When I stepped into the atrium the sun was now rising and the glass windows were letting the soft glow, I placed my purse behind the bar so I could grab a cup of coffee as I reached for the foam travel cups the double singling doors to the kitchen push open and Mike's big body took up the door way. He had a huge smile on his face which I reciprocated genuinely."Bec! Good morning! I have your cup already back here one sec" He dashed back into the kitchen and when he came back he had two cups in his hands. One was mine and the other was for Leo, He must have known he would be up."How did you know? Thank you so much for everything seriously. I know it was you that brought stuff down to the cottage" I gave him a winkHis belly jumped with his chuckle and the glint in his eye made me smile even more. I love mike he has really claimed a place in my life that mad made him more like family than an employee. If he ever needed a damn thing I would give whatever it was to him without even a se
Mike began shuffling around the kitchen while explaining"Fenris was given a chance to show Odin he was a changed wolf and made a deal with Odin that he could return to walk among man again if he agreed to be bound to humanity, Odin had hoped that by giving him a human counter part he would make choices with more thought like humans, his only condition was he could not be his God shape he had to take on his humanity's form and bond with him and how they choose to live their life was their own. BUT 500 years ago give or take Fenris, Sköll and Hati decimated and entire race that was special like them, powerful and eternal. the race they wiped out were created by Sol Màni's sister, Needless to say she was furious but Odin refused to step in because technically Fenris didn't break any of his rules. So it was rumored Màni told Selene that the three of them were to remain matless for eternity as pay back for killing Sol's children. The reason why he choose you though? I cant answer that"I
The tray in my hand felt like it weighed 100 pounds the double doors fluttered back and forth making the seal between it rub. Mike who had been standing behind me didn't stop walking towards the doors despite the horrendous sound that was coming from behind them.He put his shoulder threw them while I half expected to hear him yell or scream in panic, I herd him laugh instead. My feet moved without my approval to the doors still holding the tray in my hands, I was ready to use it to protect myself if I had to but once I pushed threw those doors I too seen what made Mike break out into laughter."You old man are a menace, I should have known" Leo was glaring at Mike threw gritted teeth fist clenched apparently Leo doesn't like to be embarrassed, who knew.Mike sat the trays in the warmers and closed the lids back down on each of them before turning to take the tray form my hands, my eyes were still scanning the area in case the sounds coming from Leo turned into more."Payback is a bit
Hot air now surrounds me, similar of an open flame licking at my back. I am unfazed by the temperature but more concerned about what ever the heat was radiating from. Before I can continue up to stand the clearing is plummeted into darkness, I can still feel the heat and hear the crickets though they sound much quieter. Cautiously I stand the rest of the way up to my feet trying to smell or hear anything different since my sight is now obstructed. I take one step forward which earns me a deep rumble from whatever is still behind me. I need to reach for Kris she needs to get Leo for me. But when I reached for her I found what felt like an empty hollowness where she usually is in my mind."Krissy, wake up!" My own words echoed in my head I couldn't feel her herealmost as if whatever is behind me can sense my panic a voice floods into my mind. It's a deep voice, calm, demanding and authoritative. I feel like I know this voice, but at the same time I also didn't know this voice I cant kn
I knew having Leo on my side was the best option but I wasn't sure how much I could fully trust him. I don't know why I'm so damn worried about Connor knowing what I am up to but I have a gut feeling that his reaction wouldn't be pleasant. I am a human after all meddling in the supernatural world."I'm here aren't I Bec? you can trust me, we have to start somewhere""Is there a library anywhere that humans can go to that umm well have books on magical gifts?"Leo raised his eyebrow at me and crossed his arms across his chest"Why do you need a library on something like that?"" My twin and I we need some information on a gift issue is all""A gift issue? Like what you don't want it anymore? I don't think you'll find anything on returns " I scrunched my nose up at his comment"No like its broken issue" I finally looked over in his direction to see that he had moved closer to me, so I pointed at the chair across from me and he moved to it and sat down"Well there's not really a library
I again got lost in my phone while we drove. I was searching google for things about Fenris or should I say Fenrir. All the searches and results said he was still bound until Ragnarok. Which to me made no sense since he was quiet literally here on earth, the fact that all of these people or should I say Gods were alive and among us made me shiver and goosebumps appear on my arms. I wonder how much of it was truth though, did they really chain him up just because they were scared of how fast he grew? seems a bit rash to punish him for something that wasn't even in his control, I looked out the window as the scenery blurred by us. Did he really bit off Tyr's hand? What about his father Loki, did he really Kill Baldur with mistletoe? It all seemed so far fetched but his father was punished for 1,000 years for it. maybe when the information said he was bound they meant he was bound here forced to stay out of Asgard. Sköll had my interest when I searched next because mainly that monster Le
