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Unleashed Chaos/A Novel of the Breedline series
A chapter in the book Unleashed Chaos
Saying Good-Bye...
by scongrove
Previously...
After Steven—Tessa’s fraternal twin brother—connects with Tessa telepathically and finds her location, the Breedline Covenant prepare to rescue her and take down Sebastian Crow. But before they come up with a plan, Sebastian uses his powers to create a portal and kidnaps his son Arius and Mia. When the Breedline find out they are missing, something triggers the outside alarms. While viewing the security cameras, they are shocked when dozens of Dr. Crane’s unearthly creations of Breedline hybrids topple over the gates and surround the Covenant.
Meanwhile, Thomas Carlyle—Sebastian’s twin brother—is threatened by Dr. Crane. With no other choice, Thomas lies to Sebastian and turns over Tessa and Lilith—Tessa’s biological mother—to the evil physician for research. And now, Thomas must continue to betray his own brother.
Left with no other choice, the Breedline go up against Dr. Crane’s hybrids in battle in order to defend their Covenant. During the battle, the Breedline are hit with grenades, knocking everyone unconscious except for Steven, Jem, and Casey. While Sebastian and Thomas escape through the portal, taking Jace with them, the rest of the Breedline regains consciousness and takes Samuel Mercier—a Breedline traitor who is helping Thomas—into custody.
Using his powers, Arius took Eve and his twin brother Tidus to the room Sebastian had Mia sedated. After Arius surrounded Mia with his healing powers, he took them to the safety of the Breedline Covenant.
Continued...
Sebastian read the note Eve had left on his pillow in utter disbelief. His hands shook violently as the piece of paper slipped from his fingers, falling to the floor. Eve had left him. He couldn’t believe that she’d callously deserted him, taking their sons with her. Nor did he believe the words she’d written, that the twins were better off without him, and she didn’t want him coming after her.
It was a good-bye. The thought sent a chill deep through Sebastian’s body as he placed his hand over his heart. The words on the note instilled an aching grief inside his chest. It didn’t make any sense. What had driven her to this act of desperation? What did she know? Was it possible she overheard what transpired downstairs?
With him, she was taken care of and protected. Where would she go? How would she take care of the twins by herself?
Thomas burst through his door just then, catching Sebastian’s attention as he wheeled around, clenching his brows in aggravation.
“My guards just notified me that Mia is not in her room,” Thomas announced. “Do you know where she is?”
Sebastian stood silent, staring at Thomas. His face expressed he had bigger problems without saying a word.
“Eve’s gone too, isn’t she?” Thomas queried.
“I don’t understand,” Sebastian said, allowing his frustration to leak into his tone. He was barely managing to keep it under control. “Why would she leave me?”
Thomas sighed and moved closer. “I’m sorry, I don’t know,” he said, putting his hand out to Sebastian as if sensing the turmoil of his thoughts. “Sebastian, are you okay?”
Sebastian hadn’t even realized he’d bobbled. His knees went to jelly, and he had to grasp Thomas’s extended hand to keep from dropping in his tracks. “I have to find her… get her back,” Sebastian muttered in a desperate tone.
“We’ll have to worry about this later,” Thomas said, bringing the topic back to what was most important. “We’ve got to get out of here. Dr. Crane’s men are here for Jace. We need to go with them to their secure location.”
Sebastian glowered at his twin brother as if it were a betrayal for him to run and hide instead of helping him find Eve and his sons.
“We don’t have a choice, Sebastian,” Thomas said, cringing in advance for the explosion that might surely follow. “The Breedline could be headed our way if Samuel survived and talked.”
He sent Thomas a sharp glance that suggested he’d pissed him off.
Thomas stared back, his golden eyes steely with resolve. “I promise, as soon as this blows over, we’ll find Eve and bring her back,” he said, trying to control the rise of anger in Sebastian. “We have to face the possibility that the Breedline has knowledge of this estate.”
Sebastian eyed his brother with a suspicious glare. “If I agree to this and you double-cross me,” he paused and pursed his lips. “I’ll slit your throat.”
Thomas slowly nodded in agreement. “You have my word.”
****
After Arius had brought his twin brother, Mia, and Eve back to the Breedline Covenant through the portal, Jem found it hard to believe, nearly dropping to his knees. He knew God truly existed because his prayers became answered. Even though love was painful and frightening as hell, it was definitely worth it. Jem had grown to love Mia so fiercely than he’d ever imagined being able to love a woman. And he would never take it for granted.
“Mia,” Jem choked out, wrapping his arms around her. “My God, Mia. Sweetheart, you’re here,” he said desperately, not wanting to let go in case this was just all a dream. “I thought… I thought Sebastian had you and the twins,” he said, his voice cracking.
“Oh, honey,” Mia whispered. “We’re okay,” she said, pulling from his embrace. Lifting her chin, she took a better look at him and winced at what she saw. Jem looked haggard like he hadn’t slept in days. He had small cuts over his face.
