Chapter 22.

Chapter 22.


Unknown POV.

Ehg I hate having to travel through these stupid dog packs, they fucking stink. Next time there’s a meeting outside the clutch I’m sending Mathew in my place, I scrunch my nose as I pass through a small town that reeks of wolves. Small shops line the dirt roads and you can tell which ones are owned by the dogs which means there’s packs near by, hopefully they don’t cause to much trouble.

I stop off at a little store near the end of the road that doesn’t smell to much like dog, hopefully I can get a bite to eat before continuing. The little shop is empty, all except a small human in the back rustling around with some inventory. Perfect. I allow my steps to be light barely touching the floor as I move towards her, she turns just as I reach her.
“Don’t scream.” I commend as her mouth closes and she looks visibly terrified, I touch her chin softly as I start to circle her.

“Beautiful porcelain skin, you smell delicious.” My voice just above a whisper as I see the blood move through her veins just bellow her skin.
“This won’t hurt doll I promise.” With that my teeth sink in to her perfect skin sliding in to it effortlessly as my mouth fills with the warm sticky liquid. I drink it back allowing the blood to fill my mouth again when I feel her begin to go limp in my arms, I stop and pull away leaving her unconscious.

I lay her down softly on top of some wooden crates and place my hand over her taking the memory of our meeting before I go. I turn the lights off in the shop before closing the door behind me and then head off towards the woods, there is a small amount of land between the two packs up ahead hopefully I can sneak through unnoticed. I take a deep breath as I begin my walk peacefully, noticing the dark begin to creep in making me smile. Our clutch has been using pixie dust for years allowing us to mask our vampire flaws, sun light doesn’t bug us like it does normal vampires which hides us in the day time when we leave the clutch for meetings or to feed.

About half way through the forests I sense something near and take cover in a tall tree to watch, after a few moments of no movement I decide to continue my journey. I land silently and start walking again letting my senses tune in to the forest, god I miss the castle. Suddenly I’m thrown to the ground as teeth sink in to my upper shoulder sending intense pain through my body, damn wolves.

I shift quickly in to my bat and take off trying to get away, they’ve probably already informed their Alpha and he’ll be on his way, I need to find somewhere to hide till I can heal. I hear a howl break in the distance signalling their coming in toward me as well, fuck I’ll have to go on to pack lands. With that I take off away from the howls in to the dark field of the pack, I fly as fast as I can weaving and dodging while the pain radiates through me.

A small cabin comes in to view up ahead as my strength begins to run out, I flap harder trying to make it to the rafters when everything begins to go black and I feel my body land hard on the wood, before I pass out I catch the faint smell of sugar cookies and lemon making my mouth water and my body feel like I’m on fire.


Valeries POV.

I wake up cold and alone remembering the meeting I had with the moon goddess, her loving presence still lingers as my thoughts drift to the creepy feeling in my caves when I first arrived. It would probably be best to cloak it before I leave so no one else stumbles across it, my magic is linked to it so I need to protect this space from everyone until I can bring the species together.

I slowly stand up stretching as I go, cracking my back and shoulders before taking a deep breath, going from water to air so much lately has been hard on my body and I feel so stiff. I walk out side placing my hands on the cold stone of the cave as I picture a cleansing light covering my space cloaking it from the world as the entrance becomes invisible to the outside eye, I exhale deeply feeling pleased with my work as I get a mind link from Evan.

“Valerie, two guards just found a vampire trying to cross between Romeo’s old pack and ours, I guess he didn’t realize that’s all my territory now. Anyways the one got a good bite on him and the little bastard shifted taking off towards the pack, he’s probably injured and hiding to recover but we need to find him and figure out why he’s hear.” I hear him say before cutting off the connection, I shift quickly before taking off towards the pack houses to take a look.

It never ends here if I’m not with the mermaids I’m hunting someone down, I run in to Preston as I make it in to the pack.
“When did you get back?” He asks through mind link.
“A few minutes ago then I got Evans mind link, any sight of the blood sucker?” I question as he shakes his head and we slow our pace.

We slow down and I lay on the ground while Preston stands above me keeping watch, closing my eyes I bring up the pack lands in my mind looking for anything that doesn’t belong. Nothing seems unusual or out of the normal, I try harder bringing up the lines of the town trying to track his movements before he made it on to the pack lands.

I see him leave a shop at the edge of town before lurking on to the pack lands, he makes it about 100 yards on to the pack lands before jumping up in to a tree he must have sensed the wolves. I see one of our men attack him before he shifts and takes off in to one of the fields which is where the trail goes dead. I stand looking over to Preston before nodding my head for him to follow, we walk out in to the field I lost the vampires trail in before shifting and beginning to look around.

“Did you see something?” Preston asks as he shifts coming to join me.
“I seen him come to this field and his trail went dead so I think he’s either passed out or dead in this field somewhere.” I say as he nods and we begin looking, I mind link Evan letting him know what were doing when a pair of guards comes running over.
“Miss Valerie did you find anything?” The one asks in a worried voice as the other stands slightly behind him.

“I think he may be in the field somewhere this is where I lost his trail.” I tell them as they both nod before splitting up to help us look. After what seems like hours we’ve searched almost every inch of this field and I feel my anger rise, my magics never failed me before so why the hell cant I find him.
“Valerie, any luck?” Evan asks through the link and I growl back in displeasure.
“Ok we’ll come in for the night, I’ll let everyone know there’s an intruder in the pack and to keep their doors locked till we find him.” He tells me and Preston as I exhale hard feeling defeated and take off before Preston has the chance to say anything.




Unknown POV.

I wake up in my human form and my head pounds, my shoulder aches but I can feel it slowly healing now. Normally vampires injury’s heal instantly but werewolf bites always seem to take a bit longer, I roll over and I notice I’m now inside a little cabin, damn it. My shoulder is now bandaged up with gauze and herbs that smell lovely, well someone’s obviously found me. At least I’m still alive I guess so that has to be a good sign, the lemon scent comes back catching my mind as I realize it’s all around me. I’m in her house oh god, could it be? My everlasting bride is stuck in a wolf pack? I inhale deeply feeling every nerve in my body come to life. I try to move when the sharp pain continues and once again the darkness consumes me.

Valeries POV.

I spent the rest of the night pissed off, my magic has never failed me before so why did it this time? Now theres a injured vampire stuck in the pack and I have no idea what he could be doing, I pace angrily as I see the dark start to fade and the light begin to seep in. I decide to take a shower and go to bed I’m exhausted and have barely slept. I hear Preston come in to the bathroom as the hot water is pounding down around me.

“Hey, are you ok?” He asks softly pulling the curtain aside.
“Yeah I’m just confused.” I answer while washing my hair.
“We’ll find him, then Evan will deal with him.” He answers and I feel his hands spread along my hips making sparks ignite along with his touch.
“I’ve never had a trail go dead, normally my magic is able to pin point what I’m looking for and I’m stronger now, he didn’t leave the pack so where the hell did he end up?” I say Turing to face him.



“I’m not sure but you’ll find him.” He answers while he begins kissing my neck. I moan softly trying to let myself relax in to him while I focus on his mouth moving across my skin, leaning back his hands travel to my front making me flinch while he chuckles from behind me.
“A little anxious are we?” His voice flows through me smoothly while my body responds, I lean forward pulling myself from the trance as I step out walking in to our room with Preston following close behind me.