The rain started in heavy and kept falling. At first it was a pleasant sound to sleep to, but the relentless pounding, in the end, woke everyone. After a while their convenient sand bar started to get wet. As the water rose it started coming up through the floor of the tent. Amaris began feeling cold and within moments realized that she was getting wet. "The tent is getting wet on the inside too." Amaris said sitting up suddenly. Amaris and Lyle scrambled up as they heard the cries of surprise from the others in the other tent. Looking around the tent they could see that the water was starting to rise and they soon realized that they too were starting to flood. They could no longer stay here. Lyle grabbed the two backpacks that were at their feet and handed one to Amaris. “Fit everything that you can in these. If you come across anything that is waterproof that we could put over Gran, hold it aside. We will need it to move her out of here.” Amaris grabbed everything she could we
Amaris was now in a panic. Not only did she need to get out of the river, but the only one there to save her was someone that she did not know. The tent was beginning to sink as the weight of the water filling it was pushing it downward. The ropes had become so tangled around Amaris’ feet in the water that it was making it hard for her to kick to stay afloat. There was no one else in sight. If she did not let this wolf pull her out of the water she would drown. She had no choice but to trust the wolf and hope that it was just some wandering wolf that came across her by chance and was willing to risk its life and jump into the river to try and save her.She swam as hard as she could with the weight of the ropes on her. Her efforts were not gaining her much ground. The wolf pulling her was strong and did not faulter. It was pulling hard on the back of her jumpsuit in the direction that it had come from. Amaris decided that it would be better to just get out of the river and then sort
Amaris sucked in a breath. She never dreamed that Marco was helping Adam. “But then Gran contacted me and told me to find you. She said that you were in the river and to get you safe. They will meet us there.” Marco continued unaware that Amaris’ heart rate had just spiked in fear. “Gran is awake?! Where are they? Is everyone else ok?” Marco looked at her questioningly. “I do not know. Gran contacted me in a dreamscape and told me to take you to my hunting cabin. I built it a few months ago and Gran is the only other person who knows where it is.” Marco explained.“A dreamscape? What is that?” Amaris asked curious. There were so many things in this new world that she knew nothing about. “I will let her explain it to you since she is the witch. Come. We need to get moving. “. Marco waved her on and then walked into the forest. Amaris was still frozen in her spot. What did he mean Gran was a witch. Did he mean a literal one? Marco stopped again and turned back to Amaris. “We need to
Anna bounded into the bathroom and gave Amaris a big hug. Amaris was so relieved and happy to see her that she nearly crushed her with the hug that she gave her. “Your alive and safe!” Anna gushed as she pulled back from Amaris. “Why didn’t you message me?” Amaris looked at Anna funny “What do you mean? I was washed away by the river. I don’t even have a clue where my phone is.” Shaking her head no, Anna raised her hand and pointed to her head “You know, the telepathy thing. It came in handy before I figured you would be able to use it again.” Amaris stood still not sure what to say. She had not even thought about it after that moment of panic in the river. “I’m sorry, I was so caught up in trying to get untangled and get out of the river before I drowned that I did not even think to link you back and let you know that I was safe. Once Marco got me out we headed here as fast as we could. We were trying to avoid anyone else out in the woods. I guess I was too focused on trying to liste
He waves Lyle over, and Amaris follows behind too. Marco turns back to his computer monitor but scoots his chair to one side so that Lyle can take a look. It was video footage from a camera. The footage was grainy, black and white, and was from a camera mounted high up but you are still able to see that the man on the screen is Adam. He appeared to be waiting for someone. After a few seconds, a dark colored car pulls up and rolls down the window. It was a woman at the wheel. Adam bent down and kissed her. They spoke for a few minutes. The conversation became an argument, and the woman sped off without any warning. Marco rewound the video and played it again, but slowed it down to the part where the woman’s face was the most visible. He froze the screen and asked Lyle “Do you know her?” As he brought up an enlargement of her face. Amaris gasped and put her hand over her mouth. Anna and her parents had now come over to see what they were looking at. Anna spoke first, pointing to the scre
Their little group stared at each other for a minute. Marco was the first one to regain his senses and get to work on the computer station in front of him. Anna turned and put an arm around Amaris and brought her over to the station that she had been working at earlier. Pulling a chair up Amaris looked at the screen. “So what are you doing?” Amaris asked Anna. Anna was typing furiously and clicking on different screens quickly.“I’m trying to find the actual prophecy wording on the internet. It used to be available on most of the official werewolf websites, but now all I can find are paraphrased versions of it. It’s like someone doesn't want anyone to know what it really says. Thye only want their version of the prophecy out there. Or at least their condensed take on what it says. They all say the same thing. I have a few more places to check. The only other place to find it is the original document that was written down by the prophettess herself. That is in the hall of the sooths
