Novels by Denise

DanaThe wedding night has finally arrived. The long wait would end in less than an hour.I looked at my long, white, expensive, tailor-made dress. It was strange to get married for the second time, but we both decided to leave the past behind and focus on a new future. I'm not going to lie and say it's easy, because it isn't. But we've tried. We've done it together.Our relationship has strengthened after everything we've been through. Demian has become a better partner. Even better than in our past marriage. He has made it his mission to make me fall in love with him day by day and to show me his love.Our three children were happy to have a united family. I could see it in their faces. Soon, a fourth child would join our lives. Demian and I planned it. My health was stable, so we decided to try.“Miss, are you ready?” my chauffeur asked.The limousine was ready to take me to the church. After our wedding, we will go together as a family to the Caribbean. When we return, we will mov

DanaThe first month without him was hard. Without my mother's support, I would never have been able to move forward.The second month was terrifying. I cried so much. I don't know how I didn't become dehydrated.In the third month, my children were already so strong, and the doctors discharged us from the hospital, and we went home, where a four-year-old brother was waiting for us. I took care of Demian's little son because he was left alone. Rachel abandoned him, and he needed a mother. That little boy was not to blame for having a mother like Rachel, so I took care of him as if he were my own son. I know Demian would have loved that.The fourth month was just as painful as the third. I couldn't accept that he wasn't near me. I missed him so much. There wasn't a day when I didn't cry over his departure. I wondered if he was okay. Was he alive? Did he miss us? What did Rachel do to him?In the fifth month, I visited Jeremy's grave almost every day, asking him to help bring Demian hom

DanaI suddenly opened my eyes and sat up in bed, gasping. I coughed non-stop, and my mother was worried about me. I touched my abdomen and noticed that my belly was no longer the same as before. I frowned and looked at my mom."What happened? Where are my children?""The babies are alive in the maternity and baby room. They are in an incubator, daughter" my mom explained, stroking my hair.My babies... my children had been born, and I had been asleep the whole time. I wanted to touch and kiss them. I needed to see and meet them. Their faces, their little hands, and feet. My eyes filled with tears. Finally, I was a mother. Finally, I could meet them.I begged to be allowed to see them. Mom said she would call the doctor to have me taken to see my children. I had never felt such great excitement. I felt energetic like I hadn't felt in a long time."Don't strain yourself. You just came out of a complicated surgery. You have to stay calm. We'll wait for the doctor. Okay?"A surgery? Why

DemianI looked for the address where a black car with tinted windows would pick me up. Rachel's henchmen were coming for me to take me to her. That was the deal. I understood we were going to leave the city and the country so no one could find us. It was madness to leave the country and have no further contact with my family, Dana, or any information about my children. But that was the deal I made with Rachel so she would tell me how to save Dana. I trusted the maid would be of great help to Dana, my son, and my other two children. I wanted to believe everything would be fine while I was gone, but I wasn't sure of it.Nerves were eating me slowly and anxiety was my worst enemy. The star-filled sky didn't match the horrible feeling in my heart today.They picked me up and put a bag over my head. Another rule was not to resist the kidnapping they were going to perform. So I stayed still. I felt a prick on my neck and it took hold of my skin. I grimaced. That wasn't part of the deal, bu

DemianI had to make a quick decision to save Dana. I had to leave or stay with Dana while she died slowly. There was no certainty in Rachel's words, but I had to do something for Dana, and I believe the maid was right all along. If being with Rachel was the key to Dana's survival, I was going to do it. I had to take that risk. I had seen her die before my eyes. I couldn't let that happen again and have it be permanent. Dana and my children needed me. What kind of man was I if I couldn't protect my family from this hell? What kind of man was I if I couldn't keep them alive?I had to accept going with Rachel, but first, I had to make sure the surgery was successful. Hours passed without any answers. A doctor approached Dana's mother, and I went to listen to what happened."What happened? I'm Dana's husband. How is she? My children?""We delivered the babies, and they are alive, but they need to be monitored in incubators for a while, as their organs are still developing. Ideally, the b

DemianDana's heart stopped suddenly while we were talking. Her eyes were fixed on mine, but she was no longer moving. I was terrified. I felt a fear like I had never felt in my life. Anguish took over my body, dragging me down the path of pain. My chest tightened as I realized she was gone. Dana was gone. Someone had to do something. They had to bring my beloved back to me. I couldn't live without her because living without Dana was like being dead in my own life.I took her face in my hands as I heard the long beep of the machine connected to Dana. I searched for something to help her, but I didn't know how. No one prepares anyone for this. Not even I, a powerful Alpha, could escape such immense pain."Dana, no... No!" I shouted. "Don't go! You can't go! I won't allow it. Not like this. Please," I begged. I had never begged anyone for anything in my life, but for Dana, I was willing to do anything.I would give my life for hers. I was willing to take her place and her pain so that s

