Roger opens his eyes, to find Jessica asleep next to him. They had just had the best sex he has ever had, Roger thinks to himself "She looks so beautiful, this was not what I was expecting when I came to this city, how could she bring out these intense feelings in me, We just met but it feels like we've been together forever. Suddenly Roger feels a sharp pain in his skull, like a hot knife being pierced into his head and he hears an ominous voice speaking to him. " Roger, where have you been hiding, the pack misses you." "Aiden? how are you speaking to me?" "I'm the wolf that turned you, we have a special bond, I saw today that you found yourself some fresh meat, bring her me to me." "No, she's not meat and I told you I'm not interested in joining your pack, I never asked to be this monster, you should have just killed me." Aiden laughs out loud "Where the fun in that?" "Leave me alone!" Were not too far from you and your meat, let's make this interesting, you come over and fight one of my wolf brothers and if you survive we will get out of your fur." "it's too late tonight its almost sunrise." Aiden raises his voice in frustration "If you don't get over here now, we will find that delicate creature and tear her apart!"
Roger looks over at Jessica, she looks peaceful and smiles in her sleep. He walks over to the large windows naked and breathes in deeply. Roger is what is called a highborn werewolf. This means he can take on werewolf form at any time. Roger flexes his muscles and he starts to transform. The process is painful as you hear his bones cracking and changing shape and the sound of his skin stretching to accommodate for his larger form. Roger jumps off the balcony of the penthouse and climbs down the side of the building and jumps onto nearby scaffolding and onto the roof of another building. "Where are you Aiden? I'm on my way." "Just follow my scent, you'll find me."Roger arrives at a construction site, changes to human form, and walks into the middle of a large dark room with only the light of the street lighting up the inside of the room. "Aiden!" Suddenly multiple pairs of eyes appear in the darkness, they look like tiny lanterns floating in the air. "Welcome home Roger!" a man steps out into view, it's the same tall man who was stalking Jessica earlier, he claps his hands together in applause. "It's been such a long time, I've tried so many times to reach out to you telepathically but now I know why it never worked, we were not on the same continent!" "If I could be on another planet, that's where I would be!" "Why are you so pissed off at me? I gave you a gift, you can transform at will, at night, unlike the other lower born wolves." you seem to forget that we have to transform at least once a month otherwise you transform against your will. "We're here to have some fun! and I have the perfect game to pass the time, I saw that tender little thing you were spending she looks simply ravishing, my brothers agree." the other werewolves step out of the shadows and they surround Roger and Aiden. "If you come close to her, I will kill you!" Roger transforms into a werewolf and roars into Aiden's face."Hold on, to get to me you need to go through them first, do you know what you're fighting for?" Roger gets more frustrated and rushes at Aiden but another werewolf jumps in between them and digs his claws into Roger's sides. Roger digs his teeth into the Wewolf's shoulder and rips at the flesh. The unknown werewolf lifts Roger up and tosses him across the room. Two werewolves stare each other down while the other wolves howl with excitement at the prospect of lots of blood being spilled. Aiden is still in his human form and calls out at Roger, "Welcome to Werewolf Fightclub Roger, tonight you are fighting for a wonderful prize, Jessica's Life!" The two monsters rush at each other and start ripping at each other's flesh, Roger swipes his claws at the other wolf's face leaving deep gashes that cause blood to flow from the wounds, Roger lashes out one more time with his claws, and this time his claws catch the wolf's throat sending more blood gushing, the wolf steps back and is distracted by the stream of blood shooting from his throat, Roger uses the opportunity to rush at the wolf and takes a large bite out of the neck of the wolf ripping out a large chunk of flesh. There is a large gaping hole in the neck of the unknown wolf as his body goes limp and he falls to the floor. Roger spits out the piece of meat from his mouth, his body is covered in the blood of the other wolf. Aiden steps into the ring "Wow well done! you were awesome, you and Jessica live to love another day, look it's almost sunrise, you better go." Roger hurries to make it back to Jessica's penthouse in time, he climbs up the side of her building and onto the balcony as he steps into the room he starts to change back into his human form. "Why am I so exhausted, it must be the fight, I need to clean this blood off me before Jessica wakes up." As he walks over to the bed to check on Jessica, his legs start to go weak and he passes out.Roger wakes up to loud screams, he is still drowsy and his vision is blurry but he makes out the form of Jessica and he can see she is panicked. "Oh no she can see that I'm a werewolf." he looks at his hands and can see that they are human hands. He runs over to her and grabs her by the hands to calm her down. Roger looks deep into her eyes "Jessica, Jessica! the blood is not mine!""Are you guys ready?" Jason turns to Ava a nd Roger, he grabs the Jericho pistol and loads it with the specail bullets. "How many wolves are there?" Ava runs over to the windo and looks outside its too dark to really see but I see a whole lot of glowing eyes, maybe 12 or 14." "I have 6 bullets in this pistol, I'll take out as many as i can before we get up close to them. Roger were you able to get that backup?" "Roger I made a few calls I just hope they come through." "I think its too late for hope, the war is on our doorstep." "Jason just make sure you dont take out Aiden with that weapon, leave him to me."The gang step outside into the darkness, the temperature has dropped signifficantly since sunset. Ava can visibly see the white vapour of cold air leaving her mouth. The flock of floating glowing eyes move in closer to them. The reality of the moment hits Jason as he can clearly see they are outnumbered.Jessica is at her mother's home, she is helping h
