Novels by Icy popsicles

Tessy stared at me like I had lost my mind. “You can’t be serious,” she said slowly. “Seraya, where would you even go? Do you know how dangerous the outside world is for someone like you? Especially now that you’re pregnant?”I didn’t say anything. I just stared at the ground, thinking.“I get it, I really do. You’re tired and you’re hurt but running into the wild won’t solve it. This pack may be messed up, but it gives you shelter and safety.“What if you leave and things get worse?” she asked. “What if you end up in a place where people treat you even worse than here? What if you’re all alone and you go into labor in the woods? Or what if you’re found by people who want to hurt you and take your baby?”“I have to try and leave first. Whatever happens later, I’ll deal with it. I just can’t stay here and let myself fall apart. I don’t want to live in sadness for the rest of my life. I need to go. Tessy shook her head slowly. “I don’t think that’s a good idea, Seraya,” she said, her

“Tessy…” I whispered, feeling my throat tighten as the body hugged me even tighter. I could her feel tears soaking into my shoulder. She was crying so hard, and it made me feel sad a little. “How could you just leave me like that, Seraya?” she cried out, still holding me close, her voice was shaking and I gently patted her back, trying to comfort her, but it felt a little awkward. So much time had passed since we last saw each other. Tessy wasn’t really my cousin by blood, but she had always been like family to me. After her parents died from fighting wars as both of them were warriors in the pack, everyone started treating her differently, as if being an orphan was something to be ashamed of. I couldn't remember how we became close but I knew that it was because of how she was treated by others. We had always been close. I used to visit her all the time and stay with her when she was feeling down. I gave her the title of my cousin so that no one would look down on her again. I wan

Elder Zac had to slam a gavel hard on the table to get everyone to calm down. The loud bang echoed through the hall, and slowly, the noise began to die down. People stopped talking over one another, and all eyes turned back to the front where Kaden stood.Kaden saying my name had thrown the entire room into chaos. Everyone was shocked and even I was shocked too. Why point at me in front of everyone like that? Why would he do that? Did he forget everything he had put me through?Once things were quiet again, Elder Zac spoke, turning to face Kaden. “Very well then, Alpha Kaden,” he said in a calm tone. “You say you’ve found your mate, but let’s not forget that she has been gone for a long time. The bond you shared might already be broken. Time and distance could have weakened or even severed it. So, tell us, what do you plan to do about that or you don’t plan to do anything about it?”Kaden didn’t even pause to think. He just looked straight at me. “Then I’ll have another mating ceremo

“Quiet, everyone!” Elder Zac’s deep voice echoed through the hall, and immediately the room went quiet. The noise from the crowd stopped, and all eyes turned to him. He stood near the front, right in front of the elders’ table, facing the crowd with his face looking serious.I recognized him easily because he was one of the most respected elders in the pack. When he spoke, people listened.He looked at the big clock behind him and nodded slightly before speaking again.“We’re here today because something serious is happening in this pack,” he began, his voice loud and clear. “And we can no longer ignore it and the reason we’re all gathered here today concerns the future of every single person here. I could literally hear a pin drop with the way everyone was quiet and I could feel the tension in the air.“As most of you know, Alpha Kaden has not been himself lately,” Elder Zac continued. “And many of us have tried to stay quiet, hoping things would go back to normal but the truth is,

I looked at the garden, a place where I had laughed, cried, and fallen in love.I looked at the house Kellan and I shared. The one where I had imagined a future with us together with my child, I looked around again, still there was no sign of him. He was really letting me go.My father honked loudly, telling me it was time to go. I blinked away the sting in my eyes, turned around, and got into the car and just like that, my life with Kellan was over. My father had been whistling nonstop since we started the drive back to Kaden’s pack. He was clearly in a good mood, and that made me very angry. He tapped his fingers on the steering wheel like he was playing a song in his head, and every now and then, I caught him sneaking glances at me.He was probably surprised that I didn’t argue or scream or try to run away again but to be honest, I didn’t have the strength for that anymore. I had nothing left in me to fight with.Of course, he was excited. Why wouldn’t he be? He was getting back

Fiona did everything she could to make me feel better. She kept talking to me, holding my hand, and saying things she thought would cheer me up. She even tried to make me laugh a few times, but nothing really worked. My heart still felt heavy. I appreciated her effort, truly, but her words couldn’t fix the way I felt inside.She told me I should go and talk to Kellan. She said maybe if I explained everything properly, he’d finally listen and understand but even though I nodded at her words, deep down, I knew the truth. There was nothing more I could say or do that would change the way Kellan now saw me. His mind was made up. His heart had already started pulling away from me, and I couldn’t do anything about it. And even if we somehow managed to talk things through and he apologized, things wouldn’t go back to the way they used to be. It wouldn’t be the same anymore. I had seen a side of him I never thought existed, a cold side, a harsh side, the way he looked at me, the way he spok

