The temptation made hunger grow until he couldn't think beyond the red haze in his mind. "Look at yourself, brother, look at your face." He found himself on the ground, on his hands and knees, as if they'd shoved him, but he never felt the push. He stared into the shimmering pond of water stretching before him. The skin on his face was pulled tightly over his bones. His mouth was wide in protest and not only his incisors but also his canines were long and sharp in anticipation. He heard a heartbeat. Strong. Steady. Beckoning. Calling. His mouth watered. He was desperate-so hungry there was nothing to do but hunt. He had to find prey. Had to bite into a soft, warm neck so that the hot blood would burst into his mouth, fill every cell, wash through his organs and tissues and feed the tremendous strength and power of his kind. He could think of nothing else but the terrible swell of hunger, rising like a tide to consume him. The heartbeat grew louder, and he slowly turned his head a
"Kane, are you awake now?" Dobah asked, trailing his eyes over his twin who eyes were still shut, but mind paths open."Yes, I am." Kane replied, opening his eyes, instantly sitting up on the soil."Here is the ring. You took time waking up...is there any problem?" Dobah asked him, stretching out the ancient ring towards him.He shrugged. "I'm not sure."He replied, collecting the ring and fixing it in his middle finger."But I had a dream."Dobah frowned, causes lines to crease his forehead. He stepped aside, gesturing Kane to stand up fully...so that they could sit on the nearby sofa and talk. Blenda was upstairs, packing up some things that would be useful to them in the journey to England.When they had found out the exact location of Yodah and Freya, they had almost gone beserk. And worse, the former hadn't given them a good reason through the mind path why he had travelled to another continent with the beautiful Freya.Kane obliged, and moved speedily towards the couch, signing
Dream continuation: Kane's first thought was to kill in self-preservation. He was weak from hunger and already dripping precious blood. The wisest and safest course of action would be to end the battle quickly. Respect for the rain forest's strongest predator made him hold back. He and his brother had always lived in harmony with the creatures of the forest. He would not take this animal's life if there was another choice. He growled a warning, clearly telling the male to back off. Testing the air, he could find no female leaving scent that might give the cat added incentive to fight. The other janguar fighting with the white wolf was also male. Surprisenly, it was bleeding all over, whilst the white wolf stood tall and proud, uninjured one bit. The jaguar fighting with him circled his powerful furred body, showing teeth and rumbling with challenge. Hoping to subdue the animal, he leapt. The jaguar rushed to meet him, slashing with stiletto-like claws even as he reached for the
After his first meal for the day, Derek strolled out to the pack's training ground, watching silently as his pack members trained like their lives depended on it, which actually is true, bowing their heads to him intermittently as soon as they had noticed his presence. For some reason, his eyes went tro and fro searching for the guy who Anthony had mentioned was Lent's brother, or was it friend? He wasn't sure again. When he didn't find the guy, he called unto Shane. The latter left the new recruit whom he was drilling and ran down to the shade where Derek was standing under. The sun was quite hot."Hey...thought you would be in a meeting with your father.." Shane stated as soon as he got to Derek, biting his tongue consciously to keep himself from calling Derek, Alpha. After the brief meeting they had had in the kitchen, Derek had informed them in the close knit family to always call him by his name, except it was in a public meeting. According to him, it was strange already being an
Earlier, when Derek had brought up the issue that he had wanted to talk about, Shane had thought that it was concerning Emma and how they would work together to bring her back to the pack, so that she could take up her rightful position which was now vacant, or would be in the next few hours. During their meeting in the kitchen, Curtis had told Derek about Claire being his mate, and the fact that she had rejected him so that she could be Luna of their pack. Melvina had been aghast, but not up to Derek who was suddenly so angry at the matter that he had almost stomped out of the kitchen to accost Claire but for Melvina and Anthony who calmed him down. It was one of the reasons Derek wanted to meet his father for. He didn't want to take any drastic harsh decision like he had done last night. Already then, he had concluded on banishing Claire from the pack. The only funny thing in the whole situation was that Claire hadn't known who Curtis was. Perhaps, if she had, she wouldn't have rej
Derek watched skeptically, the creases on Shane's face deepen as the latter's eyes found and stayed on something. He followed the eyesight and felt his forehead scrunch up when he saw Leo walking out of the prison house with two flasks, a food flask and a water flask. Who did Leo visit in prison and feed? He wondered."What is Leo doing?" Shane asked, echoing his thoughts."I'm not sure." Derek replied. "But we will know if we ask him." He added, walking hurriedly to accost Leo who hasn't seen them yet. The latter was strolling towards the other side of the pack, another angle which led to the entrance of the pack."Leo!" Shane called out dramatically, seeing that the latter would out-walk them since Derek has refused to reach out to him either through their mind link or out loudly.Leo stopped in his movements immediately, taking in a deep breath to calm his already bristling nerves, so as not to give away even a tiny bit of how he was feeling at the moment, or the fact that being ca
"Our kind rarely dreams. And if we do, it surely means something important. Either that or the dark influence of a mage." Dobah stated, after Kane had talked on how he had known the name of his lifemate, Lucille."I'm sure it is not a mage's influence. I feel that it is a warning of some sorts, especially with the presence of the jaguars. They were tainted. It was so real, Dobah, so real. It couldn't be a mage's influence." Kane cited."Okay, if you believe so. But it seems that we have to be on the go now. We can talk as we move. Blenda is done packing. And besides, congratulations on finding your lifemate. You have no idea how relieved I am." Dobah mentioned with a smile, and Kane nodded, his eyes darting to the ring on his finger, even as his mind was consumed with thoughts about his lifemate, Lucille.Because of her, he had seen colors in the dream. He couldn't wait to find her. But first, they had to locate his stubborn nephew and his best friend, Freya. "So, about the jaguars..
Kane took a deep breath and pulled his gaze away from the blood-colored water, and let his air out, breathing away everything but the task at hand. He had to let go of his physical body, making himself incredibly vulnerable to a potential enemy already occupied by the vampire. It was much more difficult than he expected, now that he could feel emotion and it mattered that he stayed alive. The dark spot in the jaguar-man's brain recoiled, minute wormlike creatures writhing as his spirit entered the other man, bathing the brain in white-hot energy. He heard the jaguar roar and the man hiss out a warning. He hesitated, afraid of injuring the warrior. "Do it. I do not want that thing inside of me."Kane attacked the stain, breaching the outer rings and burning them clean with healing light. The tiny parasites tried to dig deeper into the brain in an effort to escape. As they scattered, he could see to the core of the jaguar-man. The parasites tried to keep the light out of the jaguar-man