Asena got the bottle and sat down with it, even so she still poured a glass full "I don't remember the last time I got drunk"
Tala saw the smile on her face, she clearly had not a worry in the world, it must be nice to be high alpha. She looked down at the glass of whisky, Tala smelled everything, the alcohol, the barley, even the wood of the keg it matured in, panic stricken she grabbed the glass and downed the lot, but that made her cough violently."Slow down pup!" Asena said laughing.Tala still coughed unable to speak, but Asena took the glass from her and poured another, Tala frowned through teared eyes."You want to get slaughtered, the worst is yet to come""What can be...*cough* what can be worse than death!?""Your little dream world, your happiness, the promises, the love, all shattered into thousands of pieces"Tala suddenly stood up and paced up and down, she didn't like the way Asena said that, even the semi cheerful expression on her17 Years ago...The large man gave a deep laugh, Claire was at this point so fed up with that voice she'd rather just drive the silver stake through her own heart, but she had to finish it here, the Fey queen had her people build this tomb, and she being the last one standing, couldn't let the efforts of everyone who fell here be in vain.It was the only way Claire could stop someone who can't die, stabbing him in his heart only turns him into a corpse, but take the stake out he awakens into a mummified state, blood is then needed to restore his strength but for Vlad Dracul, the Lord of all vampires, that is not a hard feat.Then the four rings forged by the witch Elaine, to be carried by the two kings of vampires. They use the strength in their stones to hide this tomb from everyone, the two rings of Sol covers it in the sun, the two rings of Luna, blankets it in the dark, The Luna rings also there to help a twin venom force a wolf, but no more twin bloods remain,
Skyler grabbed her magnefying glass again and was over the map, the first thing she saw was the pyramids, if looked at from the very top the pyramid was a square shape, but take away the left and right triangle, the top and bottom would be in the shape of an hourglass... Was this what the contact talked about? Or was it just false hope!?She scanned the dessert again and sure enough, very faintly she found another hourglass shape, she looked at it very closely, the quality of the photo was good enough to allow her to conclude that this wasn't a pixel misform of the dunes, there was something there, just like the pyramids she saw a clear indication of human construction, not natural formation.Skyler's eyes grew, this is it! It's another tomb! Right there! She placed the magnefying glass down right on top of it and grabbed the photo Frank gave her, but matching the two she saw no ruins there at all, the date on the photo showed that the satellite took this photo in th
"Miss..."Skyler groaned, slowly opening her eyes."Miss Stan...er"Her vision blurred, but she saw the two shapes in front of her, instinctively she backed away but hit a wall with the back of her head."What the fuck!?" She yelled and instead of feeling the pain in her head, she grabbed her neck, and sure enough she felt that pain as well, the two prick wounds healed yes, but soft patches of skin confirmed it."Meekah has alot of self control miss Stander, if I bit you I would have drained you dry""Are you for real!? Does this mean I'll become a vampire!?""No, only when our blood mixes with yours do you turn, but if you want to stay human, you will take us to that tomb"Skyler swallowed still rubbing the two marks on her neck."We can turn you of course, it would mean keeping a closer eye on you, bitten by a vampire means you become enslaved forever, so you have no free will. But we'll keep you human miss Stander, vampires canno
Claire fell on her bed, the heat was unbearable, even a cold beer only did that much to cool her down. Plans ran through her head, as long as there are vampires everywhere her movement are also limited, sure she can pick one or two off here and there, but by now they all know of Skyler, Claire keeps their communication under close eye.She looked over to her almanac, there is a full moon tonight, its the one night she can beat them at everything they throw, at the cost of being discovered, unlike vampires she doesn't necessarily blend in as a werewolf.The only thing Claire thinks she can do is save Skyler tonight, but she needed close contacts to help her disappear, its worth a shot, for better or worse she had to get Skyler away from those two, otherwise she'll have bigger problems to deal with if she doesn't.Claire sat up and took her phone, dialled a number then placed it on speaker."Jason hello""Hey Jason it's Claire""Claire! I take it yo
In the large room there was a round table, for obvious respective reasons, enough to hold more that twenty seats, though the room was wide the tension made it feel small.Raphael sat down on one chair, Ray next to him, on the complete opposite side Asena had her seat, but Tala had to remain standing, she was not a leader."They will start arriving shortly, I suggest no greetings to those you know, no speaking out of terms" Raphael said looking at those with him.Duke, Jane and Leopold stood behind Raphael against a wall, Ray could clearly see they where there to protect him.The first to arrive was Lilith, she gave the room a scan but upon seeing the familiar faces she just blinked and headed over, taking a seat next to Raphael.Farah arrived after, her seat next to Asena. Tala could see the pattern here, wolves one side, vampires on the other, still divided even if they are willing to be in the same room together.She felt bubbles in her stomach when s
Asena smiled "Yes, I am high alpha now""How?""Its hard to explain to a vampire, say it like this I've lived long enough, us wolves have enemies on all sides right? We are mindless beasts under the moon""Age? You say live long enough and high alpha might be achieved?""In a manner of speaking, I also found a new respect for the wolf and the moon, you'd be surprised that looking at the moon is one thing, but chasing it is a different story""Explain?""Try basking in moonlight for a week, it has to be that, I found a way to it"The entire room wasn't following her."I ran, a werewolf is faster than you might think, run from one side of the planet to another, where you can of course, and insure you follow the moon""You lie" Fitzgerald said."Yes, I'm sorry, it's a lie""How dare you!?" Raphael said."There are loads of secrets you vampires keep from us as well Raphael, why should I share my ultimate achievement with you?"
