I feel heat fill me and I cry out as my body feels like it's burning. I then seem to be thrown back. I have no control over anything, and I watch as everything takes on a sharper orange hue. I then hear Zachariah,“Lorelei? What are you doing?”He sounded a little worried, as I could feel his hand running through my fur before I feel the heat once more, as I am still pushed back but now in my human form.“Sorry, Zachariah, but I needed to tell you something…”“Oh, okay. What’s wrong?”“Do you remember me telling you that I was Queen Margaret’s panther?” “Yes, I remember.”“Well, there is a little more to her story than just what I told you. What I told you was about the day we died, but there is more to it.” “What do you mean, more to it?”

I snap my head and nose up to the sky and take a deep breath. I get to my feet, pushing him off of me as I then say,“The storm is increasing once more. We need to return because if we get caught out in it, it is very easy to get turned around within the snow and get lost, and getting lost in the snow can cost you your life.” Zachariah/Morpheus roll over onto their back exposing to me their belly before huffing and then getting to their feet. He gives me a wolf nod before walking up to me and rubbing his nose and then his neck into mine. Zelda growls low in approval before returning the rub. She then nips at his ear and takes off running.Zachariah/Morpheus growl low at us and then give chase. We swap who chases who as we make our way back to the small house Dad gave Zachariah to stay in. Zachariah shifts first and then walks up to the door, opens it and allows us to walk inside. Once inside, he closes the door behind us, allowing me to shi

He then looked up at me and says, “I was selfish. I wanted you and I didn’t think of the consequences for anyone else, including you. After Conrad stopped me from… Um... Yeah... After he stopped me and then showed me what he had planned for you and the others I realised that he was no longer the honourable Hunter I thought he was when I met him… After he sold you I went out on a few more missions but my heart was no longer in it, without the prospect of having you back I didn’t see a reason to keep going. On my last mission I watched my target closely and realised that he wasn’t doing anything that seemed wrong, he wasn’t threatening or causing trouble to anyone he was just a target because of what he was… I went back to Conrad and told him that I was done… I decided to try to find you again, maybe grovel at your feet for your forgiveness and return you to the Beast that had seemed to have stolen your heart from me. I'm not sure how he found out, but he did and he asked me to wear a t

We travel for the next few days with no problems. Zachariah was still very possessive and would keep me within our tent as much as possible. Most of the time he would use my body's reaction to his to have me melting into his body and touch, getting me to allow him to do as he pleased with me. Not that I was really complaining as l was enjoying every minute of his attention even when the slightly rougher and heavily possessive side of him would come to the surface but that only seemed to happen after I have been doing training with Raphael or Charles especially when it was one on one. I am surprised a few days later when Zachariah actually allowed me to go and fetch some water with Charles from a fresh running stream nearby. Once there, I crouch down and fill first the water bottles and then the 4 buckets we brought with us for some of the others to do some cooking. Just as we were making over way back to the camp, I felt Lorelei and Zelda press forward and my senses expand. I drop t

**Memory Dream Flashes** I watch as if I am someone else; I watch from the side as I kill one human after another, blood squirting every which way and then I watch as I sink my teeth into Conrad’s neck and rip it out, more blood… As I watch Conrad’s blood flow freely from his neck he slowly morphs into another male covered in blood and I am suddenly pinned to the wall.I adjust the grip I have on the small medical knife and, with as much strength as I can, I stab him in the eye with it. He growls, lets me go and stumbles back, his hands going to his face, using one to find and pull out the knife. He takes a quick look at it and drops it to the floor. He then looks at me and growls once more. He moves to attack me again, but I move a little quicker this time. I duck his next attack and as I do; I pick up the knife off of the floor.I then use it. Every time he attacks, I dodge and attack back, making a small cut or stabbing him anywhere he leaves open. Even using his Lycan healing wit