By the time they had entered the central city, it was late afternoon, the sun was on the west angle of the sky.Instead of heading for his mansion, Wayne had ridden them directly to the heart of the city. To a large, tall building that had several floors and was bustling with activity.He got down from the horse, Jason also alighted from the cage carriage and drew up close.Candice was expecting him to order Jason to take her home, but instead, he held out his hand for her to descend. She took his hand and alighted as well."Return to the mansion, I will be back shortly," he ordered Jason. "Come with me," he said to her and he walked into the big complex.Candice waved at Jason "Take care of your wrist when you get home," she said and then followed after Wayne.Coming into the complex, her eyes took in all she saw. This place was huge, there were huge statues of carved sculptures, in a row, and behind each statue was a top to bottom portrait of men. No doubt, each of them had been kin
As they came outside the complex, a black, polished coach with horses was waiting for them.He opened the door and held it for her, she got in and took a seat, and he joined her. The coachman whipped the horses and the carriage began to move.Candice looked around this strange coach, she had never been in one before. She had seen it in many classical movies, but in her world, they had gone extinct. What people usually utilized as a form of transportation were cars, bikes, trains, and airplanes that usually ran on petrol or diesel. A few population drove Tesla cars that were electronic, but a vast percentage of the population used vehicles that functioned on fossil fuel."Why are there no cars on plane Woede? I know you have been to my own world, you have seen the development there," she asked.Wayne's eyes were focused on the view outside the window as they rode by "It is not as simple as you think, the matter is complex.""What is making it complex? I know money is not the problem,"
"That was fast Wayne," a smooth feminine voice said.Candice did not see the person that had spoken, as she stepped into this lavish house that was designed with state-of-the-art modern interior décor. The inside of the house looked nothing like the outside. Her eyes roamed this spacious beautiful apartment as she heard the clattering of metals from behind the kitchen island."I must say I am surprised you actually used the bead to inform me you're coming-" a lady rose up from below the kitchen counter. Her words trailed off as she saw her, and then she smiled briefly "Oh you must be Candice."Candice inclined her head, wondering how she knew her. It seemed like everyone knew her around here before she even had the chance to meet them."Wayne, I see why you informed me of your visit, very unlike yourself," the lady said turning her attention to Wayne.Just like most of the women Candice had seen in recent times, she was beautiful. She had long curly red hair with big round honey brown
"What?" Wayne asked looking perplexed.Candice who had been acting oblivious, but observing them from her position on the couch, inclined her ears. Interested to hear what was causing the decline in the hinterlands.Sabine resumed her reading "Any plane affected who desires to overcome must take off the branch from the tree of life, grind it to powder, and pour it over the dead shard. Once the piece crumbles to dust, the veil shall once again be made whole. This is a tested and trusted remedy."Sabine clasped the book closed after she was done reading and folded her hands across her chest. She looked up at Wayne who had begun to rub his chin in thought, his eyes grew hooded in contemplation."Don't even think about it Wayne, it's impossible.""It seems to be the only way," he grated."Do you know where the tree of life is? It is planted in Hades' lair. Would you enter the realm of the immortals? It's dangerous," she objected."How ironical, that the tree of life should be hidden in a
"This is the alleged tree of life? It's all over the United States of America," Candice purred over the image.Sabine snapped the book shut "It may look like it, but it is nothing like it."Candice raised her hands up in surrender as she took a few steps back. She was beginning to observe that the hot lady disliked her methods being questioned. She would not meddle in her 'business' with Wayne."I am ready to proceed," Wayne said wriggling his shoulders and stretching out his limbs, physically preparing himself for his mission."Okay, hold on a bit," Sabine said and rummaged in her cupboards for something. She finally pulled out a handful of sage along with a black chalk. She lit it up on her stove and began to move around Wayne, holding the smoke to him. After which she rubbed the black chalk in the middle of his forehead, the chalk absorbed into his skin."Why are you doing that? Is it some sort of ritual?" Candice couldn't help but ask."It is to mask his scent and protect him. The
Wayne stood at the edge of the cliff.Sabine's portal had taken him straight to the area where the immortal realm trans- versed on the earth's plane. His walk from where he had crossed over to this spot, was a moderate walk of about two kilometers. On his way up here, he had passed through eucalypt groves, plenty of dead trees, and hollow logs strewn around. Red and grey gums grew along subsidence cracks and stringy bark, and narrow-leaved trees dotted the landscape. All these reminded him of the exact state of the hinterlands, strengthening his resolve.Hades' lair as the amortals referred to it, was located in Sydney, Australia. The humans had named it 'Burning Mountain', because of a mysterious, never-quenching fire which burned from thirty meters underground up to the surface and expelled a continuous cloud of smoke through the vent, consuming the elevated plateau and leaving it bare and barren. Humans believed that the fire had been raging for over five thousand years. Well, they
Candice raised her glass to Sabine "Cheers."Sabine clinked glasses with her "Cheers girl."They were sprawled out, side by side, on two separate mats on the seashore. It was an evening beach party; the place was packed full of people or rather beings in different bathing suits.While most of the ladies wore sexy, colorful bathing suits, the males wore nice briefs or boxers. A beach fire had been set up and they were together in a group, dancing around the fire. The style of dance was the La Bamba dance of Mexico.Sabine and her didn't join in on the dance, they were more focused on the mocktails that were being served around. And were both on their third glasses since arrival with a large bowl of potato crackers and avocado dipping.She didn't expect that she would be enjoying the party so much. Unlike the Wolfen plane of Woede where everybody acted very strict, and courteous. Adhered to a rank system, and practiced monarchy. Much like old Britain.However, this place was different.
