“ The scent trackers are back. There is no trace of them leaving the area through the woods or over the mountains. They even searched up and down the river, but nothing.” The old man, Cellrik from the council, cleared his throat before he continued. “ I have gotten word back from our truth-teller; she assures me neither The blood claws nor The werebears have seen her. They are not in the Fay territory; in other words, Tew, they are not here.” I scoffed and watched several of them jump in their seats as I got up and slammed my fists on the table. Cellric and Mallakai´s faces stiffened, clearly seeing this as an act of disrespect. I couldn’t care less. They failed their job! “Of course not! They crossed the sea! How hard is that to understand? “ I growled at them. My patience was wearing thin. It’s already been over a week, and I have a bad feeling about all of this, especially since I found these disgusting pack files. Alpha Birger could say whatever he liked, trying to convince
“Get me a rope!”I shouted. People were gathering around, looking. Whispers and mortified gasps. I raised a brow as I heard giggling behind me. Maya shrugged her shoulders at me and half tried to keep her laughter down. Odin, Hel, and sweet Loki, please tell me I’m not about to bring a woman with Hades´ kind of humor back to my pack! The freaking thing was a flying animal skeleton, most likely an old wild dog or maybe even a lion. With him, who knows! Flying around over our heads, coated with Hades´s black dust, and right between the legs of the skeleton, a massive whale cock was flapping back and forth over our heads. My nose wrinkled, and my lip twitched as I watched that meaty thing flap all over up there. How the hell did he even manage to attach that thing? You know what? I don’t even want to know! “Where is that rope?” A couple of the old females jumped back, looking like they would have a heart attack soon. Well, I’m not that amused by his humor all the time, mainly because
Eir´s POV. I’m not sure what happened that day, but Hades stepped away. Quietly, he left my room without saying another word, and in the days that followed, he gave me a strange stare. I could feel his eyes on me every time, and when I looked, he would turn away. He didn’t avoid me, but something was off. But I didn’t want to ask. I had more than enough with Toke. The hurt and sorrow. Toke and his actions, his line of thoughts and beliefs regarding me had vanished, I felt towards these last days. I’m not going to lie; something in my chest still aches from time to time when a poisonous remark leaves his lips, but my instant reaction now is anger: anger and the need to throw him overboard. Everything changed after we started sailing. Toke and Arcane only scowled at each other; Hades stared at me like he was suddenly waiting for me to grow wings. The rest of the crew became more invisible each day. Suddenly having so much work, they had decks to scrub, sails to repair, or imaginary pl
“What are you rambling about? “ “Are you a fucking Alpha maiden? It is a simple yes or no!” He kept roaring in my face, “And what the heck is that?”“Oh, you would know! It’s the whores of our stories! The females felt the mate bond to every Alpha she met until she let one mate and mark her! Is that it? It tingles between your legs every fucking time you lay eyes on an Alpha? You just drool over every single dick with rank and power?” Irritation washed over me, but then again, this was nothing new. I don’t have the number of times I’ve been called that. Whore, slut, skank, slipp´n-slide-lucy. Usually by jealous girls, but also teachers, parents, even strangers, and old flings. Occasionally, flings that never happened. It stopped hurting a long time ago because I knew it wasn’t really true. I never took direct payment for it, so I shrugged it off with that. What hurt this time was hearing it from him, Fury. I saw him lurking; his eyes flickered, but he didn’t put up a fight. I scow
A low beat tugged inside my chest, pulling and pulsating. Steady and calm, the deep sound of drums throbbed inside of me. Ba-dum, ba-dum, ba-dum. The rhythm worked its way through my body like a heavy bass that was making the seat of the car vibrate. I could feel it through my muscles, besides my heartbeats, and in my throat. The sound was not so harsh or sudden as modern drums, softer and almost bordering dark. Again, I felt the beat tug in my chest like something wanted out. Like the rhythm wanted to pull it out of me. The weird thing was that the sensation was so comfortable. It is soothing and exciting all at the same time. Ba-dum, ba-dum, ba-ba-dum, dum. Ba-dum, ba-dum. As the vibrations coursed through me, Images of hands slamming down on huge drums appeared in my head—almost hourglass-shaped drums draped with thick white and red paint. Creatures and unknown symbols danced around as the hands kept slamming down on the stretched skin that made the top of it. Magical and thr
“Have you lost it? You know I’m from what human world.” He only chuckled, which irritated me further. He continued eating and smiling for himself again as if he knew something he was not letting me in on. The worst part was that deep down, I hoped it was true. I hoped I had a family that actually loved me and missed me. But his claim had a considerable fault; if I belonged here, why didn’t I have a wolf? I’m still only human. I also remember that black wolf from my dreams, dreams that first started to devolve after I came here. These dreams felt so real, and I caught myself thinking about them as memories—my only memories of a happy childhood. But I also knew that was only wishes and frugal hopes. “What? Tell me the truth instead. Where are we going? “ “I never lie, well, not that often, at least! We are going to meet what I think is your family. And I really mean this, Eir, I really think these people are your family. I know you have many questions, but I don’t have all the answe
“Hades! Stop it!” “I’m just helping; stop flopping around; you are ruining it.”I squinted my eyes at him as he tucked me into bed. That would have been fine with me if he hadn´t wrapped me so tightly; I looked like an overstuffed burrito. The blanket was wrapped all around me; even my arms were stuck to my sides. “Oh, relax; I know what I’m doing! “ I rolled my eyes and wiggled like a fish on land while muttering; I doubt that very much. Then he huffed, crawled up in my bed again, and tucked the blanket around me even further. “Toke is locked up; I’m staying here now because we don’t have silver on the ship. I doubt he will try anything, but something is strange about that boy. I don’t recognize him at all; therefore, I do not trust him. And you need to relax and rest. I know females feel safe and relaxed when they are firmly wrapped and with their hands close to their bodies. “ “Hades! That’s kids. Kids, Hades, not women!” “Hm.. no, I’m sure it was women... Yeah, no. It is fema
Great. I groaned down in my pull before I jumped up. Wrapping the blanket around me, I did the awkward penguin walk to the bathroom-like area with my clothes under one arm. I muttered all the animal-related curses I could think of as I heard People walk by, chuckling down the hall. This scenario would once have been my dirty little dream, a fantasy enough to make my cheeks heat up at any moment. It's a dream scene where I’m trapped on a ship with only incredibly handsome and well-trained men. But I felt more like a version of Wendy from Peter Pan. An. It was an imaginary story where I had been tasked with the impossible mission of babysitting a handful of kids with a beard, bad humor, and over 2 meters tall. All that was missing was that I would be tasked to wash their dirty underwear and their stiff and sticky single socks. The only reason for it must be that these overgrown kids don't have socks. A doomed Wendy figure that has to walk around model-like giants, alluring, dark, and wi