~Godfrey’s Point of View~During Sunny’s very quick shower I gave her the hurried version of events, and just as I knew … she refused to sit on the bench for the war. Luckily, Daisy had taken some videos of her running the yard and doing other things so we played them for her to learn the mannerisms and voice.She was of course, absolutely appalled at herself, but it just stoked her fury over the situation. I also had to promise that once this was over she would get treated to a full spa day. That little minx, always wanting to look perfect for me. Her nails weren’t done, her dark tan was fading, her hair roots were showing, her eyebrows were overgrown, the list went on and on but it was sweet music to my ears. I would gladly listen to her complain for the rest of my days.I laid in wait for the signal that the party was going down. As a council member I could certainly attend, and attend I would. It would seem a bit off certainly if there were a bunch of other vampires there so I did
~Tyson’s Point of View~We got most of the pack to the teleportation witch, and Susie disappeared with them but I refused to go. Always better to beg for forgiveness right?I was far closer to becoming a Shadow and even still, I wouldn't leave my people. Especially not when they needed me, orders or not.The witch was pissed and said if I didn’t go now she’d have to leave me and I told her to go ahead. I turned back toward the house, ready to shift when I saw Godfrey holding a witch by the throat. While he likely had things under control I never wanted to take that for granted. I ripped my shirt off over my head and quickly yanked off my boots.I instinctively ran toward him, and just as he dropped her, I knew something was wrong. I shifted as I ran and jumped on the witch as soon as I got to her, taking her by surprise. I closed my eyes tight, trying not to look at her as electricity from her fingertips zapped me all over. My wolf yelped in response after a few.She also had a silver
~Sunny’s Point of View~My Godfrey is supposed to be completely invincible, indestructible! No one, NO ONE is supposed to be able to just take him, as if he were a shoe or something. I hadn’t been able to breathe for two months, much as I’m sure he felt while I was under the bitch’s spell. How could he stand it? How could he not go insane?There had been pain, I had felt a sharp stab in my throat probably about the moment he got wrapped with silver. But I didn’t feel our connection … sever … as many told me I would have. It’s one thing for me to feel his connection, it's quite another thing to know what to do with it.I’d now met Godfrey’s progenies and I deeply wondered why he’d never introduced them to me before. Selena, the one who tried to break through the walls that had been put around him, said that as it disappeared it took on the appearance of a coffin. So likely, he was chained with silver in a coffin. My heart just absolutely broke at the image. I was now in the yard of hea
~River’s Point of View~When it rains, it really pours. It seemed like we couldn’t catch a break lately. Not only was Godfrey missing, but word got out to the supernatural community at large. ... and the word was that the council was weak. So needless to say, we were all over the damn place, getting into fights and trying to keep the peace. We were shocked to find that fifteen of Diana’s kids volunteered to stay and help out. All of Godfrey’s stayed but there were only three. His sister came and went, flying all over the world determined to find something.Having more vampires on hand made a huge difference and I honestly don’t know what the hell we’d do without them right now. They were scaring the shit out of the packs that caused trouble and keeping the witches in line. We were all hopeful some of them may want to stay on and try out to be a Shadow.On top of everything, our mate just had a heat which fully disabled my brothers and I for a few days, not that I was complaining. We’d
~Sunny’s Point of View~*Run it off Sunny, exhaust yourself and get a good night’s sleep, our mate is going to live,* Ember said in my head.I knew she was right, my family would say the same thing. But how could I possibly turn my mind off?*I hear you, but I can’t breathe, I can’t, I need to see him, I have to,* I yelled back.It was stupid, I wasn't going to find him, there was no chance of that. He certainly wasn't out here. Probably not even on this continent anymore.*You need to calm down, he trusts Diana, we have to as well, they found him, that was hard part,* she replied. *He must have been so tortured during my spell, I can’t even imagine. But you’re right. He was strong for us, we need to stay strong for him,* I replied. I had to calm down but I didn't know how.*I was too, I had no idea what was going on, I was just shut out completely. I tried like hell to talk to your brothers, to your parents’ wolves but there was nothing, I was so depressed,* she whined.We came to t
~Diana’s Point of View~“Wake the fuck up Godfrey, this isn’t who you are, you are the most badass warrior there ever was, you aren’t going to die because of some stupid ass witch,” I yelled at my brother’s deflated body.I had infused him with the blood of our children, and from me for nearly a week and the only improvement we’d gotten was the healing of his silver burns. This would take months at this rate.I was beyond exhausted. I wasn’t sleeping, I wasn’t even fucking. I had never let anything bother me, never let anyone get to me. But this was my Godfrey, my best friend and for many centuries on and off … my lover. We’d drift apart for a long time but we’d always make our way back to each other. Our bond was far too strong to deny. I’d long resolved that if something ever happened to make him meet the true death, I simply couldn’t go on. I could spend a century apart from him as long as I knew he was out there somewhere, being his asshole self.Vampires rarely stayed together in
~Tyson’s Point of View~“It’s been a week, don’t you think someone should check on Godfrey and Diana,” I asked River one night, while we were out on patrol.One thing I really admired about the Shadows was that no one escaped the crappy things like guard duty. It didn't matter if you were an investigator like River or one of the lead warriors like Hunter. You still had to pitch in.“Yeah I think they should but I don’t know who would, I mean how to get ahold of them even. I think Sunny’s going to just burn the packhouse down soon if we don’t find out something,” he said.Yikes, I had to wonder if he was joking or serious, but I decided I didn’t want to know. We continued our patrol for about another hour in relative silence. The sun had just set, and the dark sky was settling in, looking a bit more ominous than usual I thought. Maybe it was going to rain.*Vamp at the main gate, requesting to speak to a councilor, says she’s Diana’s child. Angel approved her coming in the portal but sa
~Diana’s Point of View~“Just fucking end me already,” I hissed through my clenched teeth.I was bound at the wrists and ankles with silver, completely unable to move. Three witches were attached to my leg, drinking my blood as my maker stood by watching with great satisfaction.Vampires never freely gave their blood to a human unless the human’s life was in danger and they were someone in our personal circle. We didn’t just randomly help wounded humans since basic ones certainly didn't know what our blood could do.For a healthy human to take a large dose of vampire blood and not for the purposes of being turned, was akin to madness. They would have abnormal strength and feel invincible … a bad combination. This usually led the person to think they were far more capable of doing something than they could actually do ... and usually they either killed a lot of people or created an incitement.So long ago, Godfrey and I had ended Ketet, at least we were positive that we had. The last ti