In the afternoon, Alpha Henry arrived at the misty woods and shifted into his human form. Butt-naked, he looked for something to cover himself and found a banana leaf. He wrapped it around his exposed manhood, tied it carefully around his waist, and then whispered a safe passage to the hidden cottage of Eve. Few knew about it, yet he was one of those few who was fortunate enough to know the precise location of her hidden location. Whispering words to the garlands, the foggy cottage was now visible as he knocked on the door and silently waited for Eve to open it. Surveying the surroundings, he noticed how the front door opened slightly, and the enclosed, tiny stone porch carried the aroma of flowers and the warmth of the home. The old wooden veranda was where one would relax when the chance of a conversation with passing neighbors was welcome, yet it was all covered in mud and drops of recent blood. "Eve?" On the left side, some plants reached up past the wooden railings and branched
"Who is this, Eve?" Sage appeared from behind them. His lips twisted. The words made the skill sound imperiously elegant. Eve swallowed a lump before she turned around and said, "Alpha Sage, this is Alpha Henry, ally of the north." Henry gasped, I'm sorry, Eve, Alpha Sage? The Alpha Sage? " he asked in bewilderment. Unbelievably surprised, he heard so much about this legendary alpha traveler, but none seemed to have seen him or knew him personally. It had been rumored that he wore a disguise and could vanish in thin air. He was rumored to be the only one who could travel in time and was cursed for eternity. If this was Alpha Sage, then he was indeed fortunate to have such an honor to see him face to face, and knowing that he was indeed real and not just the figment of imagination was a privilege enough. "Yes, I'm Alpha Sage of the Robinson Pack; how did you know me?" A few seconds passed before Henry could answer. "Pardon, um, I heard from, um, rumors, tales, and all," Henry respo
A few hours later, Alpha Henry took his cup of tea and savored the fresh minty taste. The cup of tea was small enough to fit in the palm of a child, holding that potent brew only the hardiest of the grown-ups could savor. Sipping it, he simply added it and looked at Eve. "By any chance, you knew something about where they took Elizabeth and the rest of them, Eve?""Yes, probably in the Devil's Forest.""Are you sure, Eve?""I'm sure. I was never wrong. The only forest that would disable the werewolves to shift, or more likely, the southern pack, has demon warriors and rogues on their side. It only made sense now. They've abducted Tomas before, and he wasn't able to fight them back, and because he wasn't able to communicate with his wolf, he became feral. Most likely, the one who had Jefferson and his family were feral."Sophie interrupted them, saying, "Eve, what does this devil's forest look like?""Glad you asked. From my knowledge, it was a cursed forest where any supernatural powe
Drinking it, Edmond added, "Not that it matters; darkness was darkness; I believed it was always their answer, a sad but true reality at the same time.""Yes, my friend." After their hunger plight and exchange of rye bread and beef jerky, they agreed to travel north towards the lake, where some of the two pack allies must reside.After some point, the air was rich with the fragrance of leaves and loam, and it was moist too. Even so, many hours after the rains have passed, the soil remains wet, releasing its heady fog. The melody of running water in the stream has the same slumberous quality as music; Raymond wants to stop just to drink in the melody. On the side, the berries were red and bitter, but with just the right amount of sweetness.He took in all the air her lungs could hold and expelled it. These hikes were like a trip out of her life, a visit to somewhere where the measuring of time was done only by the rising and setting of the sun. Raymond went his way through the skinny t
Two days later.Sage picked himself up off the floor and realized he could remember nothing from the time he’d entered the doorway hand in hand with Sophie until now. He shook the fuzziness from his head and glanced around, finding Sophie near him. He sighed in relief and reached out to lay a hand on her arm.When Landon jumped from Eve's windows through his unstable passageway yesterday, it made Sage sick. He followed his brother, but to no avail. His trip had not been pleasant, but he wasn’t retching on the floor the way Sophie had been. After then, they knew they'd been poisoned and that Eve's was missing. So many questions remain unanswered.Why Eve?He thought to himself.Greg was already up and examining the room.Sophie got to her feet, and Sage struggled to stand, too. They stood in the middle of a darkened chamber. Symbols were etched into the veined marble floor, and tables, interspersed with tall, carved armoires, lined the room. Bowls and cauldrons sat atop the tables, alo
Savannah Pack Sophie Savannah, a 25-year-old pack doctor yawned as she shut the clinic pantry room door carefully, aware of her two colleagues, both of whom were on a nightly shift in the clinic. Her phone rang as she approached the receiving room with a slice of toast in one hand and her large purse in the other. She'd been at the clinic for nineteen hours and was on the verge of collapsing. Werewolf or not, a creature without sleep is useless, she thought to herself. "Good morning, people! I'm done for today, you can call me on my cell in case of any emergency, okay?" She muttered groggily, then again her juggling attempts resulted in her toast landing on the rug. "D*mn it! Why did it do that all the time?" "Morning, Doc, and please get yourself a good sleep; you already look like a zombie," one of her assistants muttered before sipping her coffee. "Another toast?" the green eyed male assistant added with a smirk. "Come on, doc, it's not surprising anymore, you need rest. You ca
With Beta Sage's powdered-blue eyes twinkling with delight, he bent his head and gently caressed Sophie's chin. "Oh, sweetheart, you are such an innocent, pure pawn." "What?" What on earth did he mean by that? Sophie ignored his words as she drew her head away, electricity whizzing along her nerve ends. The joy she'd felt upon realizing she wasn't being abducted but rather saved was quickly replaced by a rush of hatred when she met mockery in the eyes of her future brother-in-law. After all, it was open news among the werewolf kingdom that this devil's elder brother, Alpha Landon, was her mate and the future Master of all alphas or the King in the Kingdom of Vienna. Sophie sighed as she looked at the man. His suit was well-cut and a deep midnight color, with the jacket stretching across broad shoulders and unbuttoned to show the white T-shirt he sported rather than a shirt and tie. The T-shirt was just long enough to cover his large chest's powerful, well-defined outlines. But it
"But don't be concerned, we know it wasn't you," Sage growled. Sophie's eyes widened, and the pale face that highlighted the freckles on the bridge of her little straight nose deepened. She had never met a man so obnoxious and shameful in her entire life; she had graduated from a prestigious university with flying colors, become a successful doctor at the age of 25, and was the daughter of an alpha and a luna of Savannah's pack. She was certainly one of the girls no one dared make fun of, but she had never met Sage. His pack may be one of the most powerful, and his father may have been the Master Alpha, but Sage didn't have an ounce of manners. "What did you say?" she asked irritably, and a wave of fury crashed through her. "Well, the first thought was that you might have gotten tired of waiting for Landon to pop the question and decided to nudge things along." Such an ass, she thought. "Why in the hell would I want to do that?" In the hothouse emotional atmosphere her knee-jerk