Outside in the snow Villa received one more tuck at her chain making her stumble into the middle of what used to be the small town's main road, around her stood the pack, she could finally do an assessment of their numbers and of them saw only two familiar faces, Nathan and Sabrina, the Alphas of the now fallen Lunpa clan.
She snorted "Correct me if I'm wrong, doesn't the captain usually go down with his ship? You two cowards left your pack to die""Be quiet Villa" Nathan said "The entire wolf way of life doesn't exist anymore thanks to Raphael, we're left to be these nomads living in a broken down ghost town like outlaws, you think we wanted any of that?""Do you know why he did it?""Its obvious" Sabrina said this time "You call us cowards but Raphael got such a fright over Tala killing Vlad he sent his vampires to kill us in our sleep!""Where is Tala? She was once part of your pack right?""We have no clue, it seems the good king and queen did the same as us, fThe first thing that crossed Danté's mind was the Wolvesbane, Villa only cried once when the pain was too instant to continue and she fell to her side, caring not to land on the arrow sticking out of her chest."Xena!" Danté yelled going to his knees next to Villa "What are you doing!?"Xena has already made sufficient distance and drew another arrow "She abandoned the Cross Danté, its punishment is death! Why do you even ask what I am doing!?" She said."You don't understand...!" Danté had no words further when he saw the black lines like roots of trees spread over Villa's skin, she was dying, and fast, he quickly grabbed the arrow and ripped it out, Villa was so stunned by the pain of the Wolvesbane she didn't even respond to that."Why are you helping her!? That means you are also betraying!" Xena yelled still having that arrow drawn."I..." Danté watched her face, wide eyed, her wolf ears drawn flat and mouth gasped but
• 20 Years ago, Vladimir dungeon •That time Vlad forgot all about him, Hector didn't know why? His biggest fear was he found Kaylee and killed her, his love for her being his only real reason for living left after Jasper died by the hands of Vlad.Maybe this was his punishment for all the wrong he has done to people alongside the witch Elaine, he was not proud of his achievements.He clung to it at the time, life, as the shackles clung to his wrists, holding him to the wall of the damp Vladimir dungeon, he refused to give up, refused for it to be the last of himself, not until he could at least say farewell to his beloved.The pain in his larynx didn't supersede the pain in his heart, Vlad might have broke it with a blow, but nothing quite broke him as much as the idea of not seeing Kaylee, he needed to escape and be with her, begging fate to keep her safe... But escape was not necessary when out of the hum of silence came the footsteps."Hector
Danté sat up with a yell, he realised just as the nightmare haunted his sleep it will dig at his sanity on every other occasion. Ten years later and his subconscious mind tapped into his mother's abilities, he now remembered how he saved Villa, and it had him rattled.The smoke still hanging in the sky like the memories, he stood there in awe watching the chaos, then that soft light that surrounded him in protection vanished and the ambient returned, burning huts, the smell of the dead and burnt reached his nostrils.He fell to his knees and vomited the last meal his mother made, the last one he ever had and he couldn't even keep it down at the sight of this void that now lied before him, alone, in a forest, what lies in the future now? He never left there, never even learned how to find his way out.He stood up and ran to his parents, slipping in his vomit as he rose but that forced the tears out more."Mother!? Father!?" He screamed falling to his knees next to them an
It was going to take a lot more than a story and a name edged into a sword to convince Danté this was the truth, his entire life seeking out the vampires that killed his parents now he hears of a sort that will bring darkness like no other."How did you even find me?" He asked."We heard of the werewolf attack here in town so naturally thinking the Cross might want to investigate told us its the best place to come wait, we didn't expect them to send you" Alister said."Why didn't you come earlier?""You were off radar, and we have the element of surprise over the Cross, they have no idea we still exist so we didn't come fetch you" Amber explained as she stood up to pour herself more coffee "Instead we waited for an opportunity to meet you, out of the prying eyes of those fiends""And what can I do to aid you? With me we are still just three? The Cross has fourteen more hunters" Danté asked."Yes, and Raphael has many more" Alister said."So the numbers are sever
Excitement flooded her heart as Skyler stood in awe at the castle towering into the clouds in front of her, never in her life would she have thought to ever be here, considering the fact that she merely saw it on a randomly discovered photo taken by a satellite.With her was Hannah and Roman taking the lead over this search, Lia and Bruce stood one side, and of course Asena with an agitated gaze over the greystone red roof tile building, she last being here during the wedding."Where do we start?" Roman asked.Skyler couldn't hold herself in "I need to scan the entire castle, I hope they will give us permission?""Let's find out" Roman said heading up the stairs.Now being a tourist attraction a table sat just right of the door serving as a reception desk, an old lady sat there and smiled at them."Came to see the castle?" She asked.Asena didn't recognise her, she must be new."Yes, but please allow us here for the day, only us, we will make
