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CONTENTSTWIN SOULSChapter 01 – The LetterChapter 02 – Music ClassChapter 03 – Salem
Twin SoulsNEVERMOREBook One1. THE LETTER
1. THE LETTER
I was surprised to find it empty, void of any evidence that my mother had even been there fifteen min...
2. MUSIC CLASS
As I turned into the school parking lot, I switched the music station to something more recent. Whate...
3. SALEM
“Some music nerd, huh?” Jason snickered.
4. COINCIDENCES
“I still cannot get over how beautiful it is,” he said quietly as he peered into my eyes.
5. MIDNIGHT‘
“Your mother didn't just leave on a whim,” he said grimly, and quite suddenly.
6. PAUL
“I don't want to go there,” I replied stubbornly. If all of this was true, I didn't think I was ready...
7. BLACK BEARS
“What do you mean?”
8. HAPPY BIRTHDAY
Howard's was a small convenient store in town that Jason had worked at for the past five months or so...
9. DESTINY
10. DENVER SLAYINGS
Over the past few weeks, three other Denver citizens have been found attacked – with similar injuries...
11. TWIN SOULS
“Hey Jason,
12. SEEKING THE TRUTH
13. DENVER
“Sorry I can't say the same for you,” I said with a frown.
14. MARK
“It's just in case, Alex. Put it under your sweater,” he instructed and ignored my question. “You hav...
15. HOME
“No, I wasn't,” I confirmed.
16. THE RAVEN
“It’s not helping!” My eyes were still shut and I leaned my head close against his shoulder.
17. FINAL FAREWELL
I nodded slowly. “Thanks,” I repeated.
18. HUNTING
I was dumbfounded by how graceful Paul could be as well. I had heard from Salem how Paul wasn’t the b...
19. THE DATE
“What! How did that happen? They've always seemed so happy!”
20. POISON
“Because...we're just birds!” I shouted. I wasn’t sure why I was acting like this, maybe it was just ...
21. THE WOODS
“Right.”
22. 127
“No!” I shouted. “You shouldn't be here!”
23. SCHOOL
“Excuse me, Ms. Hobbs,” he said bashfully and stepped back, “Caroline hadn't warned me that she told ...
24. RENT
25. THE GRAVE
The area was completely quiet, giving it a creepy vibe – as if an old graveyard wasn't disturbing eno...
“Because he can control himself – something that all of you should learn to do!”
26. VISIONS
Arthur entered the room and requested that Salem and Hannah retreat to their bedrooms. His expression...
27. RAZIEL
I would have thought he would have been pleased by that news, but from the look of disgust and pain o...
28. RECOVERY
29. NEVERMORE
“Do you need anything?” he asked, staring at my injured leg remorsefully.
HybridNEVERMOREBook Two1. REFLECTIONS
1. REFLECTIONS
“Why?” I asked, watching his pale hands slide across the slick black material.
Salem simply shook his head. “This was a bad idea.”
2. HOPE
3. CONTROL
“Too slow, little hunter,” the male snickered. His voice had come from behind me. Everything was alre...
4. COWARD
I sat still with my head between my legs, imagining myself as a raven hovering over the world. Nothin...
5. LEARNING TO FLY
I heard Salem's voice yelling from someplace unseen before I was immersed in the cold water. I was fo...
“As monstrous as he was, I know he loved her. Even if he had lost control and killed her, I have litt...
6. A NORMAL LIFE
7. COUSINS
be neighbors, that’s how it all started,” I replied thoughtfully. It was bizarre thinking how much ti...
Karen returned and sat down a tray with three 24oz
8. CLAIRE
9. NIGHTMARES
10. HOME
“Mitchell!” I gasped.
“Wow,” I whispered, picking up the frame and running my hand across the glass surface. The picture wa...
11. TEMPORARY
“That might also be involved with it, yes.”
12. UNBELIEVABLE
13. PICNIC
Salem smiled somewhat with recognition. “You directed me to Alex's car the day before her birthday.”&...
14. SUSPICIONS
“Oh, of course,” Karen said politely, “Thank you so much for letting us come by! I hope we didn’t ove...
15. OPTIONS
16. CLOUDED
“You will get used to it...” he muttered quietly, “what do you remember?”
17. HANNAH
“She isn't one of us, Salem!” she wailed, “Don't you smell it? Can't you hear it?”
18. RECOLLECTION
up to her and introduced myself as Claire Davidson and stated I had just transferred from a school in...
