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HUNJI 3 MONTHS AGO “This is one creepy forest,” Gregorio gives a low whistle as we enter the forest of Morngord that surrounds the Kingdom of Riocht, and he peers out the front windshield. his heavy accent making him sound almost comical. “I don’t think Morgan would be comfortable here, it feels like it's haunted.” “They say it is. There have been many battles here throughout the centuries, many lives lost.” I scowl thinking if the ghosts of Morngord would disturb Morgan. “Exactly, she feels those echoes. It might disturb her too much.” He states. I have come to understand just how much Gregorio loves Morgan during our ride to Riocht. He talks about her like she is his own daughter, telling me all the things she would get into trouble for when she was younger and how just as defiant, she was then, as she is now. Gregorio was a patient man, I found out. Which was how he became Morgan’s head guard when she was transferred and locked away in a room in the Megaron. We conversed very
HUNJI PRESENT DAY “AND SWITCH!” The new recruits scramble to switch positions as we work through an exercise for hand-to-hand combat. I’m leading one group while Tobias leads another. At the end of the week, we will have them face off against each other. A little competition to get their blood pumping, not telling them Tobias and I have a side bet going on whose team would have more wins. “Alright, that’s enough!” I bellow out watching them all break from their opponents with huffs and sighs of relief. I really did work them hard today. The sweat dripping off them and the red faces prove how hard they worked. “Commander Hunji,” A she - Lycan by the name of Tilda approaches me, wiping the sweat from her brow. The short crop top and cycle shorts she wears hides nothing of her tall and thin frame. She swishes her ponytail, wrapping a finger around the blonde strands. “I was wondering if you offered one on one personal training so I could better my defense form.” She bats her blue eye
MORGAN Sometime in the middle of the day, I woke up with a throbbing head. I lifted my hand to feel where the thudding pain was coming from, feeling a good-sized knot on the back of my head. Man, whatever they hit me with did a real number. My next thought went to my brother, and I began panicking. I didn’t know what the outcome of the fight was. Was Finn, okay? What about Ria and Xander? I remember seeing, hearing, and feeling the explosions as well as hearing several screams. I was alone in the room and climbed out of bed to go look for someone. I wasn’t even sure where I was but had deduced that I was in some sort of infirmary. I couldn’t have been that injured because I was still in the same clothes. I open the door to find a hallway that ran left and right. Instincts had me turning right and I swiftly began to move down the long corridor. “Morgan!” I turned on my heel quickly at the sound of my brother’s voice. “Finn!” I yelled, the very sight of him alleviating my panic. And
HUNJI/KIAN The sweet scent of honeysuckle invaded my senses as soon as I reached the south wing, heading to my room to get washed up. Walking into the bathroom Morgan’s scent engulfed me. I couldn’t help but chuckle knowing Lamia had placed her in the room adjoined to my bathroom on purpose. I washed and changed quickly, in a hurry to see Morgan. There was no more internal argument. No more debating. No more what-ifs. Morgan was mine. I could no longer deny the pull to her. No longer deny my feelings. The past three months of being away from her have been torture. There’s no forgetting my little witch. She’s embedded in my soul. A part of me that will never be erased. I walked past everyone in the dining room, ignoring their presence and making a beeline to the balcony where I could sense her. I stopped in my tracks as I caught a glance of her in the simple but sheer red dress – my favorite color and it looked damn good on her. The fabric clung to every curve of her luscious body.