Sophia “Lower the gun, Dante,” Bright ordered. He tried to stay calm, but he was dying to attack Dante. One wrong move, however, could get us all killed. I sobbed, and Dante got angry with me. “Shut your damn mouth!” he yelled at me, and I saw Bright take a step forward. Bright was about to attack, but Dante pointed the gun at my head again. He pressed the barrel against my hair, taking the safety off. I squeezed my eyes shut. The pain wouldn’t let me move, and neither would the fear. The baby was coming. My water broke the moment I heard the gunshots. I was still a week away from full term, but the baby didn’t want to wait. I was suffering. The pain was unbearable, and I felt that something wasn’t right with me. The stress level was dangerous; my blood pressure was dropping. I felt dizzy, my vision blurred. “She’s pregnant, Dante. Are you really going to do this to a pregnant woman? What’s the point of all this? Hurting the person you claim to love?” Bright tried to reason wit

BrightWhen I woke up in the middle of the street with James by my side, I desperately looked everywhere for Sophia.She was nowhere to be found.“I’ve taken the bullet out. You’re going to be fine. I got there in time.”“Where is she?”“They took her, but we tracked the truck to a house at the edge of the forest. We know where she is.”I stood up, dizzy, but nothing was going to stop me from going after her. It didn’t matter if I was injured, Sophia was my family. I would protect her with my life, and I didn’t care about risking my own life as long as I could save hers.I was furious with myself for not having been able to prevent them from taking her. Guilt ate me alive.“I’ll fight even if I’m dizzy and weak,” I said, getting into James’s truck.“We’re all going to fight and kill that son of a bitch once and for all,” he assured me, determined.He started the engine with fury.I mentally prepared myself for the fight. I knew it wouldn’t be easy, but nothing else mattered now. The o

SophiaMy blood completely froze when I saw the news. Bright was by my side, lovingly touching my belly while talking to the baby, and he abruptly stopped to see what was happening.Months had passed since Dante was imprisoned, so over time, we began to relax more. Not completely, but Bright and I returned to normal when we moved back into our house to live together as a family. In fact, we sold our house to buy one close to my parents’ home, James’s, and Bright’s parents’.The pack lived in apartments, in a building exclusive to my family. As I’ve said, Dante changed many things once he started his game. For protection, we all stayed together. Bright always said it was better not to let our guard down too much, and James agreed.The deaths stopped once Dante was locked up, which indicated that he hadn’t lied when he confessed to why he was doing it. I must admit that these have been peaceful months in which I’ve felt happy like before, and I haven’t thought about Dante as much.But s

BrightThe police station had a smell I didn’t like. I could sense the anxiety, the confinement. I went through security, left my phone in the tray, and was forced to sign a few papers. I hadn’t called James—not from home or my phone— to tell him I was coming here, because he wouldn’t have agreed with my decision.They led me to the visiting room. Metal table, phone hanging from the wall, two guards watching from a distance. I’d asked to see Dante face-to-face, no glass between us. They said they’d consider it, that they’d see if it was possible. I sat down and waited. I didn’t speak, didn’t check the clock. I just waited for them to bring him in.He came in handcuffed. The guy walked with his head high, as if nothing weighed on him. He had that same arrogant smile he used to wear when he thought he owned everything. He lacked conscience and overflowed with ego. The guards sat him in front of me and stayed close, just in case.“Bright,” he said, like he was anywhere else but a prison.

SophiaThe doorbell rang, and my heart jumped.I knew they were coming, but part of me wished they wouldn’t. Ever since they told me the police would stop by the house to talk to me, I hadn’t been able to sleep. Every time I closed my eyes, I went back to that room. To him.Bright was the first to get up from the couch. James, standing near the door, took a deep breath before opening it."Police," a woman called through the door.Two officers stepped in, a woman with her hair neatly tied back, sharp eyes, and a young man holding a folder."Inspector Roberts. Officer Francis. Here for Mrs. Sophia."“That’s me,” I replied, trying to sound calm, though my voice trembled.“We just want to ask you a few questions,” she said. “May we come in?”I nodded. Bright gestured toward the living room so they could sit down. I remained standing, not knowing what to do with my hands.“We’d like to clarify a few details about your case,” the inspector began. “First of all, we need to understand why a f

SophiaSophia remained by my side, breathing calmly, her face serene against the pillow. The light coming through the open curtains slid across her skin like a golden trace. It had been so long since I had seen her so peaceful, without fear or tension. But I could still sense the trauma lingering in her. It was a calm born from exhaustion, not peace, an aftermath of darkness that she still carried within her. The darkness Dante had left behind.I couldn’t get out of my head what Dante had told me a few hours ago. Unlike her, I felt like I was losing my mind, trying to figure out the new game Dante was planning. Dante was clever, a real killer. A master planner. If he’d managed to sneak into our wedding night, into a house full of werewolves who already had his scent, then he was capable of anything. I didn’t even feel completely safe knowing the house was surrounded by wolves; after all, we had been attacked once. Sophia had no idea about the deaths Dante had caused that night. I didn

