“How many do you think are fighting for the other side? Do you have others of your kind wishing to come here? I just don’t understand?” He pulled Jaycee in front of him and slipped his hands under her shirt touching her skin, needing the connection to her.
“The last we heard, over ten thousand were helping the other side, I’m afraid. They have
split everyone up with this issue. Some are in England, France and Germany, while half of them in the US and Canada. Our numbers have always been low and this will almost destroy us. We have a total of a thousand of us that want a new chance at life, away from the fighting.” Alex stood and started to pace. “We usually never stay close to each other, except for once or twice a year, but lately those that joined the other side have been even taking out those that oppose their plans.”
He stopped pacing and glanced at him. “It’s as if their personalities are gone. There is
nothing left inside of them, just that of the animal. All they know how to do is to hunt and mate. And Remi, they don’t care who they mate with, or if it hurts the female.”
Cups rattled and he glanced over to see Suzanne’s cup shaking. Blair took the cup out of her hand as Dominic pulled her into his arms. “As you can see, our women have had a rough life Alex. Just want to give you a heads up, when we start bringing over your people, if they are not true, and are here to harm the planet, the planet has its own protective shell around it and it will kill them.”
“We’ve been already warned, but you don’t have to bring any of us over. When we came, the others came as well. They were sent on to a separate location, a warmer one. Gaia said you would know where.”
Dominic nodded his head. “At the base of that mountain range, where I pointed out on the map, is where I believe the demon population will like to live. It will be a perfect spot since the volcano in that area keeps the waters warmer than normal.” Dominic glanced at Alex, “Are you people going to have problems living so close to demon forms?”
Alex shook his head and Anna laughed. “Alex’s old friend was half demon, so no. He’s with the group that is already there.”
“Good, I’m afraid we won’t be able to help much now. We only have have seven days to bring over the rest of Remi’s people, my people, and we have a whole society that is being forced here, I’m afraid.”
Alex’s father, Wren, stood. “Don’t worry about us, we’ll be fine, and if you need any help, please let us know.”
“Anna, I will contact you soon after we get everyone here. We are planning a celebration for our new beginning here. Maybe later you’d like to help us with it?” Jaycee collected the cups as they prepared to leave.
“Wait,” Jaycee ran upstairs and grabbed their coats, bringing them downstairs. “I know you’re used to warmer weather, so please put these on. We don’t need you freezing before we get you to your new home.” She handed each one a coat.
“Thank you so much. I promise to return them once we get settled,” Anna said, slipping on her jacket.
“No, you keep them. That way, if you ever want to visit, you’ll have some warmer jackets. Plus, we don’t really know the weather and the seasons yet, since the land is still forming. Who knows, you might need them in a few months.”
Remi shook the mens’ hands as Dominic and his mates took to the air, taking their new friends back home. He turned to see Cecil, Jaycee and Suzanne picking up the dishes and taking them to the kitchen.
“Are you wondering why Gaia brought all of his people here at once, when we are still bringing over ours?” Clayton asked as he sat down and stared at him.
“No, I know why. I just didn’t know if they knew why. From what they were saying, they don’t know why either.” Remi popped a cookie into his mouth. “Their entire group was in one spot, an easy target. It was a target and they had been found. According to Gaia, there was no time.”
Clayton frowned and sat forward. “Then the war is heating up on Earth? Have you heard anything from the rest of the Council? And do we know our traitor yet?”
Nodding, Remi made sure the women were still in the kitchen. “Yes, but we don’t have to worry about the traitor. He’s dead. It was Brent, the Northern Europe council member. The other members of the council have gone into hiding. Leda tried to contact a few of them and nothing. We did hear that one of the largest groups of were’s and zombies have been killed. Our old homestead is totally destroyed along with the four neighboring cities.”
“Damn, that’s what I was afraid of. They have hit all of our strongholds. How many more do you have to bring over, and are they safe where they are?”
The women came in as Dominic, Blair and Granger returned to the house. “The others are safe for now, but some are not coming. Last count we got, over a hundred decided to stay and fight. Dane and I have already made our choice as to who would be alpha there. Grant and his brother Seth Randle have taken over the reins.”
Leda sat down and handed him a letter. “That is from Washington. You can let Grant and Seth know when this is all said and done, the whole state of Maine is theirs. But the government needs more help in New York and Cleveland. It seems that’s where the heaviest forces are. They can’t break their lines.”
Sitting in the big overstuffed chair, Remi read the letter from the President. Sure enough, the remaining members of his pack would get Maine as a homestead. “Well, we know that Tor and his men will be tackling parts of New York tomorrow. I think that would be the best time for all of us to attack. If we can get New York back, the humans would be in a better position.”
Dominic nodded. “I have a hundred demons ready to help until the last day. Then they’ll come to their new home.”
Nikola flashed into the room with Lissa. “Are we ready? Tor and Blair are waiting for us. I thought the women could plan their holiday while we’re gone.” Nikola kissed Lissa’s lips. “I love you, Lissa.”
Smiling, Lissa patted his chest. “Be careful, Nikola, you aren’t completely healed yet, and you know I don’t need my guards here at Jaycee’s” Lissa rolled her eyes as her three guards appeared in the room.
