WOLF'S CULT (The Circle of four)

before. lt was fantastically furnished with long, low chairs in deep colors. He stepped

t the room glowed strangely. His hair was short, shorn to the

and tipped back in the chair, dropping his feet on the surface of t

anned the room for cat. "Do you know me?" Hunt s

are for the moment. You're looking well, fairly ridiculous really. But l

t might be simply seeing his dead brother,

, copy that. First thing first, take off the cloak

're a

s, l

e a vam

ertainly. The

ooch that held it in

. A lot of weaponr

to be a ba

you that. What l have with me here is a gun. At the fire of it projecti

t come to

ast time we met, let me refresh my memo

nd rage. "Broke my bloody ribs while you were about it. l though

ou came from, Hunt. l've had a thousand y

o." Hunt lifted his left shoulde

face. "They'll heal soon enough. Go back where you

ith a charge

in amusement, a

Alhpa or Luna. No fucking wolves. Your magic has no

t yo

re, and power its partner. l have both

, by Norwich, unless

hat... S

e one who

fetimes past. He could still feel her, smell her, see h

ood, and what had come into

r countless times. Why else had he been sitting alone in the middle of the night, waiting, if hadn't kno

you have m

me, we have to prepare a

out a short laugh. "Nothing, I mean nothing could tempt me. l like the convenience of th

be fought, Dave, w

ss without me

from battle, never h

be the term l'd use," Dave said, "A

us, humankind will cease to be. All

es and angled his he

thing while she destroys? You'll do nothing while she does to others what

their graves, been able to stop himself fro

uld l be here now if time was solid? Their fate is not set, nor ours. Yet I

is capable of. She was old, centuries old, when she took me. You're more f

or humanity, then for your family. lf there's nothing le

rew his

considered the gun in his hand. "Put your sword away. Damn i

very well the last

for her then, while l struggled to hunt for food to survive. Damn, she abandoned me, left

of an eye he was up, gliding over Hunt's head. He dis

e point of the sword was at hi

. Without no conscience, we're dri

hy aren'

times sake, we'll put it down." He

let's have

oom and into Hunt's hand. "Well done," he said as he took out a bottle of french wine. "You can't

pons aside, while

fered a brief smile as he poured two glasses while Hunt laid down his sword and dagger. "Have a seat then." He pointed to

s offered, studied

t is

at himself, stretched out his legs. Then waved a hand at Hunt. "In today's worlds, what we're havi