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Author of Witches and Wolves webserial
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Communication breaks down and trust along with it. Who is here for the right reasons and who has Organ whispering in their ear?
WnW 8.9 - Witches and Wolves
I headed down towards one end of the manor, watching the rooftop in case that figure I’d seen before showed up again. Now that I was closer, I saw dark strands running from the rooftop up into the sky...
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February 9, 2026 at 9:03 PM
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The icy Snegurochka guards the front steps to Organ's base and she is happy to demonstrate what happens to those who challenge her.
WnW 8.8 - Witches and Wolves
Snarling. Snorting. Tearing. The visceral sounds of the beasts devouring their meal drowned out the rest of the battlefield as I stared down at the body of the Seeing Oni. The gunshot had broken the s...
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February 7, 2026 at 8:56 PM
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The grinning Onis demonstrate the heights to which a Witch and Wolf can be in sync. Nick will need to form uneasy alliances to survive their onslaught.
WnW 8.7 - Witches and Wolves
“Two.” The woman’s eyes behind the mask slid over to her partner. “Are you sure? They look tough.” Both masks were painted red with gold accents, with curved horns and sharp teeth bared in a grimace o...
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February 4, 2026 at 9:16 PM
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A three-way battle ensues and Organ introduces a new threat to the battlefield. Even lightning can be tamed. (New chapters every Mon, Wed, and Sat!)
WnW 8.6 - Witches and Wolves
The high-pitched ringing in my ears slowly tapered down until pop, my hearing returned to normal.  The scarred Aberrant with skin like bleached bone stood in a circle of scorched earth, embers quickly...
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February 2, 2026 at 7:37 PM
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Organ has yet to reveal the extent of the horrors they keep locked away. Now that they are backed into a corner, there is little reason for them to keep the door held shut any longer.
WnW 8.5 - Witches and Wolves
The tall grass bowed in the strong winds that howled over the hills surrounding the manor. The sky was roiling with dark clouds that looked like an inverted landscape of its own, with crumbling gray h...
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January 31, 2026 at 7:34 PM
Oops! Never made a post for Arc 8, chapter 3. Well, chapter 4 is out now too!
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Nick and Nell prepare for the assault on Organ's headquarters. New and old friends join them, bonds formed and tightly held.
WnW 8.3 - Witches and Wolves
The next few days passed in a blur of meetings and preparation. I felt unfocused, haunted by what I’d seen in that basement. Sometimes it felt like the Aberrant Witch’s hollow gaze still pressed again...
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January 28, 2026 at 7:29 PM
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Nick and Nell find out what secret H.E.S.P. has been keeping locked away in their deepest vault.
WnW 8.2 - Witches and Wolves
“Director!” Conrad called out. Nell and I had followed Conrad through the compound to the large conference room and ended up intercepting the Director who was heading inside alongside a few of their s...
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January 24, 2026 at 7:31 PM
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Find out what happens when shapeshifting gets messy. New chapters every Mon, Wed, and Sat!
WnW 8.1 - Break Gently - Witches and Wolves
Nell spun on one foot and then stumbled as she tried to place her other foot back down. Her face flushed and she shot me an embarrassed look. “That’s totally normal,” I said. “Everyone does that at th...
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January 21, 2026 at 7:44 PM
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Moments from death, the Marquess' final plan unfolds and Cecily's fate is sealed.
WnW 7.a - Memory 7 - Witches and Wolves
The cathedral bell rang inside my head, swinging from side to side, striking my skull and producing a head-aching sound that coursed down into the rest of my body, sparking a fire in every cell. It sp...
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January 17, 2026 at 8:18 PM
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Nick descends deep into a memory, trying to find a way to reckon with the ghosts of the people he has eaten.
WnW 7.31 - Witches and Wolves
The cracked concrete walls of the underground facility rattled with alien noises. I blinked, head heavy with exhaustion.  A H.E.S.P. agent bumped past me as a group of medics sloshed through the water...
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January 14, 2026 at 4:42 PM
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The three sided struggle over Organ's weapon will end with one victor.
WnW 7.29 - Witches and Wolves
The Painter, a corkscrew tower of images that even in stillness looked different with every passing second. Even the slightest of twitches threw its features around. I saw parts of faces at times in d...
