I gawked up at Rem. I wasn’t sure how to react at first, but I now knew one important minor fact. He felt the pull of our bond too, even if he tried to hide it behind his indifferent demeanour. I smiled slightly and although I said nothing concerning the kiss he had just given me; I allowed my hands to rest on his thighs. My hazel gaze lingered on his face until he dared a glance at me. His face was as red as a tomato, and he seemed almost shy.
His own blueish-green gaze snapped down at my hands on his legs and then back up to my face. He was going to lecture me, I could tell it in his expressions. Yet, when he opened his mouth, he merely paused and looked aside again. He was unsure how to respond. I could tell he was going through the motions of figuring out if he was feeling offended or ecstatic about the touch.
I felt a little more daring as I watched him struggle with himself. I leaned up, using my elbows to elevate m
Rem had paused in his exploration of my mouth and flinched as soon as his phone went off. It was as though he had snapped out of his trance and pulled away from me to grab his phone from his pocket. He was still on my lap as he looked at the caller ID. He cursed under his breath. And then scrambled away from me and stood near the wall as he clicked on the answer button. The taste of smoke lingered in my mouth and although I didn’t much like the taste, I was far too dazed from the kiss to complain. My fingers slowly raised to my lips as I tried to contemplate my next move. “What do you want! I’m busy!” Rem’s annoyed voice snapped me out of my daze. I looked over at him and tilted my head to one side. A familiar voice on the other end spoke to Rem in an equally gruff voice. “I’m coming back earlier than expected. We’re going on the Hunt tonight, so don’t worm out of it.” I knew that voice from somewhere. Furrowing my brows, I stay
In the little time we had left to get to know one another, I explained to Rem the truth about the night I had met his cousin while in London. Rem seemed surprised that I had outsmarted his cousin but relatively glad. Not for my sake though, oh no! Rem would never admit that. He now had something to mock his cousin with now. That was what he said, at least.“Now, be a good boy and stay in your room,” Rem ordered me for the tenth time. “We can deal with this shit later, but I have to play along with my cousin for a day and then get rid of him,” he continued as he put his shoes on.I nodded slowly. I could do nothing but trust him with my life. He could betray me if he desired to, and I could not stop him. If I left the room, I risked every Hunter in the area coming after me, and I wasn’t sure I could fool them thrice. Plus, it would mean having to put Rem through something awkward if he was genuine about me not wanting
The evening night passed by slowly. Every loud noise made me nervous. I kept my gaze on the streets below my hotel room. So far I saw very few people and none of which I recognised from my trip to London. After midnight I wasn’t sure if I was in the safe zone or not, but I felt exhausted and all I wanted to do was sleep.Had Rem felt the need to betray me, I hoped it would have happened already. Did I dare text him? He had been reluctant to share his number with me during the few hours we had left together, but he had caved in after I promised I wouldn’t annoy him with constant messages and he forbade me from ringing him.I sighed and glanced out the window one last time before I felt the phone in my hand vibrate. I glanced at it. It was from Rem.Rem: Stop pining after me and go to sleep.I felt my cheeks warm-up and I couldn’t help but smirk a little. Was he spying on me? I glanced out the window again and sure enough, a small group i
Back in my hotel room, Rem kept his distance from me, his arms folded across his chest. It wasn’t surprising that he was being more aware of the bond between us and trying to keep himself from falling head-first back into wanting to continue where we left off last time. He had used the time between visits to think more on things, perhaps even ask questions to the other Hunters or tried to look up information about the bond between us. I doubted he had found anything, though.I sat by the window and glanced up at him. Seeing as he hadn’t told the others where I was staying, I felt assured that he would not betray me now. Though accepting me as his mate was something I wasn’t too sure about just yet. That likely would need more time and explaining before Rem would even think of accepting it all.Seeing me waiting patiently, Rem finally spoke, though he looked away almost sheepishly as he did so, “my cousin will hang me if he
It felt like hours had passed since Rem had left, although the truth was it had only been a few minutes. He had left me confused and speechless. He had refused to accept or reject me and had just walked out as though that was it. What was he expecting me to do now? Just give up and go home? He had said as much, but I couldn’t do that. He was my chosen mate, the one I would be with! I couldn’t just go home! If I left now, would I find him? Or would I risk running into his family? His words had stopped me from going after him as he had left me dumbfounded in my room. I breathed in deeply and then snapped myself out of the daze I was in. I couldn’t end it here. Regardless of risk, I wanted to make my opinion known. This wasn’t just his choice to make, we both had to make it. Grabbing what I thought I might need, I ran after Rem. The elevator was nowhere near my floor and was still going down, so I elected to use the stairs instead. Luckily, the st