Simeon had left right after the meal, and I returned to my room, where I stayed the entire day, doing absolutely nothing. By the time night came, I was restless. Tonight, I would finally see Varek again, after a whole month and I had no idea how to feel about that. When Simeon first told me he was back, my heart had started pounding… and that was weird, completely weird. I was supposed to be angry, furious, even. Not feeling like I missed him or something. I had so much bottled up inside and the first thing I’d do when I saw him was break his head for vanishing without a word, or maybe break each of his fingers for daring to invite me to dinner like nothing had happened. The rest of the day dragged on painfully slow and I spent it lying on my bed, rolling around and lost in thought. Wouldn’t it be pathetic of me to show up after he acted like I didn’t exist? Was I really going to run to him the second he clicked his fingers? Shouldn’t I be the one ignoring him now? Give him a tast

All I could remember was Varek carrying me and running like he was heading somewhere urgent before everything went black. When I finally woke up, I was back in my room, lying on my bed and above me stood a strange figure, staring into my eyes.I remembered Varek saying he couldn’t leave the realm by himself, so how did he manage to bring us back? Where was he now? I tried to look around for him, but before I could move, the strange figure jabbed something into my armand I lost consciousness again.The next few days passed in a blur. The strange figure, who I learned was a healer, was treating my wounds, which were healing much slower than normal and that was strange. .He had the lower body of a lizard and the upper body of a human. He said he wasn’t a “he” or a “she,” but told me his name was Loid. I decided to use “he” for him since he looked masculine, even with the long hair covering his head down to his tail, I tried not to judge him, when I wanted to. I also chose to not ask h

I was suddenly jerked awake by a heavy force landing on my body and seizing me up. Gasping, I sat up, only to freeze in horror.I wasn’t in my body, instead, I was staring at it. My body lay still on the ground, pale and cold and I felt my heart drop in fear. What… what is happening?I reached out, trying to touch myself but my hand passed right through. There was no feeling and I couldn’t even hold my body. I opened my mouth to scream, but no sound came out. I tried over and over again, stil nothing came out. Panicking, I turned my head, searching. “Varek?” I tried to say. But again, no sound came from my mouth.He was still fighting with the horned monster and it was pushing him back, winning but Varek was still giving it everything he had.I ran toward him, desperate to grab him and also get his attention but my hands couldn’t touch him either. They slipped right through his fur like mist.I was losing it. What exactly was going on? Was I… dead?“No,” I whispered, tears blurrin

Varek didn’t say a word to me after that. Even when I asked him why I needed to keep my clothes on, he ignored me.So, we just walked and walked on and the heat was gone now, completely gone. In its place was a bone-deep cold that stole the air from my lungs. Every step drained what little strength I had left. My teeth chattered uncontrollably, and I couldn’t even feel my fingers anymore. I regretted ever complaining about the heat. I would take that over this in a heartbeat.It wasn’t snowing. It wasn’t raining. But the cold, God, the cold felt like we had been dropped straight into Antarctica. I hadn’t been there, but I imagined this was what it felt like.I blew warm air into my hands, rubbing them together in a useless attempt to stay warm. It didn’t help.Shifters aren’t supposed to feel cold like this. We can usually handle extreme weather better than humans, especially the cold. But this… this wasn’t normal and if I was freezing, then that meant it was something far worse.I pu

I burst into laughter, not just a soft chuckle but a loud, full-belly kind of laugh that shook my whole body. I bent over, clutching my waist to stop myself from falling to the ground. My eyes stung from the tears forming at the corners, and I could barely breathe.“A witch?” I wheezed in between gasps. “Did you just say we’re going to see a witch? Is this some kind of joke? Because if it is, it’s so funny!”Varek didn’t even flinch. He just stood there, arms crossed, staring at me like I had completely lost my mind. “You don’t believe witches exist?”“Everyone knows they don’t!” I said, wiping the sweat from my forehead. “Witches are extinct. They were wiped out years ago, every last one of them.”“Not all of them,” he said quietly, tilting his head slightly. “You don’t know half of what goes on beyond your little realm and I don’t blame you. It’s your kind’s fault they’re nearly extinct. Power-hungry, always killing anything you don’t understand, even those that aren’t threats.”“H

“Enough!” I snapped, my voice echoing off the stone walls. “Enough of you saying this has something to do with me! I don’t know what’s going on! I never called for you. I have no idea why our wolves share the same fur color, so can you just drop it already?”My hands clenched at my sides. “What’s your obsession with making a fuss over nothing? Yes, fine, you helped me and I thanked you. The next logical step is for you to let me go my own way, and you go yours.”“You can’t!” Varek’s voice boomed, fierce and deep. “Destiny has tied us together, and our fates have aligned!”I froze. “What?” I whispered, eyes wide. “What did you just say?”But instead of answering, he cursed under his breath and ran a frustrated hand through his thick hair.“I don’t understand any of this,” he muttered. “And for the first time in my life, I’m completely confused and it all started the moment you entered the picture.”He took a breath, his chest rising and falling rapidly.“I’m trying to find out what thi