Jason steps back from his uncle, he has a startled look on his face. "Uncle you dont have to do this, we are blood!" Uncle Ivan calmly lets go of his arm. "I'm sorry my boy, you are very important to me and I love you like a son, but the order comes first and if I dont report you and the order finds out I will be killed along with you and all that you love." Jason reaches fr the door, he opens it and steps outside. He looks back at Ivan and walks quickly towards the waiting car. Roger sees him coming and starts the engine. As jason gets in he looks over at Ava, she can see something is not right and asks him. "Is everything Ok Jason?" "Everythings fine, lets go the sun is getting low." They make their way to Jason's father's wine farm.The team makes their way to the wine farm, the drive is quiet as they all quietly reflect on their lives up until this moment. Roger's mind drifts into thought as he watches the road ahead of him, he thinks about Jessica and the moments they sh
Come inside my boy, whats this about wolves coming to the winelands? Its true uncle Ivan, there is a pack of highborn, im not sure howmany on their way to kill me. I'm just here to grab some weapons and herbs and ill be far away to keep you out of danger." The sun is still high sit down, let me make you a cup of coffee first." Jason looks at his uncle with a confused look on his face, " Does he not get the danger that we are in? or does he not care?"Uncle Ivan comes back out of the kitchen with two mugs of coffee and signals Jason to sit down on the couch and hands him a cup. "You should have called me earlier and I could have had a few hunters from the order to help slaughter those animals. I'm not the young man that I used to be or else I could have been in the mix with you. Do you know how many battles I have been in over the years? I cant even count. I remember once we found a village filled with Fae in the Siberian rural country." Ivan has a smile on his face as h
Roger is driving as fast as he can in his way to Jason's place. He thinks to himself "I need to get hold of Jason, Aiden is planning to kill us all tonight, I managed to hide Jessica for a while but I am tired of running. I want a life for me an Jssica where can walk freely without ooking over our shoulders and that wilol only hapen when Aiden is dead. He dails Jason's number and while driving at an incredible speed on the freeway. Jason picks up te phone, Roger screams into his ear "Get out of the house!" What are you saying?why?" Aiden just spoke to me, he is tired of wating and is sending his whole pack of highborn to wipe us out!" I have Ava with me where do we go?" "You cant take her home, you might lead them to her family, take her to your uncle's wine farm, he wont look for you there." " That is where he and the rest of his pack killed my parent's." "There is no other place for us to hide, he will eventually find us, i think its time for us to take a stand, now be
The sky is dark above with stars piercing the darknes like holes in a napkin. Below little cottages are lit by candle light and two 10 year old boys are playing outside, chasing each other in a game of tag. A woman's voice calls out from inside a cottage. "Aiden!, Nicholas, don't run off too far, the woods are really dark." Aiden runs over to the front door of the cottage. "Dont worry mom, we wont." Nicholas comes rushing towards Jasper with hands stretched out towards him. "Im going to get you Jasper!" They both laugh out loudly as Nicholas chases Aiden. Aiden loses track of his whereabouts and runs further and further away from the cottage towards the dark forrest. As Aiden gets closer to the edge of the forrest the tal trees block the light from the moon and the stars.Nicholas looks up at the untimidating trees and becomes afraid. "Aiden we should go back home, we told mom we wouldnt go too far!" Aiden turns back and as he calls out to Nicholas a large, hair
Roger makes his way to Jason's home. He can't stop thinking about his mother and the last time he saw her. Suddenly his mind is invaded by Aiden. "Roger my good friend, you have been quiet these last few days. I think it's time for another round." "Where and when?" Aiden is taken aback by Roger's aggressive tone. " "Thursday morning 3 am, at the stadium construction site. Be prepared to take on another highborn, here is some incentive for you. If you beat him, you get to face me in our final fight." "You robbed me of a life with my family Aiden, for that you will die!" "I gave you a better life, you are more than just a fragile bag of blood living an insignificant life. You are immortal!" "You never gave me a choice, you should have just killed me! instead of making me another player in your sick games!" Roger is visibly infuriated as he screams at the top of his lungs while driving his car. he starts to pick up speed and races down the freeway with little regard for the other cars