After our public display of affection, Rem was irritable with me and stood beside me with a pout and his arms folded in annoyance. He was a sore loser, but I had what I wanted out of him so I would not taunt him further. My hand found his hip again, and I brought him closer to me. Quietly I gazed at him, a pleased smile plastered all over my face.Rem had finally given me an actual answer and one I was happy with. He was trying hard to look annoyed, but the light colouring of his cheeks told another story.“Sirs, is everything alright?” One of the female staff employees questioned Rem and me quietly. Our actions had worried people, so naturally one of the staff members would have to make sure we would not cause any problems. She was polite and softly spoken, but she was clearly worried.Rem’s face flushed a little more. He looked away moodily and muttered, “yeah, I’m fine. My boyfriend is just overly dramatic,
After lunch, something distracted Rem on his phone, and he looked to be growing rather impatient. We had moved to the hotel’s lounge to relax a little as Rem was adamantly against me leaving the hotel while his cousin was still around. I couldn’t say I blamed him. His cousin really was desperate to see me dead from what Rem had told me.“What’s wrong?” I asked Rem as I pulled him closer to me so that our hips connected. He made a weak sound of protest at first but gave in easily enough after I placed a sweet kiss on his temple.Rem glanced up at me and then said, “my friend hasn’t been replying to my texts, that’s all. He usually messages me every day since he’s gone to look for his parents. The guy he is with… is a vampire or something. I don’t like him.”I chuckled softly before brushing some of Rem’s blue hair out of his eyes. “Your friend is also from
In my hotel room, I allowed Rem to use the shower while I sneakily looked up the information I needed to complete the bonding process. My flirting might have been enough to make Rem blush, but that didn’t mean I was qualified in the ways of making love to another. I luckily had lube and condoms in my backpack, but that was all I had done to prepare myself. Reading up on things, my face twisted in shock and awe at all the preparation that I would need to do to make the experience pleasant and not too painful for Rem. Then I paused in thought. What if Rem was the one who preferred to be the one to take command of the situation? I felt my cheeks grow warm at the idea. I glanced to the bathroom, wondering what was going through Rem’s mind right now. Was he planning on backing out of this? Was he wondering the same things I was? What if we weren’t compatible with bonding with one another? Other questions raced through my mind when the sound of the b
My gaze never shifted away from Arwen as he looked down at me still, the silence deafening. Nothing seemed to happen, and I wondered if maybe I had simply misunderstood what he was implying. The ground had since stopped shaking and the souls had all returned at the Gods’ demands. Taking in a sharp breath, I helped Rem stand up again, but my thoughts did not wane. I kept thinking over what Arwen had said to me. The God seemed to at least have the patience to allow me to do that much, but I knew it wouldn’t last long. Anxiously, I finally dared to look back at Arwen. His arms were folded across his chest, as though he was dealing with a schoolroom full of children. Despite who and what I was, he was still far older than I, by many centuries. Many cultures had their own version of Death, but most of them stemmed from the same legends spread over the world, twisted into their own versions. “What… sort of price?” I finally asked, unknowing i
Thousands upon thousands of eyes stared down at me from the black hole atop the shrine. Even with all of my focus set upon my attempts to hold the ritual back, the opening to Annwn was growing larger. The ground was shaking more, to where small pieces of the ceiling were clattering down on the ground below. Whatever glow I once had was practically gone now, and I knew without a shadow of a doubt that was a bad sign.I was feeling drained and knew it wouldn’t be long now before my attempts failed completely. I relayed the news to the three behind me swiftly as the black hole expanded again. There would be nothing I could do to hold the souls back, but with luck, I might still find the strength to stop the ritual from completing fully.Or so I had hoped.A large earthquake rocked the area, causing the four of us to stumble. I couldn’t keep my balance long enough to refocus and the result was disastrous. Souls quickly started pour
The four of us turned our full attention to the shrine ahead of us. Although the tension between Rem and Rakesh hadn’t subsided, they both put aside their personal feelings of the other to deal with the issue at hand. I wasn’t sure how the other two were handling everything, but it relieved me to not have to stress over the issue just yet.The shrine was old, hand-carved from marble stone. Etchings had been carved into it, but it had been worn from time and was harder to see what it had originally been. I suspected it was more of the same markings that had been on the doors and entrance to this place. They had placed the candles in a horseshoe shape on the surface of the marble. Within them was some burning sage.Although these items were important for most rituals, I could tell right away that even if we put out the candles or stopped the burning of the sage, it still wouldn’t stop the summoning.Kayden looked towards Ra