“How did you know she was one of my friends, how did you even know her name?” I asked suspiciously.
19. NEEDS
“Fine,” I drawled.
20. THE LOCKET
“What are you talking about?” I asked, sitting up on the bed and staring at him.
21. ANSWERS
Paul sighed. “I just don't want you to get your hopes up for something that may turn up to be nothing...
22. LITTLEHAVEN
“What? No. Thank you,” I left the inn more than a little irritated, more so with the knowledge of how...
Luckily my directions for the location of the mental hospital had been accurate, and after a few turn...
23. GRANDPA WALDRON
24. OLD FRIENDS
“I don't know how much time we have to discuss this, and not only because I am on the clock,” he stop...
25. CHANGES
“Not long, they had just left there two hours ago. They had to stop at Veronica’s but that’s probably...
26. HISTORY
“Grandpa...”
27. HYBRID
I felt self-conscious as everyone surrounded me outside by the lake. The sky was darkening and I star...
28. MEMORIES
I couldn’t help but smile at his remark. “I think I can handle it,” I replied. “It’s not like I’m in ...
29. PRACTICE
It felt wrong attacking Hannah when she was standing defenseless before me, letting me lash out at he...
30. SCENTS
“That's why Hannah smells so much like burnt wood, then...because of how often she visited the old ho...
31. LISTEN
I shook my head and dropped the poor animal. Gasping in shock, I backed away. My hands were dripping ...
32. EILA
“That's good to know, at least,” I grumbled. “Was there any particular reason why you wanted me to co...
33. TRAILER 16
To Alexis, from mommy
34. MOTHER
After he left the room, my mother got to her feet and began pacing around the room. She was plotting ...
35. BETRAYAL
“But you are a monster, and a murderer. Ever since I first learned of you I’ve been longing to meet y...
36. IRONY
Hesitantly, I looked up. I saw the Alero, glittering slightly under the moonlight. I saw the Jeep Wra...
37. GOODBYES ARE NEVER EASY
SacrificeNEVERMOREBook Three1. EZRA
1. EZRA
I knew what must have been going through his mind. Salem wanted nothing more than to live an ordinary...
2. NO TURNING BACK
I thought about it for a moment. I had just learned almost a year ago that my relatives were vampire ...
3. SAN JUAN
“Can you give me and Salem some privacy for a minute, please?” I asked Hannah.
4. UNEXPECTED SURPRISE
We stopped walking when we approached a small herd of elk, most of which were unconscious, their hear...
5. ON THE ROAD AGAIN
I am so, so sorry Alex…there is nothing left of it. There is no doubt in my mind that it was Paul. He...
6. THE DAYS TO COME
“How many times have you seen a full sunset, Salem?” I asked quietly as I admired the sparkling stars...
7. HARSH WORDS
8. URGES
Stakes – Stakes are an effective weapon against vampires, but are by no means the only way to kill th...
“I never said it had been easy, it took time Alex. Why are you asking this?”
9. BAD NEWS
‘His name is Chipper,” I could remember her saying as she brushed a strand of her beautiful blonde ha...
10. HOMEWARD BOUND
“Yeah…I never thought of that.”
11. HOSPITAL
“It’s pretty dull there,” I replied and sat on the edge of the mattress. Salem stood in the hallway, ...
12. SECRETS
“Nice magic trick but it still doesn’t prove anything. Look, I get it…you guys want me to be scared a...
13. INEVITABLE
If only he knew. “I would if I could!” I snapped. He had known Karen nearly his whole life as well. S...
14. DISTRACTIONS
I blinked, having not expected her to ask me. “Oh…um, probably something music-related,” I said quick...
15. HAUNTING REALIZATION
16. INTO THE FOREST
16. INTO THE FOREST
17. UNWELCOME ENCOUNTER
“Salem, we need to get out of here,” I whispered fiercely – forgetting how easily the two men could h...
“All of that would have happened regardless of the paths you have chosen, Alex. None of it is your fa...
18. A PLACE CALLED HOME
After retreating from the pawn shop with money in hand, I started looking at houses again. There was ...
19. WRANGLER
20. FLORIDA
“Jason, are you sure? Check the driveway! Check under the car!”
“This is the Sacrificial Stone,” the men replied.
21. SAVIOR
“What difference does it make how I kill him?” he asked, ignoring the sputtering sounds of the man ch...
