Novels by Damian Stacey

~Isabel~ I watched Professor Alister throughout the lecture, trying to see if I could get an idea of what might be going through his head. But he just glanced over the rows of students a few times, lecturing normal like before. The class ended two hours later. He assigned an area of concentration to read for the exams, and as the students filed out of the room, Professor Alister stayed behind at the podium. Chloe and I packed our bags and stood up to leave. I could feel the nervous tension coming off her body. As we passed the door, his voice stopped us. "Miss Adams, can you meet me in my office right now? And you, Miss Mayfield," he said. He didn't wait for a response, just passed us carrying his folder. We followed him closely down the hall until he reached his office. He called Chloe inside and closed the door, leaving me to sit on the chairs outside. A minute later, my phone beeped with a text. I snatched it out of my pocket quickly, my heart leaping with t

~Isabel~The warning in his voice was crystal clear. I nodded, swallowing the lump in my throat. My mom went quiet, her eyes darted between us as if she suspected something was amiss.I quickly grabbed more fruit, put it on my plate, and forced myself to finish my milk in one gulp. "I will be heading to my room. I need to read for my exams. Thank you for breakfast," I said to them.I picked up my plate and walked out into the hallway. As I reached the stairs, my feet slowed down. I kept replaying Arthur's look in my head. I felt like he suspected William was using a work excuse just to take me to New York. But then I wondered why William hadn't just informed his dad and my mom like he said he would. He had gone to see Arthur this morning and spent over two hours in there before leaving. What had they been discussing if he didn't mention the weekend trip? Had he changed his mind?Lost in thought, I rounded the corner and almost bumped right into Mrs. Higgins."Sorry," I muttered

~Isabel~I stood frozen in the middle of my room, staring at the closed door.I tried to make sense of William's last words before he walked out, but the whole thing had become a knotted mess in my head.I crossed the floor and looked out through my window. The rain from a few hours ago had left the grounds soaked, and his black Bentley remained parked outside on the wet pavement. He was still talking to his father.My stomach twisted into a tight knot.I just hoped he wouldn't confront Arthur over anything I had told him this morning.Since it was the weekend, I headed into the bathroom for a shower, planning to spend the rest of my day studying for my upcoming law exams. I stood under the hot spray, letting the water run over my face, trying to wash the anxiety away. As I stepped out and wiped the steam from the mirror, I paused to look at my reflection.I had added a little weight recently. It was weird. I felt constantly stressed and stretched thin, yet my cheeks were flushed p

~Isabel~"I think I have to go warn him to stop meddling in this," he said, getting up roughly from the bed to snatch his clothes off the floor."No, William, please don't. I beg you. Please," I pleaded as real fear built up in my mind. "You will spoil everything. Think about this first.""I have nothing to lose, Isabel. I have to stop whatever plan he may be thinking about this before he takes it too far, and he can't do anything to you." He shoved his arms into his shirt."I can take care of you myself…your car, your tuition, anything you need. Even with the internship, the company is mine now!"He raked his hands through his hair to arrange his tousled hair. I dragged my nightgown over my body to stand in front of him, blocking his path to the door."You're freaking out again," I reasoned, touching his hands that remained clenched into fists. "Hey, look at me. You had your plans before you accepted his deal for you to marry Juliana. He is your dad. I know he means well for you ev

~Isabel~"You are not serious, are you?" I asked, watching his face for any sign of humor."Do I look like I am joking?" he said, his voice dropped into a tone that showed me he felt insulted by my doubt."No, no. It's just, how do I pull it off? Your dad, my mom..." I eyed him, chewing on my lower lip while my brain calculated the trip.“I will let them know it's work-related…for real it is," he said, closing the distance between us to drag me flush against his chest. "I have a foreign conference on Saturday, and there's a business with an important investor I want to seal. You're coming with me for the conference, then you can actually put the skills you have been learning from the legal department to use. I will need you to draft the contract for the investment."He pressed a lingering kiss to my forehead. I rustled against the tangled sheets, noticing the rain had stopped battering my window, I watched him with pure adoration. How did I even manage to capture the attention of

~Isabel~"Don't worry about that," he cuts me off, his voice fierce. "Just stick to me, focus on me, I will handle them, trust me, okay?"I watched him for a moment then nodded, shit I know hell will break loose if this gets out, Arthur won't take it lightly finding out he was tricked by his own son. My stupid heart has trapped me here, rendering me unable to call him off despite the danger, and the stress could shatter his dad's unstable health."Your dad…" I started to say,"Shhhhhhsh," he cuts me off then leaned in to kiss me, erasing any remaining distance between us.As soon as his soft lips met mine, thunder cracked angrily outside and the rain which was subsiding poured down more, rattling the windows and hitting against the building. I moaned into his soft slow kiss…as his hot tongue twirled slowly in my mouth playing with my tongue, dominant and demanding.He tilted my head to the side, gripped my neck with his hand that was previously tilting my chin to his gaze, while hi

