Novels by Cookiewrites

After staring at the photograph for nearly ten minutes, Kaizen finally grabbed his phone.His fingers hovered over Auren's contact before pressing call.The cheerful voice answered almost instantly."Big bro!"Kaizen closed his eyes."Auren... listen carefully."The smile disappeared from Auren's voice."What's wrong?""For the next few days...""I need you to go straight from school to the hospital.""Stay with Mom until visiting hours end.""Don't leave her room alone."Auren frowned."Did something happen?""No.""You sound weird."Kaizen forced a laugh."I just worry too much.""You always do.""And Auren...""Yeah?""Tell the head nurse to keep someone outside Mom's room twenty-four hours a day.""What?""If anyone asks questions about our family...""Don't answer."Silence.Even Auren could tell something serious was happening."I understand."Kaizen softened."Oh...""I heard about your scholarship interview."Auren brightened instantly."I got it!""I knew you would.""I'm pro

Blood Isn't Enough, Going through this phase of his life in pain, suffering, bruises….Kaizen doesn't even care anymore, he just wants to make enough money to save his mother. The underground arena had never been this quiet.Kaizen flexed his bruised fingers beneath the tape wrapped around his knuckles. Every muscle in his body protested as he stepped into the preparation room. His ribs still burned from the previous night's fight. He had barely slept before another message summoned him back.Something wasn't right, Usually, fighters volunteered.Tonight...No one asked, his name was simply written on the board.Opponent Assigned.Fight Three.He frowned.Across the room, another fighter looked at him with sympathy."You again?"Kaizen forced a grin."Guess I'm popular."The older man didn't smile."You fought yesterday.""So?""No one fights back-to-back."Before Kaizen could respond, heavy footsteps echoed through the hallway.The arena manager walked in carrying a black duffel bag

The crystal wineglass shattered against the marble floor."I've had enough!"Seraphina Vale paced furiously across her father's study, mascara streaking down her cheeks as anger burned brighter than embarrassment."I won't let that scholarship girl steal Kaizen from me!"“ Such a low life!!”Her father, Victor Vale, barely looked up from the documents spread across his desk."What did she do?""What didn't she do?"Seraphina wiped at her tears with the back of her hand."She follows him everywhere.""They live together.""She tutors him.""She even visited his mother in the hospital which Kaizen has never allowed me to"Her breathing became ragged."Many times…..." Her voice cracked. "I caught her coming out of his room."Vale finally looked up."What?""They've been spending every evening together."His expression remained unreadable.Seraphina mistook his silence for indifference, she definitely has every right to report him to her father because he kinda lured her into dating Kaize

Kaizen hadn't slept.Not for an hour.Not even for a minute.The same message had been glowing on his phone screen since dawn, yet his thumb still hovered over it as if staring long enough might somehow change the words.It never did.His untouched coffee had long gone cold on the center table.Outside, the afternoon sun poured through the floor-to-ceiling windows of the penthouse. Inside, silence settled like a heavy fog.The front door clicked open.Nyra stepped in, dropping her backpack onto the couch with a relieved sigh."Finally," she muttered. "Three straight lectures should be illegal."Receiving no sarcastic reply, she frowned.That was strange.Usually Kaizen would have greeted her with something irritating."Welcome back, scholarship girl."Or? "Did the lecturers finally realize you're secretly a robot?"Today...Nothing.He sat exactly where she'd left him that morning, elbows resting on his knees, phone dangling loosely between his fingers.His eyes weren't even focused

Kaizen didn't move… he can't allow his brother to join the underground empire. How's he a genius? Nyra was hadn't done anything last night when she was caught.What's going on? Different thoughts raced through his head….The knock came again, Three firm knocks…Not aggressive, Not impatient, Just deliberate and Professional.The kind that somehow felt worse and creepy. His pulse immediately spiked, the phone slipped slightly in his hand.The strange number, the sudden text, the timing.Everything felt wrong..Very wrong.Across the living room, Nyra had gone completely silent.He knew she was watching.Even though she had disappeared moments ago.The curious cat was probably hiding somewhere close enough to hear every word.Kaizen swallowed Hard.For few terrifying seconds, his mind immediately went to the underground arena.Had they found out?Has anyone recognized Nyra?Has the Chairman finally started asking questions?His stomach tightened.No…No….Not this fast.Still contemplati

Nyra's Pov The first thing I heard was laughter,..Loud, Annoying, Infuriating laughter!!I groaned and buried my face deeper into the pillow, whoever was laughing by this time of the night deserves imprisonment. Frr!!Then the laughter came again, deliberately Closer this time."Strongest woman in the City of Vancouver"I froze…that voice."Honestly, Tutor Nyra, I was expecting you to wake up at sunrise and start yelling."“Oh Kaizen …get up sleepy head”“You're late for lectures”... He is mimicking me…My eyes snapped open.Kaizen sat on the couch across the room, one leg thrown over the armrest, Coffee in one hand.. looking way too pleased with himself.The sunlight pouring through the windows nearly blinded me, I looked at the clock, blinked, then looked again.Then I screamed from my room. "OH MY GOD!"Kaizen nearly choked on his coffee."It's eleven.""ELEVEN?!"I launched myself out of bed, straight to the living room. I immediately regretted it because Every muscle in my b