Novels by Melanated Squirrel

Serephine’s POVI stood before him, battered and barely able to support my own weight. His eyes scanned me with vicious disdain, before he reached toward Camden, spreading his fingers wide. Camden placed dark colored gloves into his palm . Alpha Chase locked his fingers around it and withdrew his hand. Then, he slid it over his hand like a second flesh, smoothing it down until it gripped his fingers and palms seamlessly. “Get down!” Alpha Chase’s voice thundered. My joints buckled, and I collapsed without hesitation.He marched over and towered above me. Carefully, his hand reached for my chin and tilted my head back.Forcing my gaze to meet his, he asked in a low growl, “Who sent you?”I stared at him through half-lidded eyes. Words formed in my mind, but my mouth felt too heavy to speak. I was aching all over; life seemed to zapping out of me with every fading second.“Vasper?” he persisted. Even through the leather, his fingers dug into my jaw. Jolts of searing pain sparked thro

Chase’s POV“Vasper sent her, didn’t he?” I spun toward the door as soon as it opened and my Beta, Camden, walked in.Camden shook his head slowly. “She doesn’t even seem to know who he is.”I laughed hysterically. “And you believed her?”“She wasn’t lying.”“And how would you know that?”“Because I could tell from her eyes!”“Oh please, Camden. Just because you were lucky enough to predict a few things that turned out to be true doesn’t automatically make you a psychic.” I said, my tune turning deadly. “I know Vasper sent her. He’s the only one who knows about my condition aside from you and the pack doctor.” I fumed. “I’ve been able to hide it well and rule this great territory without a hassle. Until Vasper found out, and now a random servant is all up in my space? Isn’t this too precise to be a coincidence?”“Well, from the information I’ve gathered, the maid is new. It’s obvious she is clueless about the ‘no-contact’ decree.” “She’ll learn the hard way then,” I gritted.Just th

Serephine’s POVI awakened to the sound of faint conversation. And as my eyes opened and took in the pristine white sky above me, my brain spiraled in confusion.How could a demon make it to heaven? But then a face peered at me from above—the gaze of the man who ordered my first arrest. I groaned realizing I was still trapped in the world of the mortals.I tried to turn, but I had been laid on my back—a stupid decision, I must say, considering my backside still throbbed from the strokes I received earlier, before the …I was poisoned! The realization that I had almost died triggered a surge of panic in my chest, and I soon began to hyperventilate.“I want to go home,” I started, helplessly trying to scramble out of the bed.I couldn’t afford to die as a mortal. I’d rather go back and serve Sycora and Nyctos as a bottom-barrel demon than die as a pathetic mortal. But the man beside my bed pinned me down, his fingers digging into my arm until it stung.Knowing he’d do worse If I didn

Serephine’s POVThey hauled me away like some petty criminal. We arrived at a door in the main building and they kicked it open, pushing me inside with a brutal force. Not long after, the man I had come all the way from the Ninth Hell for walked in. His flushed face had shed some color, but it was still slightly swollen, as if he were recovering from the aftermath of a gang fight. He didn’t come alone. A gorgeous woman with haughty eyes, crimson lips, and long black hair strode behind him, only taking her seat after he did. Was that his partner? I wondered.“Fifty strokes!” he snarled as soon as his weight pressed into the majestic seat. “Yes, Your Highness!” one of the men barked before ordering me to lie on my stomach.I obeyed, stretching myself flat on the floor. This will be over in a blink, and I can get back to what brought me here in the first place, I said to myself. My eyes remained fixed on the woman beside him. For some odd reason, her demeanor reminded me of Syco

Serephine’s POV“Be careful!” she warned, a little too late. I had already slammed into a man, splashing the scalding liquid over both of us. The tray slipped out of my hands, clattering to the ground with a deafening bang. Without hesitation, I lifted the hem of my baggy garment and frantically wiped the liquid smeared over his body. I started with his sturdy, muscular arms and moved all the way up to his chest.“I’m so sorry,” I panted, my hand moving back and forth across his skin while he stood there, livid. “Why would you stand in the way like that? Aren’t you mortals supposed to be sharp-witted, considering how fragile your lives are?” He grabbed my wrist just as I stood on my toes to reach his neck. I froze, slowly looking up to meet his gaze for the first time. My eyes traveled across his face observing his features. Even though he looked flushed— red, like someone at the Gates of Hades — his eyes remained undeniably bright and alluring. My gaze lingered longer than it s

Serephine’s POV“Noooo!” I shrieked, retreating in terror. “Not again!”I shook my head, staring down at the man whose souls I had just harvested. Instead of the usual white vapor, an inky black mist escaped his body, coiling upward in a violent, ghostly spiral. I had claimed a corrupted soul.Without wasting another second, I flapped my wings, sliding out of the apartment in a sideways blur as I rushed back to the gates of the Ninth Hell. With my heart pounding wildly, I peered back at the house I’d just fled, I had made many mistakes before, but this was epic. How was I going to explain this to Lilith?What should I do? My brain spiraled, running short circuits as I tried to come up with something— anything—before I reached my superior. But just as I arrived at the Eternal Point and was about to summon the entrance, Lilith burst forth from the shadows, with Sycora right beside her.“M…my Lord!” I stuttered, nearly bumping into her.“Another ‘dumb’ mistake, huh?” Lilith’s voi

