Novels by Gem Noir

ETHAN'S POVSilence.Utter silence.Perfect.My brows were furrowed as I read the contents of the book in my hands, my eyes occasionally widening slightly.What in theㅡThe door to my office was unceremoniously pushed open and I quickly shut the book close, placing it face first on my table, a baffled look on my face.Gabriel strolled into my office, his gaze fixed on mine.“Sorry to bother you, There seems to be an issue and I needed to stop by and talk to you about it” He casually said, sitting down heavily on the chair in front of my table, oblivious to the fact that I was worked up.I refused to show anything on my face as I cleared my throat. “You know you could have just called me right?”“And miss seeing the look on your face? Please” he huffed.My eyes briefly darted to the book in front of me and I sighed. “What did you want to talk about?”, I finally said.“Okay…” he began speaking, his tone serious for once as he made gestures once in a while but for the first time in my li

ALEXANDRA'S POV “Welcome home, Mrs warner,” the doorman said with a bow as I walked past him into the mansion. The sun had dipped below the horizon and the sky had turned into a dark mass filled with glittering orbs. Stars. A look of sadness settled on my face. The surgery went well but she… she was in a bad state. The doctor said that she would be in a coma for a while and he didn't know if she would ever wake up. I had begged for him to do anything, I was willing to spend it all on her, every single dime I had but the doctor had just pried me off him before explaining to me that whatever happened from then on was entirely up to her and I just had to hope that she would overcome it. She was a fighter. Just like my mum was. Just like my mum tried to be. As soon as I walked into the house, I went straight to the kitchen to grab something light from the fridge when I spied Ethan leaning on the counter, his back to me as he stared at the post-its on the fridge. I was lat

ALEXANDRA'S POVI stilled definitely not expecting to run into Ethan here.Okay, so maybe I should have expected him to be here since Gabriel was here but it still didn't prepare me for the confrontation that was about to unfold.Bracing myself, I turned around, Piper hanging on to my arm reassuringly.“Mr WㅡEthan” I quickly corrected myself seeing as we were in public.Right. Don't call him so formally in public because it would lead to suspicions.He was standing there with two bottles of water in his hand and a confused look on his face.“What are you…” he walked over to us, his eyes going over to Piper who was scrutinizing him openly.“Oh, well we came here for something really briefly” I laughed nervously. “Are you here for work or something?”, I found myself asking.That was a stupid question but it was the first thing I could think of and I would take it as it was.He blinked rapidly, a look of confusion crossing his face before he smiled.“Babe, you know I'm not a doctor,” He

ALEXANDRA'S POV“Lexi!” Piper called from behind me as I walked over to the receptionist at the hospital to check in with her when the surgery would be done.I had left the house a few hours back and now I was at the hospital with Piper who was breathing down my neck and trying to ask me questions.I wasn't nervous. She would live. Sage would live. The other surgeries were successful, this one had to be too.“Oh god, what?” I asked exasperatedly as I went over to the chairs in the waiting room after confirming that the surgery would end in 30 minutes approximately.“Okay, I know this is a really bad time but you kept me in the dark since that time. What happened that night? You didn't want to talk about it and you cut my tour of your house short” She huffed, her boots clicking against the tiles as she walked over to me and sat beside me, her short flayed skirt resting on her thighs.She always looked the part, I preferred more simple clothing which was why I was wearing a simple black

ETHAN'S POVI heard laughter. Not his laughter, hers and I frowned immediately.Was she downstairs already?I had stepped out to take a call and also to get some breathing space from Gabriel who was hell-bent on breathing down my neck and now it seemed she was downstairs too.Sighing, I took a breather and walked back into the house, sighting her sitting on the couch, talking to Gabriel who was sharing some sort of joke which she laughed to.I just stood there, waiting for them to notice me and when she coincidentally caught my figure standing at the doorway, her smile faded and she looked down at her hands on her lap.Gabriel also turned to me and he gave me a low smirk.Son of a…I walked inside fully and plopped down on a chair, looking at her then Gabriel.“I see you've been acquainted,” I said dryly.“Indeed we have. You have such a lovely wife, Ethan” Gabriel said with that annoying tick in his tone.“You would too if you didn't spend so much time in my house,” I said with a bro

