Novels by Rae Hill

Maxwell sat quietly across the room and watched his wife and daughter sleeping peacefully together in the same hospital bed. His heart had never been so heavy and his mind had never been so tired. All that he ever wanted was to love those two and keep them safe. He inwardly cussed Edward and wanted to physically hurt him every single damn time he thought about it all. This whole damn situation was fucked up and it was all Edward's fault. He was the one who got into trouble, he was the one who didn't do as he promised and make the payments, and he was the one who raised that punk of a son who hurt his daughter. He silently wished that he had never even known Edward in the first place. He also vowed to himself that no matter what, one day he would get even with Edward for all of this madness that he carelessly caused.Just then his phone went off, ripping his mind back to reality. He blinked his eyes for a moment to try to focus back on the here and now.He picked up his phone to see a

My father looked as though he was about to actually pass out at the thought of telling me the truth. I stood there quietly crying, and more than anxiously waiting for him to tell me why I couldn't just marry Lucas in order to not be taken. He held his breath for way too long, which quickly infuriated me. He stood there staring off into space for a really long time. He looked as though he was a million miles away at the moment, and I felt as though I was going to fucking explode right then and there.I waited as long as I could, trying my best to give him time to get his shit together, until I just couldn't wait anymore, my temper had gotten the best of me."Just tell me!" I finally shouted at him, while clenching my fists and stomping my foot like a spoiled child, snapping him back from his thoughts. He blinked his eyes manically for a second, and then he came back to our conversation. Tears started to quietly fall down his worried cheeks again, all on their own, and his face instantly

My father and I were resting quietly when my mother came limping back into the room. She had a huge smile on her face, but it was clearly being faked for my benefit, because I was sure that I saw her wiping tears from her cheeks as she came through the door. "Everything okay, dear?" my father asked her with a knowing look on his face."Fine, Maxwell, everything is fine," she said as she nodded in his direction and slid back onto the bed next to me. I knew without a doubt that they were hiding something from me because she always put on such a big "it's all okay" act that even a child could see right through it."Mother, what is going on?" I looked her straight in her eyes and asked her as frankly as I could. "Everything is fine dear," she said while she played with my hair and stared away into space. "Julie, why don't we go and get some fresh air?" Maxwell asked her with a smile, and a very irritated look in his eye. She quickly agreed and struggled to pull her aching body back out

Amanda knew she had exactly what she needed right there in her hands, she also knew that she had to be very careful about how she used it. She sat quietly for a few minutes and thought about her next move, the last thing that she wanted was to have this backfire in her face. Just then another woman entered the bathroom, and she was talking on the phone. Amanda immediately recognized the voice and she froze in place, trying to hear what the other woman was saying on the phone. "Yes sir, I know, but she is in the hospital at the moment. Yes, I understand, but she has had a nasty fall and we just need a little more time to get her well," Julie could be heard explaining to someone on the other end of the line. Amanda couldn't believe her luck today. First proof about Catherine, now she had an inside look at how desperate Julie and Maxwell actually were, giving her the upper hand on knowing how to deal with all of this. "No sir, we don't have that kind of money, and thank you again for b

As Amanda and Daniel were saying their goodbyes in the hallway, one of Catherine's body guards came out of the elevator looking frantic. He was sweating and not saying anything as he looked from one end of the hallway to the other, as if he wasn't exactly sure where he was going. Daniel recognized him as Alex, and asked him what the matter was, and why he was in such a hurry. All he could manage to say was, "Where is she? Where is Catherine?!" In what seemed like the most desperate voice that Daniel had ever heard. Daniel and his mother were both totally confused and suddenly became slightly alarmed as well, even though they had no idea why. "She's in there," the very stunned Daniel said, as he pointed his finger towards the room that they had shared the night before. "Why? What is going on?" he asked the frantic man in front of him, but it was too late, he had already disappeared into the room where they had just left Catherine. Daniel and his mother gave each other a puzzled gla

Catherine and Daniel woke early the next morning. Daniel was instantly irritated to discover that she had wrapped herself around him in his sleep. He wanted to push her away, but his dick was extremely hard and it was throbbing, so he decided to roll her over and take her from behind instead. He felt a little bit bad about the way he had been treating her lately. He knew that he really did love her, but the sudden pregnancy thing just had him all out of sorts, and even a bit suspicious. He knew that they had been having a lot of sex lately, which was kind of odd by itself, because for the last few months before this episode started, she seemed to be trying to avoid being alone with him. On top of that, he knew how very careful he had been. He never had unprotected sex with her or anyone else because it was a strong tradition in his family not to have babies out of wedlock. His father and grandfather would cut him completely off over breaking that rule, and he had known that all of hi

