After the train wreck of a morning, Briar was sure that she would remain by herself the rest of the day, so it surprised her when she heard footsteps. “Am I going to get punished for my flippant tongue, or worse?” she whispered to herself. When she saw the door being pushed slowly open, she thought she was done for, but it was Troy! He poked his head into the room. “Can I come in?” He asked, a strange look on his face. “What are you doing here? I didn’t expect I would have any visitors after this morning.” Briar admitted. “I’m here on official A business. It turns out he enjoys violin music, so…Ta-Da!” he went fully into the room. A violin slung across his shoulder, sheet music and books in his arms, and a bag slung over his other shoulder. “No way! He did this for me?” Briar squealed. The way his heart sped up just by seeing her face light up, caught him off guard. “Not so fast,” he joked, “the only way you get this stuff is if you explain this all to me. I must have spent 2 ho
“Animikii!” Troy slammed his fists on the door. “Open up, it’s Briar!” he shouted, pounding louder. The door flew open and Animikii stood before Troy. “What did you do to Briar?” He asked. “I kissed her. She’s unconscious because she and Rei had already imprinted. I swear I didn’t know that. If I had, I would have never done it!” Troy folded his hands in front of him and looked to the floor.“I understand. Every wolf is attracted to Kitsune. Some fall in love, but most feel blind devotion. You my friend have been a blessing in disguise with this.” Animikii complimented him. “How do you see that? She’s dying! There’s nothing that can save a wolf from this.” Troy exclaimed, feeling himself slipping into madness. “Relax, you have not done something that can’t be reversed. You have also given me a secret to use against my father and brothers.” Animikii said, eyes growing darker showing Troy what happened to cause Briar’s reaction. “Both of them imprinted? At the same time? That’s not
Dove got into Rei’s Jeep and took off in the direction of the Row. He had felt Kitsune there. If he were to get close enough to her location, he could pick up her static and it would lead him straight for her location. 25 minutes after he left the KingBears, he arrived in the outskirts of the Ro.. He needed a place to park where no one would recognize his ride, and walk in. When he saw a house with just enough foliage to hide him, he parked 3 blocks away and made for that house. Making it without anyone catching him, he just sat there, listening, watching, and waiting to see what he need to. Around 3 am he saw what he was waiting for. 3 wolves walking together discussing something of great importance. Dove decided its now or never and jumped out of the Jeep and sprinted a few blocks ahead of them so he could cut them off and ask his questions. “He’s never going to let that girl go, not till she emerges. Then he plans on either keeping her for himself or he’s going to let Troy have h
“When we go out tonight to search our teams will be a little mixed and matched because of the number of us. Stryxx, Dove, and I will be the intel team. Rico, Nico I need you as our eyes in the skies. Tris, Trinity, and Link will be on call as our quicksilver team to back up any of us if we can’t help but to mix it up. Any suggestion, or additions?” Kyle said. “Where’s Dove’s little buddy, and where is she going to while we take the risks?” Tris asked. “She will remain here with Shae and Noni. Her information will be invaluable tonight. If we don’t focus and work together, this A might change everything, Briar could be lost to us. We would be back at square one.” Kyle sat in his chair with a heavy thud. He’ll looked tired,, but that was only on the outside. In his heart he knew the Fang, his inner wolf Riizen, clawed at his inside, begging to be set free. If that were to happen, Riizen would burn through any and everything to get Briar back. He was the definition of a Berserk Wolf.
Three vehicles, filled with wolves, sped towards the Row from the north, east and west. They wouldn’t dare run to the south, it was the humans only “Safe Place", and no wolf would willingly cross into the south, if it was an emergency, it could be overlooked. They all agreed to park 3 or more blocks away and walking as the twins had done before. When they got as close as they dared, Dove asked for a little privacy to prepare himself for this. “Take your time, the others aren’t ready yet anyway. He walked back to the car he arrived in, pulled out the letter, paralyzed by the words. Dove, This letter is going to be far from easy, so please hear me out? Your family as well as the KingBear family have been entangled for as long as any wolf can remember. Take extreme caution with your father’s wolves. They may serve him, but there’s another Alpha wolf is the pulling the strings from the shadows, a wolf no one has met before. He plans on corrupting the Light Bringer, to usher in a new
Troy gave Briar a few days to allow her to come to terms with her newly discovered destiny, before talking to her again, brainwashing is a delicate process. If done incorrectly, Briar and Kitsune wouldn’t be able to tell the difference between one another and a confused, berserk wolf was not going to accomplish anything but more fighting. In the morning, Misha brings her breakfast and talks with her about things the made her feel normal. “Morning, Misha. I’m sorry If you got punished because of my stubbornness. Can you forgive me?” Bri asked. “Don’t worry about it. A will not sacrifice me or Troy, so put those fears to rest. Here, I brought you some good food this morning, and a double shot of espresso. You drink that right?” Misha smiled, wrinkling her nose.“Hell yeah! I haven’t had one since before I was so rudely taken.” Bri snapped. “I have some news from the outside world if you care to hear it?” Misha asked. “Sure, why not? Its not like I’m going anywhere near the outside.”
“I don’t understand why Animikii is being so nice to that girl. Troy sticks to her like glue, I am getting sick and tired of playing sweet valley high with her!” Misha screamed. “A has his reasons, you know that. He’s not doing this to punish us, he is thinking of our future by taking Kitsune’s human vessel and twisting her wolf spirit using Briar to do it. It’s a deliciously elegant plan, don’t you think?” Moon asked her. “You’re just as sick as he is! Are you sure you’re not related? Mental illness runs in the family, you know?” Misha said, walking away, heels clacking against the marble floor.Troy sat at the little table in Briar’s room, listening to her playing Four Seasons by some composer or another. When they were alone like this, it was the only time he allowed himself to fantasize that he was her real mate, they were just normal wolves, and he didn’t know what he knew about her, or what her fate was. They could just be two wolves, happy, in love, and free. “If only.” He a
Getting back to the ground floor, Dove saw Stryxx sitting, patiently on a rock ledge, his eyebrows furrowed, tongue poked out the side of his mouth, and his eyes were far away.“Where were you just now?” I got the flowers and met Anaki. From the look on your face, you must have met the brother that made me black out, and punished me by hiding their words in my memories. They will only come out when something pulls the memory out of me. It’s all very confusing and I’m tired. Let’s get back.” Dove said. “Is there anything else you heard, learned, or saw up there that could help us decode what’s going on here?” Stryxx asked. “Later, these don’t live long after they have been picked, so we have under an hour to get them back.” Dove handed one to Stryxx and headed back to the opening they fell through. _--_--_ “Are they supposed to smell this way? They were heavenly before, now, not so much.” Stryxx plugged his nose. “I’m hoping someone back at the house knows what to do with them.” D