Finding the entrance wasn’t too difficult, as it was where the Alpha had said it would be. Finding the new entrance, it was obvious that the digging of paws had made it. Therefore, it would require the two of us to crawl to get inside. I led the way, with Rem following close behind me.Despite the trouble that lay ahead of us, Rem couldn’t help but interject with, “at least I get a lovely view one last time.”I couldn’t look back at him, but I rolled my eyes. “Really, Rem?” I chided him for his childishness. Though in truth, I was glad that Rem hadn’t lost his quirky little sense of humour. “When this is all over, we can admire each other as much as we want. Promise,” I then added, a little quieter. I had hoped that after this war, we could finally find peace. Now I wasn’t so sure.Fighting mortals was one thing, but fighting what was essentially a God was something else ent
Once more, I take my human form. It seems to surprise the Alpha to find me bandaging his wounds. I hope that if we can convince him to no longer seek revenge, then he might turn into a more reasonable werewolf now that he no longer can be the fighter he once was. If we can salvage him and the others, then perhaps we can finally be at peace and no one else has to go to war on the other. Though with the loss of his mate, I wasn’t sure how the Alpha would react. At worse he would continue to seek revenge and at best; he might get locked up for the rest of his life under the Hunter’s care. “Why don’t you transform back now? It’ll be easier to patch you up,” I say to him, keeping my words firm but gentle. Ken doesn’t seem pleased with how kind I’m being to the Alpha, but after he has put silver cuffs on the Alpha to keep him weak as a precaution, he seems much more amicable to leave my side. I don’t even have to ask where he is going.
The pleasant late morning summer sun heated my fur and made me feel rather warm. It would have been an enjoyable morning had my mind not been full of adrenaline of what had taken place and was still going on even now. All around me, people were busying themselves with helping bandage the wounded. I, however, had no time to help. The Alpha had issued me a challenge, one that I could not really back out of.The two of us circled one another, each of us sizing the other up, but not yet ready to strike first. I was well aware of the Alpha’s skill and although he no longer knew the full extent of my own abilities; he was fully aware of who and what I was. He knew I was no longer the same half-blood he had easily overpowered in a fight before and was now much warier about what damage I could do to him.To make this a fair fight, I had removed the werewolf weapon that Rem had gone to the trouble of getting for me.Staying near me to monitor
It feels like it has been forever since this whole thing started, even though it hadn’t been that long since Rem and I had met and become mates. I had hoped life would have been simple, enjoying life blissfully, but life had other plans for me and Rem and life had sent this Alpha to shake up our two worlds. Now it had all boiled down to this.Looking around the new battlefield, it seemed with the few Ancient Ones having followed and helped with the fight to protect those who could not defend themselves; we had brought down all the Alpha’s pack members. The Alpha was the only one left still able to fight. I stood in front of the others, my tail held up in a challenging display towards him. I was sure that Ken would want to kill him, but I knew that if we allowed him to do that, nothing much would change. The survivors of the Alpha’s pack and allies would merely seek revenge and call our own pack and allies traitors.No. If I want
I can feel the gravel shifting under my paws as Rem and I run toward our family. The Hunters are trying their hardest to fend off the Alpha and his pack members, but the enemy outnumbers them. It was strange that this pack would be out this way, as it was nowhere near the direction of the mansion nor the field in which their allies had camped out. Rem doesn’t seem to know the answer to why they would be here either, other than they knew about the exit, but that doesn’t seem too likely.The Ancient Ones following behind us also confirmed that this pack’s thoughts were of a surprise to find the Hunters and werewolves here. So it put the thought that they had known about our plans aside completely now. It was a strange coincidence, and it made me wonder what the real reason was for. What was out this way that would interest this pack, if not the hidden exits for the Hunters?As we grew
I could no longer smell anything other than the blood that had scattered over the surrounding fields. I was breathless from the constant fighting, but far fewer enemy werewolves were now trying to fight back. We had lost a few of our own but compared to them, we had made it out rather well. I felt sorry for those here. None of them had really started this entire war, but all of them had paid some kind of price. Meanwhile, their so-called leaders were still nowhere to be found.With a slight limp, I made my way across the field to where I could find Rem. He had seemed to fair much better than most of us in this fight, but I wasn’t really all that surprised by it. He was a powerful fighter and smart enough to manoeuvre a battlefield. My memories might have returned to me, but I was never a fighter, not even in my previous lives.He smiled down at me and offered my head a few loving scratches behind the ear, which set my tail into a frenzy of