Wings and Shadowthief (After Darkness Falls Book 5) by May Sage

Author:May Sage [Sage, May]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Twisted Mirth Publishing
Published: 2021-05-31T04:00:00+00:00

New Paths

It felt good to be back. For one, the air was a lot cleaner in Scotland, and even more so in Oldcrest, far from the pollution of the regular human life. There were rarely any cars traveling through the town, except on Friday and Sunday nights, when some students went back to their hometowns for the weekend. As the Institute was an international establishment, the great majority of the students lived too far away to go back to their families.

Jack and the rest of the huntsmen rarely left the Institute unless the mission called them away. He had several subordinates working in London, and they reported back to him on a regular basis. Not being in the field for so long felt odd, but with the recent attacks on Oldcrest, the huntsman certainly didn’t lack action here. Jack had worried that they might grow soft, tucked away in this little paradise, but if anything, at the moment Oldcrest was more dangerous than London had ever been. Patrols and constant vigilance were par for the course in these troubled times.

In the span of one year, the territory had withstood four direct attacks by Aveka, Eirikr’s insane daughter who liked to call herself queen. While the madwoman’s primary goal seemed to be ruling the vampires, and therefore all supernatural creatures, she also had a hard-on against Chloe, seeing her as her rival. That didn’t play well with Jack. He liked Chloe from the beginning, but his likes and dislikes had little to do with the decision to involve the huntsmen. Jack had stood between Oldcrest and danger with the rest of his order for one simple reason: their duty was to stop unhinged paranormal creatures from hurting the innocents.

Some might have argued that a bunch of thousand-year-old vampires, near-feral shifters, and powerful witches didn’t exactly qualify as innocent. They were hardly Bambi. But they’d been attacked thoroughly unprovoked. And Chloe? She’d never even taken a life the first time they came for her. Now she had, but only in self-defense.

Jack believed, with all his might, that if Aveka was allowed to take Night Hill as she wanted to, she would start a rule of terror extending to the rest of the world. Maybe even another age of blood.

Last autumn, Chloe had professed her desire to bring the fight to Aveka, rather than letting her take them by surprise whenever she thought that she had the strategical advantage. Jack agreed. Actually, just about everyone agreed. They were simply dragging their feet because none of them wanted to deal with a battle while Chloe was pregnant. In a few weeks, that wouldn’t be a concern.

“Damn, Cheetah. You’re about ready to pop.” He’d made his way up the hill right after talking to Gwen.

He had to admit, that conversation had been easier than expected. He had thought that it would have taken days of bargaining to come to an agreement. Although, Jack wasn’t sure what he’d agreed to exactly. He grinned, delighted. Gwen was a fucking firecracker.

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