Book one The Awakening

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1. 1Chapter 1: The Whispering sea. Neckron one of the oldest of his kind True Carpathian not yet vampire as he had drank but never killed from hunger felt a presence that of his true mate born unto the world somewhere distant opens his eyes for the first time since his torpor , the long slumber as his kind called it. Few of his kind remained scattered and blood watered down from human in breeding he may very well be the last. Or the first. Licks his parched lips and raises his head in the ancient manor built from stone carved within the cliff face over the sea on the isle of man.
2. 2Episode 2 SOULBOUND SCENTNeckron travels town to town following the scent of her soul, meanwhile Melisandra once Rose grows as a child would always feeling a presence drawing ever so nearer year by year as she begins developing and discovering her powers, that of a seeker diluted but Carpathian dragon seeker just the same.
3. 3Episode 3 birthdays and shadowsMelisandra that is rose has a party today she comes of age 16 not knowing what that means for a seeker and meets a man who tries to decieve her and capture her and her powers ignite awakening a dragon essence that binds to her in the form of a tattoo and when the danger is at its highest the man about to lay hands on her she whispers his name not knowing what it is "Neckron" and thunder erupts and lightning crackles her dragon tattoo writhing across her skin as a form blurs into being behind the man a fist coming through the front of the assailants chest holding his still beating heart"you shall not touch her" he whispers in the man's ear the man looking startled tries to turn only to fall away lifeless.
4. 4Episode 4 friend or foeMelisandra eyes wide with fear of this Carpathian Lord not knowing who he is or where he came from but feeling strangely drawn something inside saying he is mine tries to understand has necron explains that he's a friend and Ally and that they once knew each other in a lifetime past
5. 5Episode 5 her AwakeningIn this episode she learns to grab the powers of a dragon seeker and familiarize yourself with the dragoness essence tattoo that choose to shift right and climb your shoulder periodically not knowing my secret is with him recognizing it immediately takes her to a temple far in the ground where they meet several rope figures one of which being a seeker explains what she is
6. 6Episode 6 darkest hungerNecron gives her a whistle made of a dragon claw relic, and she encounters her first real vampire attack it has been feeding on the country locals and she is hired to seek it out destroy it neckron seeing this as a fine test of her power excuses himself but remains close in the shadows
7. 7Episode 7 hunter or huntedHe shuts the vampire vampire seeks her it can smell the dragon seeker in her once that power for itself and is smart enough to lay traps lures bodies reading it takes her to a trap but she thinks his lair but it's really an ambush by villagers that it is turned to vampires which makes you realize it's not a low level creature but a master she fights valiantly one by one turned villagers fall to her ferocity and when nearly overpowered the dragon power ignite within her causing her great strength speed and agility thunder erupts seemingly from her very soul
8. 8Episode 8 masters apprenticeThe vampire approaches her offering her power offering her a place by his side and he speaks glorious name of darkness that is greater than he get this greater darkness would welcome her give her great honor should she join them she refuses and he uses charms to entangle her mind momentarily trying to rule her with lust and the kiss nulls her mind the charm seems to be working but inside thing is wrong is off and she feels him necron distance but not always present within her soul and recognition flares as she drives the dagger through the vampire's heart whispering I am not yours and you are no longer
9. 9Episode 9 applauseClapping applause very good very good come a voice from the darkness and a man steps forward almost as glorious in this hideousness as the carpathian lord. In that moment she realizes your mistake that was perfectly executed but just a fledgling apprentice. Power emanating this man was tangible greater in any darkness she don't know gripping her dagger r steps back. What do you want she asked I have waited a long time to find you a long time to draw him out and now you are here his eyes shift to the shadows so is he this dark lord stretches he's vampired form stretching within his skin eyes black cause extending from his fingers steps forward in response graceful way fluid like Shadow seeping across the room she steps back and whispers necron where are you in remembers and remembers this is her test he won't be coming just watching waiting to see how she handles herself to vampire lunges she barely dodges and as she does so the dragon tattoo glowing meets from her arm flying circles electricity and energy with no form but you're driving nonetheless he attacks again this time calling her leg as she leaves out of the way but she slashes his hand he pushes off the wall behind her instead of running into it and begins running then remembers that whistle at her neck she feels vampire upon her back without notice driving her to the ground has she grabbed her hair she grabs the whistle and blows he puts off any ear piercing trill that causes their vampire discreet holding its head giving her a moment to kick out from under and she sees it the energy of the dragon forming dust coming up off the ground forming around it creating a physical substance as it grows and swirls a unleashes a roar causing the vampire to look behind it seeing the ancient dust dragon and it's full Glory just before his slaps it's Jaws shut biting the thing in half and spitting it across the room it didn't take the step towards her looking down with great big hungry eyes and just when she thinks it right attack her as well his shifts into a beautiful young naked women steps forward helps her up kneels before her without meeting eyes a show of subservient eyes cast out as if we're waiting orders and from the shadows behind her she hears always late to the party Anaya
10. 10Episode 10 madnessMelisandra was furious but relieved . Anaya says "yes m lord" as you say " Melisandra turns on him" you know her" I do I do indeed. Your wearing her finger. Gesturing to the whistle around her neck. Anaya involuntarily rubs her left hand tucking it under her right mumbling " bone of my bone" Madness Melisandra says this is madness. Welcome to the family Anaya says, this madness one and all Then laughs only the way a dragon could cheerfully evil sounding
11. 11Episode 11 tests passedWith the vampire lord dead she passed her first test and returned to the temple where she was presented with silver staff and a bow fletched arrows with Phoenix feathers and a leather cloak padded and felt on the inside that felt too light to even be silk let alone leather but seems were stronger than either by the elders in the temple
12. 12Episode 12 the flight homeWhat now Lord home Anaya home and before Melisandre could blink and I have shifted and was the Great dragon again scooping them both up she takes you to the air and what took him years to cross searching for her the dragon crossed in minutes flying almost directly into the click face she pulls back at the last minute great wings extended coming to a stop me there and melisando sees it for the first time. The great castle built into the cliff and neckrons voice saying welcome home welcome to the blood moon dynasty before taking her inside and showing her all the great marvles stopping in front of a giant tapestry that stops her did in her trucks that's me and you only I'm older and you haven't aged he just smiles it's good to have you home. the end. Or is it ? " " A blood Moon novel by Robert Daryl Wharton Any likeness to any character real or fictional is strictly coincidental Really it is. Dedicated to my Rose"

