[Rosalynd]
I woke to the sound of rapid thumping on the door. I look over at the clock on top of the TV. It is 6:23 am.
“GIDEON!!” A familiar voice bellows from outside. “WE NEED YOUR HELP! It’s URGENT”
“Evander?” I scratch my head as I stand up from the futon in the living room, wrap the comforter more securely around myself, and stumble blindly through the coven house to the front door. I stand on tip toe to look through the peephole.
His face angled towards the peephole, I see Evander holding a body in his hands. What I can see of her is bloody and scratched. “Please let us in, Rosalynd. I can hear your heartbeat on the other side of the door.”
I turn the lo
[Vincent] “So explain to me again,” I am holding her by the neck, her face purpling beautifully under my hands as I continue to squeeze. “Why is it that I still need you?” “Master, please,” she pleads. “I don’t understand, I did everything you asked me…” “Stupid woman,” she has begun to scratch at my hand, her lacquered red nails scratching pathetically against my strength. A simple twist of my wrist and she’ll stop moving her sad little dance. “I already have what I need.” “Thanks to me,” she gargles, her lips s
[Rosalynd] Gideon rushes between us and Slone, his arms wide to his sides. “Stay back, everyone,” he warns. “Marigold, go wake the others. We are going to need the power of the coven to break this.” He then reaches out and picks up what looks like a paperweight, but I can see it is a pyramid of solid crystal. He places it on Slone’s chest and her body stills, her eyes the only thing still moving. The pyramid slowly begins to change, becoming a cloudy gray where the crystal is touching her, as if drawing some type of darkness from her body.“Hurry, this won’t hold her for long!” Marigold runs back up the stairs, knocking on doors as she makes her way down the hall. “Code Black! CODE BLA
[Axel] I feel a tension around my shoulders, a tightening of my muscles. The energy pull from that room is overwhelming as if all the life is flowing from every living thing in the room, including myself. “We need to help her,” Conner insists, “we need to help our mate!” “She doesn’t need us,” I explain silently. “You heard the elf, we’d just get in the way, or possibly even cause her harm if we were in there with her.”
[Axel]She smiles at me and in that moment I can sense her forgiveness through the thin thread of a link that is starting to form between us. The mate link. If she accepts my mark, it will grow into a thick cord, a rope tying us together no matter how far apart we are. After Alexa and I broke things off, and she severed our bond by rejecting me fully, I thought I’d never see anything like it again. As I look at our connection through my wolf’s eyes, I see that from the bluntly cut ends of my previous bond, a new strand has sprouted. It is still thin, but it is there, reaching out to where it is anchored, deep within Rosalynd’s heart.Conner wasn’t lying. We are mates. We are connected. Does that mean she also has a wolf?I try to see her, try to see the wolf within, but I see nothing.Slone begins to thrash, reminding us of the task at hand.Evander steps closer, placing a hand on Gideon’s shoulder. He cl
[Rosalynd] “Let me go you sonofabitch~!” I scream as I scratch the arm of the man who has grabbed me around the throat, his elbow under my jaw. He smells terrible like he’s been wearing the same clothing for a year after rolling around in stale beer while smoking a joint. His breath on my neck reeks of rotting teeth and gum disease. Gagging, I jerk my head backward and hear a satisfying crunch as the back of my head hits his nose. “Sweet Jesus!” The smelly man swears as he drops me, blood dripping down his front. I hit the ground hard. With the wind knocked out of me I can’t move as I gasp for air. “Are you sure she’s the right one?” Another guy
[Rosalynd] “Drop her,” a demanding voice whispers from behind us both, "right now or I will personally ensure that this moment is the last thing you remember for the rest of your life. The man holding onto me loosens his grip, his arms going up to his sides with palms facing forward in surrender. I move out of his grasp, scrambling away to see Evander, holding the now trembling man back with a long blade of glowing, burning blue light. It looks like something out of a Japanese cartoon, part katana, part lightsaber, and completely lethal. It feels strange in this quaint, victorian hamlet and yet it looks completely natural in Evander’s hands. The edge of the blade makes an audible sizzling sound as it burns a fin
[Evander] She looks so charming when she's confused. “Wha...t on earth just happened?" She stares up at me, not taking my arm. "I neutralized a threat," I answered simply as we continued on our way downhill. "It's a good thing too, they almost had you in the back of that van. It would have been much harder to kick their asses if they had started to drive away." "I guess...." she still seems unsure. “I'd love to show you my favorite breakfast spot," I beam at her. "I know you're new to town and..."
[Rosalynd] “Let me take care of you,” he begs. My heart is racing. He takes a step towards me and I forget how to breathe. “I…” I begin blinking uncontrollably as he removes my glasses and sets them down on a table near the door. “I…can take my own bath.” “Are you sure,” he removes his coat. “You might need help.” Our eyes are locked as he guides me, moving forward as I take steps to avoid him. “But I hardly know you and…” &ld