“Your face?” she said wearily. “Jem, what happened?”
He stroked her cheek, almost as if reassuring himself that nothing bad had happened. “It’s a long story, but don’t worry. I’m all right.”
Her brows furrowed, struggling to make sense of his soothing words. “Is everyone okay?”
Jem could barely get the words out as pain, fresh and vivid, flashed in his mind. Forced to face reality, he said, “Sebastian has Jace.”
Mia clamped her hand over her mouth, shocked by what Jem had declared. As she lowered her hand, she turned around and looked at Eve. “Did you know about this?”
“Yes,” Eve said, releasing a heavy sigh. “That’s why I had Arius bring us here. Sebastian and his twin brother, Thomas, have gone too far. I couldn’t stay there any longer, fearing for Arius and Tidus’s safety.”
Eve went silent, and Mia realized she was valiantly trying to regain her composure. “I overheard Thomas telling Sebastian about an underground top secret group of scientists doing unimaginable research and experimentations,” Eve explained. “Thomas said they were threatening him, and they’re the same group that has Tessa and her mother. They want Jace... to experiment on and create more like him.”
Eve’s words had been torn from her, choked, shaky, and so filled with emotion that Mia couldn’t possibly deny her sincerity.
“Do you know the location of this underground group?” Tim asked.
Eve shook her head, her eyes expressing regret. “I’m sorry, no. Thomas never mentioned where they were.”
“How will we know who the hell is really behind all this?” Drakon blurted. “Don’t tell me a bunch of damn science nerds is the masterminds of this. They’re following orders. Someone has to be fronting the money and the workforce. The question is who, and why?”
“Most likely the government,” Steven replied. “I know they helped fund the research in the lab where I was born.”
“There’s a possibility that we’ll never find out who all is involved,” Tim said, and then added, “Steven, can you try to communicate with Tessa again?”
“I can try,” Steven said in a low voice, glancing at everyone in the room. Everyone was tense, ready to move at a moment’s notice. They were just waiting. Waiting for the location, so they could go in and kick ass.
In the brief silence that followed, Eve stepped forward. “I’ll never forgive myself for what I’ve done to the Breedline,” she confessed, barely able to form a coherent sentence as tears knotted her throat. “I’m so sorry, but I know that doesn’t make up for my past. I will face my punishment willingly in exchange for a safe haven for my sons.”
“Arius and Tidus will always have a home here, with us,” Jem told her, shifting his gaze on Mia and then back at Eve. “Right now, we’ve got bigger problems to worry about than deciding your fate. For what it’s worth, I am grateful you helped Mia. That itself speaks volumes.”
Eve nodded, her eyes filled with tears. “Thank you.”
Drakon was partially right, Tim thought. They had no idea what they were dealing with, and everyone was just beginning to understand, especially after they were raided by Breedline hybrids. They still didn’t have the entire picture. Even Samuel Mercer, a Breedline traitor—who would get punished for his crimes against his own species—didn’t know the location of these so-called scientists. He only knew the whereabouts to Thomas’s estate, in which Steven had already previously gathered the information from Tessa.
Tim put his hand on Steven’s shoulder and looked him in the eye. “Just focus on Tessa. We’ve got to find out where she is now.”
Steven took a deep breath and moved to a chair. “Okay,” he said, sitting down. “I’m going to do it.”
Around him, the others watched and waited in silence. There was an intense curiosity but also perseverance in everyone’s expression. Steven closed his eyes and cleared his mind as his surroundings fell away. His awareness of the others dissipated from his conscious, focusing solely on a pathway to his sister.
Tessa? It’s Steven. Can you hear me?
He suddenly felt a slight stirring in his mind. It felt like a burst of warmth, but with it, came a flood of terror, and agonizing pain.
Steven squeezed his lids tight and gritted his teeth, trying to hold onto the connection with Tessa. Immediately he could see her surroundings and felt what she felt. She was bound to an examination table with steel bands clamped around her wrists, ankles, and neck. There was something attached to her forehead with wires coming out of them.
Oh God, he didn’t even know what to do to try to take away the fear that ate at her sanity. He was so furious when he sensed Tessa being treated like an animal. He wanted to kill everyone involved.
He focused on sending her waves of comfort, but it was hard to do when his mind screamed in anger.
As he washed away Tessa’s pain, she relaxed and focused on their telepathic connection.
Steven... I’m here. Please, you’ve got to help me.
Please, Tessa. Try to remain calm. I need you to focus. Do you know your location?
No... I don’t recognize my surroundings. I think I’m in a lab, and there are men in white coats, and they have our mother here, too.
Steven could sense her fingers jump spasmodically and her nerve endings twitch. Those bastards were hurting her. He’d take great pleasure when he found them and made them all suffer for what they had done to her.