FINNEGAN ARTOS Walking through the infirmary doors, the smell of disinfectant, medicines, and sickness assault my beast’s senses. I shake my head in an attempt to block the insulting and saturating scents. The only reason I stayed here overnight was to be with my sister, Morgan. I had only just gotten her back. Being reunited with her - the last time I had seen her was almost three years ago. The last time I was in Andora with our sick twisted father. I found Xander’s room and gently knocked on the door. I could smell that Ria was already in there. She had been by her mate’s side for the past week. That’s how long it had been since the attack, and we were no closer to finding the culprits than we were that night. Mathias was being a little bitch. He still didn’t trust me. Not that I can really blame him. I did poison his mate with silver dust, hold a knife to her throat and grope her in front of him. Not my finest moment. “Come in” I hear the soft sound of Ria’s voice. A human tu
HUNJI/KIAN A thunderous growl reverberates throughout the palace, shaking the walls. Followed by one just as loud and resonating. I leap out of bed where I had been cuddled up with Morgan, grabbing a pair of shorts and throwing them on as I stumbled to the door. “What the heck was that?” My little witch asks, her voice wavering from the booming roars. At the same time Tobias pushes a mind-link through *Hunji, get the fuck out here, King and Finn are going at it* “Fuck,” I grumble, flinging the door open “Stay here!” I tell Morgan not wanting her to be in the middle of this. More growls ring out, again shaking the walls. I rush towards the North side of the building using my shifter speed but stop when a loud crashing noise steals my attention. I look over the balcony to see two bears come barreling through the wall of Mathias’ office. “They are going to kill each other!” I hear Tobias who is on the opposite side of the palace, also looking down. In the center courtyard, Mathias
MORGAN 2 WEEKS LATER “Are you ready?” I ask my brother. Finn nods his head, a look of apprehension. I squeeze his hand offering comfort and subtly conveying to him there was nothing to fear. This was the first time he would be witnessing me call our mother forth, the first time he will have seen her in years. For me, it was normal. I had been calling our mother forth for years. If not for my own reasons, then because our father, Orion demanded speaking to her. Whenever Orion came back to Andora, it’s what he always asked of me. Sometimes he would talk to my mother for hours, sometimes it was only for a few minutes. But the conversation was always the same: Orion crying and saying how sorry he was. A tear slipped down my cheek as I recalled the night he killed her, and all the conversations over all the years I had been privy to witness. I calmed my inner emotions, steadied my breathing, and spoke the words out loud “As it shall be from the heavens, let it be from the depths. From
MORGAN Three days ago, we left for the Kodiak Kingdom. Kian, Tobias, Finn a dozen warriors ran beside the convoy as an insurance to make sure we weren’t ambushed again. Thankfully we weren’t. It was nice being back here at the Clan Mansion. However, unlike before this didn’t feel like home. When I first arrived in the Kodiak Kingdom, I thought this would be my home. That I would never see my stubborn wolfman again. How quickly that notion changed – For the better. I didn’t ever think I would be this happy, or that my life would turn out this good at the beginning of our journey. It started out rocky between Kian and I. Truth is I thought he was the biggest unemotional and detached shifter I had ever met. Slowly, or as slowly a few weeks would allow, I caved to his quiet and brooding charm. I thank the gods every day that we somehow found our way to each other. If I hadn’t of gone to Riocht, I wonder if Kian would have ever come looking for me. Or if his insecurities would have ke
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JONDA A PROLOGUE TO: THE BETA AND JEWEL THIEF - BOOK 6 I left the Kodiak Kingdom early today, not wanting to outstay my welcome. I was disappointed but not surprised that Morgan couldn’t reverse the curse. I had hoped to gain my wolf fully. They say you can’t miss what you never had, but that’s an outright lie. I had a wolf, one that was bound inside me, one that was there but I couldn’t communicate with her. I couldn’t shift and I couldn’t use her abilities. I was almost as good as human. I was faster than a human, had better hearing, and healed better than a human could. But I wasn’t a shifter, not even close. I longed for the day I could meet my wolf and shift. Run through the forest and feel the wind in her fur. It never bothered me as much as it has since I met Mike. The Royal Beta to the werewolf kingdom. I know we weren’t fated mates, if we were then he and his wolf would know. But that didn’t stop us from falling in love. He wanted to take me as his chosen mate, and I want
HUNJI/KIAN I leap into the thick of the battle, swords drawn, roaring out a battle cry as I do. The edge of my blade slices the first challenger that dares to attack. I turn, cutting down one enemy after the other, the human scents and scents of a foreign pack determining who is friend, and who is foe. Though there are not many wolves amongst the Kodiak Clan so they are easier to spot. I hear the crack of a whip behind me the sound of dirt bikes rushing to where I’m fighting, gaining my attention. They get closer and I bend at the knee. Holding my swords out and cutting the rider’s legs on either side of me. The whooshing sound of something heavy moving through the air, has me looking up where an identical net to the one they had Finn under, flies above my head. My arm moves, drawing my sword vertically. I dash forward and watch with amazement as the tip of the blade meets the blanket of poison. A red hue emanates from the steel as if it just came fresh from the fires of a forge.
