A quick shift is heard and an older man and woman isnstanding next to them. The proud stature let Jarek and Landon believe they are Folkore's parents. "Have you lost your mind Folkore? Keeping someone against their will like a prisoner, denying another his mate? You know we would rather wait centuries for our mat or choose a chosen mate consensually, never by force." The older lady says with the red dragon still in position behind her. Folkore lowers his head. " I know mother, but this girl is special, I just know it. Twilight was attached to her the moment he laid eyes on her. She isn't our mate, but we are drawn to her, and I'll be damned if I let her go" he says challenging his mother, and a huff is heard from the red dragon and a golden dragon lands next to the older man standing defensively. "You shall release her at once, we may no longer sit on the throne but we still are in a seat of power. If you as the king starts taking a mate by force we will have chaos on our hand
Back at Landon's cabin Tessa sits in a daze not even noticing the hot cup of coffee Landon put infront of her. She thought about their meeting with Valka and Malthor, the strange dismissal after they realised who she is. Her new mate and her upcoming shift. Both men sits in silence waiting for Tessa to talk. She looks at Jarek and remember the day she saw him quickly and their admiration of him "So you are my mate? How long did you know? " she asks "a While, but I only recently found out who you are." She leans forward and take a sniff of his scent 'He is the one that was in my room right, Aurora?' 'Yep he is the one, even though he is my mate, that is creepy and stalkerish' Aurora says with disdain. " You know who I am but I don't know who you are" Tessa says cold and she sees a flash of pain in Jarek's eyes due to her hostility. "I'm Jarek. Alpha of the blackwood pack. You have been living in my territory." He says looking away not wanting her to see just how much sh
Early in the morning Tessa finds herself standing in the spot that almost got her in real trouble again, hoping this visit would go smoother but she feels her heart sink as she sees Folkor approaching. He stands infront of her smiling "I knew you would come back. Realised these two are nothing next to me?" He asks giving both Jarek and Landon a pointed look, "Folkor, what did I say about harrassing this poor lady?" Valka says behind him and the smile fades frim his face and it turns dark "You came here to cause more trouble? I won't tolerate it Tessa, Turning my own people against me is reason to go into war. You are nothing so don"t act like you are superior to me, I am a king, and will be respected as such whether you like it or not," "she didn't do a thing Folkor, It was your own selfishness that caused this, we came to talk to your mother not you, no disrespect intended" Jarek says "Since when do you care about anyone but your pack Alpha?" folkor asks with his eyes Nar
Tessa looks at Jarek annoyed. He is arrogant and self absorbed how could she be paired with someone like that? ' I think it's a defense mechanism. I would be able to know more once we shift. Brace yourself Tessa it is close" Aurora says sounding tired. "Why would my wolf sound tired?" Tessa asks concerned. "The magic they uswd to block them are sraining her. As you already shifted once the magic is concentrating on the one." Valka says deep in thought. "Maybe I can call in a favor from a witch I know. You will need the help Tessa, and this," she points between herself Jarek and Landon "Needs to be sorted out. Your mates make you stronger" Before Tessa could say something the door burst open and Folkor storms in. "Are you going to tell what is going on mother?" "They came to talk to me, Son. She knows about my gift. This really doesn't concern you" Valka says annoyed "I am the king mother, you stepped down remember? I need to know what is going on especially if
Folkor steps aside and the old women with hunched back steps forward. "Thisn is Gina, high priestess of the western coven. She will be able to extract the magic and help the shift happening smoother." "You should have called earlier" Gina says running her hands over Tessa enchanting softly and Tessa visibly relaxes. She looks at Jarek and Landon "I'm going to let her pain filter through the two of you. Under no circumstances do you let go. The magic in her is strong I will have to remove both the protection spell aswell as the dark magic that seems like a tracking spell and it won't be easy." Both the men nods and hold Tessa's hands tighter. Gina lights a few candles and burns various types of herbs. She closed the curtains and the room is dimly lit. She starts the encantation softly, raising her voice as she repeats it over and over and Tessa's body starts to convulse and the pain is flowing through Jarek and Landon. They both scream out in pain but holds on for dear li
Tessa wakes up feeling rejuvenated. Looking around seeing that she is still in Folkor's lair. Slowly remembering bits and pieces of the previous day. The awfull pain, she felt like dying, feeling Aurora fading away. The fear suffocated her and she couldn't move. Her mind and body was separated, and there were moments she just wanted to die, but something jusy wouldn't let her give up. 'Aurora? ' 'Yes Tessa I'm here' 'I thought I lost you, what happened?' 'Both spells latched onto us and started to intertwine over the years. When the witch separated it from us it fought back and almost killed us in the process.' 'So all of the magic is gone?' Tessa feels relieved 'I dont know, Luna was weakened aswell. She was part of the pain filter that was made when you got too weak to fight. We need to rest Tessa. Even though I feel a bit stronger after shifting, we are not at full strength and will be vulnerable.' 'Tessa's head snap up when she hears movement in the room. Jarek and Landon b
