Chapter 5: The New Life
Five months later, Jane Mercer had become real. She had a studio apartment above a bakery in Seabrook Bay—a tiny […]
Chapter 4: The Ghost
The hospital room was too white. Too bright. Too full of questions Celeste couldn’t answer. “Jane Doe” was what they’d
Chapter 3: The Ghost of Celeste Astor
Celeste had been driving for six hours when the rain started. She was somewhere in the Berkshires—Massachusetts, maybe Vermont, she’d
Chapter 2: The Impossible Truth
Celeste didn’t sleep. She lay in the dark beside David—who’d finally come to bed around midnight, smelling of scotch and
Chapter 1: The Whisper in the Study
The crystal tumbler slipped from Celeste’s fingers. She watched it fall in slow motion—watched it hit the marble floor of
Thank You, Brother-in-Law
They thought she was gone. Now she’s back — with a baby, a plan, and the one man they never
Chapter 30: Mate, Mine, Monster
Three months later, the Preservation Council sent their answer. Lena stood on the porch of the main house, reading the
Chapter 29: One Last Betrayal
They were three miles from Crescent Moon territory when the attack came. Not from the Preservation Council—they were still deliberating,
Chapter 28: Rise of the Silent Alpha
The bond restoration ritual began at midnight in the same clearing where Lena had just forced an army to kneel.
Chapter 27: The Night She Turned
They met at the border between neutral territory and Crescent Moon land, under a full moon that hung heavy and