Beasts: New Beginnings

Natavia

WerewolvesParanormal RomanceBlack Author

Summary

The market hums with copper-sweet rain as Nyra slides through stalls that glitter with wet stone and damp secrets. A beast stirs in the alley beyond, unseen by most, but not by Nyra, who has learned to read the tremor of cages and the whisper of fangs in the dark. Tonight the city is listening, and Nyra is listening back. She knows the creature’s hunger will not end with a single choice; it will demand a debt of loyalty, a price in blood, and a cure that might shatter what she calls family. A mentor’s warning haunts her—trust no illusion, especially the one you tell yourself—yet the pull of an old bond makes the risk unavoidable. As a plan tightens around her, Nyra will choose between a safe silence and a dangerous alliance, and in that choice, the next chapter of the Beasts will either begin anew or burn to ash around her feet.

This entry sits within Natavia’s Beasts universe as a tight, character-driven extension of the Beasts series. It underscores the author’s knack for blending gritty urban landscapes with mythic undercurrents, reinforcing the series’ reputation for dense world-building and morally complex protagonists. While the surrounding reception is mixed in places for its darker tone, Natavia’s voice remains consistently evocative and propulsive, drawing readers into intimate conflicts that pulse just beneath the surface of explosive action.

Main Titles

New Chapter

The New Chapter follows Lira, a fledgling guardian of the Veil, as the last brittle peace shudders into motion. An ancient cipher surfaces in a city’s alleyways, tugging at memories buried in her bloodline. She discovers a lineage of protectors tied to a map of constellations that only reveals itself when trust is earned, not demanded. The book threads her personal doubt with a rising summons: choose a perilous allegiance or watch the barrier fail. The stakes feel intimate—loved ones tremble, a mentor’s silence weighs heavy, and every choice redefines who she is meant to become. In the wake of a sudden raid, Lira’s world expands beyond the familiar streets she knows. She must partner with a wary scout who speaks in half-truths and gestures toward a hidden network of guardians. Their uneasy alliance becomes the key to deciphering the cipher’s true purpose and to locating a forgotten sanctum. The search tests not only nerve but memory, forcing Lira to confront a painful omission in her family history, and to decide how much of herself she’s willing to risks for others. As the pieces align, a revelation reshapes her mission and illuminates a path forward. The New Chapter leans into sacrifice, the weight of trust, and the quiet bravery needed to step into an unknown future where every sunrise carries a new test.

2016 Year

2 Publications

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A Mate's War

A Mate’s War widens the battlefield from streets to skies, where bonds become weapons and loyalty is forged under pressure. Kael, a reluctant guardian with a soldier’s reputation and a poet’s heart, discovers that the old loyalties he trusted are unraveling under a covert siege. On a night of cold winds and louder secrets, he meets a rival faction’s emissary who challenges not only his creed but what he believes about love and duty. The encounter isn’t romance as much as a violent truth: the people they protect require a new kind of courage—one that might demand the cost of losing themselves. The narrative threads deepen as Kael learns to read the weather of people’s intentions, to sense when a ally’s help hides a hidden blade. He teams with unexpected allies who share a common wound and a stubborn hope. Together they weave a plan that could shift the war’s balance, but each misstep threatens to fracture fragile trust. The pressure intensifies the closer Kael gets to a decision that will bind his future to someone who could either redeem or ruin him. By its close, the war feels personal—every victory is tempered by a sacrifice, every alliance a risk, and every heartbeat promises a consequence. A Mate’s War paints resilience in steel and tenderness, inviting readers to follow a path where power and affection collide in the most dangerous ways.

2017 Year

2 Publications

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Unleashed

Unleashed opens with a tremor beneath the city’s stone, a sign that old bargains are breaking and new allegiances are forming. The central figure, Nyra, is both a hunter and a learner—skilled,...

Unleashed opens with a tremor beneath the city’s stone, a sign that old bargains are breaking and new allegiances are forming. The central figure, Nyra, is both a hunter and a learner—skilled, stubborn, and quietly haunted by a decision years past. Her quest becomes a map of unlikely partnerships as she pursues a force that resists naming. The danger is not merely outside; it is the possibility that her own choices may awaken a ruin they cannot put back to sleep. Her arc is intimate, etched in small acts of courage that accumulate into a force of their own. As Nyra travels through factions and ruins, she gathers clues in whispers and signs—half-seen visions that hint at a broader conspiracy and a future that could break the night itself. Her companions are flawed, loyal, and necessary, each mirroring a facet of Nyra’s own longing to belong somewhere safe. The journey tests faith, memory, and the limits of what one person can endure when moral lines blur and the price of truth becomes steep. The book builds toward a reckoning that redefines what it means to be free. Unleashed is not only a quest for a weapon or a secret; it is a chance to redefine family, to decide what must be borne, and to discover how much of the past is needed to safeguard the dawn.

2019 Year

2 Publications

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