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Rosalie The rain had not stopped since returning from the Malificus Acus. It poured down like a wall of water. The village below the tower, had become a bog. The moat, flooded, and the even the distant stream had burst its banks… not that I could see it trough the gloom. Villagers had migrated into their little ram-shackle homes, and only came out when absolutely necessary. Otherwise, the streets and fields below were empty. Even the cows sheltered under the bushy trees looking for an escape from the impossible weather. The tone of the castle was sombre. Despite anyone else knowing the impending doom that was approaching, they could all still feel something was coming. Perhaps the people thought that it was the war that was causing such an atmosphere. But only a select few knew better. Estelle had taken the last few days to perfect her detection spell. And we had tested in several times to ensure that it would work. It was decided that the only way to ensure that Tenebris would th
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Rosalie Pain radiated through my abdomen, and down my legs as my body convulsed, followed by the sound of water trickling to the floor. My waters had broken. What happened after that seem to all happen in a flurry of activity. Getting out of Castle Black and to the little cottage in the woods had been no easy feat. Especially due to the miserable weather still pouring down outside. By the time Lucille had found Estelle, Alexander was already by my side. And doing his best to move me from the castle to our planned birthing place. His arms wrapped around my back, and holding me up through each contraction as it hit. The journey was uncomfortable and generally miserable. And by the time we reached the little cottage, what had started out as light contractions ever so often, quickly changed to contractions every few minutes, and I knew the time had come to start pushing. And whilst my body begged to start doing so, I held back with everything within me. “I’m not ready for this Ale
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Rosalie A flurry of activity ensued, and just like that the bubble had burst.A mixture of pain and dread filled Alex’s face, and I could only imagine the same was reflected back in my own.Estelle had spent the last weeks preparing for this day.Her protection spell over the cottage was already in place. All that was left to do, was place her cloaking spell over me, so that Tenebris wouldn’t clock on that Adelaide was not with me.The basis of this was simple.She was edging her bets on scent and appearance.Obviously, taking Ada with me would put her directly into harms way. So, it had been dismissed as an option from the start. And the only way that we could think for this work was to fashion a dummy of sorts. This would then work in conjunction with a cloaking spell so that the dummy appeared to be a real human child.That, along with a blanket that held Ada’s scent and we prayed to the goddess that the plan would work.With Estelle having hidden the cottage out of sight, Tenebri
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Heather Valley Mountain Pack, Canada 21st June 2004, Summer Solstice BallLandonLife, for an eighteen-year-old, couldn’t get much better. As the soon to be beta of the pack, young, handsome – even if I do say so myself – charismatic in my own devilishly overhanded way, I knew that I was a catch. And perhaps that was why I never struggled to “pick up” girls.It was light drawing a bee to honey. Good looks and a title, thrown in some self confidence and the girls came flocking… in some cases the women….Not that I was overly interested in any of them.It was all fun. I was a womaniser. I flitted form one girl to the next, never really settling down. Never taking life to seriously. And the moment that I caught a whiff of the other person wanting to “take it to the next level” I ran.I had never been interested in anything of a serious nature. And despite the fact that I was more than willing to fool around with anyone that threw themselves my way, a part of me had wanted to save any re
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Landon “Mate.” The words were out my mouth before I could prevent them from tumbling out.I haven’t even seen the she-wolf yet. But her scent was enough to drive me crazy.“Landon?” Drakes voice came from besides me. But I wasn’t listening to anything that he had to say. I stood twisting from the table and scout around the vast arboretum.It didn’t take long. It was as if our stars were aligned, for almost instantly, my eyes came to rest on the most breath-taking wolf I had aver seen.Her hair was pain blonde that remined me of the straw meadows back home. Her skin every bit as pale as her hair, holding together a small frame making her seem as if she could blow away as easily as the delicate flower petals that hung above her.“Mate.” Was all I could say again.Pulling myself to my full height, I step away from the table, the first step in her direction. But my elation at finding my mate tumbled down around me, as a large arm wrapped around her small frame and she pulled into the emb
