I couldn’t stop laughing, Jasper was telling me a story of the time he was chased by a wild boar.“It was terrible, Sophia, I’m a werewolf and it didn’t care! I had to climb a tree to escape the damn thing and luckily it was a strong tree cause the thing kept headbutting the tree trunk.” Jasper complained invoking yet another round of hysterical laughter.“Oh, poor thing, how long did you stay in that tree?” I teased, trying and failing to control my giggles.“All night…” He mumbled and I smiled to myself, “don’t laugh!” He groaned through the phone.“I can’t help it, my imagination is too vivid.” I chu
Susie and I looked at each other with wide eyes when the pack siren sounded, after I was taken, Alpha Devin had sensors put up around the pack and if someone enters the borders without permission, the siren sounded, alerting everyone.“What do we do now?” She questioned and I jumped into action.“Go straight home, gather everyone and lock yourselves in the bathroom,” I ordered, recalling the new safety protocol we came up with.“Where will you go?” She inquired with a deep frown on her face.“The assembly point. Go now, don’t worry about me, I’ll be fine.” I pushed her in the direction of her house and made my way to the assembly poi
“That’s preposterous, I won’t allow it, no way in hell!” Alpha Devin brought his fist down hard on the desk and I flinched as the table vibrated under the pressure. Despite being as shocked as he was by Jasper’s suggestion, I could see the logic behind it. Alpha Allison glanced at her mate and sighed, “Jasper, what you’re asking… It isn’t a night out at the movies, you’d be putting yourselves in real danger.” She emphasized the last part and she wasn’t wrong, what he was suggesting was a suicide mission with all the men Dark has searching for the talisman, but if we succeeded that would mean we would finally have the upper hand on that psychopath. “Alpha Allison,” I sighed and glanced at her mate who was glaring intently at Jasper, “what Jasper’s suggesting is crazy, I agree, but think about if we find the talisman. We can’t let something that powerful fall into the hands of a murderous psychopath like Alaster dark.” I glanced at Jasper from the corner of my eye. “I’m going wit
The museum was virtually empty for a Wednesday morning, apart from the few lurking employees and the primary school tour group that followed the museum guide around, we were the only other people scuffing up the polished floors.“According to my research, the moonstone was displayed here,” Jasper announced as he led us into a room filled with gemstones on display. “It was the centrepiece at the event.” We lingered around the room looking for nothing in particular.“Where do we even start?” I blew out a frustrated breath, nothing in this place looked like it held any traces of something that happened twenty years ago.The large display case that stood front and centre was empty which made Jasper’s inspection look completely out
AMIDST THE SHADOWS OF NATURE, AT THE CENTRE OF THE LOTUS, LIES THE LIGHT OF THE SEEKER Did the clue refer to the Moonstone? The Curator did say the stone was luminous. “Do you think it will be that easy? We find this lotus in the shadows of nature and there’s the Moonstone?” I frowned, looking at the tiny board we took from the museum, clearly, no one would miss it if they never found it before. “Something tells me it isn’t going to be that straightforward. Whoever stole the stone clearly went through a lot to make sure it remains lost in time, but to leave clues behind? They definitely want someone to come to find it.” Jasper answered from his seat beside me on the train. FLOWER, EXISTS THE LIGHT OF THE SEEKER. The words echoed in my head aimlessly, I had no idea what a lotus flower even looked like nor what the shadows of nature entailed. “If you think any harder your hair might catch fire.” Jasper’s teasing voice sounded behind me as he stepped onto the tiny balcony. Our chos
“Well, we’re here now, where do we start?” Jasper propped his hands on his waist, looking around the vast library with a mixture of awe and distaste. Libraries weren’t a place he enjoyed frequenting and yet here he stood in the biggest library in the world. “Come on.” I grasped his hand and pulled him in the direction I knew the werewolf mysteries were hidden. “How is it you know your way around this place? As far as I know, art is more your forte?” Jasper raised an eyebrow when I began looking through the shelves for anything that might catch my eye. “My mum liked this place, we would come up here pretty often when I was a kid.” I explained, scanning titles as I went along. “Okay… Are you looking for something particular?” He shrugged, coming to stand beside me with a lost look on his face when he looked at all the books. Running my fingers over the spine, I stopped on a gold embossed title on a red leather hardcover. “This one.” I slipped the book from its place and brought it
The Temple of Lang Dui was just over thirty kilometres from the closest village. The village itself was started by the Shen clan who settled there to become caretakers of the temples and its grounds after the monks helped heal their young daughter from a mysterious ailment. Out of respect for the temple grounds, no vehicles were allowed passed the village and anyone who wished to visit would have to travel on foot through the dense forest. “They weren’t kidding when they said it’s amidst the shadows of nature.” I joked, pushing a tall fern out of my path. “Right? What kind of Temple of Wolves exists in a place where you can’t even see the moon?” Jasper frowned up at the canopy of trees so dense we could hardly make out the thousands of stars in the sky let alone see the moonlight. “I don’t know, I have a good feeling about this place,” I remarked, the land we were on was devoid of any civilisation, but that’s what made it all the better, I could practically feel the energy coursing
The hair on my arms stood to attention and the closer we got to the temple, the more the blood in my body buzzed with excitement. Selene was prancing in my mind and I found it hard to fight back the smile growing on my face as my emotions bubbled over. “Do you feel that?” I chirped and Jasper gave me a funny look. “Feel what?” He asked slowly, looking at me with surprise when I all but hopped on my feet when the temple came into view. “You can’t feel it? It’s like my body is vibrating from the power in the ground.” I shook my head to gain some focus on my surroundings. Jasper chuckled at my excitement, “Ah, I forgot you haven't visited sacred grounds before.” “What do you mean?” I looked up at him in wonder. “There was a temple on the other side of the Hightide pack lands that my mother used to take me to. She said that the deeper your connection with the Moon, the stronger you will feel the energy of the sacred grounds. She used to say the sacred grounds are covered in the sand