• Recanation

  Olivia who was a shop owner was home on the Sunday night reading online to pass out time was angry at the particular story she was reading she said if it was her she would not allow anyone to treat her day way amist her anger she grab a cup of water to drink but choked on the water and died

• Reborn For revenge

  I was killed by my own sister and boyfriend. Without the live of my parents. Who forsake there on daughter for another daughter. Now I'm reborn to I must change everything.

• The Siren's Secret

  Anastasia lives by the ocean owns a library and a musican with Grandma s and Grandad e, But when Grandad E health fails and passes away with Cancer Anastasia finds she's a siren witch and can't control her powers through the grief the only one that can get to her is Grandma s and eventually she finds out she can still see Grandad e because he's not really gone from her she needed to activate her power in a different way. She can sence bad people and drags them to the ocean and eats there heart.

• Black Valkyrie Case File #001 The Church Under Black Water Location Near Pnoca, Arkansas, in the Buffalo National River region of Northwest Arkansas. Premise Heavy rains reveal the remains of an old church submerged decades ago. Locals claim the church should not exist. Historical records say no church was ever built there, yet every few years it rises from the water. Initial Incident A group of kayakers hears church bells where no church stands. Days later, one member disappears. Threat Type Ghost case with possible spirit involvement. Investigation required. Horror Elements Underwater hymns, phantom lantern lights, unexplained footprints, distant church bells, and waterlogged figures among the trees. Hunter Network Connection A hunter from Cole's network investigates and vanishes after sending the message: 'The church is here again.' Blackmoon Connection Tara discovers an ancient Spirit Path crossing near the river and senses something deeply wrong about the area. Local Legend Older families say: 'When the church comes back, somebody leaves with it.' Investigation Jennifer and Tara interview witnesses, study local history, search abandoned cemeteries, and attempt to uncover the truth. Core Mystery The church itself may not be haunted. It may be trying to tell a story. The true horror lies in what happened there long ago. Author Note Inspired by the folklore, atmosphere, and real-world mystery surrounding the Buffalo National River region of Northwest Arkansas.

  Black Valkyrie Case File #001 The Church Under Black Water Location Near Pnoca, Arkansas, in the Buffalo National River region of Northwest Arkansas. Premise Heavy rains reveal the remains of an old church submerged decades ago. Locals claim the church should not exist. Historical records say no church was ever built there, yet every few years it rises from the water. Initial Incident A group of kayakers hears church bells where no church stands. Days later, one member disappears. Threat Type Ghost case with possible spirit involvement. Investigation required. Horror Elements Underwater hymns, phantom lantern lights, unexplained footprints, distant church bells, and waterlogged figures among the trees. Hunter Network Connection A hunter from Cole's network investigates and vanishes after sending the message: 'The church is here again.' Blackmoon Connection Tara discovers an ancient Spirit Path crossing near the river and senses something deeply wrong about the area. Local Legend Older families say: 'When the church comes back, somebody leaves with it.' Investigation Jennifer and Tara interview witnesses, study local history, search abandoned cemeteries, and attempt to uncover the truth. Core Mystery The church itself may not be haunted. It may be trying to tell a story. The true horror lies in what happened there long ago. Author Note Inspired by the folklore, atmosphere, and real-world mystery surrounding the Buffalo National River region of Northwest Arkansas.