Gather all your strength. I promise... we’ll find you, Tessa. I’m coming for you.
Then the connection with Tessa drifted away. Steven opened his eyes and took several deep breaths, trying to clear his mind.
Jem sat down in a chair next to him and pushed it, so he was face-to-face with Steven. “Did you get her location?”
The others gathered silently, all waiting for Steven to relate to what he’d discovered.
“No,” he said, his voice sounding defeated. “Tessa doesn’t know. But she did say the place looked like a lab, and they have our mother.”
Jem put his hand on Steven’s shoulder in a comforting gesture.
“There’s more,” Steven added. “They have her bound and electrodes attached to her. She gets an electrical shock every time she tries to move or speak.”
Jem upended his chair and shot upward. “Bastards!” He was unraveling at the seams as anger choked the breath out of him.
“We’re going to Sebastian and Thomas’s location,” Tim spoke out. “If we’re lucky, they’ll still be there.”
“Okay, so where the hell is this place?” Kyle asked, for the first time pushing into the conversation.
“Seventeen Curzon Street in London,” Steven muttered.
A voice came from the back of the room. “So what are we waiting for?”
When everyone turned around, their eyes met Casey’s intense gaze, his fingers balled, seething with anxiety.
“How do we know we’re not walking into a trap?” Casey asked. “Since its obvious Samuel Mercer never made it back, surely they’ll realize the bastard will sing like a canary.”
“Let’s put nerd boy on it,” Kyle said, looking in Drakon’s direction. “There isn’t anything Drakon can’t find.”
Casey smirked. “Watch it, Kyle. He’ll kick your ass. He’s got moves that I don’t even think there are names for.”
Drakon shook his head and rolled his eyes.
Tim shifted his focus from Casey and looked in Jem’s direction. “As soon as Drakon gets all the details on Thomas’s estate, I need you to take us there through the portal,” he said firmly, moving his gaze around the room. “I want everyone to keep a level head. I plan on getting this done and all of us coming back alive. Do I make myself clear?”
When everyone nodded in agreement, Drakon headed to the security room with everyone following behind except Mia, Eve and the twins. After a quick embrace with Jem, Mia took Eve and the twins upstairs.
Within minutes, after rapidly typing in the address, Drakon brought up a picture of Thomas’s estate. “There it is,” he said, pointing at the computer monitor. And then using his superior hacker skills, he pulled up the estate’s surveillance, and sure enough, hours before, they watched as Thomas and another man loaded Jace into the back of an SUV. Drakon even got a license plate number, which turned out to be bogus.
After looking at each entry and exit of Thomas’s estate, Tim clutched the back of his neck trying to ease the tension. “All right,” he said. “Let’s go.”
To be continued...
Previously...
After Steven—Tessa’s fraternal twin brother—connects with Tessa telepathically and finds her location, the Breedline Covenant prepare to rescue her and take down Sebastian Crow. But before they come up with a plan, Sebastian uses his powers to create a portal and kidnaps his son Arius and Mia. When the Breedline find out they are missing, something triggers the outside alarms. While viewing the security cameras, they are shocked when dozens of Dr. Crane’s unearthly creations of Breedline hybrids topple over the gates and surround the Covenant.
Meanwhile, Thomas Carlyle—Sebastian’s twin brother—is threatened by Dr. Crane. With no other choice, Thomas lies to Sebastian and turns over Tessa and Lilith—Tessa’s biological mother—to the evil physician for research. And now, Thomas must continue to betray his own brother.
Left with no other choice, the Breedline go up against Dr. Crane’s hybrids in battle in order to defend their Covenant. During the battle, the Breedline are hit with grenades, knocking everyone unconscious except for Steven, Jem, and Casey. While Sebastian and Thomas escape through the portal, taking Jace with them, the rest of the Breedline regains consciousness and takes Samuel Mercier—a Breedline traitor who is helping Thomas—into custody.
Using his powers, Arius took Eve and his twin brother Tidus to the room Sebastian had Mia sedated. After Arius surrounded Mia with his healing powers, he took them to the safety of the Breedline Covenant.
Continued...
Sebastian read the note Eve had left on his pillow in utter disbelief. His hands shook violently as the piece of paper slipped from his fingers, falling to the floor. Eve had left him. He couldn’t believe that she’d callously deserted him, taking their sons with her. Nor did he believe the words she’d written, that the twins were better off without him, and she didn’t want him coming after her.
It was a good-bye. The thought sent a chill deep through Sebastian’s body as he placed his hand over his heart. The words on the note instilled an aching grief inside his chest. It didn’t make any sense. What had driven her to this act of desperation? What did she know? Was it possible she overheard what transpired downstairs?
With him, she was taken care of and protected. Where would she go? How would she take care of the twins by herself?
Thomas burst through his door just then, catching Sebastian’s attention as he wheeled around, clenching his brows in aggravation.
