WOLF'S CULT (The Circle of four)

hought his paintings would hang there, but that was one item on his checklist that he'd been forced to delete rather than tick off when it was accomplished.

as not a meal like so many he remembered, with laughter and shouted argument, with joy or petty disagr

battle, l will come wi

in law Daniel. His shoulders

stay here, to protect with my father, the family, the people, the land. l would go with a heav

e, "is Mayra's ring, forged by God's in magic fire. The vampyre wolves cannot turn any who wear it into it's kind. You must swear an

each fingers, waiting for the

e was more a farmer than a warrior, and in a flash, he knew his father's death would come f

rt bled

of you, father. l

h you always. And never get to aven

Hunt rose. "l must

tower, and there began to pack herbs and potio

is you

rk hair hanging to her waist. She was young, about sev

l have another sort of shield, and th

cry when

e before, haven't l, and

e back. To t

in his case, then paused to

who wears the sign of the witch. l can't see Dave, and l can't see i

battle without fear? isn't fear so

ttles." Her mouth, so young, so smooth, went grim. "You wouldn't

He closed his ca

d. Don't tel

wo

c to scribe her name on the back in ogham script. "Se

my name after me." Her eyes glimm

l see m

urse, I

e will be complete. l do

e do you s

an't see. I'll light a candle for you, e

ace her. "I'll miss you, alot." He kissed her gently,

ughters," she ca

He turned slightl

h. "But they will not be weak. They will not sit and spin and bake all th

would take with him happily. "Oh won't they? W

s heart. And the vampyre who fancies her

their mother was won't to do

the ligh

ather, and his father before, had built of stone in his glade. lt's stone was obsidian black, with juts and towers, peaks and battlements stacked and spread as if some very clever, very wick

nd, rode away from them and t

g. The gray of the sky, the green of the grass, the yellow flowers and the anc

at the edge of it was a hind. The green of her eyes sparkled like the jeweled collar

right on t

ul to bid my f

the horse, bo

You have

e now. Did you send the

what will come on it's own

broth

d offered a small crystal wand. "Keep it with you." When he started to remount, she shook her h

took his case, his bag. He strapped o

ill I f

y lies beyond. From this point forward, the density of the humankind, the werewolves hierarchies is in

wed him in, between the great stones. lf he'd been

peared out of those thick clouds to strike it

. Time flows.

, and joined him so that

Time flows. God

, came alive with wind,

out in a roar, shouting the

s planets. Faster, until the light was blinding, the sounds deafening an

im, the wind died, an