Marco grabbed the towel out of Anna’s hand and passed it to Lyle who covered Lewis with it. He put the other body in the galley closet to get it out of sight, and then walked back into the cockpit and grabbed the headset and mic. “Santorini tower this is Gulf Stream November Alpha 2563 declaring an emergency. We are at 38,000 feet. Pilot and Co-pilot are down. In need of walk through assistance for landing.” Marco had the headset on so only he could hear the response. There was a brief pause while he listened to the directions from the tower. “Roger Santorini will hold at 38,000 feet and await further instructions.” Marco took off one earpiece and turned back to the others in the main area. “They are getting someone to walk us through landing. You guys better batten down the hatches and buckle up. Lyle when your done I will need you up here. “ Marco put the earphones back in place and focused forward Amaris and Anna grabbed all the plates of food and threw them in the dish tray in th
Marco said nothing as the officer moved behind him and handcuffed him and led him out of the plane. Lyle’s face showed the shock of betrayal clearly, but he too went quietly. Amaris and Anna were stood up and also handcuffed. Anna struggled and the woman who was trying to restrain her asked for help from Christos. He grabbed her firmly and leaned down and whispered in her ear. Anna looked up in surprise and horror as she froze like as statue. The woman finished handcuffing her and led her out of the plane without another word. Amaris was the last to be led out of the plane. The emergency personel had mostly left. Christos walked down behind Amaris and the female agent who was walking with her. He said a few words to the security officer who had been arguing with Marco earlier, and then the security officer walked away and began giving his men orders. Christos’ men began to file on board with equipment and two stretchers. Amaris was led with the rest to the waiting Land Rovers, and put
Christos led Amaris and Lyle around the corner and down a side street. “I will warn you. Jason’s car is a bit cramped.” Looking around as they walked down the street, Amaris could see what he meant. There were many smaller fiats, and other economy sized cars parked around them. Amaris was expecting Christos to walk up to one of the cars parked along the side of the street. Instead they stopped in front of a garage. The key chain that Jason had handed him had 2 remotes on it. Christos held out the larger of the two and pushed a button. The garage door opened to reveal a bright orange Lamborghini. Amaris was not familiar with cars but knew enough from the logo on the nose of the car that it was a Lamborghini. Lyle however stood there with his mouth open. "Is that a Lamborghini Sian? They only made 19 of those. How the hell did a kid like Jason get one of these. The bakery business must be really good.” Christos laughed. “This would not be what i would choose to spend my money on but the
“Are these real then?” Asked Amaris. “Do these show real werewolf history?” She said without turning. She was still staring at the carving that told an entire story. “Yes. Many of the true stories of the werewolves were turned into stories of the gods by the Greeks and Romans.” Lyle and Amaris looked at each other. This was an amazing find. It had been hidden away from the world like so many other things in order to protect and keep hidden the exhistance of werewolves. “Follow me. The Oracle is not able to see you at the moment, she is in meditation, but we will get you a room to be able to freshen up before your audience.” Christos led them down the rest of the hallway and to a door darkened by time. Once through the door Christos had to push through a b;ack curtain and out into an exquisite room that looked like something out of a Greek fresco.It was a round room surrounded by columns with fabric drapes everywhere. There were divans and large opulent chairs set in groups around the
“Hey guys! How is it going?” Came a familiar voice into both of their heads. “Oh my god!! I love Greece! You are never going to guess what!!” Silence. Startled, Amaris and Lyle had flown apart. Lyle standing up on the floor next to the bed and Amaris grabbing a pillow from the bed and rolling away to cover herself. Both were breathing heavy, looking around the room. “Guys? Are you asleep?” It was Anna. Both Amaris and Lyle looked at each other and burst out into laughter. The voice had scared them. “We are here Anna. What's going on? DId you find out anything?” Lyle answered. “Are you okay? You sound out of breath. Who knew that you could sound out of breath in your mind.” Amaris’ face flushed bright red like she had been caught, even though Anna could not see a thing, she felt like she had been caught. “No this place has a lot of stairs.” Lyle said with a big grin on his face. “Oh wow! Well we are here at the bakery. This place has the most amazing bakla
Amaris opened her eyes. She was warm and snuggled up to Lyle’s side. She had her head on his chest, and his arms were around her. She had a warm glowing feeling. It felt like it was radiating out of her. There was also this strange connection now between her and Lyle that had not been there before. It was like. She could feel exactly what he was feeling. The joy and contentment coming from him was overpowering. She could not help but feel that way too. She decided to get up and take a shower. She needed to wrap her head around what she and Lyle had just done. She did not regret it, but it did mean that so many things in her life had just changed. She still had no idea about what was so special about her that people were willing to kill to get to her. She hoped now that she and Lyle were mated that much of that would stop and that she would be able to find out what the rest of the prophecy was and be able to go back to a normal life and settle down with her new ... Husband? No that was
Christos led the trio around the corner at the end of the corridor into an underground aqueduct. It was used as a way to bring goods in and out without being seen. Christos went to the row of boats and began untying all of them. He pushed all but one of them out into the flowing water and motioned for Amaris and Lyle to get into the last one. It was a gondola. There were not many of these to be found here since the island was so small and there were no canals for them to be used in. Christos moved to the back of the narrow boat and grabbed the forcola and began to propel the tiny boat in the direction of the mouth of the tunnel. The opening was opaque and it was impossible to see where they were going. They could not risk a light or they might be seen. There were footsteps pounding down the stairs. The sound tapered off as they went further in. The tunnel was dark. They could see absolutely nothing. The only thing they could hear was the moving water and the gentle circular motion of
“Well, Mari warned us just in time. We started to turn back, and then the guys with the gun showed up. They started firing on us right away. They definately had no intention of taking us hostage or even letting us live. Lucky for us they can’t shoot the broad side of a barn.” Anna tried to ease the tension on Amaris’ face. “We were able to take a secret pathway that Jason knew about behind one of those carvings. The guys with guns must not have seen us, because we got away. Then Lyle reached out to Marco and told him to meet us here, so here we are.” Anna said holding her arms out like a gameshow host.Amaris run up and gave Anna another hug. Then she rounded on Lyle. “Why didn’t you tell me you contacted them?” Amaris vented her frustration. “Yes. I’d like to know that too. You told us you did not have your cellphone.” Christos added looking at Lyle. Lyle shot a look at Anna and Amaris who suddenly realized what they had just done. Lyle now walked over to stand next to Marco. He tur
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