“Of course you do, we won’t be here to protect you. Plus, it’s an added protection for the babies.” Nikola glanced at the three warriors. “No one comes in or out of here. Is that understood.”
They nodded and moved, scoping out the house. Remi leaned down, kissing Jaycee. “Stay inside, just to be on the safe side.”
She nodded as the air around him became warm and the light darkened. “I really hate this crap.” He heard Nikola’s laugh before everything once more blacked out.
Chapter Nine
Nikola scanned his surroundings as soon as they arrived. Tor and his brother, Norris, stood waiting for them. The cold air whipped around them, but already he could see the signs of destruction to their world. Trees littered the ground, their leaves all shriveled and black, the sky here was black now and not from the night.
“Your people need to move today. I don’t like the looks of the sky here. Already plant life is dying and I can hear their screaming. I’m glad I didn’t bring Lissa here.” He shook his head and glanced at Pierre, who nodded.
“I hear it too.” Pierre stated and scanned the area.
Nodding, Tor moved in front of them and led them down a narrow path. Remi, Dominic and Blair, followed behind them, while Pierre moved silently next to him. “You do know, if they have the children and her parents, it’s a pretty good chance the…”
“I know, and if that is the case, they will die. There is no excuse for this.” Tor glanced back and nodded to him.
“I agree.” We’re here. The house is around this bend.”
On cue, Remi, Dane and Mark moved behind the house, while Dominic and Blair took the east side and Archer and Granger the west. He and Pierre would take go in the front while Adonis and Castor covered them along with Tor and Norris. They rounded the corner and came to a horrific scene. The head of a human man was on a pole, as in ancient days. A token message
after conquering an opponent.
“You should stay here, Sir,” Norris said and turned as a scream rent the air.
“I’ll be damned if I stay here.” Nikola flashed inside the house at the same time as Pierre. Pierre jumped the one warrior who was beating the woman, while the other man held one of the children.
The child disappeared from the man’s hands. “You do not belong among the living. A child! You would hurt a child!” He shouted as he swung his sword with all his might, severing the man’s head before he could grab his weapon. “Now you will harm no more women and children.” He turned, his gaze landed on Tor and Norris.
“Let it be known, if I even hear of a man hurting or harming the elderly, children or women, they will die! I won’t tolerate this. We have become lazy and if I have to, I’ll start stripping powers.” Tor and Norris knelt down, his first decree now law.
Pierre cleaned his hands on a towel, the man that had abused the woman, dead at his feet. He turned to see Adonis there holding the woman, a blanket around her small form. Remi moved into the room with the two small children. Each of them clung to Remi for protection.
The anger slowly dissipated seeing the children. “Let’s leave this place and take the children back to their mother. Adonis, has the woman been…” He turned and Nikola knew instantly the woman had been raped.
“Take her to Leda. She and Lissa will be able to help her..” Nikola sighed as Tor grabbed onto Remi’s arm and disappeared also taking the children with them.
“Norris, if you know any woman in similar circumstances, they are free from their captors now. Make sure we have someone there to offer counseling and help. If there is family who want to go too, then make sure it’s done, but Norris…”
The man stopped and stared at him, his hand on the door to the cabin. Screams filed the air. “I want a list of all those that go to Earth, instead of the new world. I won’t have them become a threat to our new world. Once they leave this place and go to Earth, they will not have the power to go back and forth between worlds.” Magic spun around the room, Nikola’s words now a powerful weapon weaving the spell within them.
Pierre whistled, moving up next to him. “I’ll have to make sure I never piss you off.” He tipped his head to the side. “Since when did you get the gift?” Pierre was dead serious now as he studied Nikola.
“As soon as Dominic killed the parasite in my system, and right now I don’t know if I’m too happy about it, either.”
“Then you’re not alone,” Dominic announced coming through the door with Blair.
Nikola nodded. “I figured as much. When did you receive the gift?” Dominic’s words as Nikola’s would be law onto itself and anyone disobeying would be punished on the spot.
“Two days ago. Do you think Remi will receive it too?” Dominic walked beside them as they headed down the mountain just needing to walk.
“I have no clue. I have a feeling I would have had it before if it hadn’t been for the parasite. Do you think our enemy knew the gift was there?” All four of them stopped and stared down at the small town.
Men, women and children ran about to prepare for their move. Nikola watched a group of ten or more women cling to each other as Norris helped the women into a small room. Norris glanced up at him, and bowed.
A sick feeling came over him as he realized those had been the women that had been taken against their will.
“It will take time, but with the help of our women, they’ll be okay. At least they’re not in that situation any more. They are free to choose their fate.” Dominic and Blair stepped away from him. “We are going to fly home. I want to see this whole and how things are closing on this end.”
Nikola nodded and watched as Dominic shifted and took off, his beast powerful. His mate, Blair followed, only a bit smaller then Dominic’s dragon. People stopped and stared as the mighty beasts flew over them, their fire lighting the dark sky.
“Come, let’s go see how Lissa is doing with Leda, and then we’ll start moving the mountain people tonight to their new homes.” Nikola pulled Pierre into his arms and kissed him. “Thank you for standing beside me today.”