JakeThomas was beside me in the passenger seat. We both held the same hope: to find her alive. None of this would make any sense if we didn’t.“What’s wrong, Harry?” Thomas answered the call.“Thomas, I… I don’t know how to say this,” I heard.Thomas looked at me and put the phone on speaker so I could hear too. Harry was a pack member who had joined us a few years ago. We had left him guarding my house with a few others so they could protect Irina while I was away.“What is it, Harry?” I asked.“A package arrived at your house, Alpha.”“What’s in it?”It couldn’t be good. Otherwise, Harry wouldn’t sound so shaken.“Is it a bomb?” Thomas blurted out. I won’t say that thought hadn’t crossed my mind, because it would be a lie.Nothing Derian did could surprise me anymore, not after he poisoned my wife and caused her to lose the baby. That was why I was so terrified about Kiara, why I needed to find her before the damage became irreversible.“No, but… I smelled blood, so I opened it. Th

JakeIt had been two days since Kiara disappeared.I tried to balance taking care of my children, searching for her, eating enough to stay strong, and sleeping at least three hours, but it kept getting harder. Since she left, everything in my mind had been put on hold, and I could only think about her and my kids, and I didn’t know how to be a father and a good man at the same time. I wanted to be in both places at once, but I always had to take turns.Sometimes I had to be with my children, and other times I had to look for her.Thomas was with the kids now, watching them along with my mother and some members of the pack, while Irina was sitting beside me in the car as we returned from a supposed lead where we had tried our luck but couldn’t find Kiara’s scent.I gripped the steering wheel tightly, staring ahead but with my mind somewhere else. The rain made everything harder. It hadn’t stopped raining for two days.Irina was leaning back in the seat, almost asleep. These had been ha

KiaraIrina was a traitor. If I thought Jake was with a liar, I would have been wrong. The level of evil and manipulation on my sister’s part was unimaginable.Irina was with Jake to destroy him, not because she truly loved him. All those problems in their marriage that Jake had confessed to me were simple lies Irina made up. She didn’t love him, and she snatched him out of my hands, created her master plan, and stole my man.If the baby had never existed either, and she had pretended to lose it while a werewolf doctor gave Jake the information, then there were more enemies than we believed.I desperately needed to tell Jake what was going on, but I couldn’t get out of there.“You and Irina are sicker than I thought. She took him from my hands and kept him for herself. For what?”“For the plan we have. We want to destroy Jake’s entire pack. But we won’t do it easily, because that would be mercy toward him. It’s better to make everyone suffer so it’s more fun.”“That sounds sick,” I re

KiaraI was left stunned by Derian’s words. I watched him closely, searching for traces of lies in his eyes. Derian maintained a firm posture, never stopping his gaze from locking onto mine. He wasn’t afraid of eye contact and seemed far too calm about his actions.Derian had proven on more than one occasion that he never cared about the order of things. He had killed and threatened humans, abusing his strength as a werewolf, and had never had any problem breaking every single rule established in our supernatural world.That was Derian: evil.There was nothing good in him.But why would he lie to me about something like that? Why would he invent that Irina wasn’t pregnant and never had been?“Was she pregnant or not? You know what, Derian? I don’t believe you. You’re not trustworthy.”He stood up from the bed, and my heart clenched. His standing up couldn’t mean anything good. I pressed myself against the wall, as if that could save me or stop him.“You’re afraid of me,” he smiled wit

JakeWe watched the elevator cameras. We clearly saw how Kiara fell into a trap, but we didn’t know why. Why did she trust the girl? What did she tell her?The blonde was no longer limping when she attacked Kiara from behind with an injection. Kiara collapsed to the floor almost immediately, unable to understand what had happened. I could feel her terror as she tried to get up, and the eerie way the blonde stroked her cheek and spoke to her before Kiara finally fell asleep.We searched for more footage. The blonde had helped two men appear and carried Kiara away.“We can check security cameras. We’ll file a report so they give us the recordings,” I said, continuing to review the footage.“Is getting the police involved a good idea?”“This is about Kiara. What else can we do? We need all the help possible. Besides, I have police friends who are werewolves. They’ll help me, or I’ll kill them if they don’t.”“Are you going to kill him?”“For Kiara, I’m capable of anything.”I felt Thomas

JakeTreating her with indifference hurt me more than it hurt her. Seeing the confusion and disappointment in her eyes broke my heart. I tried to bandage the pain by telling myself this was better for both of us, but I knew I was lying to myself.Irina was still asleep when I returned to the room. Kiara had left; she didn’t want to keep talking, even when I called her to apologize. I left her a message telling her that doing things this way, separately, was for the best, but I didn’t receive any reply from her. Kiara was angry with me, and she had every right to be.There was a knock at the door. I got up to see who it was, and my mother was standing beside Terrance. Terrance looked worried and serious, and my mother looked frightened.“What’s going on?” was the first thing I asked, because I knew something was wrong. The way Mom was looking at me said it all.I glanced at Irina, who was still asleep, and stepped out of the room, closing the door so we wouldn’t wake her while we tal