"So!? Whatcha running from!?" Jason called over the coms."I'm not sure you'll believe me if I told you" Skyler said trying to forget it as much as possible."I've seen alot of fuckedup shit in my life missy, trust me, I doubt you'll surprise me!"She decided to tell him half the truth "From the US government""What!?""Apparently two secret service agents wants to drag me into some bad shit, and Claire managed to get me out of it"Jason chuckled "Yeah, Claire Claire, is she still as beautiful as always?"Skyler nodded "She's a tough cookie""I know, that's why I like her so much, it's just sad that our worlds are very far apart, otherwise I'd marry her I swear"Skyler smiled and looked out the window, with the now pink sky she could see they were well over the dessert, she didn't even notice, in her mind they should be leaving the continent, not going deeper in."So, miss Stander, where are these tombs at?" Jason asked and Skyler we
There was a separate room large enough to hold a crowd, but those who came together stuck together. Chunks of raw bite sized meat was on a long table for the wolves, and champagne glasses with blood for the vampires.Tala stood watching this entire affair, in all her chaotic life she never saw this level of perfect considering the lot of them here are all monsters in their own way, she blinked and looked at another table, there atleast where normal food for the wizards and sorceresses."What's wrong Flufftail? I thought you would have cleaned this table by now?" She heard a voice, her own voice."Alpha"Reaching over she took a toothpick with three blocks of meat and slipped it into her mouth "You're doing well""Am not! Didn't you hear what just happened in there?""Are you sad?"Tala folded her arms "No, no I'm not" she said sarcastically."Well, its not a final verdict just yet, you heard those elders right? See ya"Tala watched
A dark corridor only lit up by faint light so weak the distance between them still darkened out, this was the path Villa took almost her entire life.With Rachel gone many years ago the only thing that drove her to continue was respect to the woman who rose her, taught her not only to be a huntress, but how to be a woman as well, and to make peace with being a hybrid.She was here for her last time, after Ray and Tala married she spent more time with them, got to know them, secretly still a huntress gathering information, but then the day came where Ray and Tala asked her a question that turned her world upside down.The greatest respect ever given to her, no reward, no kill, no trophy ever came close to it, a gift, a blessing, it made her open her eyes and see a brighter future, one free of blood.She first did a tour to ease her heart, and the first way took her to the Yard, where the silver test was conducted, the most horrid form of punishment, if you survive it, the
She's seen two castles in her life time but this one felt warmest even if it belonged to a vampire. Tala looked at herself in the mirror as Annette brushed her hair, never in her life has she felt this beautiful, always there in the forest, what leaves and trees wants to see a pretty werewolf? Mike also never cared of how she looked, and no other alpha even bothered.Annette saw how Tala bit her lip and smiled "Are you worried?""No, not worried..." Tala said and blinked "Am I, beautiful enough?""Is that a trick question?""You vampire women are the pretty ones, us wolves never cared about beauty, the males always wanted us to be strong, smart and fertile, never really caring about looks, so... I never cared..."Annette blushed at her view over it, then shrugged "You care so much about how you look, do you consider yourself beautiful?""Uh~ sort of?""Have you ever looked this pretty for anyone?""No""Then think of it this way, he found
The scent of him dragged her to a stop and her nose twisted around to make sure that was what she smelled.Ash stopped seeing her muzzle in the air with ears flat "What is it?""It's, its Ray, he's here!""Ray? Your vampire boyfriend?""My vampire fiancée!" She snarled at him."What will you do?""I'm going back""You heard your father! He told you to stay away from there"She didn't listen, not in full sprint as to knowing the dangers there she headed back, listening, her nose still taking it in, she came closer and closer, until just beyond the trees she saw them fight."Stay here" Ash whispered next to her, it was clearly a fight of epic proportions since no one else interfered, it went on for long and Tala's urges to join grew.The dim night started fading as the sun made its presence known, this made Tala worry, Ray showed clearly he didn't have a ring if Sol on, he fought like a true vampire, alongside her Alpha self, ho
