They walked quietly out of town and into the forest, somehow Tala felt excited to see her old pack compound again, her little house, the faces of the wolves when she enters with a vampire.
She could feel how Ray held himself back, and she knew he did it to fool Sabrina "So how's Mike?""Don't ask questions you know I won't answer" Sabrina said."How's Nathan?""Quiet""Find any leads on why Helen looked up?"Sabrina glared at her over her shoulder but said nothing."I'll gouge those eyes out one day Sabrina! It was because I was wrongfully accused of Helens gaze that I fled in the first place!""That mystery has not been solved yet, as for you going rogue, that's a different story""Going rogue was never a crime""It is! Listen to yourself!? If all wolves went rogue the entire world would be turned upside down! We have rules for a reason mix breed!"Tala shook her head at Ray who wanted to do something, he held his composuRay and Mike came back into the room but both were smiling, Tala felt alittle unsettled about it "I'm surprised you two didn't tare each other apart?"Mike came and stood next to Ray in front of her "First things first, I'm sorry"Her heartrate picked up "For?" Please don't say no."For everything""I'm confused now?""I'm sorry for the rejection..."Tala's eyes squinted "And?""Sorry for hitting you...""And?""Everything Tala, ok?" He wove to Sabrina and she came over "Your turn""What?""Apologize""Why!? I'm not going to apologize to a disobedient Omega!""I said! Apologize!""Give me one good reason!""Because I want her to atleast feel at home, for one last time, before she leaves the Lunpa""You agreed!?""She is within laws, she has a man who wants to marry her, it's a reasonable reason for her to leave us"Sabrina folded her arms "Have you gone mad? What about the law forbidding vampir
Ray sat one side on a stump and watched the wolves dance and sing around the bonfire, his eyes mostly on Tala, who had a dance about her that entranced him, she swung and turned her dress blooming in the spin, her hair in sync with that green twirl around her, and Ray could feel himself fall further.The music made by drums and flutes stopped as Mike came and stood by the fire, his pack surrounding the light watched him closely."You all have been informed that this is a farewell to Tala, and I'm glad to see you all are socializing with her to make her at home"Mike looked at Ray and wove his hand, Ray pointed at his own chest."Come" Mike said waving again.Ray felt his face warm up as he approached, not because of the fire, but all those wolf eyes on him now."This is Ray, the one who chose Tala, and yes, he's a vampire"The wolves looked at him sceptically."Ray, please give us a speech, tell us about yourself, convince my pack that you des
The celebration died down rather quick with night time slowly drawing to an end, Tala opened the door of her house and stepped in to show Ray, but realised he still stood outside."What's wrong?""It's a vampire thing, we can't enter someone's house if we're not invited in"Tala smiled "That's kinda sweet""Sweet? Keeps us from getting people in their sleep"She laughed then took his hand "You may enter"Ray allowed her to guide him in then took a good look around, it was very self crafted, kitchen and living room basically one, the living room had only one wooden couch and it seems to have been split in half, the other half a makeshift working station."All this... It seems self made?" He asked touching the kitchen table."My pack helped me build it, but everything inside here, I built myself using the wood in the forest, so, some things might be a little flimsy, I suggest not sitting on that couch, it will break"Ray chuckled "Ama
"I should have known this day would come" Mike said standing ready to face Nathan."It has already happened Mike, everything that went south this past week was planned" Nathan said circling him."What are you talking about?""Helen of course...""Helen?""The first initial step was casting the vote so you can reject Tala, after that we knew Helen will join Tala to check the traps around the compound, but already that time... Helen was set to look up""You bastard!""Don't you want to know how? I couldn't possibly force her to look up, she was way too loyal a Lunpa for that""Then how!?""I gave him some help with that" a different voice answered.Mike turned to see the blue eyed man walk around the far side of the main hall, Mike smelled both vampire and werewolf in him "Who are you?""My name is Sean, and everything in the past week has gone exactly as planned" he said walking in next to Nathan.Mike was trying to figure o
Nathan stood up to look at Sean, who was already backing to the shadows because of the sunlight "Good job""Now we go after Tala and the prince?""No, not yet, I gave Tala orders to kill Ray, tonight is the first full moon, after that happens we send an order for Sara to finish off the king" Sean ran into the forest leaving Nathan to look at his new pack.They where all stunned at the turn of events but no one protested, no one questioned "You are all to go to sleep now, come the moon and I will give you new direction, be off!" Nathan said and wove a hand.***Tala was never this far west, the forest seems different, the smells new, it was almost like an ambush. Walking for almost an hour though made it clear that no traps were set and no snares, the forest was just quiet by nature.Ray placed his hand on her shoulder softly and they stopped."What?" She whispered."I heard movement... But..." He looked at her worried."Movement?"
Although not in direct sunlight Ray drew the ring of Sol from his finger, smoke suddenly came from him with a 'hiss' the ultraviolet light that reflected from the trees caught him still.Farah frowned at him."I wear this ring during the day, it was a gift from my father! It protects me from the sun!""Put it back on Ray!" Tala said seeing his skin turning red.He replaced it and gasped."Give me one good reason I should let you go to pursue this Sara?""First tell me why you hate the Vladimir's?""Your grandfather, Vlad Dracul, was the one who slayed werewolves, we feared him like death""Vlad is old news! He's not around any more! Victor sees the better future between vampires and werewolves! He doesn't want war!""The Vladimir bloodline still runs, that's why I don't trust you""Woman! I'm engaged to a werewolf!"Farah twitched "What?""Here!" He took Tala by her shoulders "She's my fiancée
Tala blinked and looked at the ground immediately in front of her, there was no madness, no rage, she felt... Calm.She wasn't sure if she saw right, in her ears the roars and howls still shattered the night sky, but she felt nothing, not a hint of anger, pain, not even the lust for flesh, she wasn't even hungry!She stood up looking at her human hands, on her left the blue ring glowed brightly, its radiance making her squint at it, she slowly turned to Ray who stood leaning against the cage smiling at her."What's? Going on?"He came over to her and lifted the hand with the ring "Luna, the ring of the moon goddess, it grants the werewolf wearing it sanity on the full moon, as long as you wear it the moon has no control over you"He lifted his ringed finger "Just as Sol, the god of the sun, protects me from its rays"Tala drew a fist back and struck his chest "You bastard! You bastard! I was so worried! I already said my goodbyes! I made peace with it!"
"Dammit!" Lia yelled "Will I be cursed to see my brother die in font of me!?"She wove a hand and the vines forming the cage retracted, she came over to Tala and tried to draw the ring off but it was stuck, she tried harder but to no avail, it was like the thing was one with her finger"Ok then!" Lia drew a knife "I will cut off that finger or drown him in her blood!" She screamed but this time Farah stopped her."What!?""That's enough""He has to die! He has to!""He just said he will help you get your brother back?""How!? He could barely defeat Sean in a fight!? How will he ever defeat Brian!?""Maybe he's a little too young, give him time to become a man and he'll be able to conquer much more than a mere half breed""Become a man? How long will that take?" Lia asked and looked at the two lying passed out on the ground, her heart sore, she knew her brother was probably long dead and tears flowed down her cheeks