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Wolf’s Bane OLD AND NEW FAMILY (PART 2)
“Ah yes… I still remember this one. Dad was planning to give it to me before but we completely forgot about it. It’s quite remarkable that you found it. Didn’t even think it was still around, since Mom was the one who named it when they were still dating.”“Oh wow, really? So that’s why we would give names to our stuff. I didn’t know that it was her idea.”“Well, she believed that machines also are aware of their masters. If the owners would name them, that would strengthen the bonds between them and even energize the machine to perform better and live longer. Since Dad hadn’t named his motorcycle yet after Grandad bought it for him, Mom did it for him.”“Bro, I suddenly have an idea…”He went to his father’s office that day because of a discovery he made in one of the deepest parts of their basement garage. Since he was a teenager, he was totally excited with his find and he really intended to bring it back to life.Especially when his older brother told him the story behind the forg
Wolf’s Bane OLD AND NEW FAMILY (PART 3)
His trip down memory lane was not so pleasant but it did give Eron enough strength to push aside his sleepiness and get up from the bed. He tossed aside the blanket and tried to look around for the towel that he wore last night to temporarily cover his nakedness.It was nowhere to be found…“That’s odd, I could have sworn I was wearing it last night when I went back to the room…” he whispered to himself, still searching around the bed just in case it fell off the mattress as he slept. “Or was I? Wait a tick...”Just then he heard fast but not-so-heavy footsteps rushing from one room and going through the corridor. It was followed by another set of firmer footsteps and it sounded like it was running after the lighter runner.And they were both headed towards his door!Eron’s thoughts: “Shit, did I even lock that thing? Damn, too late to find out…”As he wolf-sped towards the farthest corner of his room where his clothes were still piled messily, one on top of the other, his hands swift
Wolf’s Bane UNWELCOMED GOSSIPY GUESTS
“Dad, I consider walking as my only exercise these days because of how busy I am. That jeep won’t be helping me at all.”“It would help you get home a lot more, so you can be with your parents more,” snapped the former schoolteacher.“I’m sure you mean well, Ma’am, but I do have my reasons,” Jack replied as he took another swig of his drink, then he whispered, “And I’m sure you have yours…”“Did you say something, son?” Ms. Nelia said, trying to catch what she thought she heard.“Nothing, Ma’am...”Jack knew he should stop saying his thoughts aloud. At work, people didn’t mind him doing that since he's the boss, but, even though he knew that this gossip’s hearing was now slowly deteriorating, he knew that was not a free pass to voice all his thoughts.Nope, definitely not for these talkative women’s ears.“I still don’t understand why you had to eat at Diwana’s house instead of here with your parents, son. Of course, we were here with them but I’m sure there you could have easily join
Wolf’s Bane THE DINNER INVITATION
“He did, huh? Well then, if he saved your life, I’m indebted to him. As a matter of fact, I think we should even meet him and thank him personally. What do you think, Carmel?”“Why that’s a great idea, Paul. And you said he’s now living at Diwana’s place, right? I’m sure he can manage to walk over after work and meet us. That is, if that’s ok with you, Jack.”Jack almost choked on the last bit of his beer, but he did manage to take that last swallow without spitting it out.“You want to meet him?” he asked with a rasping voice.“Yes, your mom and I. It would be good to meet the savior of my son and get to know more about him.”“We can make him feel even more welcome since he is a newcomer…”Jack’s thoughts: Me and my big mouth… and my parents happen to be Maximilian's fans. Oh boy…“Uhhh, he’s just fairly new out here, dad. It wouldn’t be good to force him to meet people just because his boss said so.”“Well, tell him that you mother and I are still the owners of the lumberyard, even
Wolf’s Bane HEARTFELT ADVICE
“Hallooo? … Big brother, there’s nobody here…”“Here I am… Good morning, Katya… Hello Macky…”The teenager and the young lass swiftly looked towards him and their eyes grew wide…“WHOA! You’re so biiiiig!”“Uhhh, thank you Katya, just let me finish dressing up, alright…”“Wow Eron… I didn’t realize… your muscles are… big… I mean, really biiiig!”The tall muscled man had his wide back turned towards the kids since he was hiding his blushing face as he was putting on a black sleeveless runner’s shirt. Thankfully, he already had his jeans on and he just let his heart rate calm down and his blushing to abate before turning around to face the children. “Thanks guys, but I don’t think I’m that muscular. You should see my male bestie! Now he’s got really massive biceps and a huge bulging chest and…”“Oh, but I think you’ve got great looking muscles, Eron. Yours are even bigger than Jack’s!”“Ahaha, just don’t let Jack hear that, Katya, or he might get jealous of Eron.”“Hehe, I got to agree
