After a few days of being with Diablo at his house, he stresses to everybody, “I will admit that we are safe here, but it’s not doing any good. We need back up, we need an army, we need to be better prepared.”
Diablo agrees, “You’re right, but we need wolves, we don't need witches.”Rora debates, “I agreed that we need wolves, but we also need witches, too”Theo suggests, “ What if we go to my old clan and see if they’ll help us?”Luna is confused, “I thought you killed all of them?”Theo is slightly amused, “No, that was not my clan. There was a she wolf, and she was in love with me, and she got jealous, because she thought that her and I should have been married, because neither of us had found our mates.”Diablo laughs, “You sly dog!”They all start to laugh.Rora does her little chants and items start to pack themselves.Diablo seems sad, “You’re leaving?”Luna encourages, “You can come with us?”Theo doesn’t look like he agrees but Diablo asks, “Really?”Luna blushes and runs her hand on his, “Of course, who's going to protect me from all those big bad wolves.”Theo is shocked. Rora and Jolene are trying not to laugh as they pull Theo out of the room by his arms. They both giggle and gossip. Theo is trying to keep up as they pull him out of the room, to give Luna and Diablo some privacy.Theo is getting confused, “What just happened?”Rora lays her head on his shoulder, “She’s finally going to make a move!”Theo repeats, “Make a move?”Rora nods, “She’s flirting with him!”He questions, “What will she do when he meets his soulmate?” Rora shrugs, “At her age, she might not be around when that happens!”Jolene gasps, “That’s not even funny! Could you imagine, if he chose his mate over her? It would be the second time a man that she loved chose another over her!”Theo watches Jolene for a moment, “So you don’t think that it would be worth it?Jolene, “What would be worth it?”He clarifies, “You don’t think having her love for a moment would be worth it?”Jolene shrugs, “ I don’t think it would be worth it. If he needs his and then wants nothing to do with her and then she’s left lonely and sad all over again. Is it worth it?”Rora suggests, “Or they end up like that. I told you about three or four of them and they all just learned to love each other!”Jolene shakes her head, “I wouldn’t want to share my guy, I’d want it to just be us.”Theo is curious, “You’d save yourself for your mate?”She nods and he asks, “Won’t you get lonely?”She shrugs, “It’s better than taking the chance of causing someone to lose out on their love.”Rora brushes her hand across his shoulder and down his arm, “I think a little fun won’t hurt..”He blushes and chokes on his words, “I don’t know if that would be a good idea..”She pulls herself into him and whispers in his ear, “I’ve only for far too long.”His eyes searched the room for Jolene, but she’s nowhere to be seen. His wolf wants him to chase after her, but he has been lonely for so long. Rora is kissing him and saying all the right things and he just doesn’t have the strength to fight it.*Meanwhile with Jolene*Jolene, can’t believe what she just saw. Her wolf is howling and sobbing on the inside. She runs and runs and runs, and then something unexpected happens. She starts to transform.She’s screaming to her wolf, “What is happening?”Her wolf, “We are transforming!”Jolene panicked, “It’s too early for that. We’re not supposed to transform until the full moon.”By now it’s too late, she’s already in wolf form. Her wolf howls and runs, and runs.She asks, “Where are we going?”Her wolf cries out, “I need to get away from the pain!”Her wolf yelps in pain as another werewolf attacks her and growls, “You're in my territory!”Her wolf explains, “I'm sorry, I'm not even sure where I am.”Other wolves surround them. Someone to tear her apart, and others want to give her a chance. They argue that maybe she’s a mate to someone in their village. After a long discussion, they decide to let her come into their village.She returns into her human form and she walks around the village. She prays to Apollo, and as she feels the heat in her hair she knows that she is safe. She is welcomed in with open arms and enjoys hearing the stories that they tell.She listens to them, tell her the wonderful stories of Diablo. They aren’t referring to her brother, they are referring to her father. She knows that she should be worried, but she feels safe