• A Second Chance in Starlight

  Second Chance Love· Family Drama · Competing Loyalties He disappeared after that summer without a word — no goodbye, no explanation, just silence. She spent five years turning grief into armor and built a career, a reputation, and a carefully controlled life on top of it. Now their families have arranged their marriage and she has no clean way out without destroying both households. She agrees, tells herself it's temporary, and moves into his home on the military base prepared to hate him quietly and efficiently. What she is not prepared for: he has no memory of the summer they shared. Not selective amnesia. Not a lie. A classified operation three years ago took fourteen months of his memory and the military has sealed every record of what happened during that time. She is living with a man who looks at her like a stranger — a stranger he is nonetheless drawn to in ways he cannot explain — while she is living with the full weight of everything they were. The longer she stays, the more fragments surface in him. And the more that surfaces, the clearer it becomes that whatever that classified operation erased wasn't just his memories of her. Someone removed those fourteen months because of what he saw. People with significant power need those months to stay gone. And now that he is starting to remember, she is the only witness to who he was before — which makes her the most dangerous person on that base. Can she protect a man who doesn't remember he once chose her, while outrunning the people who need him to stay forgotten? Will their secrets and past kill their bond, or will it save what once was the perfect summer romance.

• Beneath the Savage Hide

  The Story at a Glance The Beast A powerful person cursed into a bestial form — with a history, a fury, and a specific reason the curse was able to take hold. The Tamer A woman who recognized the person inside the beast before the curse fully unwound — and whose recognition began the unwinding The Bond Formed during the curse's unraveling — she falls for who he is before she knows what he looks like. The Conflict The enemy who sent him. The courts who fear what a broken curse means for the power hierarchy. His own fury at what was done to him. The Heart Being recognized — seen as a person, not a creature — for the first time in years. THE PREMISE: WRITE YOUR STORY LIKE THIS The courts of the magical world have maintained an uneasy peace for a generation through the Cursed Beast Doctrine, the practice of transforming powerful individuals into bestial weapons and deploying them against enemies as an act of war that maintains plausible deniability. The beast was never a person, officially. No court is responsible for its actions. Her enemy house has sent her the most powerful Cursed Beast in their arsenal. It arrives in the night. It finds her. She is alone. She does not run. She looks at the creature with the specific attention of someone who has spent years learning to read what lies beneath the surface of dangerous things. In the way it moves and the way it watches her, she sees something that cannot be only animal. She speaks to it. Not commands. Not pleas. She speaks to it like a person. The curse cracks. Just slightly. Just enough for both of them to feel it. He, because it is a he and she understands that now, goes very still. And then, instead of delivering the killing blow, he stays. Where is your protagonist trapped? Politically isolated Her house is under siege. She has few allies and fewer resources. The Cursed Beast was sent because her enemy believed she would have no way to counter it. Legally compromised If the courts discover she has broken a Cursed Beast's binding, interfered with another house's sanctioned weapon — she is in violation of the Doctrine she was supposed to be protected by. Emotionally entangled She did not plan to care about what was inside the curse. The caring arrived before she could prevent it, in the weeks of the curse's slow unwinding, when he was learning to speak again. What threatens to destroy them? The Enemy House's Second Weapon When they discover the first beast did not complete its mission, they escalate. But they also send someone to investigate why it failed and that person is more dangerous than any beast. The Courts' Attention The magical courts cannot ignore a Cursed Beast walking free. They will send enforcers. The Doctrine must be maintained. What she has done is unprecedented and cannot be allowed to become precedent. His Own Fury He has been imprisoned in a beast form for years by a house that used him and discarded him. His anger at what was done to him is legitimate and enormous. Learning to direct it without burning down everything she has built is the work of the middle of the story. Who enters to support or challenge them? The Enemy's Investigator. Sent to understand why the beast failed its mission. Who discovers the broken curse and whose own complicated history with the Cursed Beast Doctrine makes their next move uncertain. The Court Enforcer Who believes in the Doctrine but has never personally faced a broken curse...a living, speaking person who was supposed to be a weapon. The humanity of the situation is something they are not trained for. His Former Ally Someone who knew him before the curse, who thought him dead, or worse and whose arrival forces him to reckon with who he was before he was made into a beast, and whether that person still exists. Her Household Who witnessed what she did and are trying to protect her from its consequences, while also being genuinely afraid of the being she has brought into their home.