Penny was sitting in the shade, hidden from the others by a line of bushes. She was slowly dozing off in the cool shade. She knew this wasn’t just a nap. Penny was being drawn into a dream again. Only one being could do that right now. That was the cute boy. She was curious why he was summoning her. He’d told her a few days ago that he never wanted to see her again… The surrounding space was familiar but warped. It felt like nighttime, but there were only stars, no moon. This was the dream realm, and shifters could only visit it. Penny took the dream realm to a new level. She could move through time and space. Going backwards and forwards. She could watch the history of a place or person. Some objects too. It was like she had control over it more than others. But most people thought she couldn’t control it. The truth is, she was curious about what was going on. It was just so tempting to take a peek. But she didn’t dare tell any grown ups about this place. Or l
Ten Years Later – Glen is now in his late teens/Penny is in her mid-teens.A sudden shift in the bunk he lay on forced Glen from the dream realm. The little girl he’d spoken to, Penny. She was too cute for her own good. He was going to have a challenging time with her when they grew up. Glen knew that already. There was an ick factor to knowing the future and Glen knew exactly what Penny looked like, all grown up and naked.At least, the others thought he was weird, but when you knew who the love of your life was and looked like, it kind of ruined the fun of dating other women. He didn’t want to hold out, other women just didn’t interest him.For years now, his section of the family fought within itself for about whether they could return to the fold and make peace with most of the supernatural world.Glen watched his elders cling to the old ways and kill every supernatural creature they came across. It didn’t matter if they were mass murdering fiends or someone just trying to live qu
Penny woke up and picked a few leaves from her hair, knowing someone would be unhappy with her how she looked. Penny didn’t care one way or another. Her job in this life didn’t need her to look pretty. But everyone told her that she needed to do this or that. Penny climbed from the bushes she’d taken her unexpected nap until and looked about. Like normal, no one noticed she’d taken another time out of life. The boy still hadn’t told her his name, and he didn’t like the idea of working with shifters and stuff. But that would change. For some reason, Penny knew they’d work together later in life when they both were big. But how they changed from enemies to friends stumped her right now. That she had to figure out. Since her dad and new mom were busy, she couldn’t ask how they worked out thing between them. But maybe there was someone else she could ask? That’s when her mind found one of her spiderweb thoughts. They were thin and long, like a spiderweb, and they se
The mage, Karl, entered the secret room. He’d watched his uncle, Rolo, one of the top experts in curses and necromancy, risk his sanity by taking chances with the unknown. They had taken Rolo into custody and were responding to treatment slowly, but it would be a long time before they could trust him to work again within his chosen field. He’d lost so much as the council’s representative for the Mage Faction. Now his cousin took up that Rolo’s mantel, and that left Karl floundering to make a name for himself within the University. The University was basically the hub of the Mage world. The centre of learning and culture. Everyone made it there at one time or another. Without your credentials, you were no one and one step away from being a hedge mage. Which Karl figured the feral rogue wolves were. Necromancy and most blood magics were illegal. Though a senior mage could get away with the lesser spells if they could prove that the spells would benefit others more than themselves. So,
Asia found Thomas finally in the crowd. It appeared as if this was more than just their pack for this ceremony. A Canadian Alpha had stopped her and inquired about April’s identity. That concerned her to no end. What was going on in Toronto was that April was making such waves. So far, Asia could only leave a message for April because of the time difference. Now after dropping the scary little nugget of to her step-grandmother. She could only worry because that little nugget claimed April was going to war and now was not a good time to talk to her. No, that wasn’t something to worry about at all. Thinking she sent her best friend off to died with her new mate and pregnant. Asia prayed Penny got her information wrong. Toronto was more stable than most places. The packs formed a council of alphas and met regularly. What would cause them to go for each other’s throats? “You’re here. Where have you been?” “With Emily and Eva. Then, while I was lookin
Haden and Janine spent most of the night heading up the cleanup after the ceremony. They’d ended up with party several party crashers, but it was fine with James and Emily. It was also good for word of mouth about the resort. They had the wind come up, and it scattered much of the items left behind through the ritual garden. Janine knew now that they had to plan more time for cleanup or lessen the scattering of cups and decorations. Finally, they were done with the cleanup, and they settled down in the lounge with a drink before bed. “Well, I finally done my job for the night and look at that, Haden. James is now officially mated and a father all in the same year. I’ve gone from being a tired old matronly Luna to a tired old resort owner. Oh, and a grandmother.” “My dear, you performed a miracle that many would think was long past being possible.” They tapped their wine glasses. Haden smiled as he sipped his drink. “We’ll, I can’t claim the same succ
You’d think mages would write everything down on paper and there would be hundreds if not thousands of people employed to look it up at the university. But that wasn’t the case. Computers hold their own kind of logical magic. People just accept that it’s a science. But Karl was aware of the rare instance when some sort of information made it into the hands and minds of those that needed to information to change the world.Here, Karl had the name of a mage, but no time period. They had an app for that. He sent the information about the approximate dates from the journal. Then he hoped for the best. If the name was in the database, he would receive that information soon enough. If it wasn’t, then he could proceed to a physical look up within the older written documents that had yet to be transferred into their version of a computer. Now he continued to translate the stories within the book. That’s what they were, stories. Each weapon had a story. No facts or statistics were t
“Okay, now you have to tell me who pushed you to do that. I want to thank them. It was perfect.” Emily sat in the bath with James and a glass of wine. She couldn’t see her official mate as she sat between his thighs with her back leaning against his chest. “I’ll start getting offended if you won’t believe me. It was my idea and others just helped. I didn’t like how much you were doing with the pups, pack, resort, and trying to get the mating ceremony setup. It was too much for anyone. I wanted you to relax and enjoy this time.” “You really have changed. A year ago, you wouldn’t have cared if I collapsed from exhaustion.” Emily was a little beyond tipsy now after the refreshments at the reception and drinks at the spa. She’d been careful, but they added up. James, too, was nicely mellowed out. They handed their pups off with a pack caregiver on duty for the night. “Yes, I would have. I relied on you far too much. I think if things hadn’t gotten to the extreme, thi