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Just on the out skirts of the ruined Castle Black, Present Day.Rosalie “Life hasn’t exactly been kind to either of us Rosie.” Landon’s voice brought me out of my reverie. Cashing back to earth with a bang that was so forceful, that for a moment, it knocked by breath clean out of me.He spoke in a careful voice. One that was mixed with cheerfulness but held a decidedly bittersweet undertone. The way someone might speak to try and bring a bit of light to the conversation, or even when you try to connect with someone.But for me, in that moment. It felt like mockery.“Oh?” I questioned, with a small measure of disbelief in my voice. “I didn’t realise that you had a family that you had no choice but to leave behind somewhere.”“That’s cruel.” Landon stood abruptly besides me, his hands resting in the back pocket of his trousers, as he looks down at me with something resembling bitter disappointment. “Pain comes in forms. Sometimes, not as obvious as others.”I gulped down the guilt that
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Rosalie *Beep* *beep* *beep*I tried to force my eyes open. But they were so heavily set closed that it was as if someone had superglued them shut through the night.I was floating in a perfect night sky. The stars drifted by me, close enough to touch, but I could get my limbs to work to reach out to touch them. I felt weightless. But there was something in the back of my mind that was trying to push through, something that was reminding me I had work to do.As I slowly regained consciousness, I was very aware of just how heavily my body was. It wasn’t just my eyes that refused to open. The muscles in my arms would not co-operate, nor my legs. And even the mere thought of moving my head sent my brain into a tailspin big enough to feel like it was about to explode.The room, wherever that happened to be, was quiet. All, that is, except for the rhythmical beep, beep, beep that seemed to persist somewhere close by.Wait? Beeping? That was most definitely not a noise I was used to.The m
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It didn’t take long for the pack doctor to arrive. Looking slightly bedraggled, and drk crescent circles shadowed his eyes. He had obviously pulled an all night shift. And I hoped that I hadn’t been the cause of it.“Right, Miss Summers.” The doctor began, pulling my notes out of a holder at the end of my bed.“Black.” I piped up automatically. I knew I had messed up the moment that the names left my lips. I watched as the poor doctors face twisted into confusion, his brow furrowing as he stammered over his words, checking his notes, flicking the sheets backwards and forwards looking for how he had made such a mistake.Inwardly chastising myself, I pursed my lips, wishing I had kept them shut.Granny Lou was quick to come to my defence.“My son and daughter adopted Rosalie into their family over five years ago doctor. She is just as much family to us as the rest.” Patting my forearm, a gentle reminder to not say anything.“I see.” The doctor looked between the old lady and myself, obv
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Estelle The dank smell of decay assaulted my senses as I climb down the steep steps. The slick stones beneath my feet threatening to send me toppling with one small miss-step.“I hate this place.” I mutter. Righting my footing yet again as a stone crumbles out from beneath me, sending a wave of small stones rattling down into the gloom below.This place had always reminded me of death.Even as a little girl, when my father had brought me here for the first time, an excitable ten year old girl, surrounded by my brother’s. Eager to see the Schmidtz family vault. The source of our powers, and a historic linage that could be traced back to the awakening of magic. I realised that this place was far from the fairytale tower of my dreams.Our family had held to the old ways.And it wasn’t until the fateful day that my father presented me at the Malificus Acus that I realised just what that meant.Blood.Sacrifice.Pain.Everything that I cringed back from at such a tender age.I couldn’t und
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RosalieIt didn’t take long before the whole pack was aware of news about our expanding family.Just in the short distance from his home to the pack house, it felt like we bumped into every member of the pack in turn.The afternoon seemed to go by quickly.And the pack members seemed to amass at the pack house, all gathering around to wish us well.If it weren’t for the niggling feeling in the pit of my heart, then everything would have been perfect.By the time the sun was beginning to set in the sky, I found myself getting ever the more weary. Seeking the refuge of the evening air, I found myself walking out onto the patio, watching the sun setting in the sky. A glass of non-alcoholic prosecco left untouched on the garden wall as mull over the pain I was feeling deep inside.“Rosie?” Landon came to stand behind me, his strong arms wrapping around me from behind, drawing me into his warmth.I went willingly. Relishing the way my body fitting into his. How his slightly heightened core
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RosalieThe gate squeaked with a vulgar cry, the sort of high pitch groan that wrang right through your brain setting your teeth on edge.Cringing against the sound, I wasn’t surprised to find the front door swinging open only moments later.“So much for surprising you.” I walk the short distance up the path to the front door of Landon’s home. He was situated just down from the main pack house in the Beta’s cottage.He had grown up here. It belonged to his family before they had been killed, and was gifted to him by Alpha Richard when he came of age. His formative teenage years he has grown up in the pack house under the care of Jo and Richard.“Sorry, I have been meaning to fix that.” He eyes the gate with an embarrassed frown, his hand reaching up to scratch the back of his head as a pale red blush crept up his neck.“On the plus side,” I try to break the awkwardness that had settled between us, “at least you won’t ever get caught out doing something you shouldn’t be!”That was it.
