"You completely missed the part where the lights went down," Alex smiled. "That was, by far, best part of the night.""And then he disappeared again?" Blake asked. They were taking a walk around the downtown right then just so that they could all collect their thoughts. Manny didn't have to open the bar that day, and all his kids were with their mother at the moment. Alex would have thought that Bree wouldn't have been able to come with all her baby duties, but she was walking with them too."Into thin air," he told him. At least Jett looked like he was enjoying this story. Blake just rolled his eyes."You're fallin' too hard for someone you're not going to get," he said."I'm not falling for him," Alex told him."Never would've thought that he would be the one to tame you," Blake shook his head. Jett and Manny laughed as he said that."Will you shut up," Alex said. "I don't need to be tamed.""Oh please," Manny chuckled. "You need to be tamed more than Blake needs to stop spending so
Summer rain sucked.It wasn't cold, or refreshing. It didn't help you cool off from the heat that the summer was going to bring. All it seemed to do was make BlackCreek ten times more humid than it ever was. Unless you were a kid and having mud fights while trying to avoid any screaming adult that had to clean up after you, it wasn't fun.Ah, those were the days though.He had been worrying the past two days. Worrying because of two things: the first being that Shiro was barely even messaging him, and it was usually just to tell him that everything was okay, he was just busy. How someone who wasn't even the leader of that pack be kept busy for so many days absolutely baffled him. He didn't exactly like the look on his beta, Geo's face when he mentioned that he was really busy with Sakdah either. He seemed worried, or like there was something wrong.The second thing he was worried about was this damn carnival being canceled. Considering it was the only thing that he had to be able to s
"There they are," Alex said. Shiro looked over to the entrance to see the rest of Jett's friends coming in. They all looked like a big happy family. It was something he had always wished to see with his own pack. That alone made him smile.They waved them over to make sure that they were seen. The first person to come up to their group was Jett's Gamma. His name was Manny, if he remembered correctly."Jin!" Manny smiled when he saw the tall man. "Long time, no see!""It's definitely been a while, besides the party of course," Jin smiled. "Now you get to see us all without the kimonos.""You look sharp," Manny said. Shiro hadn't met him before the party, but he had learned quickly that he was a talker. As soon as he had seen Jin, he stuck onto him. Jin was perfect for someone who liked talking all the time. He was quiet yet attentive. It was a good thing that the two of them got along well. Jin's father wasn't that great of a diplomat. His father's council focused on the internal dilem
"Grandpa!" he whined. "Why do we have to drive there?! It would be faster if we just ran!""Patience, Shiro," his grandfather chuckled. "We wouldn't be able to carry all that's in this truck if we simply ran all the way here.""I could!" He puffed up his chest."Now, now, Shiro," the man patted his knee. "It's not wise to have that great of pride.""I thought you said that it was good to have pride?""Not when it blinds you from the reality," he told him. "That's where humility comes in. It balances pride. If you can master the art of pride and humility, then you will be a great leader.""You say that about every lesson.""It's all true, Shiro," his grandfather laughed again. It was great seeing him laugh. He had the happiness that spread to everyone else. "These are lessons that I had to learn to be a good leader."They turned the bend of the dirt path, dark trees all around them. Many people in the city feared them because of how dark they were and how eerie the forest was. But he c
"Kill them all," Shiro had ordered. "For they have attacked our innocent. And for that, they will pay."He wasn't going to back down from orders like that."Miki," he looked over to her. "Get Tammy to safety. Guard her."Miki just nodded and ran off. Jin stood next to him, awaiting orders. With Shiro gone, it was up to him to take command. He wasn't scared. He had trained all his life for this moment. That and enemies could always smell fear."We need to split up," he told the gamma. "Go to the community center. Tell me if you see anything suspicious there.""Yes, sir," Jin said before running off. They were in the city, which meant that they couldn't be in their wolf forms. That would make them stick out like sore thumbs. But these hunters had picked the perfect time to try this. Night time was the Reverence Pack's strong point. And the shadows were always on their side."Where are they going?" Alex asked. He had caught up with them around the same time that Jett had left with Shiro.
"Eenie, Meenie," Alex pointed at the hunters that had all been disarmed. "Miney, Moe. Catch an asshole by his toe.""Let us go, you demon!""If he hollers," Alex gave them a devilish smirk. "Hear the blow." He pointed the gun at the man and shot. It went straight through his head. "Eenie, Meenie, Miney, Moe."Oh, they all looked so terrified. He almost felt bad for them. He would have, at least a little, if he didn't see them shooting at all the people he had known his whole life. Now, they got a taste of their own medicine."Alex!" Luke called for him again. "I kinda need your help over here!"He shot the rest of the hunters in both the head and the heart and ran over there. The other Valor warriors were fighting at the city's exits at the moment. Some of them were trying to escape. And that was just something that he couldn't let happen. Because, if any of them escape, that meant that they would come back.Like the idiots they were."You know, Luke," Alex helped him swing a hunter t
"How do you know him again?" he asked his father. He really didn't want to be that far from Shiro at the moment, but he also needed answers. They were just a few rooms away from the infirmary."He came with Elder Munni when he was giving us medical supplies," his father said. "It was when that wave of vampires had come through years ago. He didn't want to bring him in case there were anymore in our territory, but the boy insisted."Jett vaguely remembered that. He was pretty young, but he remembered still wanting to try and fight them with all the other warriors. His father had to tell him no at least a hundred times. He also threatened to chain him down to his bed if he kept asking."Where was I?" Jett frowned. If Shiro had visited their house, he was surprised he didn't see him at all. He was forced to stay in the pack house the whole time they were fighting."Probably sleeping," his father said. "Now, why are you so curious about him?""Isn't everyone curious about him?" Jett asked
He trusted him. He didn't know why, but he did. Just because the man was his mate didn't mean that he should trust him with his warriors. There were a rare few that he would allow to take over in case something happened. Geo was one of them. He had trained hard with both him and Hiroko so that he could be just as ready for battle as they were. While Jin was great at silent attacks, Geo was the best at strategizing and finding the high ground. Miki was their defense, and usually took lead with the warriors that defended.He hoped none of them got hurt. He knew what he would tell them all if he had stayed in the battle. But he wasn't there. He was in this infirmary recovering from bullets that he had failed to dodge. All he could do was hope that Geo did well in taking command.It wouldn't be the first time. They had plenty of enemies that had tried to come onto their land. Sometimes Shiro would be stuck on the other side of the territory, and would leave the leading to Geo. When he had