Wolf’s Bane NEW ARRANGEMENTS
Meanwhile, deep in the forest…“What the hell, Jack, you didn’t have to scare me like that!”“Well, I don’t even see why you should be scared…”“Creeping up on me when we’re in the middle of a wolf alert? I know we fought yesterday over me being late and all but you didn’t have to do that to me, sheesh!”“Correction, you fought with me, Max. Besides, what the heck are you doing out here in the woods this early? You live in the lumberyard’s campsite and I don’t even know why you’re here. Of course, you can easily tell me it’s none of my business but in the light of all these weird things happening, I think you better come clean with me.”Max’s eyes narrowed at the nonchalant tone Jack used on him, knowing that the man was actually threatening him underneath all that nice, civil speech of his. The message was, in simple language, “Don’t fuck with me, I know you’re hiding something so ‘fess up!”The team leader sighed and racked his brains in a rush to try and find an explanation that co
Wolf’s Bane SECRET WEAPON
The first, very light vibration of his cellphone that rested at the nightstand had awakened Hiromoto, who stealthily moved out of the bed and sneaked out of the house, taking with him one of the light bed sheets that slipped to the floor during his night ‘activities’ so he could wrap his naked body. He quickly twisted it around his waist, allowing a full view of his muscular upper torso, then he sat up on the porch swing where he thought he wouldn’t be heard. The morning breeze played with his hair, arranging and rearranging it, bringing the smell of soil wet with the night dew to him and deeply relaxing him. For a moment, while he felt the few first rays of sun in his skin, he smiled. A light hope sparkled in him during those mornings where he could be nothing but a loving husband in a farmhouse, far away from the city and its noise. The phone rang for the fifth time, and then he answered to the well-known name that was flashing on the screen. “Good morning, bro, hope you’ve
Wolf’s Bane MORE ON THE SECRET WEAPON
“Nah, not even you believe your own lies. I know you love me. You’re just a mean, cold asshole,” Virgil said with the same joking tone that was considered unusual by everybody around him, with very, very few exceptions.“Whatever you say, bro. At what time do you plan to arrive? I gotta say, you have great timing, I was already planning to go back to the Governor’s house before he misses me too much, you know. Especially now that he’s so desperate to get Eron back, even if it’s back from the grave.”“I know… We’re going past noon, but I believe it would be better if we can take Alicia by surprise.”“I agree with that. Hopefully she doesn’t even suspect so she’s not defensive when the ‘secret weapon’ arrives.”“By secret weapon, you mean…?” “Bro, I guess you don’t remember when the two of them met… do you?”“Oh, I perfectly remember. Two ladies made to perfection to handle two hardheaded guys. Our gifts from the Moon Goddess, bro. How could I ever forget?”“Well then, ‘secret weapon’
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GETTING READY TO GET MARRIED
“I just can’t believe how fast things are going for you Boss!” stated an awed Orlie as he looked at his employer in admiration. “Imagine, you didn’t even have a girlfriend then you suddenly were asked to be someone’s best-man just yesterday. Suddenly, you’re already the groom today. Wow, talk about being instantly promoted!”“Indeed he is, boy,” a slightly unfamiliar middle-aged male voice spoke from the open screen and front door of the Alpha mansion. “And that would mean that he is extremely lucky, right son?”“Mom, Dad, Sis, you’re all here!” exuberantly exclaimed Jack, feeling a little sheepish at the realization that he was so focused on his marriage and his future wife that he completely forgot to tell his family about his sudden wedding even through text message. “Aren’t your kids with you, Sorah?”“They’re just outside playing with the other kids of the house,” Sorah informed his younger brother with a honeyed giggle. “Shame on you little bro for not telling us about your pla
WANTED AND UNWANTED GUESTS
“Hey you there, time to eat up. Your meal is here now!”Max looked up from the wooden bed that he was sitting on inside the small metal jail cell where he was earlier incarcerated. The two city cops who had arrested him almost a day before had took mug shots, his fingerprints and the whole she-bang, acting like they were in an actual police precinct . He was actually wondering if he will be given something to eat since his grumbling stomach was already telling him how much he needed some food right at that moment. And he was so famished that he was very willing to eat anything that was offered to him.Well, it seems his captors aren’t such a bad lot after all, since here they were providing him more than the usual amount of sustenance. As he glanced at the mounds of grub on the aluminum tray that the spindly male youth was offering him at that moment he couldn’t help but breathe a sigh of relief.“Thank God, what took you guys so long? I haven’t eaten anything since yesterday, dude!”
