Novels by Psamm

Ruth's POVI stood there like a statue, watching the car disappear down the long, dusty road.Orion didn’t even look back or stop.He left me on the side of the road like I was nothing. And drove off with Ravenna like I was an obstacle to their love life.I clenched my fists in anger, nails digging into my palm. The humiliation burned hot in my chest. He dared to do that in front of her? My own stepdaughter?I have never been humiliated like this before, the man that tried it didn't live beyond 7 days. And that was many years ago, when I killed Ravenna's father for humiliating me because of Ravenna.And now, Orion had just entered my death list.Although I had always wanted to kill Orion.But he wasn't a top priority 'wanted dead' in my head. Never! With this kind of rage that burned in my throat after he told me to leave his car.I always wanted to kill Ravenna, too; she had always been in the way. But now?Now they both had to die.Same level of determination. Same level of hate.I

Keto's POVRavenna had retreated from me. And this time, it was as if she meant it.I couldn't stop replaying the way she looked at me, distant, confused, torn. I couldn't stop wondering what had happened. When did we start falling apart?Maybe I should have taken her up on that offer to run away when I had the chance.But no. I didn't. I chose duty. I chose Orion. And now, I was here watching the only person I ever truly gave a damn about slip right through my fingers.She said I'd changed. That I wasn't the same Keto she fell in love with.Maybe she was right. But how could she imagine I would be the same after all this? After pretending for so long like I did not want her more than air?Kate's voice drew me back to reality."So, when does training start?" she asked, a bit too cheerful for my current mood."Next week," I muttered.She grinned. "Cool. Just don't bore me.".Kira guffawed beside me. "Prepare to be bored to death."I said nothing. The gates to Orion's mansion opened, an

Lyra's POVI pulled my hand back, stumbling a step away. “Wait, are you insane? Witches? You’re taking me across enemy territory like I’m just, what, some piece of luggage?”"That's why I asked you to drink that," he said, "So they won't be able to tell if we're werewolves.""Why?" I demanded. "Why me? Why Kate? Why Keto? Why not go alone?""Because people are beginning to look up to you the way they look up to me, and you have to grasp that in order to be a leader, you have to learn how to put your life on the line."I laughed in disbelief, "Alpha 101?" I asked.I couldn't help but think he was taking me to a place of no return simply to learn how to be an alpha. No, there has to be more to it."It's not negotiable, Ravenna," he said with his stern tone, "We're already here."I planted my feet firmly on the ground, crossing my arms. "I'm not crossing that river just to get killed."He didn't flinch.Orion just nodded once, like I’d said something trivial, something he’d already consi

Lyra's POV He slowly turned, first to Ruth, then to me. His voice was low and smooth."I'm going to act like I didn't hear any of that which was said," he said. "And I'll warn both of you not to continue arguing."He didn't wait to see. He slouched back in the keys for the second time, obviously done with the conversation.But of course, Ruth wasn't."Orion," she said, the strain in her voice overflowing into his, "listen to me. You can't believe one word that girl has to say."His hand stopped on the key.He didn't look at her right away. He took a breath, like someone trying to hold back a scream.Then he faced her, eyes blazing red.Get out of my car," he ordered.Silence.Glistening, icy silence.I blinked. I didn't believe I'd heard. Ruth didn't appear certain that she'd heard either. She stood frozen, mouth agape, looking shocked, as if the words hadn't registered.Orion's expression didn't change. His eyes blazed, burning with cold anger."I won't repeat myself," he said to he

Lyra's POVHe let out a deep breath as if he were attempting to release the tension in his heart. "Ravenna didn't shatter my heart," he replied tersely.But Kate was not going to let it go; she was going to say something more when Kira called out behind us, "Are you guys going without me?""Of course not," Kate replied, turning to her.I half turned because I heard her say my name. "Ravenna," she murmured, her voice low but gentle, "how are you feeling now?"I could only nod a little, even though I still felt disturbed within. "I'm fine."She looked at me f

Lyra's POVI tried to keep my expression blank. Calm. Disinterested.Kate leaned closer again. “You okay? You look like you’ve seen a ghost.”I blinked. “No. I’m fine. Just tired.”But my heart was hammering. Loud. Violent.Why was she here?Was this some kind of message?Had Orion invited her?Or had she come on her own, like some shadow following me through every turn?The whispers of the elders grew faint in my ears. R

