Emily and The Wolves

An elderly gray-haired man stood in a small basement and looked angrily at a man lying in front of him on a dirty earthen floor. The old man's hands were covered with a dried crust of dried blood, the mantle, completely hiding the senile body and until recently shining white, was stained with blood in front.“It’s impossible, it’s impossible,” he muttered, knitting his bushy eyebrows, “it’s impossible for him to know, it’s impossible for him to understand everything. Now I was able to avoid it, but now I need to be more careful, otherwise he will become too dangerous an opponent.The man, lying on the floor and bleeding, tried to say something, but only a hoarse hoarse escaped from his broken lips. His legs and arms were broken in several places, and in some places the bones came out, bringing excruciating pain to the man; almost all the ribs were broken and even crushed, and the skin in the places of the fractures was filled with a purple-blue bruise. The man breathed heavily and hoa

And Jack all the time was just silent and watched this scene with genuine interest. As did Nick.- You all go to hell! If you think I'm going to give up so easily, then you are deeply mistaken, - she hissed, like a disheveled cat.Mike growled and took a couple of confident steps towards her. Amy kept her angry gaze on him as he drew closer and closer. The man's eyes lit up with yellow fire. When Mike growled again, the girl saw his fangs, but still did not look away. And only when he came close to her, she closed her eyes and prepared for inevitable death. A long minute passed, but nothing happened. Then Emily opened her eyes and saw that Mike was standing and smiling, and then he turned to Jack and said:- You're right! That's her!Nick got up from the couch and looked at his friends in bewilderment:- Not understood. What is the meaning of "she"? He looked questioningly from one to the other. - Is there something I don't know?"I'll explain to you later," Jack told him.- What, now

36 hours before recent events.- Hey Blake! To the challenge! Urgently! shouted a short, stocky man in a police uniform.- What happened again? said the young man. Dark hair, above average height, very muscular.- You won't believe it: we have murder again!Blake sighed heavily.- This is the fourth one this week. At this rate, I will soon form a blockage.- Don't worry, you're one of the best detectives in our district! So pack up and let's go!"All right," he said doomedly, rising from his chair. - Do you know anything about the victim?- Nothing, except that it's a girl again. Fourth girl this week. I wonder who needed to kill them in such a cruel way?- I do not know. He shrugged, spreading his arms slightly out to the sides.The men left Detective Jonathan Black's office. The best in the business. On his account there was not a single unsolved crime for all four years that he worked in the police.Many of his colleagues were surprised: how does he always manage to find the culpri

- Come on, John, wake up! Yes, wake up! - Steve was trying to bring his partner to his senses. - Your mother, Black! Yes, come to yourself! Come on, partner, come on.John groaned slightly and opened his eyes."Steve," he said softly.“Well, thank God, you woke up,” Cole breathed with relief, helping his partner to rise and seating him so that his back could lean against the wall.What happened here, Black? Steve asked.But instead of answering, John asked:- Give me a cigarette.His voice was hoarse and his breathing heavy.But you don't smoke! - John's partner was surprised at such a request.- And I don't get punched in the ribs every day. And even more so, I don’t remember that at least someone broke them for me."Yeah, that's true too," Cole replied, pulling a pack of cigarettes from his trouser pocket. - Hold on.John tried to grab the pack to get a cigarette, but one wrong move and his side burned with pain."Steve, maybe..." He nodded at the pack.Yes, it's probably better for

John was enveloped in pitch darkness, not allowing him to see anything around him. But this darkness lasted until, for just a fraction of a second, he closed his eyes and said:- As'sha! - "I see!"And in an instant, everything around acquired shape, color and even smell.A spacious room, in which there was nothing but a very ancient altar that was split into two parts. Not very high ceilings with rotting beams, but stone props.There was no electricity in the room. At all. No light, not even candles! Everything was plunged into darkness.But not for someone who was a Hunter. After all, the Gift that he received at the initiation, and the knowledge of the Alrian language allowed him to see in the darkness.And now Black saw in front of him an elderly man who, by ordinary human standards, could have been eighty years old, but in fact he was already well over a thousand years old! One of the oldest and strongest Coven Hunters!Elder! Short in stature compared to John, about one hundred