“My guards just notified me that Mia is not in her room,” Thomas announced. “Do you know where she is?”
Sebastian stood silent, staring at Thomas. His face expressed he had bigger problems without saying a word.
“Eve’s gone too, isn’t she?” Thomas queried.
“I don’t understand,” Sebastian said, allowing his frustration to leak into his tone. He was barely managing to keep it under control. “Why would she leave me?”
Thomas sighed and moved closer. “I’m sorry, I don’t know,” he said, putting his hand out to Sebastian as if sensing the turmoil of his thoughts. “Sebastian, are you okay?”
Sebastian hadn’t even realized he’d bobbled. His knees went to jelly, and he had to grasp Thomas’s extended hand to keep from dropping in his tracks. “I have to find her… get her back,” Sebastian muttered in a desperate tone.
“We’ll have to worry about this later,” Thomas said, bringing the topic back to what was most important. “We’ve got to get out of here. Dr. Crane’s men are here for Jace. We need to go with them to their secure location.”
Sebastian glowered at his twin brother as if it were a betrayal for him to run and hide instead of helping him find Eve and his sons.
“We don’t have a choice, Sebastian,” Thomas said, cringing in advance for the explosion that might surely follow. “The Breedline could be headed our way if Samuel survived and talked.”
He sent Thomas a sharp glance that suggested he’d pissed him off.
Thomas stared back, his golden eyes steely with resolve. “I promise, as soon as this blows over, we’ll find Eve and bring her back,” he said, trying to control the rise of anger in Sebastian. “We have to face the possibility that the Breedline has knowledge of this estate.”
Sebastian eyed his brother with a suspicious glare. “If I agree to this and you double-cross me,” he paused and pursed his lips. “I’ll slit your throat.”
Thomas slowly nodded in agreement. “You have my word.”
****
After Arius had brought his twin brother, Mia, and Eve back to the Breedline Covenant through the portal, Jem found it hard to believe, nearly dropping to his knees. He knew God truly existed because his prayers became answered. Even though love was painful and frightening as hell, it was definitely worth it. Jem had grown to love Mia so fiercely than he’d ever imagined being able to love a woman. And he would never take it for granted.
“Mia,” Jem choked out, wrapping his arms around her. “My God, Mia. Sweetheart, you’re here,” he said desperately, not wanting to let go in case this was just all a dream. “I thought… I thought Sebastian had you and the twins,” he said, his voice cracking.
“Oh, honey,” Mia whispered. “We’re okay,” she said, pulling from his embrace. Lifting her chin, she took a better look at him and winced at what she saw. Jem looked haggard like he hadn’t slept in days. He had small cuts over his face.
“Your face?” she said wearily. “Jem, what happened?”
He stroked her cheek, almost as if reassuring himself that nothing bad had happened. “It’s a long story, but don’t worry. I’m all right.”
Her brows furrowed, struggling to make sense of his soothing words. “Is everyone okay?”
Jem could barely get the words out as pain, fresh and vivid, flashed in his mind. Forced to face reality, he said, “Sebastian has Jace.”
Mia clamped her hand over her mouth, shocked by what Jem had declared. As she lowered her hand, she turned around and looked at Eve. “Did you know about this?”
“Yes,” Eve said, releasing a heavy sigh. “That’s why I had Arius bring us here. Sebastian and his twin brother, Thomas, have gone too far. I couldn’t stay there any longer, fearing for Arius and Tidus’s safety.”
Eve went silent, and Mia realized she was valiantly trying to regain her composure. “I overheard Thomas telling Sebastian about an underground top secret group of scientists doing unimaginable research and experimentations,” Eve explained. “Thomas said they were threatening him, and they’re the same group that has Tessa and her mother. They want Jace... to experiment on and create more like him.”
Eve’s words had been torn from her, choked, shaky, and so filled with emotion that Mia couldn’t possibly deny her sincerity.
“Do you know the location of this underground group?” Tim asked.
Eve shook her head, her eyes expressing regret. “I’m sorry, no. Thomas never mentioned where they were.”
“How will we know who the hell is really behind all this?” Drakon blurted. “Don’t tell me a bunch of damn science nerds is the masterminds of this. They’re following orders. Someone has to be fronting the money and the workforce. The question is who, and why?”
“Most likely the government,” Steven replied. “I know they helped fund the research in the lab where I was born.”
“There’s a possibility that we’ll never find out who all is involved,” Tim said, and then added, “Steven, can you try to communicate with Tessa again?”
“I can try,” Steven said in a low voice, glancing at everyone in the room. Everyone was tense, ready to move at a moment’s notice. They were just waiting. Waiting for the location, so they could go in and kick ass.
In the brief silence that followed, Eve stepped forward. “I’ll never forgive myself for what I’ve done to the Breedline,” she confessed, barely able to form a coherent sentence as tears knotted her throat. “I’m so sorry, but I know that doesn’t make up for my past. I will face my punishment willingly in exchange for a safe haven for my sons.”
