BOOK THREE - promised series Espheros is inhabited by more than just the human species. Shifters and Immortals walk the earth amongst them, hiding in the shadows. There are some humans, however, who are very much aware of what moves through the darkness. And now, in order to restore the natural balance the Heretics have disrupted, Catherine must finally come to terms with who she is. Bloodshed in war is inevitable. Can an emotion as strong as hatred truly be eradicated? Though Catherine is the key to saving the Ancients, her brothers weren't gifted with their own set of abilities for nothing either. They say family is everything. But will family be enough?

Ally is on the run. She can't trust anyone and it's more than just her life on the line. Taking a position as the mistress of the future alpha is just a way of biding her time. Can she keep her secrets from prying eyes?

BOOK TWO - promised series Catherine's search for answers take a new turn as she fights her way through unknown territory. On the run, new hurdles are thrown her way that she needs to face. When her unique gift to manipulate emotions goes haywire, Catherine's struggle to attain control seems feeble. Trying to turn over new leaves, she's not only on a path to find a new home but to discover who she's really meant to be. The upcoming war grows closer with each milestone the new rogue pack passes, while Catherine's control wanes. Will she find her footing before war breaks out? Or is she doomed to fail? Emotions are not meant to be manipulated. But what if that's the only way to win the war? #author #theancients #book #shifter #romance #debut #novel #werewolf #dragons #fantasy #youngadult #debutnovel #shifterromance #werewolfromance #characterdevelopment #family #friendship #indieauthor #natalievirginia #fantasyromance #magic #suspense #books #writer #authornatalievirginia #missfantasyy #wattpad #drama #fatedmates #shifterromance #wolves #magic

BOOK ONE - promised series When a new family moves to Everett Valley, Catherine vows to find out what they are searching for in her secluded hometown that doesn't normally welcome new people. Catherine must choose between the council and her pack leader, her brother, once their safety becomes unstable and deaths rake through their home. When her Promised mate steps into her life with one, fiery sweep, he sets her life ablaze entirely. Leaving Everett Valley seems an easy choice, but life changing decisions never are. Especially because Catherine is connected to a much bigger war than the one sparking to life within Everett Valley's walls. And she certainly wasn't gifted with the power of controlling emotions for nothing. Even in war, emotions rule their leaders. And Catherine rules them all.

When Vera was young she saved a witch from drowning. The witch looked into her eyes and read her future. She gave Vera the one thing she would want most in the world. And as Vera's life unfolds - broken the night he came and took her dream away - little would Vera know that she had saved the witch, but the witch had saved her also that day. Please note this is a short story. Mature language is included. Thank you for reading.

''Don't you remember, little flower?'' he asked, his voice low and melodic, ''Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.'' ''Perhaps,'' I whispered, ''But Shakespeare was referring to a man...'' He cocked his head in confusion, his eyes growing darker. I leaned forward on the throne and brought my eyes up to meet his in an obvious challenge. ''Not a Queen.'' ~~~~~~ There's a whole side to Mara Monroe that's keeping her from what she was born to do. Coincidentally, it's her human side. Mara's always known that she couldn't choose what family she was born into. Even if it comes with a crown she doesn't want, age-old rivalries she doesn't understand, and a bodyguard she can't seem to shake. There are those that would die before seeing Mara on the throne. Or worse. Kill. *completed Book One*

There are some absolute truths I believe in. You have to have principles, if you want to survive in this world. You need something to hold on to; to survive the bumps in the road life throws in your way. Call it what you want, but it's like there's a set of laws of physics my very own world operates on. I know who I am. My name is Anna Johnson. I am an elemental witch and my element is air. From the diary of Anna Johnson

Colors danced behind my eyes, until the world fell into a haze of dark mist. Black fissures of power within arm's reach. Mine. Magic slammed into me, endless and vast like a tidal wave coming in and crushing over my head. I took it, absorbed it, glutted myself on it because it felt good. No consequences. No pain.

A jolt. A small hitch in the rhythmic beating of my heart. Dèjà vu didn't even begin to describe it. ... My heart stopped, my breath jostled forward, shock rippling through my system. It happened again. For a few precious seconds my mind froze up and, together with my body, went into a complete lockdown. It was the same each time I saw him.

Well, you could stare at a white wall until you were blue in the face, it would never be more than a white wall. The same was true for the master vampire. A vampire was a vampire was a vampire. Period. (Anna Johnson)