On that same road to Lultin Danté thought about Rebecca again, he hasn't seen her yet and according to what he could understand she was now a werewolf, it made him wonder if she would have trouble coping with her two sides?Looking around made it clear to Danté Alister might have overstepped, the snowy surroundings lit up by the still proudly full moon and as much as he wanted to see Rebecca, he didn't want to get eaten by her."They are still wolves, maybe we should wait until dawn?" He asked but Alister only held a hand up."Drakkon" he said and a sparkle of blue emitted from his palm, then Danté saw amazed a tiny dragon form of ice and crawl around in his hand "If merely listening to the word didn't tell you it means dragon, you know now""What kind of magic is this? Is it similar to a warlock?" Danté asked.Amber couldn't resist and brought her hand over from the back seats."Drakania" she said and a tiny dragon of fire a
Alister led the group into the small town but the very idea that this might as well be a wolf cave they're entering hung like a cold wet towel over Danté's shoulders, he subconsciously drew his coat back and placed a hand on his revolver."Let hang that arm" Alister said looking back "We don't indicate hostility, that's how you die the quickest here, no one touches a weapon"Danté swallowed softly and closed his coat again, even swallowing made him worry about doing it too loud."You're on edge" Villa said."Of course, see this as the valley of wolves, and this is the den"Suddenly one landed in front of them snarling, Alister recognised him as Alexander and held his hands up "We come in peace""With two silver hunters!? I can practically smell the blasted silver on them!""Alex! We came to ask your help!" Alister said loudly as more wolves landed all around them, some appearing in the windows of abandoned buildings."Help with w
Both men braced but Daniel's expected fast launch landed on an expecting Danté's jaw, strength, Danté knew he would have it, and flying through the air gave him a quick moment to assess how fast he needed to move in order to stay ahead.Ghouls are the least dangerous, but still deadly, and using every ounce of his strength and speed dripped in adrenaline, that's what he needed to use.Crashing into the snow he barreled back to his feet and dove sideways to avoid Daniel's football charge, as he passed Danté readied again, it wasn't about landing fists or kicks, this was about exploiting the weakness of a body drained of blood, all Danté needed to do was prevent him from attempting to suck his blood, but that attempt would cost Daniel, it was something Danté waited for him to do."Stand still you bastard!" Daniel yelled coming over fists lifted.'Not yet' Danté thought lifting his own fists, Daniel wanted to fight, and a fi
Meeting your maker, it had a nice ring to it, Danté and Rebecca knew they were about to face a predicament that might as well mean the end of them, but the fact that humans took it upon themselves to fight this secret war against the great wolves means they couldn't hide like cowards."Danté, why are you so anxious to do this?" She asked waiting for Raphael to join them in his office.He stood watching New York from that highest set window, like dominoes the buildings stood stacked and ready to be toppled over, would that be the case if wolves the size of houses came here to fight it out?"I don't have words to say, I wished I knew about these great wolves earlier, although now, being with you in our current circumstances, I'd wish for it no other way" he said turning to her.She smiled and came over to embrace him "How are you coping?""Its still new, I smell every human that passes me and feel my mouth water, but as long as you stick with me I'll be fine" he said an
Feeling its better Raphael explained the news Ray led Danté and Rebecca down to the dining hall, they found him and Lilith digging into a plate of breakfast, and he was enjoying it clearly by the way he closed his eyes whilst chewing."You know" he said lifting a slice of bacon "As a vampire the only human delicacy I got to enjoy was alcohol, I mixed some with blood and stored it in wine bottles to make it seem more authentic, but who was I kidding? This food, the real taste of wine fruit and cooked meat is way better than I could ever have imagined"Lilith smiled at him whilst chewing, nodding in agreement."I'm glad you enjoy it Raphael" Tala said.Danté and Rebecca sat down opposite him and the servants handed them each a plate of food as well, they dug in realizing for the first time how hungry they were."Something isn't right" Danté said between bites "I've never suddenly been this hungry before!"Rebecca first swallowed "Its
Danté lied on his back with Rebecca in his arms, they decided to cover with blankets for no reason at all, seeing each other bare was now so normal it felt right, they were comfortable seeing one another in all forms.Rebecca sighed softly and looked up to him "So what's next?""Well..." He said and stroked her back under the covers "Anything, as long as I get to do it with you"She smiled and lifted her heel to hook it over his leg and draw it away from the other "We can go for another round?""That sounds fun" he said and kissed her.She climbed on top of him getting ready "This time you don't turn me over, got it?" she said positioning."As you wish" he said but suddenly the door of the room burst open, Ray was in and out, his shocked face the last thing they saw before the door slammed shut."Boy! How dare you!" He screamed from behind it.Danté felt his guts knot when he realized what he had done, he pushed her off but she w
