ANNA KYLIN CHESTER I FELT IT the moment he stepped into the kingdom again. I'm sure Draco felt it top because there was a slump of relief in his shoulders."You feel him too?" Lorna asked and I nodded. He owes us an explanation. A very long one. And while we headed back to the palace, I was expecting him to mind link me with an apology and an explanation of why he left abruptly and where he went to... but the mind link never came.When we got to the palace, where we thought he would be, he was not there, only for Patty to tell us that he said he had a meeting to attend to. I turned to Draco, "Did you know of any meeting?"Draco shook his head. "It would be a meeting in the pack hall..." he said."But aren't you the one that normally calls for them?" I asked.He nodded, a frown appeared on his forehead and he said, "I should have gotten wind of this if he called for the meeting through the mind link..." He stroked his beard."Well, what are we waiting for?" Lorna asked. "Let's crash
ANNA KYLIN CHESTER I TOOK A deep breath and looked across the room again. All the men – and woman – looked at me and waited for what I had to say and to be honest, when I had stood up from my chair with all that authority, I didn’t have anything prepared in my head. “The war is coming,” I simply said, knowing that I was still repeating what Mitch just said. But with the way the eyes of the men shone as they looked at me, one would think that I was reading into their destinies. “And as Silver said, normally, we would sit on the by-lines and watch them eat each other up, except this time… we do not have the luxury to. The war is coming right to our doorstep, and we need every advantage that we have -” “-except asking the werewolf council for help…” Chad Bowman cut into me. He was nudged in the ribs by Lane, who shushed him to be quiet. I smiled grimly and nodded. “except ask the world werewolf council for help…” I echoed. “But we will accept the help that the vampire is offering.” T
VLADMIR HAD LIVED all this time, he was easily the longest-living creature in the world and he took pride in it. There was nothing he had not seen, and his mind had been fine-tuned over the years to notice any small change in anything. So he noticed immediately when there was a change in Vorenus. He could not place his finger on exactly when the change had begun, but he estimated that it was during the time of Alice. Vladimir knew that during that period, he had been too busy with the blonde bitch to pay attention to much of anything else. That must be when Vorenus changed.On second thought, Vladimir stroked his jaw, he knew when it had happened, but he thought that it was normal and would eventually blow over. After all, it was normal for there to be a little jealousy and change when Alice came and Vladimir had most of his eyes on her.Vladimir stood on his roof, overlooking the night skies. He was deep in thought, wondering what he was going to do about Vorenus. He wondered if the
ANNA KYLIN CHESTER"I WAS LOOKING for you," Mitch's voice said. I refused my instinct to turn and look at him. "How long have you been here?" He asked. His voice was closer now.Since I left the meeting, I had been in the woods, enjoying the serene silence of the snow, and wishing my emotions were as straightforward and plain as the color of my surroundings - mostly white for the snow that was on the floor, and in the branches and trees. I watched the snowflakes drift to the floor as I maneuvered through my own emotions. I was feeling confident, but at the same time scared. I was angry at Mitch, but at the same relieved.I remained hidden in the slightly warmer enclosure of wily branches for close to an hour until I heard the heavy footsteps as his feet crunched ice flakes on the floor."Are you okay?" His deep voice swam into my head. He came to sit beside me, gratefully, he didn't touch me. He just sat on the log of wood, looking straight ahead. When I didn't respond, he added, "Yo
MITCH CHESTERTHE HALL WENT death silent after Anna's outburst and exit. Even Robert looked flustered. The silence was getting awkward, so Mitch cleared his throat and added, “Uh, yeah. The Luna is pregnant.” That did not have the desired effect on them. He had said it to lessen the tension, but it did the opposite. The air seemed to thicken until Silver smiled and said, “Congratulations, your highness.” The other men, except Robert, followed suit and joined in the clapping. “How long gone is she?” Mitch was lost until Lorna came to his rescue and said, “almost 2 months.” Silver smiled. “We will be having a celebration soon to welcome the new child.” Mitch nodded. The tension was finally gone from the air. “And the Luna said,” he continued, “I will do anything if it will make the world a slightly safer place for my children and all the children in this kingdom.” He looked around the room. “It is my duty to protect you all. And if that means working with a vampire will do that… the
MITCH CHESTERMITCH AND ANNA went back to the palace together, hand in hand. “They are still in the meeting,” Mitch muttered to himself as they passed the pack hall and still saw the men, huddled together in an intense conversation. “I don’t think they are very much in support of the vampire,” Anna said. “They were in support. Let us hope Bob does not get into their head. They will come around,” Mitch said dismissively. “The beta does not seem thrilled to be there with the Senate.“Anna chuckled. “I am sure he would most likely be somewhere else.” she walked on, taking Mitch along. “You should not be walking around the kingdom naked.” She pulled him into the palace and closed the door.“I am not naked,” Mitch replied.“Yeah, right,” Anna rolled her eyes dramatically.“The bath is ready, Luna,” a serving girl said in a small voice. Anna nodded and touched the girl's arm gently, “Thank you, Betty. That will be all.” As the girl departed, Anna tugged on Mitch’s arm and said, “Come. I m
MITCH CHESTER"THIS HAD BETTER be good," Mitch growled as he stepped down from the electric buggy that was used to commune in the kingdom. He walked towards the group of patrol scouts gathered near a small building.They all looked up at the same time and stood at attention. "Your Highness, sir!" The saluted.He nodded absently and looked around. "What is it?" He asked in a gruff voice."This requires more of the Luna's attention," an elder guard said, pushing open the door to the small building and stepping aside to let Mitch through."The Luna will be here soon," Mitch muttered. "She had to take care of something before coming here." His mind envisioned her as he left her - on the bed, legs cross and the bathrobe parted, exposing her thighs. He groaned and shook his head as if to clear the image from his mind as he entered the building. "What is -" he started to ask but then he saw what had caused the concern.Two children, a boy and girl, where huddled in the corner. They looked un
ANNA KYLIN CHESTER I IMMEDIATELY KNEW someone was wrong the instant I entered the building. I could tell that Mitch felt it, too, because when he told me that they were children, he did not sound all too convinced that they were okay.They looked pretty normal - just too unkempt children, malnourished and unbathed, but the energy was so intense. And as soon as the boy looked up to me, I knew he was the source of that aura.I crouched beside the girl and touched her arm. She raised her head slowly and turned to me. She was nervous so I used my Luna aura to ease her anxiety, and she melted into my embrace.The boy tensed as I stroked her hair, and he watched my hand movements very carefully. I could tell that he had a very strong protective urge over his sister. When he saw that she was safe in my arms, he leaned back slightly."What is your name?" I asked softly."I am Elijah," he said, and I detected a slight gruff to his voice. "Her name is Hailie."I nodded. "I am Luna Anna, and I'