Red and the Wolves: A Dark Why Choose Romance by Alta Hensley & Zoe Blake

Author:Alta Hensley & Zoe Blake [Hensley, Alta & Blake, Zoe]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-09-14T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 6

Still curled in Canis’ arms, I took a deep breath and finally asked what I had dared not earlier.

“Can you tell me about the curse?”

I could feel his body stiffen. He started to pull away. I held on to the arm wrapped around my waist. “Please don’t. I want to know.”

“It is not only my story to tell. If you are to be told, my brothers must agree.”

Wrapping me in furs, he lifted me high. We moved out of the cave closer to the fire. I smiled shyly as Beo handed me a carved wooden cup with some warm broth. The fur slipped off my shoulder, exposing my upper body to their gazes, but I found I was not embarrassed or uncomfortable. It felt natural to be sitting before these men in my own skin as we shared a meal before the fire.

“She wants to know,” said Canis. The others nodded, not needing more.

Beo stroked the backs of his knuckles down my cheek. “Are you sure, my little Red? It may change your opinion of those who raised you…of your own kind.”

I thought of my grandmother and the other elders who forced their selfish moral idea of what was good and just on the villagers. I then thought of the mother I’d never known. The mother who’d fought against those ideas.

“Yes, I’m sure.”

Beo nodded. They then all turned to Grimm.

His amber eyes seemed lit with sadness as he started to speak. “When the dark force first came, the village was unprepared. We tried to fight them off with fire and scythes. Nothing worked. It was obvious we were fighting some kind of evil magic. The elders said they had found a book filled with ancient wisdom which had a way to repel the dark force. They needed six men.”

“Six? I was told there were only five wolves,” I interrupted.

Clearing his throat, Rood responded softly. “One did not survive the transition.”

Lowering my eyes, I resolved to stay silent till they had finished their tale.

“So we did our duty and volunteered. The elders told us only that it would be dark magic to fight dark magic. At first it was magnificent. We all felt more powerful than we had ever before in our lives. We could see and hear for far distances. Run to the horizon and back without tiring. It was as if you were one with both the Earth and the beasts. That time when the dark force came, we were ready. It is hard to describe what happens when we fight them. It is as if the wolf in our beings takes completely over and the small part of our soul and conscience which is still human never fully comprehends.” Grimm stopped speaking and just stared into the fire.

“When we returned to the village, the gates of the wall were barred to us,” continued Beo. “It was then we learned we had been betrayed.”

“Would no one help or speak to you?” I asked angrily.

“Not at the village. Anyone we approached ran screaming from us.

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