"This way, up the stairs" he motioned for me to walk first with Leo chivalry was very much alive"I don't know which door it is" I chewed on my bottom lip as we climbed the large set of stairs to the second floor of the penthouse"The double doors" There was no set of double doors up here, well not that I could remember anyways there were just normal doors none of them stood out to me to make me think much more about what was behind any of them, just normal spare rooms or offices. I didn't know if I wanted to admit that to Leo or not like he might get the wrong impression about my relationship with him even though I was married to Dorian, Leo couldn't possibly know every single thing Connor does.The arch way held a large set of double doors that were perfectly carved. A large wolf in the center with so much detail that you could barely see the slit down the middle of its face separating the two doors. Their were different symbols and knots all over along with two other wolves one on
"Your request has been answered" Leo's voice was distant I didn't realize how far I had walkedI turned and headed back losing the large book as it took a slow turn at the end of the farthest shelfthere were only 3 books next to my bag and a note pad with a sleek silver pen that appeared too"Let me guess I can't take any of these books out with me?" Leo didn't open his eyes to look at me he only nodded"If you want to live, I wouldn't try it" He wiggled his pointer finger at me back and forthI sighed and pulled the chair out in front of the books on the table they were all different colors one had a black cover, the next one a faded orange and the last one brown faded leather. I grabbed the brown leather book first noticing none of them had a title on the front or in the inside as a matter of fact. The writing on the inside seemed to be handwritten and a lot of it was in a different language. I won't get anywhere if I can't understand what it all means. So, I looked for the next be
There was no right way of doing things when it came to Nikolai so when I found him he was quite literally on the edge of a cliff. As I approached him I could quickly tell by his ridged posture he had no intentions of walking back to the castle with me so we could properly clear the air.“Don’t Connor I don’t want to hear excuses” he calmly yelled threw the wind and over the torrent of crashing waves down below“I will go with you back to America not because I forgive him, her or you..” He left the reason why hanging between us. He didn’t have to say it out loud I already knew why he was coming back, Dorian would have done the same for him. He turned his head to look at me from our side by side position“I will need a few weeks before we can leave”Before I could ask him what he meant he lunged forward into the sea below us. He wouldn’t die from any of the injuries he was going to sustain and as much as I wanted to use magic to retrieve him I knew he would just do it again given the ch
Releasing them after the forced shift, I catch him as Nik's own voice continued his internal screams"Kill me Connor!!! Just end it all I can’t live like this anymore!!!!” His pleas are frantic, as I hold him his entire body convulses with the emotional turmoil.“I don’t want to live anymore!!! I don’t want to see another sun to rise!! 800 years is long enough!” He continued to sob threw his yelling of obscenity’s begging me to end him, attempting to provoke Fenris saying anything to call him out, but we refused to engage his requests. I know how he is feeling all too well, we both felt the same wanting to rip ourselves apart just to feel anything after his life bond snapped, the numbness he has been pushing away will help him get through this but first he has to feel. We will help him get through this.“Let it in Nik it’s the only way we will get threw”“He won’t come back if I do”“He’s not coming back, he’s dead Nik” saying the words was like rubbing course salt in an open wound bu
Connor POVThe night after he left 1 month from presentI materialized in the stone archway to Nikolai’s castle in Strömstad Sweden, one of many castles the three of us owned threw out Nordic Europe. I didn’t make an attempt to reach out to Nik prior to my arrival I figured he would sense my magic once we were near, giving him no way to run since neither of my sons had magic quite like mine. Nikolai couldn’t run away anymore I was prepared for the backlash from him for choosing to support Dorian in his “traitorous” life. The lines blur heavily between Fenris, and I most supernatural beings have extended lives whereas we are immortal living now for over 1,000 years I think it would be unnatural if we didn’t mirror one another in some kind of way other than physically when we shift. Nikolai and Hati always struggled being bonded. I’d dare go as far as saying he is very much like Fenris where Sköll was like me the human part it was a risk Fenris didn’t consider when he decided to procrea
