"Eromaug?" Linus repeated back to Allen in shock, "Why do you need to know about him?" Allen was silent as he studied his face. The look of shock and surprise that flashed across his eyes, followed by the worried expression that flickered across his face told Allen that Linus did indeed know something about the Daemon Lord. Whether or not it proved useful or not would remain to be seen. "I'm pleased to see that your time here hasn't impaired your hearing at least," Allen commented dryly as he leaned against the wall casually, "I want to know what you know about him." Linus swallowed nervously and his eyes darted around his cell. "That's a dangerous subject to discuss so openly…" He stammered fearfully. "I wouldn't call your cell an open place, Linus." Linus clicked his tongue as his eyes narrowed. "You have no idea what you're talking about. Even in places that you consider safe, you'll quickly re-evaluate your topics of conversation." Linus hissed, "You still haven't t
Allen snarled furiously as he pushed back against the force that held him to the wall as Jasper tittered mockingly. "Well, look at you, haven't you grown?" Jasper purred, "It feels like forever since I saw you last." "If I never saw you again it would still be too fucking soon!" Allen snapped as he strained helplessly. Jasper sighed theatrically. "Well that's not very nice is it?" He tutted as he stroked the back of Allen's hair, his fingers combing almost lovingly through the strands of hair, "And here was me thinking that we could let bygones, be bygones and maybe... I don't know... kiss and make up…" He murmured almost seductively into Allen's ear, sending an involuntary shiver of disgust rippling through his body as he snorted in contempt. "Fuck you Jasper. You're a fucking psycho and a delusional one at that. What the hell makes you think that I would be willing to look past the fact that you brutally murdered my little sister?" "Oh I don't know about brutally, Allen
A look of pure terror settled over Jasper's face as Lexi's hands slammed onto each temple and he froze, the dagger that had been making painful progress around Allen's face slipped out of his hand and clattered to the ground noisily. "No... this…" Jasper squeaked in terror, disbelief written all over his face as he found himself completely unable to move. "Yes, Jasper. Ironic isn't it that my uncle and I are so eerily similar, yet so terrifyingly different..." She purred as her eyes flickered between a furious crimson fire and a violent electrifying blue sheen as she forced Jasper to face her face-to-face. She kept her palms firmly on his temples, her fingers digging into his scalp with her nails as she brought her face almost nose to nose with him as she held his gaze unflinchingly and licked her lips dangerously. "He... Eromaug… I work for him! You can't do this!" Jasper blurted out, his voice rising in panic as he winced at the slow trickle of blood that was running from h
Ann and Adam had been mid discussion regarding potential baby names for each of the pups when a frantic looking Felix practically fell through the doors and into her room. "They… fuck… Jasper… it was him! He was here… he still IS here!" he rushed out between breaths almost incoherently as he leaned on the table as he tried to catch his breath. Ann and Adam froze mid conversation as they took in his panicked appearance and they exchanged a look of concern. "What the fuck has crawled up his ass?" Maeve grimaced as she flicked her ears in annoyance. Ann ignored Maeve's snarky comment and sat up, pushing the sheet back a little as she held her hands out in front of her in a placating gesture. "Felix, slow down…" Ann began in a soothing tone but she was cut off by Felix's furious glare. "No, you don't understand. He's STILL HERE!" He yelled impatiently as Adam growled warningly at his tone. "Growl all you want Adam, this is fucking serious. He killed Aoife, but she wasn'
"I can't believe you agreed to bringing her with us." Baldur snapped testily inside Adam's head. "It's not like either her or Maeve would take no for an answer," Adam snapped back as he readjusted his grip on Ann's legs and shifted her position on his back. "You're an Alpha, Adam… if you can't control your mate…" Baldur snorted derisively. "She's the Alpha Queen for a reason." Adam replied with a sigh, "If you're that salty about it, how about we shift and you can have it out with Maeve, hmm? See how she likes you ordering her around." Baldur whined almost instantly and Adam could see his tail tucked between his legs reflexively. "Yeah, that's what I thought." Adam snorted as Baldur skulked to the corner of his mind and curled up sullenly on the corner. "Everything okay?" Ann asked softly as she tightened her arms around Adam's neck. "Baldur is pissed that I brought you with us." Adam grunted. "I told you I can walk," Ann scowled. "Yeah, but for how long? You still
"So what do we do now?" Felix asked to no one in particular once they were all gathered in Lord Brarthroroz's suite. The guards had been instructed to let them know as soon as Lexi began to stir and Allen stood in the doorway to Lord Brarthroroz's suite so that he could run to their room as soon as she showed any signs of waking up. "The first thing we should be doing is getting my stubborn mate back to her bed in the hospital so that she can get the rest that…" "Not a chance Adam." Ann glowered, "I've been out of action long enough and if I need to rest then I would much rather do so in the comfort of our own chambers." "But, what if you need intervention from the doctors again? Think of the pups. What if…" Adam tried to reason with her but Ann's loud impatient sigh stopped him in his tracks. "What if the sky falls and we're all buried?!" Maeve yelled suddenly in Ann's head and it took everything in her to not snort loudly. "Maeve thinks you're being dramatic, and just f
"I'm sorry, just… wait a minute. Let me get this straight because it seems absolutely fucking unbelievable. What you're saying is, some poor bastard's soul is being used to hold a magickal barrier that stops all communications within it?" Felix asked in disbelief. "Pretty much, yes. It prevents all communication from inside of the barrier, with the outside. It can only be destroyed by the same signature of magic that it was constructed with, so any magick that doesn't match with the caster's variant of magick, simply won't work." Lord Brarthroroz answered. "So how the hell are we going to take it down?" Allen murmured. "Lexi…" Ann breathed as Lord Brarthroroz's eyes snapped to her. "As much as I dislike the truth of your statement, I cannot deny that you are right." he frowned. "Why Lexi? Why does it have to be her and not you?" Allen interrupted fiercely, "She's already unstable and we've seen how using her… powers, abilities, magick whatever you want to call it, has affec
Despite the brave face that Lexi had put on, she had still needed a couple of days to recover as her energy levels were incredibly low. She had fallen asleep a few times when they had all been sat discussing how best to proceed and then been furious with herself afterwards. One thing had been certain though, she was going to find Greyson whether Allen wanted her to or not. They had come to a silent agreement about it, that neither one of them would mention it outright, but they would both participate in planning the expedition out there to take care of the sites. Lord Brarthroroz would go with them, along with a handful of specialists from the Enclave, and a few of Lord Brarthroroz's commanders would accompany them, for back up if needed. Ann would stay behind with Adam and work on having the plans for the portal room in the Enclave approved by the council with Bartholomew's help, and take a closer look at the finances required to get their military force up to scratch, so th