“Arius and Tidus will always have a home here, with us,” Jem told her, shifting his gaze on Mia and then back at Eve. “Right now, we’ve got bigger problems to worry about than deciding your fate. For what it’s worth, I am grateful you helped Mia. That itself speaks volumes.”
Eve nodded, her eyes filled with tears. “Thank you.”
Drakon was partially right, Tim thought. They had no idea what they were dealing with, and everyone was just beginning to understand, especially after they were raided by Breedline hybrids. They still didn’t have the entire picture. Even Samuel Mercer, a Breedline traitor—who would get punished for his crimes against his own species—didn’t know the location of these so-called scientists. He only knew the whereabouts to Thomas’s estate, in which Steven had already previously gathered the information from Tessa.
Tim put his hand on Steven’s shoulder and looked him in the eye. “Just focus on Tessa. We’ve got to find out where she is now.”
Steven took a deep breath and moved to a chair. “Okay,” he said, sitting down. “I’m going to do it.”
Around him, the others watched and waited in silence. There was an intense curiosity but also perseverance in everyone’s expression. Steven closed his eyes and cleared his mind as his surroundings fell away. His awareness of the others dissipated from his conscious, focusing solely on a pathway to his sister.
Tessa? It’s Steven. Can you hear me?
He suddenly felt a slight stirring in his mind. It felt like a burst of warmth, but with it, came a flood of terror, and agonizing pain.
Steven squeezed his lids tight and gritted his teeth, trying to hold onto the connection with Tessa. Immediately he could see her surroundings and felt what she felt. She was bound to an examination table with steel bands clamped around her wrists, ankles, and neck. There was something attached to her forehead with wires coming out of them.
Oh God, he didn’t even know what to do to try to take away the fear that ate at her sanity. He was so furious when he sensed Tessa being treated like an animal. He wanted to kill everyone involved.
He focused on sending her waves of comfort, but it was hard to do when his mind screamed in anger.
As he washed away Tessa’s pain, she relaxed and focused on their telepathic connection.
Steven... I’m here. Please, you’ve got to help me.
Please, Tessa. Try to remain calm. I need you to focus. Do you know your location?
No... I don’t recognize my surroundings. I think I’m in a lab, and there are men in white coats, and they have our mother here, too.
Steven could sense her fingers jump spasmodically and her nerve endings twitch. Those bastards were hurting her. He’d take great pleasure when he found them and made them all suffer for what they had done to her.
Gather all your strength. I promise... we’ll find you, Tessa. I’m coming for you.
Then the connection with Tessa drifted away. Steven opened his eyes and took several deep breaths, trying to clear his mind.
Jem sat down in a chair next to him and pushed it, so he was face-to-face with Steven. “Did you get her location?”
The others gathered silently, all waiting for Steven to relate to what he’d discovered.
“No,” he said, his voice sounding defeated. “Tessa doesn’t know. But she did say the place looked like a lab, and they have our mother.”
Jem put his hand on Steven’s shoulder in a comforting gesture.
“There’s more,” Steven added. “They have her bound and electrodes attached to her. She gets an electrical shock every time she tries to move or speak.”
Jem upended his chair and shot upward. “Bastards!” He was unraveling at the seams as anger choked the breath out of him.
“We’re going to Sebastian and Thomas’s location,” Tim spoke out. “If we’re lucky, they’ll still be there.”
“Okay, so where the hell is this place?” Kyle asked, for the first time pushing into the conversation.
“Seventeen Curzon Street in London,” Steven muttered.
A voice came from the back of the room. “So what are we waiting for?”
When everyone turned around, their eyes met Casey’s intense gaze, his fingers balled, seething with anxiety.
“How do we know we’re not walking into a trap?” Casey asked. “Since its obvious Samuel Mercer never made it back, surely they’ll realize the bastard will sing like a canary.”
“Let’s put nerd boy on it,” Kyle said, looking in Drakon’s direction. “There isn’t anything Drakon can’t find.”
Casey smirked. “Watch it, Kyle. He’ll kick your ass. He’s got moves that I don’t even think there are names for.”
Drakon shook his head and rolled his eyes.
Tim shifted his focus from Casey and looked in Jem’s direction. “As soon as Drakon gets all the details on Thomas’s estate, I need you to take us there through the portal,” he said firmly, moving his gaze around the room. “I want everyone to keep a level head. I plan on getting this done and all of us coming back alive. Do I make myself clear?”
When everyone nodded in agreement, Drakon headed to the security room with everyone following behind except Mia, Eve and the twins. After a quick embrace with Jem, Mia took Eve and the twins upstairs.
