Zephyr Haddock Novels & Stories

Thaelen said as the man lead his entourage confidently up onto Thaelen’s vessel. “Welcome to Lamphis,” the man ran his hands down the lapels of his coat. The beautifully embroidered tunic that he wore below stretched over an impressive stomach. By contrast, he wore close fitting trousers so fine and close to the skin that they emphasised the thinness of his legs and nobbles of his knees. His shoes were pointed and buckled with oversized silver buckles. “I am Dockmaster Havuid.”

My dad asks. “Someone unannounced is coming.” My mom says without breaking our eye contact. “8 miles.” I say. My blood boiling in my veins. I turn my back to my mother and look into the woods. “Who is coming, Dora?” Mom asks me. “A man with dark skin, golden eyes, and a tattoo in his right arm.” I tell everyone. “Which tattoo, Pandora?” I hear the voice of the alpha asking me.

At last, Zeph arrived and rushed forward to separate them. “What the f*ck is going on?” “Stay out of this, Zeph! I’ll kill him!” Zephyrus pushed Stavros away from an injured Alpha Zander. “Who are you?” demanded Zephyrus, but I intervened, pushing Alpha Zander away. He was Emmy’s mate, and I couldn’t let Stavros kill him. But Stavros broke free of Zephyrus’s hold and attacked him again. “You son of a bitch. Stay away from what’s mine. Hazel is mine!” he yelled, pushing him away from me.

I asked, my voice barely a whisper. Vane walked over to his desk and tapped a button on the holographic interface. A high-resolution medical file expanded in the air between us. It displayed genetic charts, brain activity scans, and infant growth records. At the top of the file, printed in clear red text, was a name: *Maya Vane.*

Pull the trigger or leave him barely alive to set an example for the people who were still looking for her. "How do you know me? I know you're like me, trained not to speak when held captive or tortured but if you know my name, then you know me, and you know why they called me Adolph's Shadow, don't you?" His Adam's Apple moved up and down as he gulped from the fear she inflicted with that sentence and those dreadful eyes. He could still feel the aftermath of the punch she landed below his chest before sending him sprawling on the floor. "As expected of the Hian Hoshi clan, to be able to produce such a fine gifted weapon as you must have made them proud and esteemed."

Sumico helped her beloved Brother Vir stand up in his full balance again. “I can still stand up... Would you please help me stand up first, Hanny Darling?” muttered Hades. Hanny also helped her Brother Hades stand up again. “I’m flawlessly fine... No worries... Although the sparks as well as waves of the red orpiment struck and smote me and Brother Hades a lot, we were still protected within our own dark blue supernatural lights. That’s okay... That’s fine... Would you please help me stand up first, Eva Sweetheart?” murmured Sugar Aquarius. Evania also helped her beloved Aqua Darling stand up in his full balance again.

I sat hunched over my keyboard, my sharp navy blazer slung over the back of my ergonomic chair, my fingers flying across the keys in a fast, unbroken rhythm. "The connection is active, Silas," I said, my voice sounding a bit flat from the long hours of screen time. "The digital trail through the Swiss channels just hit the main network port at the Singapore shipping dock. Hecate’s backup code is trying to run a hard reset on the cargo manifests."

Dory replied. Being a maid, Dory usually lived a careful and restricted life in the presence of the Yggdrasill family. However, in front of an ordinary person without legs like Alex, she was able to act like herself. After rubbing her hands on her body, she laughed. “You’re in luck today. This fish is a spiritual tiger-striped carp that Old Yuron just caught from Clearwater Lake. It’s delicious. Normally, I would be reluctant to buy it.” “Is it very expensive?” Alex asked.

Mercifully so. "Barrel?" Kade asked. "Ready," Harp said, patting the patient wooden mouth like it was a dog that liked only him. We'd dressed it with honest staves and dishonest intent: a false bottom, a stoppered cavity for the mirror cylinder, stones for weight, and a bung trimmed to open only when a man knew the trick. "Rye," Kade said, as the sun finally remembered to redden. "You're Dock Six again. Jas is your shadow. If the harbour master sniff s too close, smile like a boy who thinks work is something you can steal."

Zephyr’s voice was like a whip, but this time it was directed squarely at Tyler. “I didn’t realize we had gone so far out. I’m sorry. I wasn't paying attention to the landmarks.” “What is it? What’s on that island?” I asked, looking around the table at the suddenly pale faces. “It’s called Skulls Bay. And I would strongly advise you never to go there again for as long as you live.” Zephyr looked at me with a grim, haunting seriousness. “They are wild people with no code of conduct and no mercy. They hate us with a passion, and they will kill you the moment you are in their sight.”