THREE DAYS EARLIER Dutch paces up and down, constantly keeping his eyes on the crystal ball. The white smoke is no longer smothered by the black smoke. It fikked the ball and there are now equal amounts of both. The black smoke has a gold shimmer and the white smoke has a blue shimmer. "That's right my queen, you are ready now. We just need to get you away from that men claiming to be your mates" He says bitterness and cruelty in his whole demeanor. The only problem is he haven't heard anything from the scouts he sent out. His patience is running out. While he paces up and down the crystal ball suddenly starts to crack and he freeze at once looking at it in concern. He steps forward to take a closer look and it explodes. The smoke forming a small tornado in the air before aiming and him and move right through him making fly through the air and into a wall with force. In a daze from the impact he sees a portal opening and Christian stepping through. He looks around and sees Dutch
Tessa wakes up in a dark and musky room, her body aches all over and her head is pounding. She feels Luna and Aurora stirring in her mind but it is faint. She stands up and try to walk but something is stopping her. She looks down and she sees her hands and feet are bound by shackles.“where the hell am I?” She wonders, pulling on the chains. The room has no windows, and she hears a constant dripping of water which is driving her crazy. Her head snaps up as she hears footsteps getting closer, and she stands in the corner, trying not to be seen. The heavy steel gate is opening and a pungent smell is filling her nose and she gags from the stench.“Now my Queen, no need to hide from me, I am your future mate for your information” Dutch chuckles, the fear in her only makes him want her more.“I am not your mate, and I will never be your queen” She spat and Dutch steps forward planting his fist in her face a few times. Tessa falls down and curls up trying to protect herself, but Dutch land
Jarek stands in front of his pack and his heart swells in pride. Even though he disappointed them, they still showed their loyalty tonight."Thank you, I promise from now on I will be the Alpha you deserve. No more secrets. Now, is there any last questions?" He ask and one of the Warriors Warren stands up."Alpha, you said we will have other species visiting us, what can we expect?" Jarek smiles but deep down he knows this will shock them, but he can't keeo this from them. When they all want to enter the border all hell will break lose, especially when Vlad an Surgé arrives. Vampires and wolves are known enemies." We will have bears, minotairs, centaurs, cyclops, and vampires visiting us" As soon as he finishes the people starts murmuring under each other, and one of the elders stands up in clear dismay."Alpha, you know the history between wolves and vampires, how could you invite them in?""Laurence, I am aware yes, but we need as much help than we can get, and the true royal vampi
Jarek sits in his office going through paperwork that needs to be done, projects that needs to be signed off, border patrol meetings he missed with his Delta, business meetings he missed that his father had to attend, he really dropped the ball being that preoccupied. He needs to step up, otherwise other packs will see his weaknesses and they could attack to take him as Alpha down and get hold of his territory, rogues as feral as they are can still think for themselves and put one and one together and they will infertrate the pack and cause alot of innocent people to die. He need to step up and organize his days better. He need to be the Alpha they need at all times, no matter what is going on in his personal life. Tessa need alot of training, thag will fill her days and give him time to work. He will ask Valory to handle the combat training for now. Landon's pride is here now, so he will be busy aswell. Things will return to normal for now. He keep himself busy catching uo with his
Back at the packhouse is a commotion and Tony is struggling to get it under control. Jarek steps closer and sees Ben is on the ground fighting with one of the lead warriors Michael. "What the f#@& is goin on here?" He yells but no one is listening they keep fighting, not ever acknowledging their Alpha is there "STOP FIGHTING!" Jarek commands them in his Alpha voice and they stop immediately, standing up, their clothes are torn and they are bleeding everywhere. "Now who is going to tell me what happened here?" He ask but no one utters a word. He hates using the Alpha command on Ben but it seems to be the only thing working now. "Ben, tell me now" He commands, this time Kane's Voice is interlaced with his. Kane is pissed of by his pack members not respecting him at this moment, and they do what they want. This will have to change. There is nothing worse than a pack disintegrating from the inside due to them not respecting rank anymore. After he sorted this out he will call a me