Within minutes, after rapidly typing in the address, Drakon brought up a picture of Thomas’s estate. “There it is,” he said, pointing at the computer monitor. And then using his superior hacker skills, he pulled up the estate’s surveillance, and sure enough, hours before, they watched as Thomas and another man loaded Jace into the back of an SUV. Drakon even got a license plate number, which turned out to be bogus.
After looking at each entry and exit of Thomas’s estate, Tim clutched the back of his neck trying to ease the tension. “All right,” he said. “Let’s go.”
To be continued...
After Steven—Tessa’s fraternal twin brother—connects with Tessa telepathically and finds her location, the Breedline Covenant prepare to rescue her and take down Sebastian Crow. But before they come up with a plan, Sebastian uses his powers to create a portal and kidnaps his son Arius and Mia. When the Breedline find out they are missing, something triggers the outside alarms. While viewing the security cameras, they are shocked when dozens of Dr. Crane’s unearthly creations of Breedline hybrids topple over the gates and surround the Covenant.
Meanwhile, Thomas Carlyle—Sebastian’s twin brother—is threatened by Dr. Crane. With no other choice, Thomas lies to Sebastian and turns over Tessa and Lilith—Tessa’s biological mother—to the evil physician for research. And now, Thomas must continue to betray his own brother.
Left with no other choice, the Breedline go up against Dr. Crane’s hybrids in battle in order to defend their Covenant. During the battle, the Breedline are hit with grenades, knocking everyone unconscious except for Steven, Jem, and Casey. While Sebastian and Thomas escape through the portal, taking Jace with them, the rest of the Breedline regains consciousness and takes Samuel Mercier—a Breedline traitor who is helping Thomas—into custody.
Using his powers, Arius took Eve and his twin brother Tidus to the room Sebastian had Mia sedated. After Arius surrounded Mia with his healing powers, he took them to the safety of the Breedline Covenant.
Continued...
Sebastian read the note Eve had left on his pillow in utter disbelief. His hands shook violently as the piece of paper slipped from his fingers, falling to the floor. Eve had left him. He couldn’t believe that she’d callously deserted him, taking their sons with her. Nor did he believe the words she’d written, that the twins were better off without him, and she didn’t want him coming after her.
It was a good-bye. The thought sent a chill deep through Sebastian’s body as he placed his hand over his heart. The words on the note instilled an aching grief inside his chest. It didn’t make any sense. What had driven her to this act of desperation? What did she know? Was it possible she overheard what transpired downstairs?
With him, she was taken care of and protected. Where would she go? How would she take care of the twins by herself?
Thomas burst through his door just then, catching Sebastian’s attention as he wheeled around, clenching his brows in aggravation.
“My guards just notified me that Mia is not in her room,” Thomas announced. “Do you know where she is?”
Sebastian stood silent, staring at Thomas. His face expressed he had bigger problems without saying a word.
“Eve’s gone too, isn’t she?” Thomas queried.
“I don’t understand,” Sebastian said, allowing his frustration to leak into his tone. He was barely managing to keep it under control. “Why would she leave me?”
Thomas sighed and moved closer. “I’m sorry, I don’t know,” he said, putting his hand out to Sebastian as if sensing the turmoil of his thoughts. “Sebastian, are you okay?”
Sebastian hadn’t even realized he’d bobbled. His knees went to jelly, and he had to grasp Thomas’s extended hand to keep from dropping in his tracks. “I have to find her… get her back,” Sebastian muttered in a desperate tone.
“We’ll have to worry about this later,” Thomas said, bringing the topic back to what was most important. “We’ve got to get out of here. Dr. Crane’s men are here for Jace. We need to go with them to their secure location.”
Sebastian glowered at his twin brother as if it were a betrayal for him to run and hide instead of helping him find Eve and his sons.
“We don’t have a choice, Sebastian,” Thomas said, cringing in advance for the explosion that might surely follow. “The Breedline could be headed our way if Samuel survived and talked.”
He sent Thomas a sharp glance that suggested he’d pissed him off.
Thomas stared back, his golden eyes steely with resolve. “I promise, as soon as this blows over, we’ll find Eve and bring her back,” he said, trying to control the rise of anger in Sebastian. “We have to face the possibility that the Breedline has knowledge of this estate.”
Sebastian eyed his brother with a suspicious glare. “If I agree to this and you double-cross me,” he paused and pursed his lips. “I’ll slit your throat.”
Thomas slowly nodded in agreement. “You have my word.”
****
After Arius had brought his twin brother, Mia, and Eve back to the Breedline Covenant through the portal, Jem found it hard to believe, nearly dropping to his knees. He knew God truly existed because his prayers became answered. Even though love was painful and frightening as hell, it was definitely worth it. Jem had grown to love Mia so fiercely than he’d ever imagined being able to love a woman. And he would never take it for granted.
“Mia,” Jem choked out, wrapping his arms around her. “My God, Mia. Sweetheart, you’re here,” he said desperately, not wanting to let go in case this was just all a dream. “I thought… I thought Sebastian had you and the twins,” he said, his voice cracking.