22. FUTURE
23. RENEWED
23. RENEWED
24. ELEANOR
“She is dead,” came the voice of Paul who now had a crossbow loaded and pointed in the man’s directio...
25. BARRICADE
I frowned. “How will she find us?”
26. TEARFUL
Once on the bottom I picked up the lantern and held it in my shaking hand, aiming the bright light to...
27. RETURN
“You don’t mean that.”
He could not say who began the rumor, it could have been anyone, but soon word was about that Ezra ha...
28. NINETEEN
“Excuse me for a second,” I muttered, put down my plate and went upstairs to my old bedroom.
29. ARRANGEMENTS
“Hello?” the sound of his voice nearly made me jump as I had begun absentmindedly counting tiles on t...
30. SATURDAY
“I told you I was going to ‘design’ your gown, did I not?” he said, the grin never fading.
31. ‘TIL DEATH DO US PART
32. INTERRUPTION
My arms wound around his back and I caressed his bare skin as he attempted to remove my bra. I tried ...
DestinyNEVERMOREBook Four1. SIGHTSEEING
1. SIGHTSEEING
The hotel door squeaked quietly on its hinges as Salem pushed it open and helped me inside. Desmond a...
2. MUSEUM
While Desmond paid the cab driver, Salem wrapped an arm around my waist and led me to the front of th...
“You need not concern yourself with Frederick,” Cassius commented as he followed my stare. “He lives ...
3. BIZARRE BEHAVIOR
His lips curved downward at my comments and a gentle sigh passed through them. “I think the excitemen...
4. MEMORIES
5. A CHANGE IN PLANS
“Do you remember what I did for a living when you were little?”
6. SETTLING IN
We stepped around a large jade lion with a price tag of over a thousand dollars and came across a sec...
7. FIRST DAY
clinging a pillow tightly against myself. I had never seen it before—it was silky and black with red ...
“It doesn’t mean anything,” Salem said as he set the cup in the kitchen. “Hannah is certainly not her...
8. VARIAS
My stomach churned and I
9. THE VANATORI
10. UNCOMFORTABLE POSITION
It was evening now, and very cold out. We had only been standing in the moonlight for a minute when t...
“She will never accept you…” his voice rang through my head. “She thinks you are a monster—and a mons...
11. HUMANS AND ANIMALS
“A bicycle is too complicated to summon, Alex, I don’t know if I-”
12. PHOTOGRAPHS
“I’ll see what I can do tomorrow at work.”
13. BOUND
14. MISTAKES
“Damn it!” I shrieked and slammed my fist against the nearest wall. “We need to get there fast!”
15. REUNITED
“…eloped…” Salem muttered and stared, bewildered, at his little sister. “Why did you not say anything...
My head was pounding. There were so many answers that I didn’t have and things I was unprepared for. ...
16. OBSESSION
I crawled onto the comfortable leather seat beside him, subtly checking my pocket to ensure my phone ...
17. FAST FORWARD
Something distracted her and she paused in place, releasing my arm. I caressed the sore, reddening sp...
18. NORMAL
“I’m sorry, Salem, but nothing you do or say is going to change my mind. It has to be me. And he only...
19. SIRE
“Say hello to your drunkard Daddy when you see him in Hell,” Viola chuckled and bent down, licking at...
20. PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT
“How do you plan on pulling that off?” Hannah scoffed.
21. CONFESSION
“I apologize, let me put this out,” he said and removed the pipe from his mouth.
22. ENTRANCE
23. SETTING UP
“Don’t be foolish, Remus,” Luca scoffed. “No one is aware of our plans but us—the only way any inside...
24. MASQUERADE
“You look even more magnificent as every second passes,” he whispered and I noticed the subtle discom...
25. DISTRACTION
They hadn’t gotten very far—the horses were in a state of panic and I quickly loosened their restrain...
26. ESTABLISHMENT
“I…I understand.”
It took a lot of strength to hold back the pain I felt at the absence of Jason and Mitchell. The only...
27. GAINING ENTRY
The place was swarming with undead with little room to spare for us to walk through. Malik’s voice co...
28. DELIVERY
“Cassius was an imbecile to think that even you had the capability of killing me,” he guffawed and fl...
29. EXPOSURE
“Very well.”
Salem went to collect his crossbow and found it crushed beneath Cassius’s boot. He was faster than Sa...
30. TWO YEARS LATER
“Then why didn’t you leave me there with him to die!? Why save me?”
THE END
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