Eastern Thanalan 소설 & 이야기

The larger man’s jaw muscles flex when Nolan steps up to him. “She’s simply excited for her new opportunity within the pack. Not many young women get to enter into such a prestigious position, you know.” Alpha Nolan reaches for me, but Thane swats his hand away, putting himself between us. “Excitement? It doesn’t smell like excitement. I’m very familiar with the scent of excitement coming from a woman,” Thane snorts a humorless laugh in Nolan’s reddening face. “This smells like fear.”

he said. Something moved in Thessaly's — I stopped. Pulled my own thought back. I was not thinking about Thessaly right now. I was thinking about Sorin. About the name Aelith which I did not recognize and which landed in the room without visible reaction from anyone except Drex, who I caught from the corner of my eye doing the specific thing he did when he was filing information for immediate follow-up. "Where are you from," Zaron said. "The Aelith territories," Sorin said. "Eastern edge. Beyond the covenant boundary."

Cole was there, also in his beast form, standing over a trembling, naked man, who wasn't at all familiar. Finn stepped out of the trees a moment later, his tall, thick, black-furred Lycan form almost a mirror image of Cole's. Thane's only differed from theirs in size, as would be expected of an Alpha. Thane shifted back then, and I squirmed again, hoping he would put me down. Instead, he gave my ass a sharp slap, "Stop it, little wolf," he said sharply, "You're in enough trouble as it is."

But what happened to Thane out of the blue. Michelle led the way and I followed. She had a greater speed than I did. There were so many questions in my head. And the first of many was how he was even allowed in. The East wing was the deserted wing where none of the ladies were allowed into, except the ones in their last year. I saw Thane from afar, and I just kept running. I didn't stop running until I got close to him. I hugged him from behind, and I heard him whimper. It sounded like he was in pain, but he still let me hug him.

The eastern engagement resolved in twenty minutes. She tracked the bond through all of it. Cain was not in the eastern deployment—he was at the center, managing the overall response, the position he had learned from the Shadow Fang battle to hold rather than abandoning for the front. She felt his awareness tracking multiple simultaneous developments, the Alpha's specific gift for holding an entire territory's situation in his mind at once. The western perimeter held without engagement—the Purists' main force had come east. Then the bond spiked. Not Cain's danger. Something else—the bond picking up what Cain was feeling, which was alarm in a direction she associated with Thorne.

Chapter 102: The Gilded Passage The outer archipelago of the Eastern Sultanate did not welcome travelers; it monitored them through iron teeth. Two massive stone citadels, built from blocks of heavy volcanic granite and reinforced with thick plates of green-tinted bronze, sat on opposite sides of the narrow deep-water channel known as the Sultan’s Throat. Every vessel attempting to reach the wealthy ports of the eastern mainland was forced to pass through this narrow, half-mile bottleneck under the constant, brooding gaze of forty heavy defensive ballistae and massive stone-hurling catapults perched atop the high ramparts.

“We just received word from the eastern patrol.” Kaelen’s posture stiffened slightly. “What kind of word.” The scout hesitated. Then he said quietly, “Alpha Thane is moving again.” Isabella’s stomach dropped slightly. Kaelen’s eyes darkened. “Where.” The scout looked between them. “Toward Blackthorn territory.” Silence fell over the clearing.

The forest seemed to pulse beneath her fingers, attuned to both her intent and the fire still lingering in her veins. Thalen stood nearby, sharp golden eyes scanning the treeline. The Alpha exuded power and restraint in equal measure, every movement controlled, precise, yet every subtle glance he cast toward her radiated heat that was impossible to ignore. His presence pressed against her senses, reminding her that the fire they had shared was not extinguished only restrained for the sake of the Dominion. “More scouts reported moving along the eastern defiles,” one of the surviving aides said, voice tight with tension. “They’ll reach the inner ridge within the hour if not intercepted.”

Since they had come all this way, it was only natural to take in the sights and enjoy the area. The eastern plains were rich in resources. If they were lucky enough to find some rare treasures, it would be a huge windfall. Back in the hall, Gael and Cole asked Bennett, "Mr. Tatler, are you really going to collaborate with the Tallon family?" "Why not?" "The eastern plains are vast. It's going to be extremely difficult to find the person who took the Earthcore Flame Vein." "Not difficult," Bennett said. "The Earthcore Flame Vein can't be utilized by ordinary martial artists. The most likely suspects are fire-attributed martial artists."

“It’s the eastern patrol. They’re back. They ran into Thane’s warriors.” “A fight?” I asked, my stomach clenching. “No. It was weirder,” Kael said, shaking his head. “Thane’s men weren’t armed. They were just… standing there. Blocking the path to the Moonstone Falls.” The Moonstone Falls. Our sacred ground, where we held our most important ceremonies. “What did they say?” Angus’s voice was a low growl. “Nothing. They just stood there, smirking. They wouldn’t let our patrol pass to reach the cleansing waters. They left only when we showed our teeth.”