“Oh, honey,” Mia whispered. “We’re okay,” she said, pulling from his embrace. Lifting her chin, she took a better look at him and winced at what she saw. Jem looked haggard like he hadn’t slept in days. He had small cuts over his face.
“Your face?” she said wearily. “Jem, what happened?”
He stroked her cheek, almost as if reassuring himself that nothing bad had happened. “It’s a long story, but don’t worry. I’m all right.”
Her brows furrowed, struggling to make sense of his soothing words. “Is everyone okay?”
Jem could barely get the words out as pain, fresh and vivid, flashed in his mind. Forced to face reality, he said, “Sebastian has Jace.”
Mia clamped her hand over her mouth, shocked by what Jem had declared. As she lowered her hand, she turned around and looked at Eve. “Did you know about this?”
“Yes,” Eve said, releasing a heavy sigh. “That’s why I had Arius bring us here. Sebastian and his twin brother, Thomas, have gone too far. I couldn’t stay there any longer, fearing for Arius and Tidus’s safety.”
Eve went silent, and Mia realized she was valiantly trying to regain her composure. “I overheard Thomas telling Sebastian about an underground top secret group of scientists doing unimaginable research and experimentations,” Eve explained. “Thomas said they were threatening him, and they’re the same group that has Tessa and her mother. They want Jace... to experiment on and create more like him.”
Eve’s words had been torn from her, choked, shaky, and so filled with emotion that Mia couldn’t possibly deny her sincerity.
“Do you know the location of this underground group?” Tim asked.
Eve shook her head, her eyes expressing regret. “I’m sorry, no. Thomas never mentioned where they were.”
“How will we know who the hell is really behind all this?” Drakon blurted. “Don’t tell me a bunch of damn science nerds is the masterminds of this. They’re following orders. Someone has to be fronting the money and the workforce. The question is who, and why?”
“Most likely the government,” Steven replied. “I know they helped fund the research in the lab where I was born.”
“There’s a possibility that we’ll never find out who all is involved,” Tim said, and then added, “Steven, can you try to communicate with Tessa again?”
“I can try,” Steven said in a low voice, glancing at everyone in the room. Everyone was tense, ready to move at a moment’s notice. They were just waiting. Waiting for the location, so they could go in and kick ass.
In the brief silence that followed, Eve stepped forward. “I’ll never forgive myself for what I’ve done to the Breedline,” she confessed, barely able to form a coherent sentence as tears knotted her throat. “I’m so sorry, but I know that doesn’t make up for my past. I will face my punishment willingly in exchange for a safe haven for my sons.”
“Arius and Tidus will always have a home here, with us,” Jem told her, shifting his gaze on Mia and then back at Eve. “Right now, we’ve got bigger problems to worry about than deciding your fate. For what it’s worth, I am grateful you helped Mia. That itself speaks volumes.”
Eve nodded, her eyes filled with tears. “Thank you.”
Drakon was partially right, Tim thought. They had no idea what they were dealing with, and everyone was just beginning to understand, especially after they were raided by Breedline hybrids. They still didn’t have the entire picture. Even Samuel Mercer, a Breedline traitor—who would get punished for his crimes against his own species—didn’t know the location of these so-called scientists. He only knew the whereabouts to Thomas’s estate, in which Steven had already previously gathered the information from Tessa.
Tim put his hand on Steven’s shoulder and looked him in the eye. “Just focus on Tessa. We’ve got to find out where she is now.”
Steven took a deep breath and moved to a chair. “Okay,” he said, sitting down. “I’m going to do it.”
Around him, the others watched and waited in silence. There was an intense curiosity but also perseverance in everyone’s expression. Steven closed his eyes and cleared his mind as his surroundings fell away. His awareness of the others dissipated from his conscious, focusing solely on a pathway to his sister.
Tessa? It’s Steven. Can you hear me?
He suddenly felt a slight stirring in his mind. It felt like a burst of warmth, but with it, came a flood of terror, and agonizing pain.
Steven squeezed his lids tight and gritted his teeth, trying to hold onto the connection with Tessa. Immediately he could see her surroundings and felt what she felt. She was bound to an examination table with steel bands clamped around her wrists, ankles, and neck. There was something attached to her forehead with wires coming out of them.
Oh God, he didn’t even know what to do to try to take away the fear that ate at her sanity. He was so furious when he sensed Tessa being treated like an animal. He wanted to kill everyone involved.
He focused on sending her waves of comfort, but it was hard to do when his mind screamed in anger.
As he washed away Tessa’s pain, she relaxed and focused on their telepathic connection.
Steven... I’m here. Please, you’ve got to help me.
Please, Tessa. Try to remain calm. I need you to focus. Do you know your location?