Della and Queen Rebecca were having wine together privately in the Queen's rooms. Della tried to cheer her sister up, but she wasn't exactly sure yet about why she was so sad at the moment. Della was mid-sentence when a knock came at the door. She stopped what she was saying and got up to answer it. It was Caine, he didn't really say anything as he handed her the note that Cat had left for her, and he walked away. Della looked a little confused as she read the note silently to herself, and then she looked up at her sister with big, sad, knowing eyes. Queen Rebecca couldn't hold it in anymore and her tears started to fall all on their own, as she stared at the floor in silence. Della didn't say a word as she quickly crossed the room and took her sister in her arms. She just held her and rocked her gently as she cried. When she was finished crying, Della wiped her sister's tears away and told her to smile anyways. Even though it hurt to the bone, she still

Cat was in a wonderfully happy mood when she entered her and Josh's rooms and found him on the phone talking to someone feverishly. Cat stood quietly in the doorway with a glass of afternoon wine in her hand, and she listened as she tried to figure out just what in the heck the problem was. Josh hung the phone up and he turned to greet her. "Everything okay?" She asked him in a concerned manner. "Not really, I think I'm going to have to go home and deal with some things at the club. It probably wouldn't hurt for you to go look after your record store, too," Josh explained to her cooly. He had been pretending not to notice how close her and Queen Rebecca had been becoming lately, but there was no real way that anyone could be that blind. Their relationship had been cooling off quite a bit because of it. Cat tried to look like it didn't bother her to leave the castle and the queen, but Josh could see right through it. He didn't say much, just that

Joy had beaten Georgio's men to Uncle Benny's disgusting ass compound by at least fifteen minutes, so by the time that anyone made it there to stop her, she had already hung Uncle Benny from the ceiling by his wrists on a large pair of hooks that she had brought in her bag. She was calmly singing her song and unpacking her torture bag neatly onto a nearby table. The dirty little man was crying and begging for her to stop. Little did he know, that was just making things even worse for him. She heard the helicopter coming in and landing outside. The one that she thought was carrying Georgio's men, but she never waivered. She heard the men rush the house and discover all of the bad guys that she had just swept out, room by room, but she kept right on singing and preparing her tools. She never even missed a beat. She heard the men commenting and remarking on the sheer savageness of what they were seeing. That made her smile. She knew that they would

It had been two weeks since the funeral for Mister, Pearl, and Queen Esmeralda. Caine and the others had stood guard over, and reorganized everything. It had all been running like a well oiled machine, except for the fact that nobody had seen Justin the whole time. It was the common assumption that he had just left after Pearl's death. Caine had people search for him, but there was no trace of him anywhere, so he assumed what everyone else did, and they gave up. Joy had appointed a new head chef under the advisement of Kate and Sadie and everyone just moved on. It had actually been a completely blissful two weeks for everyone, it almost felt like a real vacation. They spent a lot of time together and made a ton of great memories. They ate to much and drank way, way to much, and they became way to comfortable in the castle life, but like all good things...it was about time for it all to come to an end. Joy's father had called her and demanded a me

It had been three days since they had lost Mister and Pearl, and four days since the loss of Queen Esmeralda. The air was thick with sadness as they prepared to say goodbye to them all. The castle and it's grounds were all decorated in black and silver, shrouded in a thick layer of despair, and coated with the bitter sweet feeling of definate change. Kate and Sadie had been appointed head housekeepers but their duties were suspended for a few days, in light of them being directly related to one of the deceased. Della, Cat and Joy tried their best to cover for them, but in the end Kate decided that she wanted her and Sadie to be the one's to coordinate it all because they knew Pearl best and they had been there the longest, so they wanted everything perfect. Everyone was gathered on the gala grounds, dressed in their most dramatic garb. It was a perfectly dreary day for it to. It was grey and overcast, and there was a light sleet hang

"Missing?!" The queen looked up and asked Caine in confusion, "what do you mean...missing?" She cried in despair. "I mean exactly what I said, my queen," Caine started to explain to her, "Josh and I went out into the hall and they were not laying where you left them, so we started looking for them and trying to follow their trail. We found bloody drag marks along with some huge wolf prints, and we followed them as far as they went," Caine said in a suspicious tone. The queen didn't say anything for a few seconds. She kind of just stared at him blankly. After a moment she finally blinked her eyes and asked him sarcastically, "well where did they end?" Caine got a far away look on his face and then he said, "well that's the strange part. They ended at the edge of the cliff over the ocean side of the mountain. It's almost like they jumped off of the cliff or something." Queen Rebecca sat up straight and her eyes got wide. "There's no way they