Vivica’s POVThe night sky was studded with stars, their glow spilling over everything beneath them. Adrian was standing in the yard with his hands in his pockets, with his back to the entrance. I approached him quietly, but he turned before I could even reach him. “Hey,” he whispered when he saw me. “Hey,” I responded.“About this morning,” he began, taking a step towards me. “I—”I instinctively stepped back. He cut himself off mid-sentence, and we both halted in our tracks. “Is there any progress with my late father’s case?” I asked, my gaze fixed on the ground near his boots. “Not yet.” he stated, his voice low as he explained further. “The investigator is still unraveling the events surrounding his…death.”“Okay.” I whispered softly. I changed the subject quickly to avoid the details; I was due to start at the care home tomorrow, and the last thing I wanted was to spend the night cryi

“I wonder if you know what you’re perfect Luna has been up to, lately.” Arella demanded as Vivica took a step forward, tutoring her whole frame to watch her body lock up. “Adrian… I…” Vivica started, scrambling for words, but nothing came out. Arella watched Vivica stutter with predatory keenness. Vivica lowered her head, praying she could just vanish. She has barely even started and she was already busted. “I’m so sorry, Adrian,” Vivica looked up, the confusion in Adrian’s eyes, which were bound to switch to that of disappointment after telling what she had been up to gnawed at her conscience. “I..”“How could you be so selfish, Vivica?” Arella spat viciously, eyes blazing with rage. Vivica’s head snapped from Arella to Adrian’s as she desperately struggled to understand. “It wasn’t enough that you took my mother’s Favour it’s maid from her, now you want to take her replacement too?” Vivica fidgeted

Adrian halted the car in front of the pack mansion and let out a sigh of relief, then rested his head against the seat to cool for a few seconds. From the corner of his eye he saw someone approaching through the tinted car window. It was his mate’s best friend—Celia. Celia walked to the car brusquely, her fingers, which she folded into a fist were already reaching for the car window even before she got to him. He watched with absolute awe as knocked aggressively on the window. His eyebrows arched quizzically. Was something wrong with Vivica? Even before Adrian rolled the tinted window down, she had already started talking, and it had nothing to do with his mate. “Did you not see me waving at you to stop or were you just…pretending ?” He voice fired slowly when she saw me in the driver’s seat. she began talking even before I rolled the tinted window down. When she saw his face, she froze, closing her mouth slowly and seali

Vivica’s POV“I can’t believe you hired her!” Celia fumed, trailing after me as I made my way to the bedroom. “How can you employ someone who isn’t afraid to blackmail you despite knowing you are the Luna.”“That part!” I halted, almost bumping into Celia as I turned to face her. “Her fearlessness is the sole reason why I hired her.”Celia blinked repeatedly, realization hitting her. “Don’t tell me you want her to work with you at the care home?”“That’s exactly my plan,” I smiled grimly. “Oh my god,” Celia gasped. She rushed to the vanity table and plopped into the chair, clutching her temples in bewilderment. “I can’t believe you, Viv!”“What?!” I flared up. “You won’t help me and you don’t want someone else to?”“Nooo” she stressed on the word. “I’m just worried you might be getting yourself in trouble. You don’t carry just anyone along when embarking on feats like this.”My eyes darted around. “You are righ

Vivica’s POVAs soon as I left the council room, I scurried down the hallway, fighting the naeusasting urging up to throw up right there and then. Simone’s charred face and Adrian’s fingers coated in his blood made my skin crawl.The short walk to the elevator felt like eternity. I finally got to the elevator. Just when I was about to reach for the buttons a hand grip me from behind. I jumped around to find a maid staring, her eyes were calm and hollow, nothing like the haughty look most of them had here.“What are you doing?” I said, my voice low, but it conveyed every bit of my fear and confusion.“I didn’t mean to startle you, Luna. I just wanted to talk,” she bowed her head when she was done talking.“You could have called my name, made a sound to notify me you were right behind me,” I expressed with immense frustration.“I wasn’t sure it was you.” She began to explain and the elevator dinged, revealing Melissa. “You wer

Vivica’s POVI walked beside Adrian with practiced precision as he led us to the council room—being Luna was demanding, but Adrian did everything in his power to make it seem like something you didn’t need to put in effort at all. Well, how was he supposed to know when he hadn’t been one himself. Last night alone, I had to walk on a straight line Celia created with a black tape just to make sure I didn’t look like a claim next to Adrian this morning. She said there was nothing wrong with how I walk normally, but it needed a little bit of work to make me stand out anywhere I went. Now that the pack members were looking intently at me as we walked down the hallway leading to the council room I didn’t even know what to think? Has I committed another grave offense or was the majestic walk too chic to ignore?The moment we got to the entrance Adrian reached for my hand and twirled his fingers in mine. The door opened and we marched inside. All heads