Nightshade Keri Lake Novels & Stories

I asked, feeling a surge of pride that Zarek had managed to defend himself. "That’s the thing... Kane and I are ninety-five percent sure Zarek has no clue how to get back to our pack. He ran the opposite direction and ended up jumping off a cliff into the lake that leads to Twilight River. You know, the lake with the waterfall? It's just outside North River territory, but it's pretty well known.”

“Heartbreaking.” “Absolutely tragic,” Vanessa murmured, barely hiding her grin. My dad did the same, but they both ended up snickering. Dad really loves vanessa. But how could he not? “You should see the lake too,” I added. “Silver Lake. It’s up in the north part of the property, past the tree line. Real peaceful this time of year. Water’s still as glass.” “That sounds incredible,” Macey said. “Do people swim in it?” “In summer. It’s cold as sin right now even though there’s no snow.”

I drank, and the scotch tasted like ashes. Elara POV Dawn came slowly, bleeding gray light across the dark landscape. We'd left the motorway behind, winding now through increasingly narrow roads that hugged the sides of hills and skirted dark expanses of water. The Lake District. Anne had finally told me where we were heading. A place called Keswick, a small town nestled among the lakes and mountains. Tourist destination in summer, quiet in winter. A good place to hide.

she said, with a nod toward me. We had honey for the hot-cakes, kind of an odd combo to me, but I was ravenous and it hit the spot. "What should I be doing this morning," I asked, slowly coming to life. "Me!" Jill cried out. "No, Me! Me!" Robin argued. I was still a little slow on the take. Looking on in awe as the two gorgeous ladies vied for my attentions. I could feel myself responding to the idea. "Down boy. They're teasing you. Take a dip in the lake, you stink of booze. Then take a ride up the trail and see how bad it's going to be getting out of here," Sheri told me.

“Go on.” “We identified a compound that traces back to the Nightshade black leaf,” he said. My brows furrowed. “Nightshade black leaf?” I repeated slowly. He nodded. “Yes, it’s a very poisonous leaf. Extremely lethal, even in small doses.” I sighed, rubbing my jaw. “I know about this plant. But we don’t have it here in Shadowfang. Neither does it grow in the neighboring packs or surrounding regions.” “You’re very correct,” Javier agreed, nodding solemnly. “It doesn’t grow here at all. Which is why this discovery is… concerning.”

She lowered her head respectfully toward Asher before turning her soft, mournful eyes to me. “Luna Livia,” Serena said, her voice dripping with gentle sorrow. “Please do not make this harder for the pack. I personally examined the Alpha’s remains. The poison in his veins was Night- shade root - a rare , volatile herb that grows only in the soil behind your cabin.I matched the toxin myself.” The crowd began to snarl again, the low rumble of wolfish anger rippling through the front lines. I stared at her, my blood running cold. “You lied. You weren't even in the courtyard when he collapsed. You were at the eastern border.”

The morning sun was really cozy. Kira woke up from her soft bed, stretching her stylish butt lazily in the sheets, arms stretching forward like a kitty just getting out of a snooze. As usual she slipped on a pure white tracksuit and headed to the backyard lake for some solo kayaking. Jason had already cleaned up and was waiting by the lake, left hand holding a water bottle, right arm carrying a clean towel, waiting for Kira to come ashore. “Gone. Every video of Jasmine insulting our hotel staff online is wiped clean. Keyword search, zilch.”

Needless to say, I picked up the pace matching stride with Trey pretty easily now. While running down the shoveled wooden trail it turned into ankle-high snow in the most shallow bits and knee-high in the deepest which heavily affected my ability to keep pushing forward. I was slowing down but so was Tiana and her zombie posse. Trey who had pulled a head shot a glance back at me and waited, starting to pull me along when I caught up. We passed about four cabins before he said anything. "What number of cabins are we?" I shot a look at the cabin to our left reading 778

I said, then turned back to my plate to eat. “That’s right…Lunar Lake is on your property. That’s the watering hole for the wolves. You might want to stay clear of that part of the property.” Sherry bought out more fish and placed it in front of us, but I just stared at the basket. “It’s an all-you-can-eat fish fry,” Tyler said as he took two pieces of fish from the basket and placed them on his plate.

But he hated losing assets even more, and he certainly didn't want to deal with a magical meltdown on the side of the highway. "Fine," Kai growled, shaking my hand off his shoulder. "I have an emergency medical cache at my estate. A kit with a serum specifically designed for Lycan toxins. It’s counter-intuitive to use it on a wolf, but it neutralizes the alkaloids in Nightshade. It might buy him enough time for his healing factor to kick in." "Your estate?" I looked around frantically. "The limousine is destroyed. The driver is unconscious. How do we get there?"