Marco told Anna and Amaris to get all the provisions that they could find together and pack them in the remaining 2 backpacks. Anna was delighted when she found Marco's stash of caramello bars in the cabinet. He too had hidden spaces in the walls that had packs of things ready to go. "Marco, are all werewolves so paranoid? Lyle had a wall stash just like this." Amaris complained. Marco spun around in his chair to look at her with a big grin. "Who do you think he learned it from?" Marco chuckled to himself and turned back to his computer and printed some info. Standing up with the papers in hand, he stowed them in his back pack and moved toward the door shutting down monitors as he went."Are you girls ready to go?" Marco stood up and grabbed his coat and openned another cabinet in which a box was sitting by itself. He lifted the box and pulled the bottom flaps and out fell a passport. "I don't suppose that either of you girls have passports?" "I Do. It's back at my house though." Ann
They rode in the truck for a while in silence after that. Amaris heard Anna’s voice in her head. “Testing, Testing. Does this still work?” Amaris let out a small giggle. “Yes it still works.” she mind linked back. Marco made a brief look over at them. He seemed to be considering them for a minute and then said “Can you do that with anyone or just her?” Looking at Amaris briefly before looking back at the road. Amaris was dumbfounded. How did he know?“I am not sure. I’ve never tried it with anyone else.” “Try it with me now.” Marco said expectantly. Amaris did not know how to make it work with anyone else. It just happened with Anna. She closed her eyes and thought hard "Hello Marco" over and over. Suddenly he started laughing. "I can hear you." Came his reply back in her mind. "How long have you been able to do this?" Marco inquired curiously, out loud this time. "Since the incident at the firepit. It just sort of happened. I had no idea that I could talk to anyone else this
Amaris and Lyle sat at the table in the RV which had now become their home. They had settled into their life together on the run. They drove through the European countryside acting like all the rest of the tourists. They stayed away from areas that were known concentrated werewolf areas. They fell into their day-to-day routine, and Lyle had even taught Amaris how to drive the RV. Amaris was starting to show now, and Lyle was concerned that she did not have the proper doctor's care for her pregnancy. More than once he had tried to see if he could find a pack doctor that was willing to see her that was not loyal to the crown. However, they were in Europe, where the werewolves were most loyal to the King or Queen, since they were so close to them. He had not had any luck. They had not had any contact with anyone that they knew, as they had planned. Lyle had bought a burner phone in case of an emergency, but had not even turned it on yet so that there was no way to trace them. To further
Amaris bent down to see Anna at her feet holding her bleeding leg. She had changed back and was now naked. Amaris stripped off her hoodie and gave it to her grateful best friend. "Are you okay?" Amaris asked Anna while looking over to see if Lyle had moved. "I'll be fine. It's nothing Taji can't take care of when he gets back. Go check on your mate." Anna said watching the torn look on Amaris' face. Amaris looked back and gave Anna's shoulder a squeeze, and then hurried to Lyle. Amaris dropped to her knees between Lyle and The King's corpse. Lyle was breathing. It was as if he was asleep. Amaris knew that he must be like the others that she had brought back. It would drain her of her energy to do it. Then she took a look at the area around her. There were so many men and women that were injured and needed help. She knew that Taji could not do it all on his own. Amaris thought about how to heal them all for a moment, and then came up with an idea. She took a deep breath and closed her
Alexis and Andreas' men were attacking in their wolf form. They were coming in from every side, and from the look of it they had The King's men out numbered. The clearing was in an uproar with men and wolves everywhere. Before Amaris knew what was happening, Lyle had transformed into his wolf and leaped between her and The King. His muzzle wrinkled as he bared his teeth and growled in warning. The King looked at him and merely laughed. He reached behind him and grabbed the staff that he had back at the palace. Lyle seemed to recognize it and backed up a few steps. The King laughed at his retreat. "Smart lad. Hand her over and I will not have to use it." Lyle backed up a few more steps and this time he leaned into Amaris pushing her back too. The fighting was still going on around them. Many of The King's men lay upon the ground, and most of the rest were fighting two or three wolves now, since they were severely out numbered. Amaris saw that many of the wolves were making their way cl
