Forged In Blood – Kitt Fiona

“Saves time correcting everyone else.” “That’s his version of a compliment,” Noah stage whispers. “You two talk a lot.” I glance back and forth between them. “Sometimes,” Noah’s tone shifts subtly. “You’re breaking rules no one thought to write down.” I face him fully. “Sorry to disappoint.” “You didn’t,” he says — no grin this time, all curiosity. “I just don’t get it. Why keep going? Why not tap out after what we did? After everything?” Tex shifts then, looking at me. There is no amusement in his eyes, no mocking.

Just quiet calculation and beneath that… something like guilt. I meet both their gazes without flinching. “Because when you’ve been through hell,” I say, “You’ll do anything to stay out of it.” That silences them for a long moment. Even Tex blinks, gaze darkening — not with challenge, but recognition.

He understands that one. Too well. Noah leans back, tapping something half-heartedly on his screen again. “Alright,” he says, almost like a vow. “Let’s see how far you make it, Ashthorne.” I duck into the back courtyard behind the east wing, where the stone benches are warm from the sun, and no one ever seems to go unless they want to sneak a vape or skip class.

I need silence. I’ve barely sat down when I hear footsteps behind me—light, casual, and very much on purpose. “Is there a reason you’re here, or are you just following me for the ambiance?” I ask. Luca rounds the bench and drops into the seat beside me, sprawling out like he usually does. His shirt is unbuttoned at the collar, tie hanging loose like everything else about him—too relaxed to care, too smug to be challenged.

“Thought you were hiding,” he says. “I’m not hiding,” I mutter. “Right. Of course not.” He cracks an easy grin. “You’re just meditating in the shadows like a broody little gargoyle.” I turn my head to glare at him, and he actually smiles wider. “See? There she is.” “Do you annoy everyone this thoroughly, or am I special?”

The characters and events portrayed in this book are fictitious. Any similarity to real people, living or dead, is coincidental and not intended by the author. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the express written permission of the author. ISBN: 979-8-9943656-0-1 Ebook ISBN: 979-8-9943656-1-8 KDP ISBN: 979-8-9943656-2-5 Cover design by: Markee Books Printed in the United States of America Formatted with Vellum OceanofPDF.com For the survivors, the fighters.

For those who endured what never should’ve happened. You’re not broken. You’re not alone. You are worthy. OceanofPDF.com TRIGGER WARNINGS This story includes content that may be potentially triggering. If any of the following is triggering for you, please do not read this book. Reader discretion is advised. Triggers: Abuse, child abuse, domestic violence, drugs, rape, humiliation, grief and loss, murder, crime, guns, knives, daggers, trauma, violence, animal dissection (in a biology lab) OceanofPDF.com CONTENTS Prologue 1 Just Another Day 2 Eighteen 3 Grace 4 Ashthorne 5 Lucian 6 First Taste 7 Ashthorne Hall 8 Fight Or Flight 9 Truth Of The Heir 10 Blackmoore Academy 11 Blackmoore Four 12 Assholes 13 Survive 14 Welcome 15 Recon 16 Sablehall 17 Pressure 18 Rage 19 Ghost 20 All For One 21 One For All 22 New Hair, Who This?

23 A Kiss To Remember 24 Boys, Boys, Boys 25 First Steps 26 Halloween 27 Cry Me A River 28 Aftermath 29 Free 30 The Cage 31 Fighter 32 War 33 The Crucible 34 Finally 35 The One Who Listens 36 The Cold Prince 37 Ready Or Not 38 Here We Go 39 Forged In Blood Forged in Betrayal – Coming in 2026 Acknowledgments About the Author OceanofPDF.com T PROLOGUE he kitchen smelled like strawberries and batter.

That’s the first thing I remember — the way the air clung to my skin, warm and sweet, like something magic. My feet stuck to the floor with every step, pulling up little popping sounds as I chased the sunbeams across the linoleum. The radio was playing something old and full of horns, fuzzy and skipping every few seconds like it was trying to remember how the song went. Mama sang along anyway, off-key and loud.

She held a wooden spoon like a microphone and danced around the kitchen like it was a stage. Dada watched her from the stove, smiling and tapping his foot to the beat. “Gracie, how many waffles would you like?” Dada asked. “Five, please!” I held up my hand to show him. “Like me!” He nodded, turning back to the stove. “Exactly right, my smart girl. Five waffles coming right up!” “Watch out!” Mama said as she spun past me in her socks, arms flung wide as if she could fly.

“Crazy woman on the loose!” “You’d better catch her before she flies away, Gracie!” Dada warned.

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