Bryan’s POV The sound of a gunshot made me rush outside, Danielle was outside. I found Danielle’s lifeless body, swimming in her blood. I knelt and screamed so loud, I didn’t hear myself. The air, once familiar, became thick with an unbearable weight, and the pulse of grief pulsed through my veins with every beat of my heart. Emotions collided like storm-tossed waves — disbelief, anguish, and a profound sense of loss that threatened to consume me. I shook her body but she gave no response. “Danielle!” “Finally, goodbye Bryan. I’ll see you later.” I looked up and found Susan leaving. I thought she was dead. I lifted her and took her into the car, I could lose everything but not Danielle. I took her to the hospital where she was attended to immediately. They did all they could but I knew… I knew she was gone. She is the first treasure I had and now… I lost her. How careless of me.Every sound and strength drained in me. We had goals…we had things we wanted to do and…having her leave m

Danielle's POV I opened my eyes and finally, it was a new day with no worries and sorrow, although I would have to go and meet Pa Bruno and let him know all that happened. We all got in the car and went down to meet Pa Bruno. He welcomed us with a warm heart, he has always been that way. “What a lovely surprise,” he said when he opened the door. The kids rushed inside with their father.When I fit inside, I found Isabelle helping Mrs Helena with her hair. “Oh,” I said when I saw her.“Oh…”“I… what are you doing here?” I asked. “She volunteered to come and help us once in a while to pay for all the bad things she has done to you. She has been coming for a couple of months now,” Mrs Helena explained.I sat down beside her. “I um… I didn’t know you would be coming around. I should get going, I’ll see you all later.” She hurried and packed her bag. “Hey,” I laughed. “Where do you think you are going to? You can stay, you don’t need to leave.”“I want to stay but I need to leave, I’ll

Danielle's POV “Tell me it’s a lie,” I said to him but he didn’t answer me. I trusted him with my whole heart, he was like my best friend. What would the kids think? What of his family? Why!“Are you truly what they have called you out to be?” The judge asked him. “I am what they said I am. I give up. Yes, I killed Susan and yes, I framed Bryan for it. I wanted him to rot in hell and never come back. He took it all from me, everything.” Have looked at me, tears clouding his eyes. “I love you Danielle, you know I do. The kids… they used to be my kids. I was there where you were pregnant, when you gave birth and I also watched them grow up. Seeing Bryan take it all from me broke my heart and no matter how much I try to be there for you, you never see me. And that bitch, Susan. She deserved it. She was always after you so I didn’t want that. I figured there is no reason for me to lie when I am busted.”He turned to the judge. “You have heard it all.” Someone went to the judge and whispe

Danielle's POV ran out to the door and found the woman walking up the stairs. “Are you—”“Lead the way, quick!” The woman said and I led her to the court. It was the moment the judge was sentencing Bryan but he held it when he saw me come in with a lady. Everyone looked back and I took her to the panel. I winked at the defendant and he knew what to do. He stood up immediately. “My Lord, one and only witness, please,” he begged. All my oceans of despair were now replaced by a world of hope. The judge accepted it like he had been waiting for me to show up with someone.But sighed and went back to sit. The kids stretched their necks and waved from the far end of the row. I smiled and focused on the woman. She stepped in and took the oath. “My name is Margret and I will be telling you what exactly happened that night. This man,” she pointed to Bryan, “came in with a lady into my old house. He had asked me to lend it to him for a moment but I thought he was going to have sex or something

Danielle's POV I roamed about with the phone plugged into my ears. “Pick up, goddamit.” I have been trying this woman’s number for seven hours. It’s night time and there has been no response. I am starting to think it was all a lie. Maybe the woman doesn’t exist but Jack keeps putting me on.Eventually, I went to sleep with my phone in my ears.The next day, I woke up and found Jack making the call. I have not heard from Linda or Gabriel. I have tried all I can and it’s just a few hours to the trail. We have no evidence, nothing to prove him innocent. “I have an idea. The witness made mention of returning the instrument to the house. I would go and check the house out. There would be footage. Keep trying the woman, we will meet in the court.” He left with the Benz car. I feel like I am restraining him from doing a lot of things in his life and all he does now is go and look for evidence to prove his boos innocent. I sighed, I just have to keep trying. I kept calling the woman… duri

Danielle's POV “What did he say?” Jack asked in haste. “He has evidence. An old woman who takes care of the old house. He says he knows where she is but he wouldn’t tell me unless I come over to his house. He also said I should come alone.”“It’s a trap. He might not have any evidence. We need to find our means and besides, he might want to kill you. He’s unpredictable so I would not allow you to go alone.”I raised my brows. “I’m not taking any chances. I would go and I would go alone. I would be perfectly fine.” I took a small knife from the table. “Just in case he tries shit, I will stab him wherever I can. I would be fine, trust me. What if this is my best shot? What if this is the only thing that can help me get Bryan out of there? I am not letting it go just like that. I’ll be back. “Jack stood in front of me. “Then let me put a tracker on you.” He attached it to my phone. “You can go now.”I followed the map and went to the location Mark sent me. The road that led to the plac

