This is the sequel (continuation) of After. Hardin and Tessa's relationship will be tested in ways she never expected, but he knew of all along.

[warning: this was my first story, so I apologize for any mistakes, bad plot, etc.] [H.S.] : “I d-don’t believe in... Creatures like you; mythical things,” I say, suddenly feeling idiotic. I'm talking to no one, just myself, like always; yet I stutter out these words, my heart secretly wanting him here. "I only believe in things that are true." “But you, my Nyx,” a cold breeze plays with the curtains and blows a strand of hair in my face. The hairs on my arms and neck stand on end, while my heart beats feverishly in my chest. He's here. “You can feel me. You believe in my presence. Without your belief, I don't exist,” he whispers, his voice reaching the depths of my soul... ~ © Copyright 2014/2015. All rights reserved.

To have and to hold For better or for worse In sickness and in health Until death do us part Today was meant to be the best day of my life. It wasn't. Today was the day I - a werewolf - was being forces to marry a vampire all for the sake of peace

It’s been five years since Melanie Meyer left Springfield, leaving everything behind – her normal human life, her human and vampire friends and of course, Garret Stone. But when she goes home, she didn’t expect everything to change drastically. But what could she do? A lot can change in five years. Melanie wants a normal life – well, as normal as a vampire could have. But “normal” is not really the word you really use when you’re the Vampire Princess. Not to mention when your ex-lover’s mother and a crazy doctor is hunting you. It’s not easy being the princess. And what can she do when she’s still hopelessly and uncontrollably in love with her ex-boyfriend, knowing they can’t be together when the both of them already has new lovers? This is not your typical vampire story. Not one of those cliché ones. This is a story about the Vampire Princess.

My life changed completely once i turned twenty one. My friends and i went out to celebrate my special day but i didn't realise it would be the last time i would see them. I was kidnaped and treated like a slave by a very mean and abusive Vampire that's right a vampire i didn't they existed i thought stories of vampire were only told to scare us of a night time. But this Vampire wasn't just your ordinary Vampire he was the Vampire prince. My friends and family would never get to see me again. I’ve seen my family and friends from a distance when they held a funeral four months after i was kidnapped. They thought i was dead only because Casper took some of my blood and spread it through an abandoned cabin along with some hair and clothes. Six months after i was kidnapped Casper started to become nice he would treat me like a princess and tell me how beautiful i was. I began to fall in love with my kidnapper was it wrong of me to fall in love with him? Was it wrong to agree to marry him after everything he put me through? "What are you going to do Crystal?" I screamed at myself in the mirror.

Serena is taken from her home by the King's men and is dragged to the Royal Palace to be prepped and presented to Prince Sebastian Winchester the second. Her along with nine other girls are showcased to the Prince for him to choose. But what she never expected was to be chosen. Meanwhile, a prophecy has been made by the Moon Goddess that declares destruction of the Werewolf empire. With her sister coming for revenge and a whole world in chaos, Serena has a lot more to handle than resisting Sebastian. * This is an EXCERPT ONLY. The full story can be enjoyed on the Galatea reading app under the series title "Wolves of the West" by Abigail Lynne!