mug toward Sebastian before

*MARLOW* "The father and the lycan have joined forces, this is a problem." The Old Man said the Cecilia, "they're getting desperate." "Yes they are, we need to break up their little party." Cecilia said, "I know Charles, he hates werewolves even more so than he does vampires. All we have to do is place a little doubt in his head and the alliance will desolve." "What do you have in mind?" "Marlow. He is a fantastic hunter, he will go there... sneak into the camp and kill one of the lycans and plant evidence in Charles' house. Then that will begin causing termoil. Naturally the alpha will confront Charles and they'll fight about it and it will only lead to more strife. If we have to, we can send Marlow a few times to kill hunters and lycans, just enough for the two leaders to give up." "Fantastic idea." The Old Man said with much pride. "Marlow, what do you think of this idea?" As they spoke he realized this was the exact oppurtunity he needed to do what needed to be done.

*CHARLES* "Sir, not to sound heartless, but don't you think it's about time to admit she is probably dead?" Charles whipped his head around and scanned the council members. "You know as well as I do that if she were dead they would make an example out of her body. And if my ex-wife is involved, they would be sure to do where I could see it. So no, she isn't dead. And again as for those bullshit rumors that she is helping the Society, it needs to stop. The Society is real and they stole my daughter and slaughtered that alpha lycan." "Sir... That lycan isn't dead." "I want to go to him. We have much to discuss." "Charles?" Xavia said fearfully. The pregnancy had made her more sensitive. "If he loves her like everyone says he does, he won't harm me." "Will you harm him?" Mark asked. "I do not have any intentions of harming him. Only if he tries to start a fight with me. But I need his help. I think it's time we join together to find her." "How do you even know he is still lookin

*CHARLES* He sat at his desk looking over reports from his hunters, and looking over the map where they kept marking off known locations. Locations that led to one dead end after another. It was late at night and he knew he needed to shower and take some time to think without the distraction of everything else surrounding him. He knew his wife would be sleeping so he slowly and silently made his way up the stairs and was surprised to see a light on in his bedroom. He peeked in through the partially open door and saw Xavia rubbing her stomach softly, affectionately. "It's okay little one. Daddy will love you, he's just sad your big sister is missing. But we will find her and be a happy family. He's a good daddy, he'll love you so much." Charles stood there frozen for a second and pushed the door open lightly. He stood silently in the door way and Xavia looked shocked and horrified. "Charles I..." He held up his hand to silence her and she closed her mouth. "You're pregnant?

*CHARLES* He paced back and forth waiting for his scouts to return to the base he'd set up, waiting for their reports. His anger flowed off of him like heat waves the longer they took. Just outside of the base line Xavia was vomiting up anything and everything, he wanted to comfort her, but his presence right now just made her feel sicker. This isn't how their marriage was supposed to me. They should be having crazy amounts of amazing sex, popping out kids and enjoying the fact they can freely be together like they's always wanted, instead they were spending their marriage searching for his daughter who had been kidnapped and who knows what else. His now ex-wife had never shown back up and the longer she was away the more sure he became that she had something to do with it. Blaire was a daddy's girl by far, so he knew her and her mother weren't in on whatever was happening together. He looked at Xavia feeling guilty that she had been so violently ill the past few days and he wasn't

"Okay, well now that you've sung all the popular Go's Go's songs, how about like White Snake?" Gabriel asked trying to push out an attitude, but was too weak to do it. "I only sang 'we got the beat.'" Elizabeth replied confused and he nodded. "Yeah. Their only popular song. White Snake, please." "Uh, yeah which song?" "Here I go again." Gabriel said and Elizabeth snickered. "What?" "Nothing. It's nothing." "No. What? It's a great song." "Yeah I know it is. I didn't say it wasn't. For whatever reason I expected you to say slow n' easy." Elizabeth replied with a big smile spread across her soft pink lips. "Seriously? Are you gonna let me go with the whole sex dreams thing? I was poisoned. That was poison. And it started to not be so great near the end okay? The first like thirty rounds was great and then it got to be...not so great. So if it helps I don't want to have sex with you any time soon. Don't know which Elizabeth I'll get." "No. We're not gonna let you l