MORGAN Three days ago, we left for the Kodiak Kingdom. Kian, Tobias, Finn a dozen warriors ran beside the convoy as an insurance to make sure we weren’t ambushed again. Thankfully we weren’t. It was nice being back here at the Clan Mansion. However, unlike before this didn’t feel like home. When I first arrived in the Kodiak Kingdom, I thought this would be my home. That I would never see my stubborn wolfman again. How quickly that notion changed – For the better. I didn’t ever think I would be this happy, or that my life would turn out this good at the beginning of our journey. It started out rocky between Kian and I. Truth is I thought he was the biggest unemotional and detached shifter I had ever met. Slowly, or as slowly a few weeks would allow, I caved to his quiet and brooding charm. I thank the gods every day that we somehow found our way to each other. If I hadn’t of gone to Riocht, I wonder if Kian would have ever come looking for me. Or if his insecurities would have ke
MORGAN 2 WEEKS LATER “Are you ready?” I ask my brother. Finn nods his head, a look of apprehension. I squeeze his hand offering comfort and subtly conveying to him there was nothing to fear. This was the first time he would be witnessing me call our mother forth, the first time he will have seen her in years. For me, it was normal. I had been calling our mother forth for years. If not for my own reasons, then because our father, Orion demanded speaking to her. Whenever Orion came back to Andora, it’s what he always asked of me. Sometimes he would talk to my mother for hours, sometimes it was only for a few minutes. But the conversation was always the same: Orion crying and saying how sorry he was. A tear slipped down my cheek as I recalled the night he killed her, and all the conversations over all the years I had been privy to witness. I calmed my inner emotions, steadied my breathing, and spoke the words out loud “As it shall be from the heavens, let it be from the depths. From
HUNJI/KIAN A thunderous growl reverberates throughout the palace, shaking the walls. Followed by one just as loud and resonating. I leap out of bed where I had been cuddled up with Morgan, grabbing a pair of shorts and throwing them on as I stumbled to the door. “What the heck was that?” My little witch asks, her voice wavering from the booming roars. At the same time Tobias pushes a mind-link through *Hunji, get the fuck out here, King and Finn are going at it* “Fuck,” I grumble, flinging the door open “Stay here!” I tell Morgan not wanting her to be in the middle of this. More growls ring out, again shaking the walls. I rush towards the North side of the building using my shifter speed but stop when a loud crashing noise steals my attention. I look over the balcony to see two bears come barreling through the wall of Mathias’ office. “They are going to kill each other!” I hear Tobias who is on the opposite side of the palace, also looking down. In the center courtyard, Mathias
FINNEGAN ARTOS Walking through the infirmary doors, the smell of disinfectant, medicines, and sickness assault my beast’s senses. I shake my head in an attempt to block the insulting and saturating scents. The only reason I stayed here overnight was to be with my sister, Morgan. I had only just gotten her back. Being reunited with her - the last time I had seen her was almost three years ago. The last time I was in Andora with our sick twisted father. I found Xander’s room and gently knocked on the door. I could smell that Ria was already in there. She had been by her mate’s side for the past week. That’s how long it had been since the attack, and we were no closer to finding the culprits than we were that night. Mathias was being a little bitch. He still didn’t trust me. Not that I can really blame him. I did poison his mate with silver dust, hold a knife to her throat and grope her in front of him. Not my finest moment. “Come in” I hear the soft sound of Ria’s voice. A human tu
HUNJI/KIAN The sweet scent of honeysuckle invaded my senses as soon as I reached the south wing, heading to my room to get washed up. Walking into the bathroom Morgan’s scent engulfed me. I couldn’t help but chuckle knowing Lamia had placed her in the room adjoined to my bathroom on purpose. I washed and changed quickly, in a hurry to see Morgan. There was no more internal argument. No more debating. No more what-ifs. Morgan was mine. I could no longer deny the pull to her. No longer deny my feelings. The past three months of being away from her have been torture. There’s no forgetting my little witch. She’s embedded in my soul. A part of me that will never be erased. I walked past everyone in the dining room, ignoring their presence and making a beeline to the balcony where I could sense her. I stopped in my tracks as I caught a glance of her in the simple but sheer red dress – my favorite color and it looked damn good on her. The fabric clung to every curve of her luscious body.
MORGAN Sometime in the middle of the day, I woke up with a throbbing head. I lifted my hand to feel where the thudding pain was coming from, feeling a good-sized knot on the back of my head. Man, whatever they hit me with did a real number. My next thought went to my brother, and I began panicking. I didn’t know what the outcome of the fight was. Was Finn, okay? What about Ria and Xander? I remember seeing, hearing, and feeling the explosions as well as hearing several screams. I was alone in the room and climbed out of bed to go look for someone. I wasn’t even sure where I was but had deduced that I was in some sort of infirmary. I couldn’t have been that injured because I was still in the same clothes. I open the door to find a hallway that ran left and right. Instincts had me turning right and I swiftly began to move down the long corridor. “Morgan!” I turned on my heel quickly at the sound of my brother’s voice. “Finn!” I yelled, the very sight of him alleviating my panic. And