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Part Eighty
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Resurrection Part Eighty-One
Adrian Peters had grown up in Seward. He had gone to Seward High School, he had then gone to the Academy and became a cop. He loved his job, he loved being right, he also had no emotional attachments to anyone and he prided himself on always getting answers.Adrian Peters also lived alone, his relationships never seemed to work out as he saw himself as more intelligent than his counterparts and he grew tired of them quickly. He wiped the already clean surface of the kitchen counter again.The open rape case that he and his partner, Robert Jones, had handed over to the detectives still puzzled him. It had been nagging and nagging him until he had thought about it so much that he had started to remember certain things.He remembered the stories of his ancestors. It had started with his great-grandmother, Katina Petrov. She had been part of the Ivanovich pack in Russia and she was born in Stary Izborsk, which meant Old Izborsk, near the Estonian border.In those days and especially with
Resurrection Part Eighty-Two
Adara and I drove down past the forest and I phoned James on the way.“Are you two up?” I asked when he finally answered.“Barely, Kiran, I barely survived,” James said and I could hear Shoran in the background threatening him. I smiled as I thought back to my own experiences just a few hours ago.“Well, get dressed. We’re picking you up in a few minutes,” I said and ended the call. We stopped in front of their house, and James and Shoran came outside, hand in hand, both smiling. Adara moved to the back and James got in next to me.“So, you two finally got laid,” James said and I laughed. I should have known Karani would be on the phone with Stephanie as soon as we left the house. Adara didn’t think we were funny at all.“Does everyone know?” she asked and Shoran told her how they knew. I had been right and of course everyone could hear the conversation, not because they listened in, but because Karani and Stephanie always spoke on speaker phone.“So, was I right, or was I right?” Sho
Resurrection Part Eighty-Three
Adrian arrived at his house and threw his duffel bag on the floor next to the couch. He had found out so many things in the last week. He looked at all the dossier files on his dining room table. He knew he had them!The day before yesterday he had gone back to the hotel. He knew that they weren’t there. He walked up to reception and smiled at the woman behind the counter.“Hey Rebecca,” Adrian had greeted her. He had taken her out to dinner the previous night and had behaved like the perfect gentleman. He had set his plan in motion.“Hey Adrian!” She greeted him back with a perfect smile. He knew that she had had a great time since she had invited him in for coffee, he had obliged.“I need a favor from you, sweetheart,” he told her.“Anything for you, Adrian,” she replied, flirting a little.“I need the hotel guest lists for these dates,” he handed her a piece of paper consisting of a few dates from September to December. She looked at the list and then looked back at Adrian.“Adrian
Resurrection Part Eighty-Four
Six months laterI looked in the mirror and smiled. My heart started beating a bit faster as I decided the tuxedo was just right. Today was the day! A day filled with love and laughter, friends, family, and the promise of forever. My speech wasn’t written but I decided to wing it, from the heart of course. I went downstairs to find Karani ordering the caterers around.“You look so handsome! Have I told you lately how proud I am of you?” Karani said as she looked at me, smiling as I stood at the bottom of the stairs.There were little bouquets of forget-me-not flowers cradled by baby’s breath. Karani had selected the flowers carefully and she placed yellow Showy Lady’s Slippers strategically on the tables. The tables were covered with white tablecloths.In the corner of the dining room area, the caterers had set up their bay marines and the smells were mouth-watering. I suddenly felt very nervous as Richard Gardner entered the dining room with Malachi, they were shaking hands and smili
Resurrection Part Eighty-Five
The night that Adrian Peters and Robert Jones were waiting in the kitchen when Adara and I arrived home had ended pretty interestingly. Malachi had heard them talking as soon as we walked into the garage. We had driven to the hotel instead, walked through reception and out of the back door. We used one of the hotel cars and drove to the den.We had spent a few hours cleaning the basement, we scooped up all the ashes that were in the fire pit and scattered them as we drove back to the hotel. We walked out the front door again and into our car and headed home.I pretended not to see them as we drove past them where they had tried to hide their car behind some bushes. They followed us back home and they watched the house for an hour before leaving.After that night I had noticed Adrian Peters a lot more on my daily routines. He would sit on a bench reading a newspaper as I jogged past him. He would be in the next aisle when Adara and I went into a shop. He had even waited outside the hot
Resurrection Part Eighty-Six
I looked at the wolf and instinct took over. I pushed James aside and lunged through the window, shifting as I did so. My clothes tore from my body and fell to the floor. The wolf was running. I didn’t care about the cuts on my body from the broken glass. I didn’t care about anything else at that moment, I just needed to kill him.The wolf stopped in the middle of the clearing and his stench bothered my nostrils. We circled each other and I spotted five other wolves emerging from between the trees. I was outnumbered. He had lured me here and he had won this round. I could not take on six wolves.Then I heard them in my head, they were close. Malachi, Garrick, and James; they had followed me without question. We all stood there in the clearing, growling at each other. We could not communicate with them and I wondered now about my decision to just blindly run after him. It didn’t matter much, what was done, was done. I would face him if I had to and they all knew I wanted to kill Ramos.
Resurrection Part Eighty-Seven
We were caught in a catch twenty-two. We had no other choice than to convene, we would be questioned by the council anyway about the war we all knew would break out. We all looked at Malachi for a solution. Instead, he retired to his study with Garrick.I trusted in Malachi and I knew that he would come back out and give us all hope. A way out of this dilemma.“We should never have trusted the truce. We should have…” Adara said and stopped herself. She was managing her powers so well; she touched my cheek and the gash that Ramos’s teeth left healed instantly.Now I have to tell you more about the council. The wolf council is made up primarily of retired Alpha’s voted in by their predecessors. You get nominated and the current sitting council votes on your reputation, how you manage your pack, and almost everything can count against you.When a sitting member dies, the Alpha with the most votes gets to take the empty seat. The council is where you report absolutely everything. Even if
Resurrection Part Eighty-Eight
Adara smiled as she held her new passport in her hands. She had legally changed her surname back to Jameson. She had eventually found her papers that Juniper had left in the attic. The owner of the house had contacted Adara to come and clear out Juniper and Ramos’s furniture as he had not heard from them in six months.We had planned a trip to Northern Ireland, where Peter Gillian resided. Peter Gillian is the Alpha of Adara’s birth pack. Malachi had said that even though she had been inducted into our pack it was still the right thing to do to inform them of our impending marriage and only right to do so in person.I think he also wanted to give Adara the chance to see her native country, get to know Peter who knew her parents well. Adara had barely slept the last two weeks, ever since Malachi had told her we were going to Ireland. She had wondered when he had asked her about her passport.“What do I pack?” she asked me excitedly.“Something of everything Adara. Remember it’s not as
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