At that moment, a male walked up to them out of the dance group.He was beckoning on them to join in the dance.They both politely declined, but he would not budge. He held onto Candice's hand, pleading with her to join him. When his persuasion was getting too dramatic, Sabine urged her to join him for a short dance.Immediately they got to the dance floor, the music on the stereo changed from a rowdy La Bamba to a slow salsa.Males and Females broke up from the circle into a pair of twos."Can you dance the salsa?" The bare-chested, hot-looking guy asked."I don't know how to dance any dance," she said shyly.Honey-colored eyes winked at her "Anyone can dance. Especially someone so beautiful as you," he said taking her hands "just follow my lead, beautiful."Unsure of what to do, she let him hold her hands and lead her. They began to move with slow steps.The male was well built with an athlete's body, he was five feet nine inches. A good height compared to her small frame, his hair
Bernice lay awake on the saddle cloth that Rojan had spread out for her on the ground.A few hours had gone by after he had administered the cure to her wound.He used a small pebble to pound the petals against a rock and added droplets of water, to turn it into a thick paste. Then he instructed her to lie still and proceeded to smear it onto her wound.Initially, it had burned and sizzled, disappearing into her wound. Eventually, the burn had faded and she lay quiet, with time passing by.Her eyes wandered over to Rojan who sat quietly on the slab, with his errant thoughts."Rojan?" She called to him."Yes," he answered."When do you think we can go home?" She asked.He was quiet for a few minutes, before saying "I do not know."He did not know?"I don't think we need to wait for my leg to heal before we can leave," she offered."Uhuh," he said vaguely.They had the cure and had retrieved the dragon's remains. She had had enough with this goddamned planet and was ready to leave. As q
Her hair ruffled in the cold night breeze.They were about a hundred feet above ground, flying on the back of the griffin.She was seated in front while Rojan sat behind her, controlling the reins.When he had led her out of the cave, back toward the animal. It had resisted him at first, refusing to let him aboard on its back. He began to pat its head, speaking in an unrecognizable tongue. Nuzzling it with his face and rubbing its feathers.To her amazement, when he tried to climb once more, it let him.Now they were soaring on its back, traveling away from the ice cave. She drew the jacket around her shoulders as a shiver rippled through her.She was beyond cold.Rojan's body heat behind her was helping a little bit, but asides the comfort that his presence gave her, she felt grateful to have survived.For a moment, she thought her life was over. The past ten days with that Jaguar leader were awful.He traveled non-stop around this planet, not giving a fuck if she was hungry, thirsty
Tsmeka gazed around, unsure where the voice was coming from.Rojan rose up and walked out "I mean, if you have fought so gallantly for it. It would not be bad if I shared it with you."Tsmeka's eyes narrowed to slits as he saw him "That was not my instructions, I was told to bring all of it.""Rojan!" Bernice rose up from her spot, her eyes were rounded with happiness as she saw him.He winked at her, gesturing for her to stay put as he advanced toward Tsmeka."I figured I could share a few pieces with you, but since you are rejecting my offer. I will not insist," he turned his attention back to Tsmeka and gave him a wry smile."You had an advantage before because I thought as a werewolf, you had no experience with a sword. But not this time," Tsmeka brandished his sword in both hands and charged him.Rojan waited for him to be few inches away before swerving to the side, he kicked him behind his left leg.Tsmeka staggered further and held himself before he fell. "You always fight dir
When things quieted and the ice cloud settled, he peeked up to see that regardless of the waves of vibrations expelled by the dynamites, it only created a path, like a doorway in the ice, instead of destroying the entire build-up.He saw the group of men walk into the ice doorway, and following them closely behind was the Jaguar, as he tentatively stole his way into the ice cave.Rojan waited till they had all entered, before making his way towards the entrance. Walking fast but silently, as he made his way in.He wondered what he had threatened Bernice with, but so far she was cooperating. She was quiet and noiseless as she obediently followed his lead.Something Rojan knew to be impossible when it came to her free will.Currently, he was inside the walls of the cave. Hiding behind a giant stalagmite that was protruding from the floor up to the ceiling.He peeked over the ice structure and saw the group of ten men inspecting the cave, then they gathered around an image.A cluster of