Finally after a few hours all of them had gone completely silent, but they still slept. Ivanka eventually fell asleep too, right beside her brother. "That entire situation was weird." Elizabeth said shaking her head, Kohl nodded his head. "Yes. Yes it was. I never, ever want to hear sex noises ever again." "Yeah? No sex moans and groans huh? Not even your little love, Camilla?" Elizabeth found herself to be humerous, Kohl however did not. "No. Don't talk about her and I like that." Their eyes met and his were black. "Calm down, Kohl. You're gonna hurt yourself. Face it you and her, at some point, will have sex. It's basic nature. The fact you see her as this sweet innocent girl is cute and charming and all, but she isn't a little girl, she's a woman. An adult woman. She will have those needs and she will find a way to satisfy them. So be prepared." "I am calm. And I am aware she is a woman, that will need that all taken care of at some point. I just don't want to talk ab

"Okay, so we'll combine most of the bedding and tie them on there and drag. There's too many for carrying." Elizabeth decided, Kohl didn't argue with her and just did it. They irritatingly began dragging the loud, moaning group. The walk was annoying, frustrating and to such a degree both of them were silently considering leaving all of them behind. They were walking for hours and hours without conversation. It seemed as if the conversations were always in a constant state of interruption. For two people who had horrible tempers, they were able to stay calm. To their own surprise. "Are we gonna hit a river or lake soon? That won't make this worse?" Elizabeth asked looking to Ivanka. "I believe so. We'll walk by a siren's lake. So becareful, sirens and mermaids are nasty little things. Kohl, my dear, you must stay far from that river. You and I can stay with all them and she can fetch it. These are female sirens, she will be immune." "Alright." Kohl said grinding his t

About half way through the night nearly everyone began to moan and groan. Almost like they were making sex noises. Elizabeth walked from person to person confused. Other than Kohl everyone was groaning. She wasn't sure what to do, when she tried to waking them no one would wake up, other than of course, Kohl. Even the little fairy Freya was moaning. Kohl stood up looking at Elizabeth with confusion. "What in the fuck is going on with them?" He asked more in general than to Elizabeth. "I don't know...They sound almost like...they're." She paused a moment. "Having sex." Both of them said in unison. ***** Peter "Hey." Jen's soft voice said, when Peter turned around he saw a beautiful sandy shore pressed up against trees and a beautiful lake. A blanket lay out just behind Jen and wine glasses full of what seemed to be warm blood. "Oh my God, Jen." His voice cracked as he ran to her, scooping her up into his arms and squeezing her. Tears slid down his face while pressing it

"You girl, you'll go first." A random centaur said to Elizabeth. "You have ten minutes, the healer will escort you to the gate. Say goodbye to your friends. It'll be the last time you see them." He began to walk away laughing. "Here, drink as much of this as you can right now." Christian said hurrying up to her with a canteen of water moments after the guard walked away. "Drink it, hurry because we have to go." Elizabeth took the canteen and began to chug it. "I love you all." Elizabeth said after drinking most of the water, she handed the canteen and what water was left to Christian and began to go with him down the hall to the gate. "You're going to be fine okay? We have a plan. It will succeed and we're all going to get out of here." Christian seemed to be trying to reassure himself more than her. He gave her a hug before he had to leave. "I'm going to wait for Johnathan and Borislav in the main hall, they're supposed to be helping me do this." "Any tips when fighting th

It was early morning when Elizabeth and Kohl were woke up by buckets of ice water being thrown all over them. Both of them gasped in shock from the cold. "Wake up humans. It's time to get ready for the battle. You must eat and drink now and relieve yourselves. We will be commencing the battle shortly." A centaur they hadn't seen before said tossing them bags filled with fruit. What the fruit was exactly was a mystery. The centaurs grabbed and chained the wrists of Borislav, Nora, Gabriel, Peter, Freya and Johnathan and led them out. "What are you doing with them?!" Elizabeth screamed at them, but they all ignored her. Shortly thereafter Christain arrived to lead them to the armory to get their swords and prepare themselves. "I am trying to figure it all out. I was awake all night trying to figure it out. I'll keep trying, but you need to not die." "Yeah that's an idea." Elizabeth said shaking her head as she grabbed a sword and shield, "uh, this shit is so heavy now. No