Lilac And Bone – Dani Antoinette

Fifteen feet of cord was going to be the difference between life and death if things went sideways. “Stay behind me. Only step where I step.” I tugged on the rope, bringing her closer to me. “If something happens to me, you cut the rope and come back here.

Don’t be a fucking hero.” I took out my carving knife and tucked it into her jacket. “Nothing’s going to happen, Valen.” She didn’t sound as confident as she was trying to appear, but I let it slide. We took off down the slope. I used my weight to compact the snow for her, since she was much smaller than me. Luckily, I’d taken this path many times before and knew exactly where to step and which spots to avoid.

Every step was calculated, and I monitored the snow for any shift. I glanced over my shoulder, watching her as she followed behind me. Some of the snowdrifts went up to her thigh, and I clenched my jaw. I should have gone alone, left her inside where it was safe. But something told me she wouldn’t have agreed to that. The rope pulled as she stumbled, and I reached back to steady her. “Careful.” I tried to keep my voice controlled, to not show her the underlying fear that was pulsing within me.

Not fear for my safety, but for hers. “The slope gets steeper here, but then we’ll be all clear.” After a few minutes, the lake stretched out in front of us. It was deceptively peaceful, but I knew the dangers that lurked out there. Her car was about ten feet from shore, nestled out on the ice like a tombstone.

I grabbed a long stick and tapped it on the ice, testing for any sounds of weakness. “Ice looks solid, but we need to move fast.” Each step I took reminded me what a stupid fucking idea this was, but I kept my breathing steady and my movements controlled, Seraphine following behind me. I was hyperaware of every sound, every inch of ice beneath our feet.

We reached the car, and I wiped the snow from the door trying to find the door handle. About ten feet away, I could make out the dark shape of my waterproof cache. I’d stored extra fuel and supplies my first week here. Above anything, I liked to be prepared. “Keys?” I held out my hand, noting hers was shaking when she passed the keys over. “We’re halfway done, little lamb.” I didn’t know if I was trying to reassure myself or her at this point.

The door opened and she reached inside, going straight for the glove box. Inside were boxes of ammunition, and she stuffed them into a duffel bag in the front seat.

Copyright © 2026 Dani Antoinette Lilac and Bone is a work of fiction. The characters and events portrayed in this book are fictitious. Any similarity to real persons, living or dead, is coincidental and not intended by the author. No part of this book may be reproduced, or stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without express written permission of the publisher.

All rights reserved. Thank you for your support of the authors rights. Without in any way limiting the author’s exclusive rights under copyright, any use of this publication to “train” generative artificial intelligence (AI) technologies to generate text is expressly prohibited. Edits by RJ Locksley Proofreading by Virginia Tesi Carey Printed in the United States of America OceanofPDF.com You didn’t come here for a bedtime story.

You came for the chase. For the blizzard. For the man you should have feared… and loved anyway. Enjoy the wreckage, you feral little thing. OceanofPDF.com Contents Title Page Copyright Dedication Author’s Note Prologue Chapter One Chapter Two Chapter Three Chapter Four Chapter Five Chapter Six Chapter Seven Chapter Eight Chapter Nine Chapter Ten Chapter Eleven Chapter Twelve Chapter Thirteen Chapter Fourteen Chapter Fifteen Chapter Sixteen Chapter Seventeen Chapter Eighteen Chapter Nineteen Chapter Twenty Chapter Twenty-One Epilogue One – Seraphine Epilogue Two – Valen What’s Next?

Also by Dani Antoinette About the Author OceanofPDF.com Author’s Note This story gets twisted fast, and I want to make sure you’re ready for the darkness waiting on the next page. For a full list of content warnings, please visit https://daniantoinette.com/books/ You’ve been warned Now… let’s go OceanofPDF.com Prologue Seraphine The first scream didn’t register as an actual scream. Not right away. It was muffled, like one of my Kappa Theta sorority sisters had burned themselves on the curling iron again.

I didn’t look up from the sketch I was drawing. It was Sunday night, and I was curled up on my twin bed with my drawing pad and a bowl of stale popcorn, trying not to obsess over midterms. A second scream sounded a moment later. My hand paused over the paper. The radio played in the background, and I absentmindedly reached over to turn the volume down.

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