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
Happy EndingsJames and EmilyEmily and James have come so far from the stunted, messy, immature, and abusive relationship of their early years, overcome medical disaster, and so much more. Now, as parents and on the verge of a successful resort business, they deserve a little peace and quiet to enjoy their second chance. Their highlight success was with the rogue wolves that came to them. All but two survived the trip and the great adjustment into pack life. They had such success that eventually both twins had their own packs when they were old enough.Janine and HadenThey have both found a second chance with each other and a new lease on life managing the resort. Life won’t be quiet for them, but that’s the life they chose. So we leave off with the weapons, passing to the Largest Ontario Wolf Shifter Pack and the political power of the Wolf Shifters. Now they can settle into their twilight years together, chasing Duck Shifters from the front fountain, and keeping bear shif
The candle and a long stem lighter, so Gwenda chose to use the lighter without the candle and she heated the back of the paper. “Here goes nothing.” It took several minutes, but something appeared. “No one knows we used this trick. I had to have written it. There’s no other way this could have worked. Now what do we have? GPS coordinates, wait. There’s another set. Maybe I went back to get the coordinates?” As she move about the page, a set of seven coordinates appeared. She took the flame away, but gasped. “There’s something else here. Hold, let me reveal it too.” Everyone moved in closer and watched an eighth GPS location appear. “Either location? Where’s does that lead to?” This stumped her for a moment. “We need to plug these into a GPS system and see where they all lead to. The first one isn’t anywhere near the others.” “Of course not. The first one is in Orion’s Forest Territory. They probably scattered the others around here. I recognize the general numbers f
Finally, Asia’s plan came to fruition. Today, they would have their mating ceremony. Janine helped so much, with all the plans. She’d gone above and beyond when it came to their unique needs. But Asia now saw that it was safer for their packs to stay where they were. Penny now scared Asia with little comments, and her track record of being accurate with those comments was the reason.Asia watched the internet as information leaked out. Much of the speculation came from disbelievers and conspiracy theorists. The government and law enforcement had little to say, which only fuelled the debate more. Asia knew there was nothing to be done but to stay quiet and let the ruling council deal with it.Today was her mating ceremony, and it would be a good time in her life. It took long enough to get this far with Thomas and her pack. She wasn’t going to fool herself. There would always be someone commenting on the changes in a negative way.Those witnessing in person were minimal and all, but Ap
Karl greets the Alphas as they file into the room he’s using as a study currently. Once they’re settled with tablets, notepads, etcetera, James opened the meeting. “Alright, I think we can skip the intro to the reason for this meeting. We all know why and who we are. Okay Karl, tell us what you have found.”“Thank you, Alpha De Marre. Yes, uh, this is extremely complicated, so please bear with me as I need to explain there’s far too much back story. First, I have received some upsetting news. The latest attack by the Fae was investigated by my life partner’s enforcement team. The entire team is missing. I want to leave and go help, but I have been told not to stay here to continue working. Second, there’s supposed to be a Fianna weapons expert coming, and they are now late. Now, what I found while translating the journal. Hold on, I missed a few disturbing facts.” Karl held up a smaller book. “All original surviving copies of the translation book for the Fae language at in the univers
Karl now turned his attention to contacting his life mate, Pat. Everyone should be home. It was early there.He kept trying with no luck to connect with Pat. Karl didn’t like the feelings of isolation. Or that he didn’t know where Pat was.After some time, it forced him to decide to stop trying. He couldn’t reach anyone at home. It was as if the location was empty of life and that was far from normal. He took a break and found himself a drink and lunch. He could eat before stopping by the front desk to request that they explain how to find the room he was using to study the books in. When he identified the weapons, he did it under the view of the local arms master who ran James’ armoury. They worked together with attempting to understand what weapons killed which creatures. Some were pretty famous while others were far front known. He needed a person who understood lore and creatures from it. He knew languages used for writing magic spells and rituals. He wasn’t truly a specialist an
“Morning Karl, I have a response from the council. The Fianna will send a representative out to assist you. I’m surprised they moved this quickly. They have requested we send them via a mage driven portal rather than flighting out there. You should see them after lunch. Let the front desk know where they will find you. We’ve arranged for their stay. Now, how is the translation coming? Those weapons can’t be handed over without an understanding of what their purpose and function is.” Mages were well ahead of the everyday man. Humans finally got video calling, mages always had that. They called it scrying and Karl used it now to contact his mentor. Who was within the grand walls of the great library? Mages had to have a mentor while they studied and proved themselves. “Thank you, that’s great news. I have most of it translated. Currently, I’m attempting to build a detailed catalogue. With entries about each weapon mentioned within the journal. After that, I must identi
Asia met with Janine the next morning to organize her mating ceremony. Thomas and Haden couldn’t help with it since they needed them to help with the latest discovery. “So here we are. I think I have everything ready for you to look through. There’s even a checklist, so as we fill the binder, we know we haven’t missed anything. Now, so I can help direct you in the right direction. What did you have in mind?” Janine tried to give off a professional air. She ended her words and held her breath, waiting for Asia’s response. “Oh, well, I don’t want anything too complicated. Actually, Thomas and I have been talking about it and we realized that there’s no way we can get everyone we want here without going over the budget.” Asia peaked at Janine, unsure how she would react. Asia watched Janine’s face fall. “Oh, we still want a simple mating ceremony, but we want to live stream it to both territories. We’ll have two receptions later on. But it makes everything a hu
“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
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