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All Chapters of Warlord's Ward & Managing Mages: Chapter 31
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A Tale of Wolves
Reassured that whatever he’d heard was no threat to us, Magus continued talking about the wolf that had lived so long ago.“Once torn from his pack he sought refuge with humanity and found them kinder than his own beasts,” Magus gave me a pointed look. Reminding me that only those who were, could refer to their group as such. “had been.”“And?” Hawk sighed. Clearly losing patience with the story.“He yearned to be human enough that the Green King, who controls all things nature and sky sensed his suffering. The Green King offered him a bargain.”“I’ve never heard of such a person.” Hawk said.“He exists.” Magus said. “He gives you magic from the land as well as the other creatures like us our extraordinary gifts.”“What was the bargain?” I asked.“He could be human. But he would retain his wolf spirit. And under c
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Territories
His words were echoing through my mind.He wanted me?Not because someone was making me take him so I could get my magic right?Not to punish me?Not to torment me…But because he wants me?That seemed a hard realization.Thinking on made my brain feel mushy and my heart pound and made confusion pour through me. Everything seemed more complicated when I couldn’t just hate Hawk, thinking that he was constantly trying to punish me.Instead, I chose to focus on the tale Magus had told. About Fury.I’d never heard a version of how Beasts came to be that originated from a true wolf wishing to be human enough that a fey king had granted him his heart’s desire…partially.It seemed inconceivable. But then, I’d seen mages pull trees up from the root. Hawk to be specific.I, more than anyone, knew that one could be limited only by the
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A Haven
We stepped inside.Hawk’s blue lights following us to brighten inside the small structure.The walls were only about ten foot in each direction. With long slender windows on the corners only. But in here it was warm.Even without a fire.There was a quiet stillness here that told me it had been abandoned along while. But at one time, it was used a lot.There was a fully made bed through a side door. Plush furs covered it and the pillow looked down-filled.It looked soft and inviting and I felt endlessly tired.I wanted to stumble over there and collapse face down on it. I was sure I’d be asleep nearly as fast as I hit it.The cabin smelled dusty but there was still a strange hint of flowers.Like someone had taken very good care of it once.***“What is this place?” It seemed deceptively like a shack on the outside. But inside…“It was supposedly
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Missions
“Who?” I asked. Tired of all this secrecy.“Warlord’s remaining sister. He’s tasked us with finding her and letting him know where she is.” Hawk explained.“And letting him know of anyone else that needs help along the way.” Magus added. “Like I did when I was permitted beyond the walls of King Detry’s castle.“I didn’t know you did.”Magus nodded. Staring at the floor.“Why does he want to know who needs help? So, he can help King Detry attack the weak?”“You’re still thinking of him as the villain.” Hawk said sharply. “He’s not. He got us out of there. And he’s what’s kept every mage in that Guild alive for this long.”***“What? How?” I lifted my head again. Intrigued by what he met.“Sometimes, I wonder how you can be so smart but miss so much.” Though his t
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All Day
“You-you w-were so…cruel…” I objected.His gaze fell to the floor. Head hanging in clear shame. “I was, Mary.”He lifted his head and those fierce green eyes landed on me severely. “Never again. There’ll never be a reason for me to be anything but what I want to be.”“And what is that?”“Next to you. Kind to you.”“That’s what you want?” I blinked at him.“It’s all I ever wanted. It was just impossible. If they saw how weak I was with you, they’d have eaten you alive.”“Especially Tanya.” I agreed. Realizing the precarious position he’d been in. The thin line he’d had to walk.Too cruel and they’d have crumbled.Too kind and he’d have been too weak to lead.It renewed my respect for what he’d done. For he’d been the Second in Com
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Promises Kept
I reached down and scooped his sack from over his pants. Stroking him with my fist around him and massaging there to see how he’d react.His body tightened and the cords in his throat jutted. He licked his lips, his mouth drying. “You have to stop, Mary. I’ll most certainly take more of your touch any other time. But I need you to stop now so I can focus on you.”I reluctantly dropped my hands from him.He resumed touching me where he’d left off. The outside of my arms. Caressing along them to rub my forearms. Stroking his thumb along the inside as he reached up to frame my wrists. Guiding my hands up by my head and setting them down on the floor. Flattening his hand above me in a gesture for me to remain as I was.Then his gaze dropped to my ripe, hard-nippled breasts. Enjoying the sight of them before he lowered his head and drew his tongue slowly along the surface of one before closing his lips around it and sucking it int
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Reaffirming
Realizing that small detail freed me.I no longer have to listen. It’s my choice.I reached up and caught at his back and shoulders. Pulling him down over me. My eyes widening as I told him what it was, I hungered for. “I want you Hawk, over me, on me, in me.”His green eyes widened then lit with fire. “As you wish, My Mary.”He reached down to fully free himself and caught himself in a fist to guide him toward me. Giving me a questioning look with his eyes.I knew what was in his mind. I could suddenly see it on his face. Fear that I would change my mind. Suddenly jump up and leave.I could. I could run away.But it was the last thing I wanted to do right now.***I had no more time to think. I felt the pleasant stretching of my flesh and knew the familiar intrusion of his body in mine. As my inner mouth consumed his length. Taking him in. Warm and wet. Savoring the feel o
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Secure Our Freedom
I nodded sagely. “And what if you can’t find her?”“Our freedom is conditional. Warlord will only keep King Detry’s men from finding us as long as we are searching for her. Finding signs.”“Would he really turn us back over?”“He can be ruthless when needed. I think he’s capable of unbelievable goodness and unbelievable ruthlessness. He’s probably capable of just about anything.”“Then I guess that is what we must do.”“We’re also supposed to report any darkling creatures to him.”“Why?”“For the sake of letting the King of Creatures know where to hunt.”“I’ll help you, Hawk.”“I don’t need your help.” He said softly as he rolled to his side. Resting his cheek on one palm.“I just need you to stay.” He reached out and caressed a thumb over my
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BOOK TWO: WARLORDS WARD
THE BEGINNING OF BOOK TWO: WARLORD'S WARDChapter One: Glimpsing DarknessI cowered behind the tree just outside my village. Crouched and covering my ears to block out the sounds of men, women and children dying.And the smell...The smell.I'd done as my uncle had told me and covered my pretty hair in mud and scraped my face with rocks and dirt. Tossing on one of uncle’s oversized tunics and cloak.Hide how you look. Uncle Tom had told me.I did.But I had returned and watched in horror as the sorcerer strolled through our village. Dressed in black and followed by licking black tongues of smoke.He lifted his hand, and a man running at him with a blade was thrown back an impossible distance until he slammed into a tree and slid up it as though lifted by an invisible man. Then his neck craned to the side with a loud snap and he dropped limply."Warlord." King
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Found Property
“Come.” He ordered me and despite myself, my feet were obeying him. Turning me around and heading me straight for that dreaded king.“What have you found me, Warlord?” The King asked.“Power…” He looked at me pointedly. Speaking fragmentedly, in his characteristic way.“Not much to look at.” The king’s lip curled up in contempt. Seeing mud and what might be darker things, caking my hair which hung before my face and smeared across my skin in clumps.I forced my eyes hooded to hide how large and doe-like I’d been told they were.By Clement.***Clement was the village boy. The only boy who’d shown interest in me when I dared sneak out at night.Really the only boy I’d known.Now he was dead in the village square. I’d seen the knights drag a sword through one of his shoulders and nearly sever his shoulder in half.
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