Pierre grinned. “Well, you can show me your gratitude when we get back home in the shower, before you meet Lissa.”
“Really?” Nikola spun Pierre around and had him pinned underneath him, up against a large bolder. “Do you think I would go to Lissa now, so filled with anger?” Nikola rubbed his cock against Pierre’s ass.
“You should know better, I would never bring that to our love making, Pierre. Even with you or the others, I hesitate to bring my wrath down on you.” He leaned over Pierre’s muscular form and nipped the side of his neck. “You mean too much to me. I come together with those I love with love, not with anger or hurt.”
Stepping away, Pierre grabbed his arm and he looked back at him. His eyes were blood red and his voice came out as a growl. “Nikola, we are here for you and we can take what you give us.” Pierre glanced down at the town. “Maybe sometimes I need that anger, the roughness involved in it, because I too need a way to release such anger. Is it not better to do with making love then to hold it in or hurt someone?”
“Pierre, whenever you need me, I’m here for you, but with this anger, it should never be brought to our bed.” He smiled and his now clean sword swished in the air. “When I am angry, I work at the old ways and train. Why don’t you join me tonight?”
He stepped away from Pierre and threw the sword to him. “This was a sword I had made about three hundred years ago in London. It’s yours now.”
A large smile and a few swings with the sword, and Pierre laughed like a child. “Amazing, and I’d love to join you, but we should also invite the others. I know for a fact Adonis has a huge collection of old swords and has even taken fencing classes.”
“Good, come, I can feel Lissa’s sorrow beating at me.” Nikola turned and at once he was in their home. The anger, hurt and hopelessness filled the air as he moved through the living room with Pierre next to him.
They heard Lissa’s comforting voice as she talked to Leda and her mother. “It takes time Mrs. Brandywine, I mean Gill. For weeks I couldn’t move, didn’t want to survive. Who would want someone who had been beaten, raped every possible way one can think of.” Tears rolled down her face as she brushed Leda’s mom hair.
“You see Gill, they believed since I was a vampire, I could take the rough treatment, that I didn’t need a gentle hand. Do you know the first man who ever touched me with a gentle hand, with love, was Nikola? It’s weird actually, he’s very dominating, but in a way that sends my blood boiling and heart pounding. All of my men are different, but when it comes to me, they treat me as if I’m a porcelain doll.” Lissa stopped brushing Gill’s hair and hugged the older woman.
“I’m so sorry you lost your husband, but know you have Leda, your grandchildren and me.”
Gill patted Lissa. “We searched for so long for you. Ralph never stopped searching for you. He’s the one who set up the special teams unit. Do you think we can bury him?”
Nikola knocked on the door and entered the room. “I hope you don’t mind, but I heard the question, and I can promise you that we will make sure your husband is buried properly. I’ve had his remains moved and readied. I thought after you rest, maybe tomorrow, we could bury him.”
The small woman rose off the bed and stood in front of him. “Lissa is right, you are a good man. Thank you. Just make sure you take good care of Lissa.” She glanced back at Lissa. “I think I’ll be able to make it with her help. I’d like to stay here in this new world.”
Gill glanced back at him. “If it’s okay with you?”
Nikola leaned down and kissed the woman’s cheek. “It would be an honor to have you here. I know for a fact Tor and Jared are building a home close to ours and I’m sure they have already made sure you will have a room.”
Leda’s head popped up and glared at him. “I have not agreed on anything.”
He smile
d. “Leda, a person’s Mate or Companion can do nothing but make you happy. They would die for you. Already, King Jared has given up his rulership to be here with you.”
“Nikola, enough!” Lissa yelled and jumped from the bed. She knelt in front of Leda and her children.
“Why did he do that? I can’t promise them anything, Lissa.” Leda’s eyes got big and her lip trembled. “Maybe we should go back to Earth.”
“Leda, I want you and your mother to listen to me.” Lissa shook Leda’s arm, then held out her hand for her mother, who moved to her. “No one, and I mean no one, is going to make you do anything you are not comfortable with. My home is your home. This whole wing is empty for you and your children now that the others have their own homes. What Jared did, he did because he had to. You have to understand these men will wait till the end of days for you. There is no other once they find their other half, nothing, or anyone will stop them. So you take your time, and make them work for you.”
Nikola watched Lissa lean in, smiling. “Remember our list.” Lissa handed Leda the paper, “Make them go through everything on that list Leda. Let them woo you.”
Leda glanced at the list and busted out laughing. “I totally forgot about this list.” She glanced at her mom. “Do you have mom’s too? Remember she made one too, with us.”
Lissa fell on her butt laughing and produced a list, handing it to Gill. Who laughed sitting on the floor with her.
“Oh my, I totally forgot about this. Do you know when I told your father about this list, he was slowly making his way through it? We got to number fifteen.” Gill held the list to her chest as fresh tears slipped down her face.
Turning, Nikola shook his head, heading towards the shower when Lissa stopped him. “Maybe we could do some of these?” She handed him the paper. “Go take your shower, Pierre is waiting for you, and I know you have to go back out again.”
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