MAGICAL EXPOSÈ
“OK Mama Diwana, we’re finally here now in the kitchen. What were you planning to show us?” the eldest Wolf offspring asked a little eagerly as her younger siblings excitedly surrounded her and echoed her words.“Yes, mommy Di, what is it all about?” the youngest inquired in her cutest voice.“You can tell us, Mom Diwa. We promise that we’ll be able accept it, whatever it may be,” encouraged the sharpest of the three, which happened to be the only male teen in the Alpha villa at that time.Eron’s charming smile stretched slightly wider at what he heard from the young trio. He then lightly nudged his hesitant and still nervous mate forward toward their adopted kids to encourage and strengthen her confidence even further. The wolf-man also nodded to his Twinny, the middle-aged female Merhi spouse and Police Chief Bilal who were all cheerfully grinning back at him.“Go on cherry tart, they are all eagerly waiting for your admission and they promise to accept it all,” Eron stated with an
A HOPEFUL REVELATION
“My children, can I talk to all three of you in private,” the tanned long-haired adoptive mom requested as she slowly entered the still half-filled living room since the first batch of elderly Ärgers had yet to return with their promised catch of rabbits and hares. “This is really important to me and I need to share this special secret of mine with all of you before our city visitors arrive.”“OK, Mama. Where shall we talk about it?” the eldest Wolf offspring asked for herself and her very curious siblings as she stood up from the armchair that was beside her beloved Orlando Kyle’s high-tech motorized wheelchair. “Although, I think I already have a feeling about what you are planning to tell us.”The young surrogate mother looked at her step-daughter with a hesitant look before speaking again, “I would prefer that I tell you in the kitchen since I plan to show you proof of what I will reveal there,” Diwana stated in a determined but still anxious tone.“Go on, kids! You just get to th
FACING THE TRUTH
“Dad, what’s this I hear that you’ll be sending your special troops to help the governor with keeping his people under control?”The Brigadier General could not answer his son Bien’s query at once. He was fully aware of how his sole offspring sees the Kahlagus despite them saving him and his mom from the killer flu that ravaged the country about a couple of years ago. His only boy, who is now a young man, is part of a social awareness group that is on the verge of being called resurgent if not for their connection to the government’s army and their continuous assistance to the public during major natural disasters.But due to their consciousness of the present socio-political situation of their city, which includes the corrupt actions of current political bigwigs of their state, Bien Castaṅeda is very much against any kind of assistance that his military father would give to the Kahlagus. This new decision by his Dad is not going well due to their recent closeness. True, Bien’s parent
A LOVING REMINDER
“Diwana, I know you’re in there,” Eron soothingly said as he knocked on his new spouse’s bedroom door in the hopes that she would let him in without much fuss or fight. “I just want to talk, honey pie. Would that be OK?”The muscular Charmer waited a moment, but due to his enhanced hearing, he was sure that his troubled wife was already rising from her bed and was about to open her bedroom door. Within half a minute, she had already done so, but it was obvious from her facial expression that she was anything but all right.Eron instantly held her close as his fingers rubbed her long, wavy, ebony tresses before she could say anything.“Why do you look so down, Di? You can tell me, alright? What’s bothering you, pumpkin pie?”“I can’t do it, my love. I feel so weird doing it. It feels as if I’m not even a normal human being,” Diwana sobbed as a warm tear or two fell on her caring man’s shirt. “I’m afraid the kids may see me differently when I use my magical powers… Or even you!”Eron h
OPENING CLOSED DOORS
Eron speed-walked into the kitchen and was surprised to only find his Twinny with Mr. and Mrs. Merhi looking unsure at each other. In front of them was a large violet bucket of dark green liquid beside the large dining table with all the food items that they planned to feed the Ogre’s men upon their arrival.“Twinny, where is my wife?” the bulked-up former city man asked hesitantly.“She got a little overwhelmed when Tess and I told her all the possible things she could do with her Faye powers,” the dejected Luna stated with a crestfallen sigh. “I think she was overcome knowing everything that she could do, Twinny. But her Tikbalang Father assured us that it is absolutely essential that she learn the majority of her powers because of the upcoming battles that she would need to face.”“I feel that Senyor Armanaz means to pit her against that whore witch Chin Kahlagu when Eleuthera finally goes full force, Eron,” the chubby Police Chief admitted as he lovingly held his wife Tessy to his
ASKING PERMISSION
“Hello, mom! It’s Emily…”At that point, Jack could hear various muffled but delighted female squeals and male yells in the background of his new fiancé’s phone call’s other line, which was obviously on speaker mode. He could easily tell that Em’s family was truly rejoicing over her return to Mendez.After a few moments of awkwardly answering her parent’s and siblings’ questions about her sudden disappearance from their village, the young light-haired lumberyard owner cleared his throat to make the female abductee aware of his presence along with his willingness to rescue her from telling more about her past traumatic experiences to her very curious family members.“Oh, by the way, I’d like to introduce a longtime friend to everyone there. Everybody, this is Jack. Remember the guy who gifted me the so-called alabaster box as you all called it years before? He would like to talk to you, Dad, if it’s OK?”“Yes, I do remember him, daughter. Put him on the line, please…”At her male paren
SPECIAL INTRODUCTIONS
“Eron, I’m already done with your request,” Madame Tess declared with a pleased voice as she entered the half-filled living room. “We can now use it to enchant the food items that you plan to feed to your Ärger guests.”The hazel-eyed Charmer immediately stood up from the flowery-patterned armchair where he was lounging and gave a small nod and smile of approval at what he heard. “That’s wonderful news, Mrs. Merhi! Now all we have to do is drizzle your potion on the foodstuff in the dining room table and kitchen counters.”“Leave that to us and your Twinny, son. But I would like to ask Diwana to join us so we can continue to teach her how to use her Faye magic.”“Of course, Madame. All you need to do is ask,” the smiling curvy mate said as she stood from the matching floral sofa, then quickly walked towards her renter slash magic mentor. “We can begin now, no problem.”“While you're doing that, we’ll just take our ride back to our rented shack and get those skinned bunnies so you can