ALEXANDRA'S POV“Get in,” Ethan said in a monotone after the paparazzi had finished flashing their lights in our faces in their attempts to take a picture.“Well pardon me for being this slow to get in when I'm half blind” I muttered, knowing that he had heard me judging by the snort that escaped his lips.He went over to the other side of the car after making sure I was in then he got into the driver's seat, switching on the ignition.As soon as we pulled out of the venue, I let out a heavy sigh of relief.“Finally…” I muttered, leaning my head back against the headrest.He looked at me briefly through the mirror before focusing back on the road. “Are you all right?” He asked.“What? Why?” I asked tired.“You look like you just run a mile” he muttered with a frown on his face.“Feels like it too” I replied with sarcasm in my tone.“You'll get used to it” he assured referring to the never-tired paparazzi.“Yeah if I don't lose my sight and sanity before then. Depends on which one come

SELENE'S POV“We're almost there,” Seraphina, who was ahead of me on her horse with the emissary, who I recognized as Brian, rode beside her.I had fallen behind as I stared pointedly at Brian's back. It was true. He had not recognized me.Good.We had been riding for a whole day now and I calculated about an hour's more ride before we would get to our destination.“Don't screw it up, and don't in any way make him know you're the one,” Emelia warned in my head, but I was past words like that.“Emelia, I'm gonna ask you a quick one,” I said back to her whilst grabbing a water skin from the side of my horse to drink from.“What is it?” She asked impatiently, her words sincerely grating on my nerves.“How stupid do you think I am on a scale of one to ten?” I asked her.She was silent for a moment but I could feel her still there in my consciousness. “An eleven,” She said like it was a no-brainer.Wow.“I hate you” I whispered, lightly kicking the sides of the horse so we could keep movin

SELENE'S POV “You have 3 months, don't waste it. Your original body has been preserved… It is now somewhere away from Blackthorne Vale aㅡ” I woke up with a start, my body drenched in sweat as I looked around me, breathing heavily. A woman with slightly graying hair was leaning over me, but she was startled as I suddenly sat up, and she fell on her butt. The house was cozy and warm, the scent of herbs and wood filling the room. Where the fuck was I? I looked around me, wondering how I had ended up; I was right in the lake when I heard that voiceㅡthe voice?ㅡ What did it say? The sound of the old woman's voice brought me out of my daze and I snapped my head back to look at her. “Nyx…” Her tone was relieved and tears filled her eyes as she quickly enveloped me in a hug. I stiffened at once in her embrace and I quickly pulled away, my eyes wide as I stared her down. “Who are you?” I managed to croak, my voice slightly higher than normal. I immediately clasped my hand over my mout

SELENE'S POVDavis seemed shocked at my words and he gritted his teeth, the repentant facade simply disappearing as quickly as it was there.“You're rejecting me?” He snarled at me.Elara ran a hand through her messy brown hair and placed her hand on Davis's chest to soothe him. “Honey, calm down” She whispered.The sight truly disgusted me, and I took a hurried step back, my hand on the doorknob falling as I felt the unfamiliar ache in my chest caused by the breaking of the mate bond.It was a hollow shitty feeling, and my wolf, Diane, kept howling silently, feeling the same pain I was.“Get ready to leave my pack in the morning” I managed to spit out at the both of them before I turned on my heels and left the room, my mind chanting the same thing.I needed to get away from this cursed house for a while or I would break down.The rain outside seemed to intensify, but that was the least of my worries as I trotted down the stairs, out of the house, and into the rain, not caring how dr

SELENE'S POV“Luna, it's a very delicate situation; the pack will be in so much danger if we don't act fast,” Dalia, my personal mai,d, said, her tone filled with worry.“I understand your point of view but it is really quite late to send a message across the valley now. I do not intend to put any of my messengers at risk with rogues” I countered immediately, my gaze fixed on the short stretch of land that was left for me to arrive back at my pack.“Luna, we may not have until the morning” Dalia began to say again when I pulled the rein of my horse, a shrill whinny echoing as I stopped to look at her.For someone so young, Dalia was very spirited and thoughtful, but sometimes she could get on my nerves with her persistence, just like now.“Dalia, enough.” My tone turned serious, and I shook my head at her. “Will you volunteer to send the message this night?” I asked.Her face paled and with my keen sight, I could make out her hands tightening around the rein of her brown horse. “No, L