Danté wanted to treat her like pure gold, or according to his mind a diamond in the rough, she still stood holding the blanket around her, he stood holding her and only her blanket was parting their naked bodies from one another.Her lips soft, he kissed her delicately, that time in the back of the rental hatchback was a moment of alcohol induced pleasure he didn't want to repeat now, not here.No, he wanted to treat her right, every woman probably deserved it, and Rebecca was no exception regardless of what she was.She changed the pace slightly and bit his lip, holding it in her teeth softly and prevented him from pulling back, she felt his smile against het lips and opened her eyes, close to each other's faces, their eyes deep into one another, the senses he received from her bite allowed him to hear her heart race, she was excited.She let go of his lip but stood with a face red as the blanket she held, then under the one he held to cover them he felt
Maybe in the days his parents still lived he experienced this feeling, true joy, freedom, he didn't give a damn what Jasper said, all Danté wanted to do was be with Rebecca.She was still ahead, they played this game of tag all night, finding things to do with each other, games to play.It was almost sunrise when she suddenly turned ahead of him and he stopped before hitting her, she in return jumped towards him and dove him over.They both laughed when she pinned him to the ground, the moment eased out and they watched each other closely.He decided to say it first "I know I threw your life upside down, and I'm sorry""I was angry at you in the beginning, but the more I got those small moments with you, moments like this, it sorta just faded away" she said leaning in and lying on his chest."I promise I'll never do wrong by you again""Neither will I" she answered giving his face a lick.Danté couldn't help push her face a
Raphael fell back in his chair, the thoughts running through his head of what Jasper said, only after everyone around the table sat down did he look up."Did I hear him correctly? The feud between wolves and vampires in our world was only the tip of the ice berg?""Correct" Vlad said "I myself don't know the finer details, but the day I was made into a vampire Jasper warned me that I'm allowed to test my new power, but under no circumstance may I expose it to man kind carelessly""And the fact that he said he watched us, means we were like test subjects to him?" Ray asked."Yes again, he wanted to see what the power of the vampire held" Vlad said."You think he was happy with the results? Currently I feel like my whole life I was living in a cage like an animal, monitored at all times to see what I do" Victor said."Its one way to say it, only now It's finally over, we are finally in reality about what's happening in the real world of the supernatural"
It was a dream of Rebecca to become a fighter pilot, the day she told Benson that it wasn't a joke, now though seeing an actual military strike on something like the pyramids had her stunned silent.She looked at Jasper as he still stood chuckling at their faces, he then lifted his shoulders to a shrug and held his hands up."The men responsible for that are not hunters persé, they're humans who who abandoned their military and took it upon themselves to combat great wolves, you see they accidentally stumbled upon werewolves, the good ones add that, and found out about this feud between us wolves""So they just upped and blew a pyramid up? Is that truly what it takes to kill a great wolf?" Ray asked."Well there are more lenient ways I'll admit, but this plan was seventeen years in the making..." Jasper said looking at Rebecca "You where three years old when this happened, and since then its been a wild goose chase all around the world, accept they never s
It was a celebration, friends and enemies of old now sat together at the table talking and reminiscing, the apologies were shot in all directions but above all they decided to make amends and start anew.Ray allowed them to talk, Villa with Saffira, Raphael did some needed catching up with Lilith, then of course Vlad and Rachel couldn't share their attention to anyone but each other.Only Tala sat quietly next to him, she also adored the new life around this table, to Tala's right sat Hannah, her quiet smiling stare at her mother and father said it all, she was deeply happy.Ray then scanned and saw missing faces "Where is Rebecca and Melany?" He asked Tala and she also looks around."Don't know, I am aware Melany went to talk to Rebecca in her room, she was also tasked to bring Rebecca down for dinner?"Ray sat back when a servant placed a plate of food down in front of all of them, he smiled at the woman when she stood back "My gratitude, it must be
Rebecca and Melany came running into to the cemetery and found the grave severely disturbed."What blasphemy is this!?" Melany yelled first, it was clear the grave was empty, all around it the wood splinters of the coffin laid in shambles."I'm going to kill whoever did this!" Rebecca yelled but was silenced by a roar in the distance.The two women stood looking into the forest bordering the castle grounds, then looked at the scene."Could it be? It looks like this grave was pushed out from within?" Melany said and looked at Rebecca."Let's find out if that roar wasn't the one who dug this grave up" Rebecca said and ran out towards the forest."Maybe you should look at the moon Rebecca! That roar came from something that sounded rather large!" Melany called as she ran with her.They broke into the trees an stopped to listen, there was the noise of an animal in distress, it made them run again."Rebecca! Look at the moon!" Melany yelled but the