~Lucien~"What kind of woman would send her men to attack her son’s mate? She isn’t an enemy. She’s like our wife, our princess. She belongs to this family now."I watched as her lips twisted into a tight line. She turned around to face me fully, slamming the brush down onto the table."I will not just watch you and your brothers get mated to that girl," she said, her voice rising to match mine. "She has seduced you three with her gentle look, and you are all too blind to see it. Lucien, can’t you see what is happening? How can she keep three of you to herself? It is greedy. It is a scandal. The three princes of the werewolf clan with one single mate. The packs will talk. She will be sleeping with all three brothers. Don’t you see the kind of gossip a mate like that will create? Don’t you see the shame it will bring to me and your father, the king?"She took a step toward me, her chest heaving in anger. "This throne... we have toiled for it over the years. We bled for this territory

~Lucien~I stood perfectly still, watching him carefully. He had been my bodyguard since I was eighteen. Six years now. And in all that time, he had never lied to me. He had always given me the truth, even when it was ugly. Why would he start now? What would he gain by starting a war between the princes and the queen?"All right, I agree," I said. "I will ask her myself. And Benjamin... I am not mad at you. Not really. I know you’re just carrying out your job. But I wish you had informed me first." Benjamin nodded slowly, his eyes watching me wearily. "I am going to see her now," I told him, stepping past him toward the door. "Do you want to come?"He opened his mouth to speak, then shut it without saying anything. He looked down at the floor. I didn’t need him to say it. I had my answer. He had done his part by apologizing. He wasn’t going to involve himself in a confrontation between a prince and the queen.I left my room and made the long walk to the queen’s wing. The castle

~Lucien~It took everything in me to stay calm when Kalean said he was sending those severed heads to our mother. The words left his mouth easily, like he was talking about something light. But the shock of them still had my body shaking with anger. I stood there, staring at him.I found it hard to believe that our mother would actually send her personal men to kill our mate. It made no sense. My mother was a queen, yes, but she was also the woman who raised me with gentleness. I felt something was wrong somewhere. There had to be a missing piece, a misunderstanding, or a lie. I tried so hard to remain in that room, to act like a prince and keep my composure.Then, the worst happened. Jasmine fainted.Kalean lost his mind, turning all his anger on me, glaring with his jaw clenched, accusing me with his eyes as if it were my fault she collapsed.It wasn’t my fault. I had warned her before we even stepped foot down there. I looked her in the face and told her how brutal his questioni

~Jasmine~"You want to go back to Ivory Spire? You think you'd be safe there? Did you forget what happened before we brought you to Ravenwood? You were poisoned, Jasmine! You can't even go back. You can't. Start your studies here tomorrow. Don't even let Kalean hear you say this."I looked at him in shock, my mouth trembling as tears blurred my gaze."I'm done for," I said softly, He looks at me, his brow furrowed, "My life was perfectly normal before I met you three! Every single time I have been in danger is because of you triplets!" I yelled, the tears pouring down my cheeks."Jas," he muttered, reaching his hand out to touch my wet cheek, but I stepped back quickly, "I can't have a normal life anymore, Cas! Fuck! If they find out my wolf is silent, imagine what they will do to me!”"Reduce your voice, Jasmine," he warned, his eyes flashed to the bedroom door. "You need to quiet down.""I don't care anymore, Cas! I don't!" I yelled back, refusing to quiet down as the sheer exhau

~Jasmine~I woke up feeling numb and disoriented. I blinked twice as my vision cleared, then remembered what had happened. I had fainted, slumped right into Lucien's body outside the cells. The image of Kalean coldly slitting the necks of the queen's personal men appeared in my mind, making me suddenly feel chilly. I moved, trying to drag my sheet over my body, only to see I wasn't the only one on the bed.Caspian was laying facing the other side, snoring softly.I looked around, I was in my room. Apart from just I and Caspian, there was no one else. I felt my body soften as I moved closer to him, but tried not to touch him, just close enough to feel his heat, he stirred a bit then turned, as if he could feel me already. I watched him open his eyes to look at me. I smiled at him as he rubbed his face."What are you doing in my bed?" I whispered as he drew me closer to his body until his naked chest was touching my body.He wrapped his arms around my waist, sniffing me as he inhale

~Jasmine~I sat on the edge of my bed for three hours. I had taken a shower, washed Rhet's dried blood out of my hair, before changing into a simple pair of dark jeans and a plain black sweater. The silence in my room was deafening, everytime time I closed my eyes, I saw the teeth of those wolves and Rhet collapsing into the dirt.Finally, a knock rang on my door.Lucien walked in wearing fresh clothes."They are back," He said quietly as if still reluctant to let me go see for myself. "They caught the remaining men, they're in the cells.""Did they say anything yet?" I asked, moving to meet him by the door, my mind would not rest until I found out who sent them."No," Lucien replied, turning to lead the way. "Kalean wanted to wait until we were all present. Caspian is already down there."I nodded following him out of the residence quarters. He led me to a hidden door tucked behind a staircase.We walked down a long corridor that went deep underground, the air there felt cold.