I looked down at Bec one more time as I followed Leo out to the hallway, unsure of the time we didn’t linger outside her door we walked outside and headed to where Leo was staying. Once we got inside his room, he confirmed what I already had been thinking“I don’t know how much Bec knows about Dorians death, but she was the one who was told about it being a murder” his hands were in his pockets as he sauntered over to one of the chairs, I remained leaning on one of my shoulders next to the front door after processing what Leo just said though I wished I had been seatedI was wrong, so wrong no wonder she is hostile not only did he mess her up in the head their entire marriage, but he couldn’t even give her peace after he died.“Who is sick in the head enough to tell her that?”“It being her truth to tell I can only say it was a Demon. Asmodeus has been confronted, so he is involved and now sometime in august the 7 will also be here since they hold information Connor wants”“Has he gon
Theodeus POVI couldn’t let her go alone to her office, Ares wouldn’t quit whining once he seen how upset she was so I relented and we went after her. The initial shock I had seeing a burn caused by her bare hands paled in comparison to the pure static electricity radiating around her as she stormed off, it was as if she was leaving a trail in her wake. I couldn’t fathom the way she was feeling right now since nobody has filled her in on a damn thing, she says she’s not a shifter but humans do not get hot enough to burn anything let alone hot enough to cause permanent damage to a shifters skin. It made no sense to me why it happened but yet it did and instead of being able to help her figure out this world she has unknowingly been living in for the last 10 years, now I want to help her figure out what she is. I know it sounds like I’m being selfish but there’s nothing selfish about needing to be near her, Ares told me she was different the moment he herd her voice on the phone. Ever s
“Go a ways back? You mean like when you were kids?” I asked Theo “Something like that” Leo chimed in darkly Both of their facial expressions gave nothing away as to why they clearly didn’t like one another, but Theo’s eyes glittered in the dimly lit area the three of us stood in. I couldn’t be sure but his eyes seemed to hint at something but as quick as the emotions came they were gone“Your not gonna tell me right now are you?” I looked between Leo and Theo inquisitively Leo looked on at Theo in askance as I waited for them to clarify“No Doll, right now is not the time for that story” Theo grabbed my hand in his pulling my gaze from Leo who was now walking into the woods“Get her back inside” he instructed“Oh and Theodeus, don’t get to comfortable here” Leo shifted back into his huge silver wolf barreling off threw the trees out of sight“Still as welcoming as a cactus I see” he chuckled dryly shaking his head“Not usually, I’ve never seen Leo treat anyone in a way they didn’t des
All I knew for certain was one of them was my friend and I couldn’t just leave him to get killed. I could still hear thuds and growls as I slowly stepped over broken tree limbs trying to keep myself hidden so I could have the upper hand of a surprise attack. I didn’t hear anymore thuds or sounds of them attacking each other as I came up to were I seen both of them moving slowly circling one another. Neither one looked like they were ready to back down any time soon teeth were still bared and low rumbling could still faintly be herd from both massive wolves. I took another step while crouched down but snapping branches under my feet gave me away.SHITBoth wolves heads snapped in my direction two sets of glowing eyes were now fixed on me watching as I stood up straight. It was the black wolf that made a move in my direction. It’s silver eyes looked like moonlight so bright and clear as it’s posture softened no longer could I see it’s teeth but I could hear and see it’s breath in the ai
laying on my futon couch scrolling on my phone it’s been over an hour since Theo walked me the rest of the way to my office and since then my mind has been replaying our passionate encounter, I was swept literally off my feet by him but I couldn’t wrap my head around as to what to do now. After going in circles in my mind I eventually got restless and decided to do something I haven’t done since I was in high school. Getting up from where I was laying I dug threw my bags and found a sports bra along with a pair of black tight leggings slipping them on and my sweater I tied my bright colored Nike trainers on and slipped out of my office and down the hallway to the door to the back portion of the property.I was severely out of shape but I figured jogging was like riding a bike you never forget right? I knew going outside in the middle of the night was probably not the best idea but Leo being my local werewolf bodyguard meant he was probably out there and with that fact I couldn't think
“This seat taken?” He motioned to it with a drink in his hand“Nope” I made sure to pop the P as he sat down in the large wooden chair that he filled with his massive frame. I watched him with hooded eyes as the shadows from the fire danced around us. I greedily ran my eyes over his form. I watched in fascination as his thigh muscles rippled with every slight movement under the jeans he was wearing. His upper half was covered in a hoodie that fit his bulky form deliciously. I knew from seeing him earlier that the dark cotton material was hiding all the mouthwatering dips and curves of muscle his t-shirts did a wonderful job of highlighting, he was perfect I really meant it when I said he was built like a God. Unsure as to why he was here in front of me I broke the silence first“What are you doing here still?” Not that I mind too much but nonetheless I was curious“Does it bother you I am here?” He hummed his question not looking at me but at the fire“Why do you care what bothers me?