The sound of "Here comes the bride" echoed through the church of St Paul. A lot of people were seated in the church, waiting for the bride to come around. Eleanor was in the changing room, fighting her corset with Lina."Damn, this is tight. I could have chosen a much better dress. All in the name of fashion. What if I fail to breathe and I faint in front of my husband? Ish.""If you fail to breathe, I will pour you water. Just in case.""Emill," Lina warned."What? Have you forgotten what she did to me on our wedding day? She hid my tie and made me use a bow tie.""And it was perfect but you don't trust your best friend. That is what is wrong with you. Anyway, if you pour me water, you would owe me 5 million dollars. I would collect it from you. I know you know that.""Eleanor, you still want to bully me on your wedding day? Jeez. People change, why didn't you?" Someone knocked on the door and Emil went to pick it up. "You're not supposed to see your bride before the wedding. They s

Writer's POVHarrison went back to his hotel and tried to think about what he could do for Eleanor. It was a hard task. He knew Eleanor wouldn't just agree to see him just like that. There was nothing he could think of buying that would be catchy to her.He went to bed, hoping the next day would be very good.*** Eleanor walked back and forth to the room. "Again, who invited Harrison? This isn't a joke. Why would one of you invite Harrison without my permission? Why?"Her mother sat on a chair, knitting stockings. "As much as I hate the boy, he still looks handsome. Did you ask him the type of cream he was using?""Mother, this is not funny. Do you know how I felt when I saw him? I was going to lose my mind. Why would you do such things behind my back?"No one was answering her. She sat in the chair, frustratingly shaking her leg. "Well, I think he's a changed person. I heard he built a house for orphans on the streets. It is also said that he is a good man and he let out all his slav

Writer's POVHe held the child's hands and looked around as she led him to a hallway. "Magny? Where are you? Come out now. We have a visitor, he says he bears annoying Harry's name."Harrison laughed. The child was something. He found the plastic horse on the ground. He bent down and showed her the toy. Tada" "Yay! You found Magny." She hugged him. That was when Harrison perceived it. "Thank you, Uncle Harrison. I'll see you later, okay?" She said and ran off. He stood still. He could never mistake it. She smelled exactly like Eleanor. Exactly like Eleanor, he was sure of it. Come to think of it, her hair was also gray and her eyes belonged to Eleanor. If he wasn't hallucinating, then he was running mad. He closed his eyes and turned around. "I need to get them now. Mia, nice, go find Harry. Look for him, I didn't say you should hide and seek…" he heard the voice and the clacking sounds of shoes coming his way. He quickly hid in a corner.The fact that he was there wasn't the probl

Writer's POV*Five years later*"Brother, look at this model. She also sent you a message and you still haven't replied. Why? Do you want to live like this forever? This isn't some Disney movie. I am married and you are not. People are talking," Nikki protested to her brother who was packing his bags. He wasn't paying attention to Nikki and he wasn't interested in doing so. "Brothers I am talking to you, do not ignore me.""Nikki. People are different. Some people love marriages…some don't. I don't. I need to get to the office. I am trying to lead by example."Nikki pursed her lips. "Is this because of Eleanor? Are you still punishing yourself for that? You know you deserve it but this is enough. It's been five years and you are not getting any younger. You need to find someone to get married to and have kids. Who would take care of your company when you are gone?"Harrison was dressed and tired of Nikki. He would do anything to drive her out of his house but he didn't want to push h

Writer's POVHarrison walked around the house, screaming and throwing things apart. How would he explain it to her? She wouldn't even want to hear him out. He was done. He had to accept the fact that he would never have her again. There was no magic for him to perform.*Two hours earlier*Harrison was mild and sad, wondering and planning how he was going to meet Eleanor and get the shit out of her. Someone knocked on his door. The guards opened. For a moment he thought it was going to be Eleanor but instead, it was her friend, Candy.He knew Candy was Eleanor's friend so he thought it would be easy if he sent Candy to Eleanor so that Eleanor would at least mind meeting him."Good morning Mr. Tolstoy. How are you?" Of course, he wasn't fine. All he wanted at the moment was to see Eleanor. "I am fine," he lied. "Eleanor isn't here at the moment and Jay already took his leave. I thought he told you all that?""Oh, dear. I wasn't sure about what he was telling me on the phone and why Elea

Writer's POVEleanor Carol dressed up in black. Luxury Black. She did her makeup and made sure everything was pitch black. She took her bag and headed out of the house. Her destination was a place she didn't want to visit but Emil just reminded her how brutally she was of that place. She entered Tolstoy's apartment. The guards didn't stop her. Every clicking sound of her shoes emitted danger. She wasn't smiling. She went in and went straight to the stables. She didn't care if Harrison was home or not. The moment she saw Magny, the horse neighed happily. I hadn't seen her for a long time. She smiled. At least something was still capable of making her smile. She related the horse. She was taking him home. She found the men that used to be there. They already knew her face so they let her be. Perhaps they had no idea Hendrix was in prison. She caressed the horse and calmed it down. It must have been so lonely staying there alone. There was no Hendrix to take care of him so she was goi

