I contemplated going back in to yell them that I was going for a run but then I decided against it. It would only just defeat the purpose of me not wanting to back in there right now. Besides, should I step in there right now, I don't think they'd let me leave at once without pelting me with questions first. I decided to just mind link Damon, in case he'd get worried. Now I'd mind linked a number of times, but usually when the person was standing right beside me. Or I could at least see the person. But now he was in a building with loads of people several meters away from me. Eh. I'll give it a shot. I tried to focus on him. Going for a run. Don't wait up. I waited a couple seconds. I didn't get a response. Hmm, maybe he's too far? Or maybe it'll take a while for the message to reach him? Or what if my message is still in my head, do I have to press send or something? What? There's no send in my head. But I'll do it anyway. Send. As if that actually makes sense. I rolled

He seemed to think about it for a while, "After you were on your fourth tree I think."I almost nodded and then had a second thought. "Fourth tree? If that was the moment you arrived, how would you know that that was my fourth tree?" I narrowed my eyes at him.He was turning into my own personalised stalker."You asked me at what point I started hiding from you. When I arrived initially I was standing out in the open, but you were too busy running that you didn't see me, or sense me." He paused, like he found that weird. And then he continued. "I only took cover once you started attacking the trees."Huh?"What? Attacking?" Oh.I fake gasped when I realised he was making fun of my tree climbing skills."I was climbing." I protested and couldn't help my laugh."Oh. You were climbing?" He said acting like he was genuinely surprised.I punched his arm, he only laughed it off.Or maybe I should just shove him into the pool?"So I'm assuming you got my mind link then?""'I'm going for a ru

I stopped chewing.Damon stopped chewing.Latifah gently set her cup down.We all stared at James, waiting for him to go on.We'd known that Evelyn had gone MIA for a while. At first it seemed like a cause for alarm, but we'd been informed that Evelyn sometimes went on nature retreats. Sometimes she'd disappear for months on end.And since there was no evidence of a break in at her place, no signs of struggles or intruders around our lands, we were inclined to believe it.Even at that, being so cool about her sudden disappearance didn't feel right. But I couldn't help it, nothing nagged at my mind, or anyone else's for that matter, that she was in danger.And James' next words confirmed it."She returned last night." He continued. "The scouts saw her return to her cottage. She seemed unharmed."I was relieved.Evelyn was okay, she really did just leave on a retreat.Maybe next time she should give us a warning though. She's been gone for quite a while, if it hadn't been for Rose, afte

So, contrary to what I believed, we did not in fact have a team of super deep clean staff on hand.The main entrance to the building known as the Great Hall, which is all it was, a really really big hall, was securely chained and padlocked. Rust was even appearing at the edges of the padlock and I assumed that the inside of the padlock must be completely rusted since after a minute of trying to open the lock with its key, Damon just broke the padlock off with his hand."Why even keep a padlock on then?" I raised a brow at him.A 'Keep out, Alpha's watching' sign would be more effective in keeping people out. If they really wanted to enter this place, I really doubt that this flimsy padlock that snaps like a twig would keep anyone out.He just shrugged, pulling the iron bars apart, revealing a heavy set of doors with yet another flimsy padlock. "Formalities.""Ah, it makes so much sense." I said reaching forward to snap this padlock open as well. I'm not ready to wait longer for him to

He looked over at me and rolled his eyes smiling and shaking his head slightly. "Very funny." He thumped his leg on the floor."Don't tell me, now you're checking the roof for stability." I teased again.Which, now that I thought about it, would actually turn out badly for us if it isn't in top notch condition.But there's no way his foot stamps could cave in a roof anyway. Surely."No, actually, checking for rats and scorpions. They don't particularly like sound vibrations so if there are any, they'll come out."My smile drained from my face."What?"He thumped his foot again, in a different spot."Which part didn't you hear, the rats bit or the scorpions? Those are two of the things that freak you out the most right?" He ended his question with a smile.My shoulders relaxing, I moved to punch him in the arm.He just laughed it off."You're lucky it's not true, I would have used you as a shield." I told him.He moved to another corner and thumped his foot again."Really? All this ins