Rieka I stared at the dark, log ceiling as Seth and Amar slept soundly. My mind raced as I listened to the white noise of the box fan, dreading the moment that Seth's alarm would go off. I had gotten the best night's sleep lying next to him over the weekend, but now I thought too much for my body to relax. The past couple of days were nothing more than a blur. Amid my emotional roller-coaster ride, I decided to be honest with myself and move into the packhouse. This is where I belong. Whether or not it was safe to be here was the real question. I didn't worry about my own safety, but the safety of everyone else weighed heavily on my mind. I had only been here for a couple of days, and Jo, Jay, Waya, and Amar were almost killed right along with Gram. And it wasn't even because Dis found me. It was because of stupid petty high school bullshit that was taken to the demon level. When Mia and Izzy told Ron and Bet what was going on, they were oddly upset hearing what happened to Gram
Rieka She's gone. Seth's words repeated in my mind as I felt my heart tighten inside my chest. After everything we had just been through, not just this weekend, but the entire summer. After staying away while I bonded with Lupa and ensured the vampire venom hid my energy .... Gram can't be gone. She's just missing ..... But deep down, I knew better. I fell to the floor as my world spun around me, and I closed my eyes as I started to hyperventilate. Seth and Amar quickly came over to try to comfort me. Amar nuzzled his head deep in my lap while Seth wrapped his arms around my shoulders and held me tightly. How could this happen? And then it hit me, Timophy's voice saying that he and Laura weren't the only ones. I had been so preoccupied with everything else that I had completely forgotten ..... how could I forget?! This is my fault .... "Breathe, Rhi. Slow, deep breaths," Lupa calmly instructed, and I did my best to obey. "I'm so sorry, I wish that I were here under diff
Julia I had to admit, it was actually lonely without having Amar around. He had been in my life for so many years. He may not have always been a weimaraner, as he would change breeds to keep up with the times, but he was always around all the same. After I woke up, I opened all of the windows in my little cabin, poured myself a cup of coffee, and sat at the kitchen table to enjoy the sunrise through the window. Normally, I would sit down on the front porch, enjoying the aroma of my herb gardens as the sun graced us with his presence, but not today. Today was different. Today, I needed to stay inside. As the sun started to make itself known, painting the sky with beautiful colors, an old saying popped into my mind. "Pink sky in morning, sailors warning ...." I said before taking a long sip of my coffee. "You boys have no fucking clue what you're doing, do you?" I asked as I looked at the reflections of the three demon boys in the window before taking another sip of coffee. They
Rieka It took a bit for us all to calm down and come to terms with the fact that Waya and Jay shifted into two separate beings. No matter how much we tried to figure out what happened, we had no concrete answers. The best we could come up with is that it had something to do with Mia's venom, and whatever brought Amar back from the dead. Whatever the cause, standing in the middle of the woods wasn't going to solve anything. Izzy told Mia what to focus on to control her ability to shift, and the two flew ahead of us to start packing some of their things. Jay rode Dub with me, while Waya ran with Ace and Lucius. Blue was already there waiting for us with the truck and trailer by the time we finally arrived. You should have seen the look on his face when he saw that Jay and Waya were separate, but as soon as they went to shift back, they became one again. While Izzy and Mia were in the house gathering their things, I had the others help me get the horses and supplies loaded up. Rig
Jane "What the fuck did I tell you?!?" I screamed as I hit Tim with his own right arm, anger consuming almost every part of me. There was just enough room for fear to seep in. He's a fucking moron ..... I have a fucking moron cowering in the corner of my room! I should have just killed him instead of ripping his arm off, but I was afraid that Dis would notice one more missing soul. Especially this moronic soul since I deliberately picked Tim just to try to make Dis jealous and Dis knew it. Tim attempted to shield his head with his left arm, "I just wanted to have a little fun!" WHACK! "Fun?!? You want fun?!?" I yelled out as I held his arm like a baseball bat. WHACK! "Is this fun enough for you?!" I raised his arm, ready to hit him with it once more. "Jane! Come on! I didn't mean anything by it! Stop!" Tim begged of me. WHACK! "You didn't mean anything by it?!?" I yelled as I turned away from him and started pacing. "I told you not to leave! Not only did you leave
Rieka I pressed the palms of my hands against my temples as the continuous ringing filled my head. The pain that tore throughout my body was akin to my bones being on fire. I felt like I was burning from the inside out. "Mia, change him! NOW!" I somehow heard Izzy's voice yell above the ringing in my head. I fought the pain that wanted to claim me as its own and gave everything I had to slowly stand on my unstable feet. What I was feeling, both emotionally and physically, was so overwhelmingly surreal. Lupa ..... what's going on? But my wolf wasn't there. I forced my eyes open only to see a blurry scene from a horror movie. As I looked down, I could make out Amar's body, still lying lifeless. A very naked Mia was kneeling over Jay, who was lying too still on the ground. Timophy was nowhere to be seen. He had simply disappeared, leaving behind a heartbreaking scene as the only proof as to what had happened. "RHI?!" Seth's concerned voice yelled my name as the tears fill