Havermouth, Present TimeThe conversation circled around on itself creating two camps of thought. Those who supported handing Leighton over were Heath, Rhett, Connery, Harry, Sigrid, and her Triquetra. Those who believed there had to be another way - but were not specific as to what that way would be - were Cameron, Jules, Talen, and Meguitte.Samuel abstained stating that he did not know the man or the circumstances having just been peripheral to the action during the Van Helsing occupation of Havermouth.If majority ruled, Leighton would be surrendered. If that was even possible to do.They had agreed to meet Niarthen on the bridge and to take his party to a secure meeting location and discuss it further there, and then their little meeting had broken up.Cameron had gone with Jules for a walk around the property. Jules had large gaps in his memory and Cameron was helping to fill them. Harry had taken Ryan to put the little boy to bed. Sigrid and her Triquetra had gone to their room
Havermouth, Present Time“You told me about him, and how you’d loved him,” Cameron finished. “So, it’s not really a surprise that you ended up with Harry.”Jules leaned against the fence post, looking out into the field of Saxon Merinos. It was odd, he thought, that he could remember that this small herd was an investment he and Cameron had made after careful consideration as Saxon Merinos were good in hilly territories, like his farm, and so the intention had been to paddock them there – but he could not remember moving them to Cameron’s house paddock and he could not remember this human man that his son had told him he’d loved before marrying Cameron’s mother.It might not have been a surprise to Cameron, but finding out about this lover from his son had been to Jules. He pushed the thought back and just nodded.“You moved the sheep?” He changed the topic of conversation as he looked over at Cameron. His night vision picked out Cameron’s face against the backdrop of the night dark g
Havermouth, Present TimeTalen heard them coming up the stairs and as waiting by the open double doors into the playroom, braced in the doorframe, his bulk blocking entry. He was shirtless, barefoot, and his jeans were open at the fly. His hair had grown, Aislen thought, its ends now brushing his nipples, the piercings glinting through the strands.His smile was slow and smouldering as they approached, and Aislen felt a wave of desire burn through her. “Fuck me,” she fanned her face with her hand. “I’m not sure which one of us went the most weak-kneed to see you half naked and doing a door-lean like that, Daddy, but all three of us turned into hormonal cum-puddles.”Talen’s chuckle was rich. “You know the rules,” he said. “Undress at the door.”“You breaking the rules Daddy?” Rhett teased, even as he began to pull his top off over his head.“I’m making the rules, brat,” Talen corrected. “Safe words?”“R & G,” Aislen toed off her shoes. “What’s Heath up to?”“Oh,” Talen’s smirk turned
New BeginningsHavermouth, Present TimeTom tested the window, making sure it was locked before pulling across the curtains. “Not really a secure, safe place,” he said in disapproval. “With the weapons the Mer use they could be in the room in seconds before we get a chance to react.”“We’re far off the main roads,” Greg was patient as he folded his shirt and added it to the pile of clothing on the chair at the foot of the bed. “In the middle of farmland. The Mer focus on populated areas from what we can tell. They won’t waste their energy on a single farmhouse.”“Even if it’s right by the river?” Tom arched an eyebrow. “The only water source this far inland, and they’re Mer?”“Sleep with a gun on the nightstand if you must,” Sigrid ran the brush through her hair. “If it makes you feel safer.”“It’s not about me feeling safer,” Tom was insulted. “It’s about keeping you safe.”“My darling,” Sigrid started as she set the brush down.“I know, I know,” Tom said automatically, holding his h
Havermouth, Present TimeAislen watched as Talen led Cameron across the floor on his hands and knees, and then up onto the foot of the bed. “Sit there like a good puppy,” he commanded Cameron sternly.Cameron slid Aislen a look from the corner of his eye as he made himself comfortable on the bed. With Heath and Rhett, the play had always been focused on where their kinks overlapped, Heath’s need for control, Rhett’s cum play, and Cameron’s desire to be used and taken into sub-space. Although their equipment included collars and leashes, they’ve never ventured into puppy play.Cameron wasn’t sure he would like it. It seemed too corny being a werewolf, and a bit of a poor substitute to being in his wolf form. Why play at being a puppy, when you could transform into a wolf?“Good boy,” Talen praised him as he arranged pillows against the headboard. He set three dildos and three butt plugs on the mattress before standing back to admire his display, his eyes roaming over Heath, Rhett, and
Havermouth, Present Time“I know what you are thinking,” Connery said.Meguitte watched him in the mirror as he draped his jacket over the back of the armchair. She peeled the bracelets off her wrist and set them on the glossy polished surface of the dresser without taking her eyes from his reflection. He sat in the chair to remove his shoes and looked up at her when she didn’t reply.“I have… reservations,” she admitted in answer to his raised eyebrow. “It is… wrong to give the Mer Leighton. I know,” she said as his expression shifted. “I know. And I… I agree. He’s not been honest with us. He has not helped us as much as he could. His focus has been on his own goals. And he made a selfish choice – a racist choice in a way – in how he chose to pursue immortality for Verina…” She trailed off and pulled out her earrings to cover.“And?” Connery went still.“He made me uncomfortable in the aether,” she said reluctantly. “I believe you Connery, I do. He is not… I don’t know,” she sighed s
Havermouth, Present TimeCameron wasn’t surprised that when he snuck out of the house just before sunrise, his father was already sitting on the stairs down to the firepit, tying up his shoelaces.Jules looked over his shoulder as the boards beneath Cameron’s feet creaked with the movement and smiled. “Morning.”“Hi Dad,” Cameron was glad to see him. It somehow felt right that they’d do the morning together. “Did you sleep okay?”“Fantastic,” Jules stood and stretched before scratching his stomach. “Let’s do our chores, and then hurry back, hey? Might get everything done before anyone wakes up.”They walked to the shed together through the chill of pre-dawn morning, navigating the way with ease due to their night sight. The slide of the galvanized iron door on its runner was overloud and disturbed the birds in the trees who twittered complaints as they judged whether it was actually time to wake up or not.As they carried the hay bale by its twine over to the fence and threw it over to
Havermouth, Present TimeAislen was brushing her teeth when she felt the energy shift around her. Someone was scrying her. There was a slim chance that it was one of the local covens, but since she’d snuck off post winning back Havermouth from the Van Helsings, and then left for Rideten, the local covens were used to referring to Abigail or Sigrid for instruction, so she doubted it. With Bianca dead, that really only left one person. “Aislen my dear.”Yep. Nailed it, Aislen thought as she spat into the sink. Technically she didn’t have to talk out loud, so could have kept brushing her teeth, but having a mouthful of foam just wasn’t dignified and she felt like she needed some dignity to deal with this particular conversation. “Stella. I have heard you were back in Havermouth.”“And yet you have not come to see me?” Stella’s reply held a motherly reprimand. “I have been expecting you.”“I only got in myself yesterday. I needed some time to scrub up. Got caught on the edge of the Mer a