"I would love to see you in action some time" Stefan says his interest peaked. "You will once I start my training and I have controll. But that's not what we are here for now." Tessa says steering the conversation away from her. "Right, why all the secrecy?" Stefan asks and Jarek steps closer to inform him. "We have a threat toward Tessa in my pack. Her life may be in danger." "Okay, but where do I come in?" Stefan asks confused. "You need to convince this girl that you are against Tessa too, that you want to remove her from my life because you hate the move and that Tessa is the cause. Seduce her if you must but you should never be seen with us. We will stage confrontations if we have to, to make it more believable. " Landon says, hoping his brother will agree to this. " why do it have to be me? I dont even know of I'm good at acting" Stefan says not convinced. "She knows everyone here, and you are new here. It will be more convincing if a stranger that just uprooted hi
Tessa wakes up with the sun shining high. The trip they took and the magic she used drained her, but she can't lose momentum now. There is too much to learn, too much to do. She takes a long shower trying to soothe her aching body, gets dressed and head down to find something to eat. One thing she learned about the packhouse, there is always food available. She is disappointed to see that the men isn't there waiting for her. One thing she learned the padt few days are that she has deep feelings for both of the men. She dread the thought of losing one of them, but that is not how life works. She walks down the stairs and stop as soon as she hear an annoying voice around the corner. "Daddy said he will handle this bitch. She won't live long enough to take her place im this pack" "What is he going to do?" Another voice asks "I'm not sure, but he said I just have to be patient. He had a setback at the hospital with the witches but he has a plan" Allison says and a cold shiver ru
The next morning Stefan leads everyone to Astoria, their new home and the rest is ready to set out on their quest. They decide to head out to the bear clan. They aren't difficult to find but rhey are not the friendliest. Once they arrive the guards immediately shift and is standoffish. But with Folkor and Valory no one dare to attack first. The leader steps through and introduce himself as Tate, he is arrogant and nonchalant. He eyes Tessa as prey and seems annoyed as Folkor blocks his view. He is the only one not in bear form. "Little girl, tell your dragon to back off." Tessa steps forward. "He isn't my guard. He is king Folkor to you. We are here with a proposal." "I'm not interested in anything you have to say. We live here on our own, not bothering anybody and you show up looking like you want to attack us with your small army. If I can give my advise break free from dragons. They are not to be trusted." he says and Tessa realize this will be tougher than she thought.
The days after Landon made rhe announcement that they will move is full of excitement. Folkor and Jarek has sent orders to start the preperation and construction. In a small amount of time they formed their own family. The pride has accepted everyone but is still wary of Gina and keeps her at arms length and it bothers Tessa, but Gina just smile and wink at her. She has something uo her sleeve that will convince everyone that she can be trusted. Early the next morning the other three kings arrive. They look annoyed at the fact that they need to travel without much knowledge about the situation. Stafan shows them to the secret room where Landon awaits them with Tessa and the rest of the crew. "your highness' I'm glad you could make it on such short notice" King Andrew of the North acknowledges him but looks suspicious. "No problem, I see the pride is packing up. Any reason for that? Do you have problems with hun..." He stops mid sentence and sniff the air and his eyes land on
Landon walks outnof the room to find his friends and he sess them all standing around uncomfortable. His pride eyes them suspiciously and he rolls his eyes. They have lived apart from civilization for far too long. It is time they are reintroduced into the world, bit before he van reach his group he hears a ruffle in the bushes and is engulfed in a big hug. "Brother, you don't know how happy I am to have you back! Father was unbearable and I wss afraid that if I didn't leave I would kill him." Landon laughs "Good to see you too Stefan. Let me introduce you to my friends... And Mate" Stefan steps back and look at him wide eyed. "You really found her? Dad mentioned it but was so vague that I doubted it." Both turn to the group and Landon introduce them all. "So what are you doing here?" Stefan asks and Landon chuckles, his brother, always nosy and impatient. "I'm calling a meeting right now to talk to everybody. You will know soon enough" Landon says and immediately opens a mi
"Why did your Father react that way when he saw Gina?" Tessa ask and Landon looks at Gina apologetically "Witches have been hunting us for years" Tessa gasps "What? But why?" Gina clears her throat. "Because some covens believs that slaying a cat and extracting their essence will give them more power. Which isn't true. Witches can only gain power by channeling their magic deeper. Al it did was to turn them dark, take away a part of their soul" Landon looks at Gina, this is the first time he heard anything like this. Everyone thought is was true, but even with what she said it doesn't change the fact that they are still being hunted. When they hear the door open they al turn to see who it is simultaneously, and Logan steps into the room. "everyone will be here in three days, but they won't be happy to se her" He points to Gina. "Well that's too bad dad, she is here because she is helping us. She forges the bond that will help us fight the demon lord" Landon says and Logan turns t