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Rosalie Summer was finally here. And feeling the warmth on my face was bliss.Finally reconciling to the idea of my own time, being my future, had been a difficult one. But none the less, I seemed to have found a new rhythm.I hadn’t been ready to fully commit myself to falling headlong into a new relationship. And Landon had been immensely patient with me.No longer wanting to feel a burden to Alpha Richard and Luna Jo, who had taken on responsibility of the pack whilst Drake and Steph took some time for themselves in the wake of all that had happened. I had made the decision to move out of the pack house.It was in Rose Cottage that I found my new normal.It had been difficult at first. Moving into what was my former home. A home which I had made with Alexander and our children.But after the first few months, I found myself now finding comfort in the memories I found here.Some modernisations into the new age, and it starting to feel like a home worthy of times I found myself.It
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AlexanderI stood in the midst of the carnage around me.My face taking in the blood-soaked field surrounding me impassively. Bodies littered the ground densely. Heads decapitated; limbs ripped from the sockets.Those unfortunate ones that had now been delivered a deathly blow, lay limp on the ground, crying out in pain. Unable to stand up and leave the battle ground under their own steam, they would eventually succumb to a bittersweet end. Their open wounds would eventually become infected, and they would die miserable and in pain as their blood turned to poison in their veins. That is, if hunger did not get there first.Try as I might, I could not feel anything for the miserable souls lying on the ground.This war had raged for two years.Two years of battle and blood.When one battle was fought, the next would begin. All amassing here, at Castle Black.The blood-soaked ground would never be the same again.I watched as great pyres were built to dispose of the bodies. Pile, upon pil
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RosalieI followed the rocky path in the moonlight. Wrapping my arms about myself trying to stave off the chilly evening air.I hadn’t come dressed for such an outing. But I couldn’t put it off any longer.Thorns snagged at my jeans and jumper as I kept walking, determined to get where I needed to go. I barely felt the little scratches as I pushed on forwards.By the time the stone circle appeared before me, the crescent moon was almost at its peak.The bright white slither looking down on me and lighting up the clearing with ease. It seemed especially large tonight.“You don’t get to choose my path for me!” I shout at the sky. I had no idea if she would hear me or not. I guess I am no longer her daughter. I am merely a human.I waited, perhaps for an answer, but none came.Taking a deep breath, I stepped forward, one foot in front of the other until I came to the central alter stone. Placing a hand on the hard, cold surface and waited.I am not sure what I was expecting. Even after t
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RosalieI woke up to a blinding light coming through the window. Blinking in the early morning sun, using my own hand to shield my eyes from the blinding sun.As my body caught up with the rude awakening, I slowly became more aware of the ache radiating through my body. Every inch from my neck down to my pelvis felt abused.My mind slowly caught up with itself. And for a moment in a blind panic, I realised what happened the day before.Sitting up with a start, looking over to the empty side of the bed.He was gone. Landon was not there. I reached out a hand and felt the sheets. They were cold. He had been gone for some time.Wrapping my bedsheet about my naked body, taking in the wrecked bookcase, the contents now littered over the bedroom floor, I moved to the mirror. Taking in my apparent, “just fucked” appearance. My hair held an uncanny resemblance to a bird’s nest, my lips puffy and red. I should have been aware of how fragile my human body was without the protection and healing
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Rosalie“Don’t stop!” I gasp, as he suckled on my collar bone and over my breast. I could feel everything right down into the pit of my stomach. And I could feel myself growing slick under his touch.“Fuck Rosie, you scent is so fucking amazing.” Landon all but growled, his teeth clenching as my top was ripped from my torso and discarded in a pile of rags on top of the broken bookcase.His large hand pushed aside the cup of my bra and fondled the delicate skin of my nipples. His teeth grazing them in turn with want, teasing each peak to a point.“Ohhh!” I moan my hips thrusting towards him, looking for more. “Landon, please.” I moan, begging him for something. I wasn’t sure what, but I just knew I needed more.Landon seemed to know exactly what I wanted without the need to be told. In the next moment, I found myself pulled away from the wall and laid out onto the soft covering of the bed. The rest of my clothes easily discarded so I was laid out in nothing by my underwear. My boobs po
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RosalieSilence.That was all I could hear.Silence.It was deafening.It had been a fortnight since Tenebris had been vanquished.Since Steph had been killed.The Eclipse pack was in full mourning for the loss of a daughter. And there seemed to be no end to it. Not that I hoped for an end to it.I simply couldn’t bring myself to believe it was real.Steph had died saving me. And the guilt that surrounded me was overwhelming.“Rosie?” There was a gentle knock on the door. I turned to find Landon stood in the doorway, a tray of food in his hands. “Rosie, you need to eat something. It has been days.”He was right. I hadn’t eaten more than a mouthful of anything since it happened. Nothing tasted right. He all just felt like ash in my mouth.Landon had been patient with me. Even though he was in mourning himself. He still made sure to look after me. I was grateful for him. With him by myside life was a little more bearable.“Alpha Richard has declared that the pack begin to move out of mo
