“Yeah, he is quite special to me. I think I did tell you guys that I had found him in an injured state. Master had instructed me to heal him with magic but I had failed. He had been a sickly looking youngling when I had found him and I am still trying to put feathers on his wings.”
“Well, you are improving…” she added and Calhoun chuckled. The fact that he brought up his master reminded her that she had been the one to kill him and add to his misery.
She fell silent and Calhoun realized what he had done. Lamenting himself he scolded his nervousness
‘First, you bring up her past and then remind her of how she killed the Ancient One…great Calhoun’
He smacked his forehead and she looked at him, “Err…we have almost reached.”
Relieved with the change of topic, Calhoun smiled as he looked in front of him.
The place was Rugor’s diner and the fat and tall owner of the small diner was busy dusting the tabletops.
Seeing Valneica his face
However, now he had found something interesting so he began asking questions to Rugor. “Tell me, Rugor. Everything, from the start.” Happy that somebody was giving him the attention he deserved, Rugor put his fat finger to the chin after folding his hands and began to think for a moment before Valencia got up from her seat. “I have a rogue to talk to and then find out why the hycwens had attacked us yesterday. You two can carry on.” Calhoun waved her and she rolled her eyes thinking that he was wasting his time unnecessarily. She walked outside, a little annoyed that Calhoun didn't join her the instant she got up. But then she told herself that she was used to people following her orders and running around her whenever she asked them to do something. Calhoun was a mage, not a werewolf so he definitely wouldn't behave like all the werewolves under her. With a frown, she pulled out her phone to see a text from Dominic. “Where are
“He tried to kill you or do something else?” Valencia waved her hand away, “Of course, he failed at it or I wouldn’t be alive in front of you, right? Give your archon some credit, alpha Castro.” He heard the tone of supremacy and a little annoyance in her voice and simply nodded his head. Meanwhile, after a while, the rogue stirred a little and both of them immediately turned their heads to look at him. “Looks like he is waking up…” “Give me the bottle, quick…” Valencia added and Dominic did as told. The rogue, Daniel, opened his eyes a little and saw a hazy kneeling in front of him to get a better look. His vision was blurry and he tried focussing on the person in front of her. He felt cold water splash on his face as he shook his head to get rid of it. The water seemed to help and he focussed on the face of Valencia who was looking at him with icy cold eyes. “Please…let me go…I didn’t do anything…” his voice was hoars
She asked him pointedly and Dominic raised his hands in surrender, “No offense, archon. I couldn’t understand the reason for your worry. I need to know details because this rogue infringed our territory, slipped through our patrolling werewolves, and got into your home. What if something would have happened?” “Nothing happened Dominic, well at least, nothing happened except the fact that his fur was an eerie blue and he was larger than most alphas, even more, bigger than me.” “What are you saying? A blue werewolf?” Dominic couldn’t keep the shock out of his voice and Valencia knew why. Even she had been utterly dumbfounded to see his fur glisten blue. Earlier, she had felt that it was a trick of light that had made her see blue but no it wasn’t. The werewolf was actually blue in color and his eyes had glinted with a manic rage as if he had been possessed. That thought made her think hard. Could that really be the case? Could someone have posse
They didn't even realize that they spent talking for hours on end all the while when the sun was up in the sky and beginning to go down. Not wanting to go to the headquarters, Valencia called her beta, Gerald, and the rest of the alphas whoever was in the condition to join them to talk about the hycwen attacks. Gerald showed up after fifteen minutes and greeted everyone, “Hello alphas. I checked with the werewolves who were on patrol duty on the day of the attack. They say that the hycwens were minding their own business far away from our border so they didn’t alert everyone. However, suddenly they shuddered violently and it was as if something took over them while they were fooling around. All of a sudden they began marching ahead and soon a herd of them followed and before the patrolling crew could infor
She returned his smile and jumped down from the hycwen and stepped back, “Sure then, I will let you take it from here.” Folding her hands, she leaned on a tree and watched him struggle with the hycwen that was trying to trample him. For a minute, she wasn’t sure what Calhoun was trying to do to the beast in front of him, she saw that there were several opportunities when he could have killed it but hadn’t taken the chance.” With furrowed eyebrows she kept watching them and after a while saw that the beast was beginning to grow tired. Its movements were becoming slow and dragged as Calhoun was behaving like a mouse, taunting and teasing the large cat, making it look like catching him was easy when, in fact, it was far from that. With an amused smile, she kept looking at the cat and mouse fight and after what seemed like an eternity the hycwen was so tired of fighting Calhoun that it slumped to the ground, unconscious. Chuckling at the sight, she asked
Taking her reaction as permission to go ahead, he used his other hand to push her forward, upon him. Her lips were merely inches away from his. He willed her to open her eyes but she had them shut tight while she was trembling lightly. Calhoun spent a second deciding if he should go ahead or not and that very moment she grabbed his collar and pulled him ahead as their faces bumped into each other. He couldn't resist anymore and caught her lips in his as a whimper escaped her lips. Smiling at the reaction, Calhoun cupped her face in both his hands and lightly kissed her while his fingers continued to caress her. Valencia’s lips were full and soft and it was as if a thousand fireworks had exploded in his mind, sending tingling sensations all over his body. The slow and unhurried kiss turned deeper when she fisted with his shirt, bending on him to practically eat him. ‘What a feisty little wolf’ Calhoun thought and moved his hands on her back, to
She began walking away, stomping her feet on the grass and for the first time in ages, she was crying. Valencia was not even aware of when tears had started running down her face. Ever since that fateful day when her parents had been killed and she had lost everything, she had promised herself that she wouldn't cry, that she would become strong and would never need anyone ever again. That thought of a fourteen year old kid had been true to this day when in ages she had opened up her heart to someone, someone who was from their worst enemy, someone who had wanted her and used her only to throw her away once he was done. More than him, she was angry at herself for letting him get away with it. How could she just believe that mages were all good and noble? That the centuries old feud between them had been for nothing? Her thoughts were in a disarray and she had no idea where she was heading to. Calhoun kept watching her from the window as he saw her wipe
Dominic’s eyes went wide when they traveled from the crying girl to the archon in front of them, before they slid to the rogue who lay on the ground, struggling to even breathe properly. As the realization hit him, he immediately ran towards Valencia and whispered something in her ears. She stopped speaking abruptly and turned her head towards Jenny who was so afraid of her speech and anxious that she collapsed on the ground. However, it caused a much needed distraction as Dominic immediately rushed to Jenny and announced, “Looks like our young werewolves are still getting used to the idea of killing and survival. For now, I request the archon to leave this matter and discuss it with the alphas later. All of you can go back to your work.” Valencia was too stunned to say anything and all she could do was nod her head in response. The werewolves broke out in a murmur as they walked away and the crowd thinned as Dominic carried the little girl in his arms while