Rojan brought out the compass from his pocket and read it.The hands rotated along the cardinal points and settled on the west pole. Urging him to go left.He had been following this direction for the past ten days. At least he knew it was ten days because of the compass, indicating to him that 24 hours had passed.As for the climate of this planet, it was a never-ending night sky. No sunrise in sight, every time he had roused from his sleep hidden behind a boulder or a small rock enclave, it was always night.He had been following the direction of the dragon's remains because he knew that she would be somewhere in that direction.The Jaguar shifter leader had probably saved her from the enclosing horde of ghouls because he wanted something. If his aim was to kill her, he would not have bothered. Perhaps, he wanted to trade her in return for something.At this moment, he was tracking them in the direction of the dragon's grave. He knew the Jaguar shifter would be after the remains and
Who would have thought she would be looking at a creature of myth and instead of scurrying away in fear or feeling repulsed by the sight, she was eager to mate with it?The moon rays suddenly disappeared, rending everywhere into darkness, but his eyes glowed in the dark, like a car's headlamp.So scary, yet so beautiful.He started toward her and her heart skipped with every step he took. When he reached her, he snatched her up from the table and pulled her to him.A low growl rumbled in his chest as he grated "Mate."From how he now sounded, she was sure that his beast was at the fore."So finally, I meet with you, the other half of Wayne," she muttered to the beast.He did not respond to her salutation, he had other things on his mind as he spun her over and brought her down on all fours, knees and hands alike.Then he dropped down behind her, positioning himself in between her legs. She could feel him probe her flesh with the head of his penis.The cap was so big, it could barely f
His mouth possessed her so passionately, his tongue tangled with hers as he let go completely, giving himself up to the hunger that evidently besieged him.Candice felt his hands all over her body.From her ass to her boobs, then his tongue was in her ear, dipping and licking. He sucked on her earlobe, making her shiver.He began to back her toward his work desk. When her butt bumped into the edge, he reached behind her with his right hand and swept everything on the table to the ground.She turned her head to see the mess he just created, but before she could look, he lifted her to the desk surface and wedged himself between her legs. Fisting her nice blouse in his hands, he wrenched it apart. Tearing her nice peach top into pieces. Next, he found her bra and slit it apart with a claw, exposing her breasts to him.Damn.He was on fire, ravishing her with a ferociousness she had never seen before. It was as though she had turned off the 'safety valve' in his head and hit the 'unleash'
Candice kept staring at the clock in the living room.Tonight, she would wait right here till he returned.No more wondering.She was going to address it once and for all.She thought they were finally making some progress in their relationship, that things were looking good between them, only for him to become distant once more and start avoiding her, just after the intimacy they had shared in his shower.Could the blow job be the reason for his sudden detachment? Was it so bad that he wanted nothing to do with her anymore?She knew she had no experience in that aspect. In fact, she had dated one guy all her life and that was years back in college.Her knowledge about men was limited and her skills were kind of rusty from all those years of non-dating.But even if that was the case, shouldn't they talk about it like adults? Was avoiding her the best solution he could come up with?He could teach her how to pleasure him, she was open to learning. Since she had already made up her mind
Four days later."Dispatch the grains to the Hinterlands and give them seedlings for planting," Wayne said to the official in charge of Agriculture and Food security."Yes, my Lord Alpha," the official responded."I need you to also put out an announcement for volunteers, anyone who assists them in planting will reap rewards. Now that the land has healed to a large degree, we need to quickly sow seeds so by next season, the harvest will be plentiful," he said, stamping his seal on a paper document and handing it over to the official."I will do so immediately," the man received the document and gingerly exited the office.Belinda, his secretary, quickly walked in after the official "Shall I tell the next official to enter, sire?""Who is next?" he asked."The official in charge of Solid Minerals, Mines and Steel development," she answered."I will take a twenty-minute break and then we can resume the meetings according to schedule," he instructed."Yes, my Lord," she nodded and walked