Aziz(Through Alastair’s Eyes): Briskly, we walked away from the forest with Merari. At first, we all headed in the direction of the packhouse when Alastair seemed to think better of it. His mind…our mind was going a mile a minute with Merari hovering so close, the woman that we never thought we’d see again, walking right there. Right there, only feet away from us. It was evident that Alastair was about to jump out of his skin with her nearness. Me as well, for that matter. Extraordinary how one single woman could provoke such an anomalous attraction from another. Not just another, however…an inhuman. Merari was a human. Or at least, she wasn’t like any inhuman that Alastair or I had come into contact with. She had to be human. There were a rare few humans like Merari- their origin unknown, but those rare few possessed one common element; each human in some way involved gold blood. It was a shock to the system seeing her shapeshift as she did, let alone possessing such power to stop

Harlyn: “Are we clear on your end?” I asked Talon through the pack link that was shared between us. As an alpha, the ability to establish a link to pack members was inherent for me, but it didn’t mean that I was a master at it yet. It took a certain strength to be able to reach as many people as my father could, and I was nowhere near close to that type of power yet. The best I could do for the time being was the link that I had established long ago with my two best friends, Talon and Penny. The link between me and my father went without saying; links between families were almost always a given. “Everything’s fine, alpha,” returned Talon through the link. “Found footprints along the inner tree line, but they look old. I’m going to follow up on them and get back at you if I’ve found something.” I could hear the brooding tone in his voice as he spoke. I cared about Talon, and I cared about his feelings, so naturally, I couldn’t help but ask, “Tal, are…are you alright?” “I’m fine, Ly

???Being back in such close proximity to a place that I’d long tried to forget but with great difficulty, could not, provoked a hoard of mixed emotions. Ever since that night, I’d found that I didn’t have as good a handle on feelings as I once did. Physically, things hadn’t changed too much, though there were noticeable differences. Mentally, however, I had entered a whole new world. My perception of everything surrounding me was as different as night and day to me now. I just wasn’t sure whether it could be considered for the better. Though, I’m sure the lives that I’d indiscriminately taken since my retransitioning to this world, would vote on the contrary.That was one thing, indeed, that I had a problem with, I’ll admit. Not the life taking-oh no, but the fact that I held no remorse for the lives that I had decided to take. It was as if all humanity was gone from me and where I once had it in the beginning, I now struggled to find out why I seemed to lack it now.“You know that

Alastair:“Bodies have been dropping like flies over the last week and the increase in so-called animal attacks have increased as well,” Toran announced at the table as we sat down at one of my more higher-end restaurants.The Veil, the restaurant was called; a namesake of our large town. On this night I decided to buy out the restaurant for the night to treat not only my active pack members but their family as well. For the night, the whole of Shadow Veil’s wolf pack would have a night of fine dining. It was the least I could do for all the high-stress situations we’d been placed in of late. When Toran informed me of the increase in attacks, it was almost a confirmation of Valene’s presence in or near Shadow Veil. My daughter…Valene.It was still a shock to the system to find that Merari and I actually shared a child. What was even more amazing was the fact that it was someone as special as Valene. I hadn’t even told Harlyn yet. I convinced myself that it was because she had alrea

Aziz:The brisk November night air was something calming to our senses as we walked down the busy streets of Richmond Virgina.For hours, I watched from the recesses of my more human counterpart’s mind as we ventured from Belle Isle to East Cary St. Since losing Caris to an instinct that drove all grieving mothers crazy, we’d found ourselves just as lost as our chosen was. Our actions over the last few months was a testament to how adrift we both seemed to be as well. Women were in and out of whatever bed we chose to lie in for the night, and it wasn’t just limited to Richmond. In truth the large city-a place closest to our home was the next stop in a seemingly neverending trip of our latest conquests.It was no secret that our bitterness was egging on the need to bed and bleed almost every woman that had the unfortunate opportunity to meet Alastair. Oddly enough, this trail of adulterous affairs all led back to Caris. If one can believe, this whole time we’d been searching for her