Rosalie The rain had not stopped since returning from the Malificus Acus. It poured down like a wall of water. The village below the tower, had become a bog. The moat, flooded, and the even the distant stream had burst its banks… not that I could see it trough the gloom. Villagers had migrated into their little ram-shackle homes, and only came out when absolutely necessary. Otherwise, the streets and fields below were empty. Even the cows sheltered under the bushy trees looking for an escape from the impossible weather. The tone of the castle was sombre. Despite anyone else knowing the impending doom that was approaching, they could all still feel something was coming. Perhaps the people thought that it was the war that was causing such an atmosphere. But only a select few knew better. Estelle had taken the last few days to perfect her detection spell. And we had tested in several times to ensure that it would work. It was decided that the only way to ensure that Tenebris would th

Rosalie A flurry of activity ensued, and just like that the bubble had burst.A mixture of pain and dread filled Alex’s face, and I could only imagine the same was reflected back in my own.Estelle had spent the last weeks preparing for this day.Her protection spell over the cottage was already in place. All that was left to do, was place her cloaking spell over me, so that Tenebris wouldn’t clock on that Adelaide was not with me.The basis of this was simple.She was edging her bets on scent and appearance.Obviously, taking Ada with me would put her directly into harms way. So, it had been dismissed as an option from the start. And the only way that we could think for this work was to fashion a dummy of sorts. This would then work in conjunction with a cloaking spell so that the dummy appeared to be a real human child.That, along with a blanket that held Ada’s scent and we prayed to the goddess that the plan would work.With Estelle having hidden the cottage out of sight, Tenebri

Landon “Mate.” The words were out my mouth before I could prevent them from tumbling out.I haven’t even seen the she-wolf yet. But her scent was enough to drive me crazy.“Landon?” Drakes voice came from besides me. But I wasn’t listening to anything that he had to say. I stood twisting from the table and scout around the vast arboretum.It didn’t take long. It was as if our stars were aligned, for almost instantly, my eyes came to rest on the most breath-taking wolf I had aver seen.Her hair was pain blonde that remined me of the straw meadows back home. Her skin every bit as pale as her hair, holding together a small frame making her seem as if she could blow away as easily as the delicate flower petals that hung above her.“Mate.” Was all I could say again.Pulling myself to my full height, I step away from the table, the first step in her direction. But my elation at finding my mate tumbled down around me, as a large arm wrapped around her small frame and she pulled into the emb

Rosalie *Beep* *beep* *beep*I tried to force my eyes open. But they were so heavily set closed that it was as if someone had superglued them shut through the night.I was floating in a perfect night sky. The stars drifted by me, close enough to touch, but I could get my limbs to work to reach out to touch them. I felt weightless. But there was something in the back of my mind that was trying to push through, something that was reminding me I had work to do.As I slowly regained consciousness, I was very aware of just how heavily my body was. It wasn’t just my eyes that refused to open. The muscles in my arms would not co-operate, nor my legs. And even the mere thought of moving my head sent my brain into a tailspin big enough to feel like it was about to explode.The room, wherever that happened to be, was quiet. All, that is, except for the rhythmical beep, beep, beep that seemed to persist somewhere close by.Wait? Beeping? That was most definitely not a noise I was used to.The m

RosalieBy the time we had managed to escape the pack hospital, and found ourselves in the outside world, the sun was rising, casting the world in a ruddy orange hue.“Red sky at night.. shepherd delight. Red sky in morning, shepherds warning.” Granny Lou muttered under her breath, her words escaping her lips in billowing clouds. The first signs of spring were still far off in the future. And the morning, whilst not frosty, was cold enough to set my teeth chattering.I could sense Landon hovering over me. Perhaps seeing my discomfort and wanting to help. But he stayed back, something I was entirely grateful for. Returning to the pack house was more difficult than I could have imagined. Not much had changed. But this is what made it all worse. It was as if I had never left as I stepped over the threshold into the large open downstairs space. Like the residents had been stood in time, not moving on. Not changing. I knew that this was far from the truth. But the eery feeling just did