Lyle walked around the back of the house to the UTV as the truck drove away. He climbed in and looked at Amaris. "Decoy." He said with a thumb over his shoulder. "Where did you find him? He looks like your doppleganger." Amaris asked amazed. "Funny thing. When I went to get some of those items that we needed earlier, he was the supply clerk that helped me. I asked him to help me out this evening by taking the truck out for a test drive to see if the repairs I made earlier are going to hold. I told him I needed to drive a short way behind to see if it was okay." Lyle laughed again. "So that poor guy has no idea that he is bait?" Amaris was getting ready to get out of the UTV. "I did tell him that since we were hiding out that we need to be extra vigilent for the possibility of attack, which is more likely since we have been here for a while." Amaris got angry. "Lyle, that poor man could get killed because they think that he is you!" She turned and yelled at him. "We
Amaris' mouth hung open for a moment, and then anger grew. "Who? Who whipped you?" Lyle turned to look at her, then down to the floor. "Adam and Sveta. They were made for each other. They are equally twisted and driven by their need for power." Lyle said with a dismissive tone and then almost mechanically started taking the rest of his clothes off. It was clear that he did not want to continue this conversation any further. Amaris walked over and lifted his face to hers from his bent over position. "I'm sorry." She said in a whisper that cracked from the emotion behind it. "I did not want any of this, least of all for you to be hurt." she kissed his cheek tenderly. Lyle dropped the clothes that he was holding and put his arms around her. "This is not your fault. Don't ever think that. This is not something that you chose. You were as much thrown into this as the rest of us. This is all the fault of the ones who have greed and lust in their heart. The ones who have
Lyle dropped it back into the pack and put a few things in from the pile that he had set aside to go into the truck. Then he grabbed the pack that Amaris was filling and sorted through her things. He found a tracker there too. "Well, at least we know it wasn't Kliman. He never touched your pack." Lyle said as he moved over to the doorway of the barn. Sitting against the wall of the barn were a few dozen hiking packs waiting to be filled. Lyle grabbed two from the end and handed one to Amaris. "Fill them with everything that you will need. Only one extra set of clothes, and a couple extra pairs of socks and underware. Food, and matches, and so on." Lyle was moving so quickly that Amaris was not sure what to grab first to stay out of his way. "Quickly! We need to do this before he gets back, or anyone else comes along and sees us." They both hurried and filled their packs and then Lyle took them both and told Amaris to stay there and he would be right back. While Lyle wa
When Amaris' hand touched the young man's arm she suddenly was transported to another time. It was night here. There was the unmistakable sounds of fighting. Growls, and yelling all around her. The young man that Amaris had just been talking to was in front of her hiding behind a tree. He held some sort of black box in his hand and loooked to be waiting for something. "Where are we?" She asked the young man in a whisper as she stepped closer to him. The man did not respond. He did not even look at her. She reached up to tap him on his shoulder. Her hand went right through him. Amaris jumped back startled. She stared at her own hand, and then tried to touch the tree next to her. Her hand passed through that too. She took another look around her. She realized that the man standing next to her was speaking. "They are leaving now. Green transport truck. She is hidden in the back under the tarp. Out" The man said. He was putting the box away and turned to leave in th
Amaris stood there frozen and watched the back of Gran as she walked out of the room. She slowly sank back down on the couch next to Lyle again. He still had not moved from his spot, but seemed to be in deep thought. Amaris brought Lyle out of his stupor by grabbing his hand. "Did she just say what I think that she said? Are we going to have a baby?" Amaris thought about what Gran had said 'Little ones'. What did she mean? Was she talking about our children in the future? Amaris felt just like she often had lately after talking to Gran, more confused. Lyle took a deep breath and turned to Amaris. "According to the tapestries that we saw earlier, you and I will have one set of twins. A boy and a girl. Like you they will also have powers. Which means that like you they will also be hunted by others for what they can do." Lyle hung his head. He did not want to think about his children being hunted anymore than he wanted to think about Amaris being hunted. Now it was Ama
Amaris sat back and looked at Gran who had a big grin on her face. Anna walked over and squeezed in between Lyle and Amaris. "Sorry Romeo, but we need to get this meeting moving, and you just can't help yourself." She said patting Lyle on the shoulder at his disappointed look. Lyle rubbed the back of his neck again and smiled raising his hands in the air. "Got me." There were a few laughs and then everyone turned back to Gran. "Well, as I was saying. We will be splitting up." Everyone gathered around her nodded. Gran had presented this idea already, and no one seemed to disagree with her. "Lyle you will be taking Amaris and hiding. NONE of us is to know where you are." Amaris' eyes grew wide and worry now crept in. Up to this point she had been able to stay safe because she had the help of a lot of people. She did not want anyone else to die, and she was afraid that she would get Lyle killed if he felt that he was her only line of defense. Gran pointed a finger at Amari