Vlad and Tala engaged again, she swung a claw but he grabbed it and threw her, as she left his grip Ray came in and struck his face sending him back as Tala did.On the front foot Ray kept the attack going, he jumped up and landed in Vlad's gut but it was a mistake, Vlad grabbed his leg and stood up with him hanging, before Vlad could deliver a kick Tala had his arm in her jaws and pulled him from his feet, swinging and taring, managing not only to free Ray but tare away Vlad's arm and leaving him screaming.The two stood side by side watching the red in his eyes as he glared at his own bleeding stump, then his leer came to them "Don't get your hopes up just yet, you think this is the first time in lost an arm?"Both Ray and Tala felt a chill, Vlad stood upright and the blood dripping from his arm started spinning like thread, rebuilding that arm until it was fully whole."It hurts, I won't lie, but taring me apart will not mean my end, you need to dig deeper! Bu
Ray landed between them and placed Tala down, first pushing her aside to face Helga and Vlad. To him it was obvious this is his grandfather, the features laid deep, he saw his father in him.But now he was stuck between who to face first? Helga? Or Vlad?Vlad made it clear he was attacking the elders, so for now he could say Helga was the initial target, he turned to her, he didn't feel like making introduction to Vlad yet, Helga caused many wolves pain, she will fall here now."Boy, I don't know who you are, but she's mine" Vlad said."You look a little bloodied up, I recon you can take a rest, this bitch not only staked me, but killed many wolves, shattering lives! Wolves I was close to, friends with""And she killed my beloved! This reason superseded yours thousands of years ago!" Vlad yelled at him.Ray took his focus from Helga's panicking face to him, should he tell him now? Or let it simmer."She killed Rachel? I thought you staked her?"
The rush of bloodlust in the air was enough to get the wolves on their feet, Muraco almost tasted it on his gums, walking in front of his group he shot out his claws."What is it!?" Tala asked, she felt that presence in the forest, and it felt familiar."It's a vampire" Ash said smelling the air but his sence of smell was answered by a giggle, behind a tree Lilith showed herself."I've been discovered""Lilith!?" Muraco asked."So the tension rises, the very earth cries as we stand to face each other"Muraco didn't understand what she was up to, he strolled up to them, even so Muraco felt she couldn't be alone, he had to ask "Where is Asena?"Her smile became a wicked grin "The earth shall cry"Muraco moved first when the brush broke, Asena came from behind to take Tala but he dove into the High Alpha as Ash took Tala down to save her.Pinning Asena down he reared at her "What is the meaning of this!?"Asena had tears in her eyes but
"Why did you kiss me?" Tala asked knowing she allowed it."I, I'm not sure" Ray said standing back.She smiled none the less "Thank you""For?""Showing me you care"He smiled also "Of course, never doubt that"Tala turned to the van when Tika came crawling out, she held her head but when she saw the dead pack tears came to her eyes, she looked at Tala "Tika sorry""It's ok, you are still part of my pack right? I'm not alone"The young woman forced a smile "Thank you, but what now?"Tala turned to Ray "The prince of vampires will save the wolves"Tika looked at him, he nodded "Make no mistake""Are you sure?" Tika asked."I am, all I need is a for filling drink, then I'll be ready"Tala folded her arms "You know you can always drink my blood right?""I am aware, but I need you on full strength" he said and looked down "I feel ashamed actually, if I had more confidence in myself I would have gone alone, but
The age old rivalry between vampires and werewolves was a misconception, it was never that they hated each other but merely one battle hardnened man who believes in honor of combat seeking a respected and powerful enemy to commit suicide through foe.For a being walking the earth, cursed with life, and eternity of seeing people be born grow up and die an old man, unable to see the next life, unable to rest, started looking for ways to die, he drank poison, swallowed silver, bathed in holy water, even sat and watched the sun, but his black heart was so far down it couldn't be blessed with eternal darkness, his eternal curse.All who faught against one another built the hate over years came from a stronger killing a weaker, the wolf killing the vampire the vampire killing the wolf, a vicious and misunderstood chain reaction.Victor and Muraco decided it had to stop, somewhere the feud had to reach some sort of stalemate or it will be an endless cycle where no one wins,
Gallant and Ezekiel came next to each other and lifted their capes, they drew their rapiers and held them.Tala didn't even know they had swords, who even uses swords these days!? She blinked when Vlad's great sword came in front of her, it was longer than she was, thicker than her arm, and all she could see in it was her eyes shocked at the scene in front of her."Still with the measly small swords, it is clear you never took honor in the strength I gave you, if they made swords bigger than this I would have had one by now!" Vlad said and held his sword away from Tala pointing it forward.She then realised why he did it! He held it to her as a gesture to 'stay back' he wants to fight two elders by himself!?She stood ready but he's sword came to her again "Don't be stupid now Luna, I have made it clear to stay back, this is my mistake to correct""You are alone sir!?""Is it clear to you to whom you just said that!?"She swallowed "Uh~ yes?"