Havermouth, The PresentRhett and Heath shifted into human form and the Triquetra threw their arms around each other and him, their hands smearing mud and blood onto each other unheeding in their relief that all four had made it through unscathed. Over Heath’s shoulder, Talen saw Morgana slip and slide through the mud, her cheeks streaked with tears as she saw them, and he held out a hand, welcoming her in, the Triquetra pulling her into the center of the embrace.It was where she belonged, Talen thought as he leaned his face into her hair and breathed the scent of his female mate into his lungs. Morgana had always been the center, the heart of their family, the piece that made the rest of them make sense together.“Everyone’s in one piece,” she pivoted slowly round the circle of her men, inspecting each for injury, smearing away blood and mud with her hands in order to make sure that they didn’t hide wounds below.“We’re fine. We are fine,” Heath laughed wetly. “Really, Aislen, we’re
Havermouth, The Present Aislen sat on the bench seat of one of the Unimogs whilst Talen and the Heath met with Rohan. There were lot of hand signals gesturing beyond the destruction of the farm and solemn expressions on their faces. When she looked up, she could see that Rhett and Cameron were busy helping to carry injured to the waiting vehicles and that the vampires and werewolf soldiers were destroying what remained of the farm’s buildings, ensuring that there was no way that the Van Helsings could return and continue to use the site. The crashing and shouting as they tore the buildings to pieces was giving Aislen a headache and she paused in her poetry writing to pinch her brows. “Here,” Bianca climbed nimbly up the Unimog’s ladder and offered Aislen a bottle of water and two pills. “Paracetamol. You’ve been sitting here rubbing at your head, so I know you’ve got a headache.” “Thanks,” Aislen took the pills and washed them back with the water. “Ah shit,” she said after she’d sw
Havermouth, Present TimeEight men all stood in their cells staring as Aislen turned the trundle bed on it’s side and dragged it around to create a corner that, when she was kneeling, gave her some privacy in which to use the bedpan.“Now, why didn’t I think of that?” Dr. James commented dryly from her bed.“I’m peeing,” Aislen replied. “Crouched behind a trundle bed, in a f-king cage surrounded by different types of zombies, and with eight idiots staring at me. I don’t really want to be chatting with you, Dr. James, right now.”“And yet, here we are,” Dr. James pointed out finger combing her hair. “Life is strange, isn’t it, Aislen? Who would have thought that we’d end up cell mates. It’s sort of funny seeing as we’ve both been trying to put each other into a cell all along.”“I didn’t kill my daughter in order to get my rocks off,” Aislen grumbled under her breath.“You’re not peeing.”“I have f-king stage fright,” Aislen snapped, her eyes going to the row of men who continued to st
Havermouth, Present TimeFeeding time was enough to curdle Aislen’s stomach. Hazmat suited nurses pushed a trolley down the aisle, and metal dog bowls of raw meat and bottles of blood were shoved through the flaps into the cages, where the occupants fell upon the food like wild animals.“Yeah, that’s not at all disturbing,” Aislen commented in revulsion as Dr James licked the bowl clean before licking at her fingers and arms. “You’re not precisely a neat eater, you know?” She complained. She had been served a microwave meal that might have come from her father’s freezer. It was only just warm, but after the food in the warehouse, she wasn’t picky.She did however scrutinize every mouthful in case there was anything pill-like hidden within.She was putting a brave face on the situation, she admitted to herself, but it was an egg-shell thin facade. Her anxiety over Heath, Rhett and Cameron made her skin crawl and her eyes prick with tears that she was determined not to shed, and her fea
Havermouth, Present TimeThe Point Crest Triquetra led the way through the main streets of town. In the darkness of night, with no traffic and no lights, the stillness was unnerving. The shop windows reflected their odd little group back at them, seeming to emphasise how vulnerable they were, Cameron thought with a grimace.Harry gleamed in the night with their vivid hair and clothing, as did Connery in his blue coat. The Point Crest Triquetra and Rhett, in their black, were least noticeable, whilst Cameron, Meguitte, Jules, the human woman and her children looked out of place in their casual clothing, caught between the glamour of Harry and Connery and the darkness of the Triquetra and Rhett.Their hasty footsteps and hyper-vigilance reminded Cameron of movies about the end of the world. It was always during scenes like this that someone died, he realized as they reached the street corner and the Point Crest Triquetra began to cross the road. The warehouse was to the right.“Where is
Havermouth, Present TimeThe Point Crest Triquetra led them through a narrow stairway, and down another flight of stairs, where they were stopped by a second set of code-locked doors. As these doors were opened, a wave of noise rolled out over them. After walking through the almost totally black hall and stairs, the glare of artificial light had Cameron’s eyes throwing haloes as they adjusted.“I’ve seen this carpet before,” Rhett sneered. He was right, the whole arrangement of the room was identical to many of the offices and official buildings that Cameron had been in during his life, from the functional laminated particle board furniture, through to the sensible wheeled chairs, and the heavy duty, zigzag designed carpet on the floor.“I think it’s called ‘office bland’,” Harry agreed, and Rhett laughed under his breath.Cameron recognized many of the people manning the desks and computers from the pack. There was not a single human to be seen, he thought, and that was disturbing in
Havermouth, Present Time “I’m sorry,” Heath was jolted from erotic fantasy into the real world with a jarring abruptness. “What did you say?” “I said that you should get dressed, my mate,” Talen held out a pair of jeans. “Cameron and Rhett were at the high school, but there have been explosions there tonight, and we need to find out if they are okay. And Morgana has gone. I think that she has gone after them.” “Wha…?” Heath pulled back his thoughts. Everything was blurred and confused but sifted back into focus as he concentrated. He remembered being separated from Cameron, and then his torture, waking in Talen’s arms, their vows, the sex… How long had it been? And Cameron had still been trapped… Not alone though, Rhett had gone. “Shit. They are okay though?” He asked, his voice hoarse. “The explosions tonight… I don’t know,” Talen admitted heavily, his composure dropping to reveal the anxiety below it. “I do not know. We would know, I feel, if Cameron and Rhett were…?” He trailed
Havermouth, Present Time“It was necessary to destroy the facilities,” August said grimly. “We fought a battle with the Van Helsings for control of the power station and lines of communication, and it became evident that we were both determined and evenly positioned to win. It was necessary to destroy them in order to prevent the Van Helsings from gaining control.”“You fought a battle…” Rhett repeated slowly. “A battle. One battle with the Van Helsings, and because of that battle, you decided to deprive this entire area of power, internet and reliable phones?”“You do not understand,” August snapped. “Someone who has never fought, who has no strategic training, cannot imagine the decisions being made, and the pressure under which they are being made.”“Well,” Rhett drew in a breath, his continued obstinance in the face of the lead alpha’s irritation a display of his rogue nature. “I might not have fought in a battle against the Van Helsings, but I’m pretty sure I would have thought t