here. It’s nice to hear good things about her birth father for once. It gives her hope that’s not as horrible as everyone else seems to think.When the nighttime comes, Jolene goes to sleep. She wakes up too. Someone grabbed her. It’s a man who looks like an older version of Diablo Junior. He said to her and he started to howl. This is when Jolene‘s wolf tells her, “This is father.”The man growls, “At Last I have found you!”He looks round, and then with mean eyes asks her, “Where is she?”Jolene is confused, “Where is who?”He slaps, “Your mother!”He picks her up and slams her into the wall, calling her a liar. He demands that the others carry her back to the palace to interrogate her. Tears are all on her eyes because she realizes that he is evil. He doesn’t want her. he wants her mother.Fear consumes her, and she starts to pray for the Goddesses to help her get out of her predicament.*Two days later*Jolene is starting to lose faith in those that promised to protect her. One of the werewolves walks by the curtain and it moves. It allows a little ray of sunshine to sneak in. As the heat hits her face she thinks of Apollo.The sun burns so bright, it causes the curtain to set fire. The whole building starts to shake and water seeps in through every crack. Wild and deadly vines start to kill the werewolves one by one. She hears screams and Luna comes barricading through the walls and demands, “Get out!”Jolene smiles at the sight of her but listens and runs.Her wolf takes over and she runs right past Diablo Jr.He follows her, “How is this possible? Our father didn’t even do this? You are so much stronger than him!”At this point she doesn’t care, “Forget about him! He’s no father to me!”He howls in agreement and leads her to safety.When they get where they need to be he tells her, “when you left, Theo took it hard!”Jolene is confused, “How?”He shakes his head
Jolene is thrown down to the ground, but she gets back up, and rushes at Apollo with all her strength. He barely moves out of the way, but she surprises him by taking him out by his ankles. She jumps on top of him and holds him down.Apollo smirks at her, “You know, I let you win?”Jolene snickers, “and why would you do that?”He brushes his lips against her ear, “I like you in this position.”She accidentally lets out a passionate breath.He flips her over, smirking down at her, “Who am I kidding?”She looks confused until he leans down and she feels his hot breath on her lips, “I like this spot too.”He gives her a passionate kiss and for a moment, she forgets where she is.Luna and Diablo walk into the room and dramatically cover their eyes, “Come on guys, get a room!”Apollo pulls away from her and gives her a look.She pushes him off of her, “No! I have told you a hundred times, I am not ready for that!”Luna is shocked, “What happened to waiting for your mate?”Diablo answers fo
Apollo and Jolene are having dinner with Luna and Diablo. They are laughing when the moon Goddess appears. Apollo stands up to welcome her, but is cautious by her vibes.He gives her a chance to speak and she does, “Shane on you, Apollo!”He sarcastically points to himself, “Me?”She laughs? “You know what you did!”He shakes his head and sips his wine.She turns to Luna, “Diablo has teamed up with the vampires!”Luna makes a disgusted noise, “That’s just wrong!”The moon Goddess adds, “They’ve kidnapped Theo!”Luna worries, “Rora?”She shakes her head, “Just Theo!”She turns to Jolene, “They know he’s your mate!”Luna questions, “How?”She shrugs, “The vampires have their own witches!”Luna scowls, “Traders!”The moon Goddess informs her, “It’s the queen..”Luna stands up, “It’s time for me to take back my place as queen!”Diablo gets excited, “That’s my girl!”The moon Goddess turns to Jolene, “It is your time to become queen!”Jolene can’t get the words out because she is too focus
Jolene stares up at the castle. She’s been told 100 times that this is going to be hers. She knows that patience is a virtue. First she has to save her future king. She says this was sarcasm to herself because she knows who her real king is.The moon goddess can’t join them on this quest, because as the creator of the wolves, she can dictate what she wants, but she cannot control them or their actions. Luna and Diablo have put together this plan.They go storming in right from the front gate as a distraction. Jolene goes from the back. Everyone is trying to fight out the powerful Luna and Diablo has learned a little bit of magic Jolene snakes in the back. She uses her connection to try to find him. Diablo reassures her that this is how she can find him quickly.Jolene, on the other hand, is struggling with it because her bond with Theo is not complete and it’s not very strong. She uses the invisibility spell that Luna had taught her and she walks around listening to overhears two wolv
