Page 134
Story: May the Wolf Die
I took a deep breath and closed my eyes. “You killed mom and dad.”
Ezra turned his head to look away from me. “…yes.”
“Because Alaroth told you to do it.”
“Yes.”
“And then you kidnapped me to pimp me out to him?”
We didn’t have a bond like my pack, but we had that specialconnection that twins shared, the kind that keyed us into each other’s thoughts and feelings. I could sense the pain and remorse coursing through his body.
“…Yes.”
He knew what he’d done was beyond messed up, beyond evil, and yet he still retained total loyalty to this fae king. I couldn’t stand it anymore.
“Then get the fuck away from me. There is nothing, and I meanabsolutely nothing, you could ever do that would allow me to forgive you. I honestly wish youhaddied eight years ago. That’s far more preferable to the betrayal I feel right now.”
His body shook next to mine, but I couldn’t even bear to look at him.
“Marlowe…”
Footsteps sounded up the short staircase to our platform and Alaroth grinned. “My, my, what have I missed? There’s so much tension in the air I can taste it. Don’t tell me you two are fighting once more? Or has our good Captain Nivardi said something vulgar to his previous lover’s daughter?”
I turned towards the fae captain still trying to regain his composure. “Captain Nivardi was the perfect gentleman,” I stated.
The king actually looked disappointed, like he’d been hoping to rub more salt in Nivardi’s wounds. “Well, that’s good to hear. Ezra, are you ready?”
My brother stood, his expression stoic. “Yes, Your Majesty.”
“Wonderful. Come, beloved, let’s sit and watch what your brother can do.”
54
THE RED WOLF
We stalked the young blood taker through the mountainous woods. We’d eaten a strange meal earlier, but shifting between our forms took energy, and I was getting hungry again.
That would unfortunately have to wait.
The male, his scent thick with muddled blood, was loud, sated from mating, and not paying attention at all to the pack of wolves that now followed him back to his home.
He was lucky we didn’t mean him any harm, otherwise he would have been an easy, if poor tasting, next meal.
The blood taker we traveled with helped obscure us further with his shadow magic. The darkness that followed me was cool, and made my fur stand on end.
I did not like it, but he insisted it would help.
We did not need help for this.
But my human trusted this male, so I allowed him to blanket me with a black cloud.
Eventually the young one stopped, casually looking over his shoulder to see if anyone was around, before whistling strangely. Another whistle like a bird call responded, and then he stepped forward, vanishing into thin air.
His scent was gone.
55
NOLAN
Table of Contents
- Page 1
- Page 2
- Page 3
- Page 4
- Page 5
- Page 6
- Page 7
- Page 8
- Page 9
- Page 10
- Page 11
- Page 12
- Page 13
- Page 14
- Page 15
- Page 16
- Page 17
- Page 18
- Page 19
- Page 20
- Page 21
- Page 22
- Page 23
- Page 24
- Page 25
- Page 26
- Page 27
- Page 28
- Page 29
- Page 30
- Page 31
- Page 32
- Page 33
- Page 34
- Page 35
- Page 36
- Page 37
- Page 38
- Page 39
- Page 40
- Page 41
- Page 42
- Page 43
- Page 44
- Page 45
- Page 46
- Page 47
- Page 48
- Page 49
- Page 50
- Page 51
- Page 52
- Page 53
- Page 54
- Page 55
- Page 56
- Page 57
- Page 58
- Page 59
- Page 60
- Page 61
- Page 62
- Page 63
- Page 64
- Page 65
- Page 66
- Page 67
- Page 68
- Page 69
- Page 70
- Page 71
- Page 72
- Page 73
- Page 74
- Page 75
- Page 76
- Page 77
- Page 78
- Page 79
- Page 80
- Page 81
- Page 82
- Page 83
- Page 84
- Page 85
- Page 86
- Page 87
- Page 88
- Page 89
- Page 90
- Page 91
- Page 92
- Page 93
- Page 94
- Page 95
- Page 96
- Page 97
- Page 98
- Page 99
- Page 100
- Page 101
- Page 102
- Page 103
- Page 104
- Page 105
- Page 106
- Page 107
- Page 108
- Page 109
- Page 110
- Page 111
- Page 112
- Page 113
- Page 114
- Page 115
- Page 116
- Page 117
- Page 118
- Page 119
- Page 120
- Page 121
- Page 122
- Page 123
- Page 124
- Page 125
- Page 126
- Page 127
- Page 128
- Page 129
- Page 130
- Page 131
- Page 132
- Page 133
- Page 134 (Reading here)
- Page 135
- Page 136
- Page 137
- Page 138
- Page 139
- Page 140
- Page 141
- Page 142
- Page 143
- Page 144
- Page 145
- Page 146
- Page 147
- Page 148
- Page 149
- Page 150
- Page 151
- Page 152
- Page 153
- Page 154
- Page 155
- Page 156
- Page 157
- Page 158
- Page 159
- Page 160
- Page 161
- Page 162
- Page 163
- Page 164
- Page 165
- Page 166
- Page 167
- Page 168
- Page 169
- Page 170
- Page 171
- Page 172
- Page 173
- Page 174
- Page 175
- Page 176
- Page 177
- Page 178
- Page 179
- Page 180
- Page 181
- Page 182
- Page 183
- Page 184
- Page 185
- Page 186
- Page 187
- Page 188
- Page 189
- Page 190
- Page 191