~Elvira~That meant he would attend this party, he would walk through the doors of this very Packmansion, stand side-by-side with his Alpha. He would be here. The man who had ruined my life.My breath hitched in my throat. I have to hide, I can't let him see me, not until I was ready to face him for my revenge. He had to pay for Carson. He had to pay for my mum’s death. But not yet. Not when I was still just a trainee now."When is the event taking place?" I asked Aria, my voice sounded tight and strained."What event?" Uncle Silas asked, walking back over to our side of the counter, wiping a bead of sweat from his forehead."The annual pack events," Aria replied, looking up at him.Uncle Silas looked at me, his dark eyes calculating. "In three weeks' time."Three weeks.I nodded slowly, my panic receded, replaced by determination, I will be done with my warrior training by then. The final competition was next week. If I succeeded, if I passed the trials, I would have officiall

~Elvira~ "Elvira!" Uncle Silas called as he wiped his hands on his white apron and immediately grabbed a ceramic plate. "Sit, sit! child."I didn't argue. He practically dragged me to a stool at the island counter, sliding a mountain of eggs, bacon, and toasted bread in front of me before I even had time to fully sit down."Thank you," I mumbled around my first bite, groaning at how good it tasted.Aria abandoned her herbs and leaned against the counter opposite me, her eyes gleaming with a mixture of concern and curiosity. "So," she began, dropping her voice to a whisper. "Are we going to talk about what happened last night?"I paused, chewing slowly. "What do you mean?""The whole pack is whispering, Elvira," Aria said, her eyes wide. "The guards said the Alpha lost his mind. They're saying he lost control of his wolf because he thought you were gone. People are starting to realize that it seems there is way more to your relationship than anyone thought."I kept my eyes glue

~Elvira~I paced my room as the memory of Gabriel's harsh voice kept ringing through my mind, my chest was heaving as if I had just run ten miles through the Silverblade woods. My blood was boiling. I clenched my fist tighter trying to hold back my anger, the way he had just treated me…looking at me with those cold, distant eyes after almost ripping the packhouse apart because he thought I was in danger, made my head spin. He had poured his heart out to me, bared his deepest traumas, and yet, the second I stepped out of line, he shoved me away like I was nothing more than a rogue trespasser."Shit, I feel so hot," I muttered to the empty room, wiping a bead of sweat from my forehead. The anger I was feeling was burning me up from the inside out. "I just need to chill. Just for a second."The moment the words left my lips, the heat in the body vanished, it was like it had been sucked out of me, my breath caught in my throat as a shiver ripped down my spine. The hairs on my arms s

~Gabriel~ I tore out of the security building, bathed in rage. I ran through the hallways of the pack mansion. Pack members threw themselves against the walls when they saw me, they covered their necks and bowed their heads. I ignored them all. I didn't care about looking like a rational leader. I only cared about finding the dark road outside. I only cared about the emptiness in my chest and my concern about Elvira. I reached the entrance, guarded by two elite warriors. They dropped to their knees the second I stepped into the light. "Open the doors," my voice came out as a snarl, "Alpha, Beta Cole ordered a lockdown.." one guard started to say, his hands visibly shaking. I lunged forward, grabbed table resting in the wall, hurled it at the wall in anger. The wood exploded into splinters, I stood watching the wreckage, my chest heaving. The wolf inside me was thrashing, desperate to break out fully and tear the forest apart until we found her. I was losin

~Gabriel~ The moment the sun dipped below the tree line, an unease settled deep in my chest. Bane was restless… I stood by the window in my office, watching the dark shadows stretch across the training grounds. The packhouse was usually loud at this hour, filled with the sounds of returning patrols and dinner preparations. But all I could focus on was the deafening silence in my own mind. I couldn't feel Elvira like I normally do since after her attack. After her near death experience I made sure to be conscious of her presence in my mind at all times. Earlier this evening, I had walked past the kitchen expecting to see her sitting there with her friends. When she wasn't there, I checked the training fields. Empty. I asked the guards at the west wing. Where is she? Bane growled, pacing violently in the back of my mind. His claws scraped against my mental walls, making my head pound. ‘Her scent is fading from the borders. Find her!’ I dragged a hand down my face, tr

~Elvira~ After a full day's training with warrior trainees the next day, my body finally gave out. I woke up with fire in my joints. Every muscle in my arms and legs screamed in protest when I tried to sit up. The adrenaline and zeal of the past few days was gone, leaving behind a deep aching fatigue. I had to tell Rhys after training that our evening session would be cancelled, I couldn't even throw a single punch if my life depended on it. After a quick shower when I got home I dragged myself down to the kitchen, hoping for quiet time and food, anything at this point that can rebuild my energy. I found Lisa sitting at the table, Silas was just busy moving around preparing for night dinner for the pack members who lived in the pack Mansion. “Hey I greeted Lisa, “What are you doing here?” I asked her as I looked around. She was just sitting alone watching the kitchen staff run around as Silas barked at the junior cooks. "You look terrible," Lisa chimed, offering a