Pearl watched in horror as a thick black fog filled the room, enveloping everything inside. She couldn't believe her eyes as she watched it raise Della from the floor and drag her from the doorway of the church, lifting her and tossing her roughly about. It was as though it were alive all on its own, and it had came just for her. It was loud, like a tornado blowing across the prairie, and it stank of death and despair. It pulled her down the hallway and up and down the corridors of the castle, like it knew exactly where to go, and then it carried her through the kitchen and right out the back door. Everyone that dared ran for her, making all kinds of attempts to pull her out, but they were all to no avail. Every time someone tried to help her, the fog would turn ice cold, maybe even colder than cold. It turned so cold that it was turning everything it touched to frozen glass, including the people. Della wasn't turned into frozen glass, though. She was simply carried away, kickin

Mister was both scared and relieved that his great grandmother had finally come to help him. He sobbed like a child at the sight of her and struggled to regain his composure. "Stop it child," his great grandmother told him, in an irritated tone."Get yourself together," she demanded impatiently. "I don't know how to fix this," he cried to her. "The only thing that you can do is follow through, son," she told him with total exhaustion in her voice. "How can I do that?" he asked sadly."I have no back up, no family, and no means," he reminded her through his pitiful cries.Queen Esmeralda sighed deeply and dropped her weary head before she started to speak again."Pearl lives, child," she explained as patiently as she possibly could.She put her hands under his chin and raised his head to look at her, and she said,"She has been taken back to the castle. Find a way to get to her and she will help you to make it all right."She sounded as though she was in a hurry so he didn't delay h

Robert waited as long as he could to make his way back to the caves. It was really the last place on earth that he wanted to be, but he currently had no other choice. It was freezing outside and there was nowhere else for him to go to get out of the cold. He cautiously scanned the scenery with every step he took, always on the lookout for Queen Lacey. He was pretty sure the coast was clear when he finally reached the opening of the cave, so he slipped inside as quietly as he possibly could. He didn't make it very far into the cave before he caught sight of her ugly ass sitting in the dirty chair that was leaning back against the wall. She was sucking on a cigarette with a mile long ash, as usual, and she was glaring at him with her slimy yellow eyes. Robert immediately recognized the look on her face and he instantly knew that he was about to have to fight. He tried to tuck his head in and just keep walking, but just as he feared, she was not about to let that shit happen. "So you

Mister stood frozen in place as his mind forced him to take it all in. He wanted to look away, but he couldn't, no matter how hard he tried. His eyes were wide open and his face had involuntarily contorted into a look of disgust. He had seen a lot of shit in his life, but this... this was some new level ass shit right here.Her hair had gone grey and it was tangled and matted. She was wrinkled and hunched over and her teeth were black with rot. She had a long, saggy pointed nose and her eyes were the color of puss from a bad infection. He wasn't sure if he had ever been so repulsed before in his life. Even her voice was ugly. She stood there cackling like a jackass and all he could manage to think was, 'dear God, no wonder they put her down.' "What's the matter, son?" she wheezed at him."Don't you think I'm pretty?" she cackled at him some more. "No, not at all," he managed to get out with some effort. "What do you want?" She asked him curtly, her face dropping and her tone becomi

Kate and Sadie were left to finish cleaning the kitchen, as usual. They both stood at the huge stainless steel sink, talking shit as they washed the last of the dishes from the night. Kate was mid-sentence when Sadie suddenly stopped her."Hey, did you hear that?" Sadie asked as she put her hand on Kate's arm to get her attention. "Hear what?" Kate asked sarcastically, as she turned her ear to the silent room"I don't hear a damn thing," Kate announced in an irritated tone.That's when they both heard a faint scratching at the back door. They both looked at each other wide eyed and slowly turned their heads towards the door. Kate covered her open mouth with her hand as they both stared at the door in complete silence. Waiting, listening for whatever would come next. They both held their breath for a moment, and then they heard it again. They looked at each other, wondering who would break fear first and go see what it was that was making those sounds this late in the dead of winter.

It was late at night when Robert came strolling back into the cave with a shit eating grin plastered across his face. He had some news for his new bride-to-be, news that he was sure that would amuse her at the very least. "Where have you been, you disgusting frog?!" Queen Lacey shouted at him as she threw her excruciatingly dirty ashtray at his head, spilling ashes and cigarette butts everywhere, like she has done many times before. He didn't even get upset this time, he just swerved and dodged it with a sarcastic giggle and a sly look still smeared all over his gross little face. The sound of the ashtray breaking against the cold gray wall of the cave startled the already nervous fairy baby and she began to cry. “Now look at what you’ve done! It's your turn to shut the little brat up!” She shouted angrily over the screaming baby.“Shut the fuck up!” Robert shouted in the tiny child’s face at the top of his lungs, spit flying from his gross ass mouth and into her tear stained face.