SAM'S POV Thoughtfully and carefully, I picked the book again and side-stepped him, moving to the other side of the bed, all while his eyes followed my every movement. "You better get used to having me around, I will not be thrown away so easily. Also, do me a favour and pass the same words to Malthus if you can." I squinted my questionable eyes at him before turning my attention back to the book. I need to see if Celeste's father had written on how to get rid of Malthus. Like pieces of a puzzle, everything had fallen into place after reading the Journal. Celeste's father's warning her about an ancient Lord of werewolves who would come after her seemed to have answered all our questions and curiosity. Coupled with the fact that he mentioned he would attach himself to someone close to her if he couldn't get to her directly, protected by her powers. That only meant one thing and needed no further explanation. Said Lord is currently lurking somewhere in Killian's body, and we need to

SAM’S POV“Let me.” I seized the book from Killian’s trembling hands. Don’t know if it’s the aftermath of his blowup, but he seemed a bit slower at everything now. He groaned under his breath but didn’t attempt to take the book back. I sat on the bed before I dove in, somehow anticipating something that would blow my mind even though I have no idea what it contains past the first page. Killian lingered above me, still standing while I went through the insanely thick paper of every page. The second page more or less contained what I could only describe as an introduction; he was explaining to Celeste what power she possessed. “The Lunaris power isn’t something to be messed with, it isn’t something to take lightly as well.” It says. “You are powerful, and although you haven’t realized it yet, you will. I am writing to guide you as I might not be around when you reach your full potential.” “Let’s keep this back, man, this is her personal stuff.” Killian attempted to pull away the book

KILLIAN’S POVSam glared at me from where he stood by the door, neither walking into the room nor out of it. Then he stated without batting an eyelash. “I want to become the Alpha, and all but that doesn't mean I am stupid enough to kill you. That will certainly disqualify me from ruling. If that is your plan, then you have to be more strategic next time; this isn’t working.” He rolled his eyes at the end of his statement and strolled into the room, picking items off the floor and dropping them where they belonged as he moved close to me. I created more distance between us, terrified he would get close enough to provoke whatever was wrong with me to start up again. “Are you going to continue running away? I hope you realize that won’t solve anything. The earlier you let yourself get help, the faster you will get over this stuff and stop the elders from coming after you. If you are choosing to isolate yourself, that works perfectly well for me. That will be in my favour.” He shrugge

KILLIAN'S POVI was possessed by a witch. How? I have no fucking idea.I felt ashamed.To have your entire existence possessed by something vile, something mad, which can take over and control you at any time was horrible. I refused to be around anyone. Especially not Celeste, scared that it might hurt her in the process. She had knocked on the door to her room for more than an hour, but I refused to let her in. I locked myself in here and let whatever it was, unleash its fury at the room and not my mate.It hurt to shut her out, but at the moment, and not until I find a way to get rid of it, that's the best thing to do. Keep myself away from her and everyone I l

JEREMY'S POVThis wasn't the plan. The witches, after getting what they wanted, have been going against everything we have agreed on without hesitation. For instance, it was in our agreement that they weren't going to attack anyone in the pack but Killian. They have bridged that. They went ahead and attacked some lone, defenseless wolves that were roaming the border at an odd hour. Why did they do that? They weren't giving me reasons and had simply dismissed any act of mine trying to remind them of our agreement. Only then did I realize that getting involved with these people without a backup plan might be a bad idea. They not only want to take Killian down, they want to take over the pack. I don't want that, I don't want to be ruled by creatures of the night. So I decided, on my own, that I was going to come up with a second plan just in case that one fails. The first step is to get werewolves by my side, just as they have each other. And what's the best way to do that if not to g

KILLIAN'S POVWith each passing day, these witches made me loathe them even more. I did not go deep into this to realize that this is their work. They have somehow smuggled their way into my pack and were using that opportunity to try and torment not only me, but my mate. "Listen, Celeste, I will try and keep him distracted, I want you to run, lose him. This is all an illusion, and the minute he can't control what you see, it will all fade away, do you understand?" Luckily, I managed to cushion her fall, and she didn't sustain any major injury. She shook her head vigorously. "I am not leaving you here, I can't. It's not right." "I told you it's an illusion. No one is getting hurt, and we will all be fine by the time we break out of his spell. Please trust me, okay?" This time, she nodded hesitantly, and I helped her up. "Head as far away from us as you can. The minute he can't control what you see, that's it. I will also get myself out after you have successfully gotten away." I g