He waves Lyle over, and Amaris follows behind too. Marco turns back to his computer monitor but scoots his chair to one side so that Lyle can take a look. It was video footage from a camera. The footage was grainy, black and white, and was from a camera mounted high up but you are still able to see that the man on the screen is Adam. He appeared to be waiting for someone. After a few seconds, a dark colored car pulls up and rolls down the window. It was a woman at the wheel. Adam bent down and kissed her. They spoke for a few minutes. The conversation became an argument, and the woman sped off without any warning. Marco rewound the video and played it again, but slowed it down to the part where the woman’s face was the most visible. He froze the screen and asked Lyle “Do you know her?” As he brought up an enlargement of her face. Amaris gasped and put her hand over her mouth. Anna and her parents had now come over to see what they were looking at. Anna spoke first, pointing to the scre
Their little group stared at each other for a minute. Marco was the first one to regain his senses and get to work on the computer station in front of him. Anna turned and put an arm around Amaris and brought her over to the station that she had been working at earlier. Pulling a chair up Amaris looked at the screen. “So what are you doing?” Amaris asked Anna. Anna was typing furiously and clicking on different screens quickly.“I’m trying to find the actual prophecy wording on the internet. It used to be available on most of the official werewolf websites, but now all I can find are paraphrased versions of it. It’s like someone doesn't want anyone to know what it really says. Thye only want their version of the prophecy out there. Or at least their condensed take on what it says. They all say the same thing. I have a few more places to check. The only other place to find it is the original document that was written down by the prophettess herself. That is in the hall of the sooths
Marco told Anna and Amaris to get all the provisions that they could find together and pack them in the remaining 2 backpacks. Anna was delighted when she found Marco's stash of caramello bars in the cabinet. He too had hidden spaces in the walls that had packs of things ready to go. "Marco, are all werewolves so paranoid? Lyle had a wall stash just like this." Amaris complained. Marco spun around in his chair to look at her with a big grin. "Who do you think he learned it from?" Marco chuckled to himself and turned back to his computer and printed some info. Standing up with the papers in hand, he stowed them in his back pack and moved toward the door shutting down monitors as he went."Are you girls ready to go?" Marco stood up and grabbed his coat and openned another cabinet in which a box was sitting by itself. He lifted the box and pulled the bottom flaps and out fell a passport. "I don't suppose that either of you girls have passports?" "I Do. It's back at my house though." Ann
They rode in the truck for a while in silence after that. Amaris heard Anna’s voice in her head. “Testing, Testing. Does this still work?” Amaris let out a small giggle. “Yes it still works.” she mind linked back. Marco made a brief look over at them. He seemed to be considering them for a minute and then said “Can you do that with anyone or just her?” Looking at Amaris briefly before looking back at the road. Amaris was dumbfounded. How did he know?“I am not sure. I’ve never tried it with anyone else.” “Try it with me now.” Marco said expectantly. Amaris did not know how to make it work with anyone else. It just happened with Anna. She closed her eyes and thought hard "Hello Marco" over and over. Suddenly he started laughing. "I can hear you." Came his reply back in her mind. "How long have you been able to do this?" Marco inquired curiously, out loud this time. "Since the incident at the firepit. It just sort of happened. I had no idea that I could talk to anyone else this
After making contact with a very freaked out Anna's dad, Amaris also contacted Anna's mother and now they were all in the loop. "I am not sure this whole mind linking instataneous communication with my parents thing will be working in my favor as a teenager." Anna laughed. Marco chuckled. "You will have to ask Amaris if there is a way that she can shut it off, like a cell phone. No calls after midnight." At that thought, Anna's face lit up. She mind linked Amaris. "He is right! we can not be told to get off the phone by 10pm any more. Or even have the whole 'we are taking your phone away' as a punishment! Oh I love this!! Too bad that you did not discover this sooner." Anna and Amaris laughed. She could see that Marco was mind linking someone from the look on his face. “What is the plan Marco? I can see that you have one.” Amaris asked. Marco raised an eyebrow at her. He did not say anything for a minute, and then looked over at her. “So Lyle says I need to start running everything t
Marco pulled out of the logging road and out back onto the highway. The girls were silent although their curiosity was burning at them. Anna looks to Marco, “Okay. I give. Who is in the bed of the truck, and why did that wolf have a backpack in his mouth?” Marco smiled at the girls. “Can’t you guess who it is? I bet Amaris can guess. I am sure you can feel him now that he is close.” Amaris’ head popped up and she thought about it for a minute. She could feel something. “It’s Lyle right?” Amaris said. Marco smiled and nodded. Amaris was not sure how she knew, but the thought of Lyle being closer, even though she could not see him, made her feel calmer and safer at the same time. She laid her head down on the seat with a small grin and a sigh. Anna looked at her and got a knowing smile. Anna said nothing but reached over and grabed hold of Amaris’ hand . “Sleep both of you. It’s going to be a long ride and then a long flight.” Marco said to both girls. Amaris closed her eyes and was soo
They all hopped into the truck with Marco in the bed under the cover and Lyle driving. Lyle maneuvered the truck onto the highway and Anna opened the window and let the wind blow through her hair. Amaris was in the middle next to Lyle. She felt awkward next to him. The pull to be near him and touch him was making her crazy. She was still not sure what to think about all this. She had no doubt that she was attracted to him. He was a good man. He clearly cared for her. How many men watched from the side lines for 4 years keeping you safe, and never said a word. She still felt bad for hurting him. She never meant to hurt him with her being unsure about how this whole mate thing works. He had to know that all this was a shock to her. The three of them all sat quiet lost in their own thoughts. They drove for another half hour before Anna fell asleep again. “How are you holding up?” Amaris jumped as she heard it directly in her mind and it startled her out of her own thoughts. Lyle looked o
The front door opened and out walked a bear of a man with a huge dark beard flecked with grey.. His cheeks were rosy. If his beard was grey he could have been a stand in for Santa Clause. He smiled at them warmly and greeted everyone. Upon seeing him closer, it was clear that this was a jolly man and seeing his sharp eyes, he was one who did not miss anything. He shook Lyle’s hand and kissed Anna and Amaris’ hand as they each went to shake his. He and Marco embraced like brothers and Horis left his arm around Marco as they all walked inside. Everyone else followed. The front room was a large open room with a cathedral ceiling. It was grand but comfortable and welcoming. There was a lofted second and third floor. The second floor railing continued to either side and into the greenhouses. The smell of earth and a sweet floral scent permeated the house.Horis led them in through the back of the living room around an enormous fireplace. They walked into the dining room which the double s