Romans & histoires Spell Celeste

Caroline, a she-wolf who has been considered a monster since she was a child, can she break the tragedy spell and find her MATE?

Celeste I kept my gaze fixed on my reflection as I applied the last touch of lipstick. The striking red contrasted vividly against my pale skin. It was a bold choice for sure, but tonight was all about audacity. Fiona stood by my side, offering words of encouragement. “Celeste, you look stunning,” she said. “Red really is your color.” “Thanks, Fi,” I replied, taking a deep breath. “Just a little nervous about tonight.” She offered a comforting smile. “I’ve got your back. You just focus on Matt.”

My old self actually helped the rising of that ruling English dinasty? Yoleandra left for Spain and by 1499 she was installed as the lover of the famous poet Fernando de Rojas, who, inspired by her and her arts, published a play called “Calisto y Melibea”, it’s main character being La Celestina (This is how Yoleandra called herself at that time).The writer represented her in his poems as a mestizo sorceress, greedy, creeping, practical, cunning and seductive.

"What if wanting these things—wanting to dominate her, mark her, push her limits—what if that makes me the monster everyone thinks I am?" *Or what if it just makes you human? Someone with complex desires who's capable of both tenderness and intensity? Celeste isn't some delicate flower who needs to be handled with kid gloves. She's a grown woman who knows what she wants. And if the memories are accurate, what she wanted was exactly what you gave her.*

"My father has witnesses who will swear you were here. Who will testify to your heroic victory over the magic-wielding tyrants." "Witnesses you bought," I said. "Witnesses who understand the importance of stability." Her gaze fixed on me like a predator spotting prey. "Speaking of which, who is this girl? She looks familiar." "Nobody important," Kael said quickly. "Really? Because she looks remarkably like the old portraits of the Moonspire princess." Celeste tilted her head, studying me. "The same bone structure. The same defiant little chin." "You are imagining things." "Am I?" She snapped her fingers. One of her soldiers stepped forward and yanked the brown contacts from my eyes before I

Shock… and something like grief. Celeste swallowed, nervously tucking a strand of hair behind her ear. She wasn’t used to being looked at like this. In Blood Moon Pack, stares always came with judgment or disgust—barren Luna, useless, witch girl. This stare was different. It felt like someone searching for a ghost.

“Traitor in the Inner Circle.” Lucien’s mother. Isolde Nerezza. Only a few of us even knew she was a source for Emberbound. “This isn’t some skirmish test,” Nora said. “It’s bigger.” Event. The word settled like stone in my chest. “What kind of event?” Elias replied instead of me. Cool, collected, hands stuffed in the pockets of his slim black coat. “One that will require strength,” he continued. “Specifically stormborn and sky-called alignments.” Iris went stiff next to me.

She just stared at the spilled liquid as if she were reading a map of the woman’s future. “Please,” Mrs. Vane begged. “Is there anything at all? A charm? A prayer? I need to know she’s safe.” Celeste waited. She let the silence stretch until the only sound in the room was the heavy breathing of a terrified mother. Finally, she reached up and unhooked a string of bone-white beads from around her neck. She held them out, letting them catch the dim candlelight. “These beads were washed in the moonlight by thirteen sisters,” Celeste said. Her voice was low and heavy. “Thirteen is the number of the circle. It is the only number strong enough to hold back what is coming for your girl.”

“It’s true.” “I feel like everyone’s describing someone else.” Lysandra’s smile faded slightly at that, though not completely. “I know.” Celeste traced her finger absently around the edge of the teacup. “Did I always have silver hair?” “Yes.” “Even as a baby?” Lysandra nodded once, softer this time. “You were born during the first snowstorm of winter. Your father swore the Moon Goddess herself touched the skies that night.” Celeste lowered her gaze slightly. “That sounds dramatic.”