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January 10, 2026 at 7:41 PM
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On the brink of asphyxiation, stuck in a sealed room with the Windbag greedily stealing all the oxygen, Nick finds his stolen memories start to leak out.
WnW 7.28 - Witches and Wolves
I lifted a leg out of the water and kicked the glass. It barely made a sound. The alarm pounded in my ears as air was sucked noisily out through the vent by the Aberrant on the other side. I tapped my...
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January 7, 2026 at 8:23 PM
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Nick and Daria are drawn underground, deep into an Organ lair.
WnW 7.27 - Witches and Wolves
Seth, with his hand still on the wall panel, glanced nervously between Chase and I. “No. Not on the same team,” Chase said with a smile, answering Seth’s unasked question. “I was the one who started t...
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January 5, 2026 at 11:10 PM
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Seth is terrified of whatever is in the briefcase he's holding. All the more reason that Chase should never get his hands on it.
WnW 7.26 - Witches and Wolves
The shark swam at the edges of the room, forcing everyone to shift their positions to keep both it and their human opponents in sight. The shark thrashed against its bonds. It was bleeding from the in...
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January 3, 2026 at 8:32 PM
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Nick meets Seth, the billionaire owner of a medical tech company. Seth already seems to know everything about Nick, so he will have to choose his words carefully if he wants to expose Seth's secrets.
WnW 7.25 - Witches and Wolves
Seth stood in the middle of the damp room, surrounded by his personal guard. I couldn’t see much with the fog and the flashlights pointed at me, but bits of metal flashed in the dark: earrings, watche...
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December 31, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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Daria finds herself in dire straits and something is going wrong with Nick's ability to gain memories from the flesh he absorbs.
WnW 7.24 - Witches and Wolves
Daria’s eyes widened in shock. Her mouth moved but no sound came out. My vision wavered, strengthening and blurring at intervals. Tears were forming in my eyes. The Fisherman wriggled out from under m...
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December 29, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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What is the billionaire Seth Grance up to and why is Chase hunting him? Nick races to find Seth first inside the black fog that houses dangers known and unknown.
WnW 7.22 - Witches and Wolves
The high-rise that Seth Grance was trying to evacuate from had already been hit by another cloud of black smoke. This one covered the top of the building, shrouding the helipad. The boat we were in sh...
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December 24, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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Chase is back and his conniving plans never stopped. Things are different now and Nick will need to find the courage to match this old foe with new tricks.
WnW 7.21 - Witches and Wolves
Seeing Chase made every memory I ever made with him hit me all at the same time. I could feel Nell reeling, floors below us, as she was hit with the full force of my visceral reaction to seeing that m...
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December 22, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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Nick and Daria find themselves in a game of cat and mouse with a clever opponent who hides in the fog. When it's finally revealed who they're chasing, Nick finds himself spiraling back to the beginning.
WnW 7.20 - Witches and Wolves
Daria hissed and held a hand over the bite wound. “Fucker bit straight through my clothes like butter.” I moved to press my back against hers so we could watch each other’s blind spots. It didn’t seem...
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December 20, 2025 at 10:11 PM
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Something lurks in the mysterious black fog that suddenly appeared in Rothers. Nick and his friends are sent in to investigate.
WnW 7.19 - Witches and Wolves
The journey to the city of Rothers was a treat. Every member of the squad got adjacent seats on a commercial airliner headed to the east coast. Nell had never been on a plane before and I had only gon...
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December 17, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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In the quiet hours before they leave for their next mission, Nick reflects with his friends on what life is going to be like now that Shapers have been revealed to the whole world.
WnW 7.18 - Witches and Wolves
“Nick, are you still there?” My heartbeat thudded in my ears. “You haven’t said anything in a while.” I let out a shaky breath. “Yeah, sorry, I’m here. Just zoning out.” A tourniquet had been tied tig...
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December 15, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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The Director reveals what they know about the strange things people keep seeing in the sky above the Beacons.
WnW 7.17 - Witches and Wolves
The Director led us to a briefing room where the entire team had gathered, along with a group of what appeared to be H.E.S.P. researchers wearing white lab coats instead of the black military gear I w...
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December 13, 2025 at 8:22 PM