Theo continues to follow Jolene. The nights and days are so cold. It causes Jolene to get sick. She starts to breathe heavily. She refuses to allow the water to warm her up. She starts to breathe slowly, and Theo gets worried, and without her permission, he forms the bond.Jolene is so weak that she just allows it. They're so strong she can’t even deny it. Snuggle and nozzle and sweet kisses yourself starting to hate him a little less. She falls asleep, and she dreams of sunshine and puppies.She’s woken up by the brown being broken. She’s cautious and slow and she just tries to listen before she reacts. She wants to know what’s going on before she jumps up. She hears Luna and Diablo. It takes all of her not to grunt. She’s about to jump up and tell them to go away until she hears Roras voice.She listens as she speaks to Theo, “I know this isn’t going to end well. I know you will never accept it and that is your mate but I need you to know that this is your baby…”She can’t control
Diablo and Theo went hunting, leaving the ladies to talk. Rora is cautious when approaching Jolene. Luna watches from a distance. Jolene looks up from her potatoes that she's peeling, and acknowledges her with a smile. She sits next to Jolene and helps by washing some potatoes.Jolene whispers, “I’m not mad.”Rora looks up at her shyly, “You're not?” She shakes her head, “Do you really think that you raised a hypocrite?”She is confused and Jolene points to the sun, “Apollo is my forever love. Why would I be mad at Theo for doing the same thing?”She softly pulls Rora into a hug, “If it weren’t for you two, I would never have gotten to know him the way I did..”She pauses as the sun beams on her face. Rora watches her as she tilts her head and soaks it in. Rora asks, “Does he do that a lot?”Jolene slowly opens her eyes, “Do what?”Rora giggles, “Shine his light on you like that?”Jolene laughs, “He shines his light on everyone..”Rora shakes her head, “Not just now. Sure the sun is
Jolene accidentally whispers , “Apollo..”She knows it’s not him, but the appearances are so similar. It could be his twin.The young vampire smiles and shakes his head, “Nah.. that’s my dad.”Jolene gasps in shock and repeats, “Dad?”The moon Goddess clearly didn’t think this over when she didn't know how to respond.She tries to explain, “Do you remember that story about Apollo and the beautiful redheaded woman from over 1000 years ago?”Jolene is invested in everything she says as she continues, “This is Vlad, he’s their child from that relationship.”The young man smiles at her and he holds his hand, “Don’t worry Dad and I don’t really talk much with the time differences and such, but it’s an honor to meet you.”He seems sincere, so she shakes his hand.The moon Goddess excitedly claps her hands together, “Good! I have been waiting for this day, when the two of you would come together and fight!’They both laugh as she continues, “You are the ones that I have been waiting for!”
Luna refuses to leave Jolene alone with Vlad. Diablo, Jolene, and Vlad wait while Luna has a private meeting with the moon goddess. Not even an hour later she returns, and she is full of fire. Ranting and raving and pacing all around the room.Suddenly, starts to lecture Jolene, “You can’t just agree to travel the world with strangers. Besides him being the long lost son of Apollo, you don’t know anything about him!”Jolene let her go into her rant and when she’s finished she defends herself, “This is Apollo's son, he wouldn’t hurt me. The moon goddess introduced us to each other. She wouldn’t put me in harm's way either!”Luna continues to argue, “The Goddess has the best intentions for the world, but she doesn’t control other people. Just because she thinks that this Vlad character is a good person doesn’t mean he is. People surprise the moon goddess all the time!”Jolene stands up frustrated, “So it’s OK for you to mislead me, lie to me, and do things behind my back, but not a per