No... I don’t recognize my surroundings. I think I’m in a lab, and there are men in white coats, and they have our mother here, too.
Steven could sense her fingers jump spasmodically and her nerve endings twitch. Those bastards were hurting her. He’d take great pleasure when he found them and made them all suffer for what they had done to her.
Gather all your strength. I promise... we’ll find you, Tessa. I’m coming for you.
Then the connection with Tessa drifted away. Steven opened his eyes and took several deep breaths, trying to clear his mind.
Jem sat down in a chair next to him and pushed it, so he was face-to-face with Steven. “Did you get her location?”
The others gathered silently, all waiting for Steven to relate to what he’d discovered.
“No,” he said, his voice sounding defeated. “Tessa doesn’t know. But she did say the place looked like a lab, and they have our mother.”
Jem put his hand on Steven’s shoulder in a comforting gesture.
“There’s more,” Steven added. “They have her bound and electrodes attached to her. She gets an electrical shock every time she tries to move or speak.”
Jem upended his chair and shot upward. “Bastards!” He was unraveling at the seams as anger choked the breath out of him.
“We’re going to Sebastian and Thomas’s location,” Tim spoke out. “If we’re lucky, they’ll still be there.”
“Okay, so where the hell is this place?” Kyle asked, for the first time pushing into the conversation.
“Seventeen Curzon Street in London,” Steven muttered.
A voice came from the back of the room. “So what are we waiting for?”
When everyone turned around, their eyes met Casey’s intense gaze, his fingers balled, seething with anxiety.
“How do we know we’re not walking into a trap?” Casey asked. “Since its obvious Samuel Mercer never made it back, surely they’ll realize the bastard will sing like a canary.”
“Let’s put nerd boy on it,” Kyle said, looking in Drakon’s direction. “There isn’t anything Drakon can’t find.”
Casey smirked. “Watch it, Kyle. He’ll kick your ass. He’s got moves that I don’t even think there are names for.”
Drakon shook his head and rolled his eyes.
Tim shifted his focus from Casey and looked in Jem’s direction. “As soon as Drakon gets all the details on Thomas’s estate, I need you to take us there through the portal,” he said firmly, moving his gaze around the room. “I want everyone to keep a level head. I plan on getting this done and all of us coming back alive. Do I make myself clear?”
When everyone nodded in agreement, Drakon headed to the security room with everyone following behind except Mia, Eve and the twins. After a quick embrace with Jem, Mia took Eve and the twins upstairs.
Within minutes, after rapidly typing in the address, Drakon brought up a picture of Thomas’s estate. “There it is,” he said, pointing at the computer monitor. And then using his superior hacker skills, he pulled up the estate’s surveillance, and sure enough, hours before, they watched as Thomas and another man loaded Jace into the back of an SUV. Drakon even got a license plate number, which turned out to be bogus.
After looking at each entry and exit of Thomas’s estate, Tim clutched the back of his neck trying to ease the tension. “All right,” he said. “Let’s go.”
To be continued...
NOTE: This is not part of the chapter. A reference to terms and cast of characters:
BREEDLINE - A species of humans that have the ability to change from human form into a wolf. They are not like the old legend of the Lycanthropy myth. Breedline species can shift into their wolf at will. The moon has no power over them. They do not pass their ability to other humans with a bite or scratch like the Lycanthropy myth.
The Breedline gene is passed down to offsprings that are born identical twins. Although they live amongst human, their species must be kept secret.
In wolf form, they have super strength, speed, and heightened senses. Compared to humans, Breedlines have tremendous advantages when it comes to health. Their bodies heal fast and are not subject to illnesses or diseases. The only thing that slows their healing process is silver. It is their Kryptonite. Besides old age, a silver bullet to the brain is the only thing deadly to the species.
All males change into their wolf at the age of eighteen. Females do not go through the change until they make love to their Breedline bonded mate.
BREEDLINE TWINS - Identical twins that are born from either one or both parents of the Breedline species. They have a strong, unbreakable bond from birth, are born with telepathic abilities, and have the power to sense the other's emotions or injuries. In some cases, the bond between twins are so strong that if one dies, the other twin may pass on, especially if they don't have a mate.
BREEDLINE BONDING - The male Breedline spends their life in search of their bonded mate. When the male comes in contact with her, he instantly feels a simultaneous, desirable attraction and she becomes the most important thing in his life. He is there to love, protect, and cherish her until death. Once they are mated, they bond for life. It is possible for them to have more than one mate in their lifespan.
BELOVED - A word used by a Breedline to express the bond to their mate.
DOUBLE BONDED - In some cases, male Breedline twins bond with the same female, but one will carry a stronger bond. Usually one of them must sacrifice for the other twin.
BREEDLINE COVENANT - The Breedline species must live within the boundaries of a Covenant, which is only formed with their species. The Covenant is governed and ruled by a head council. The council keeps their laws in order and oversees the species population.
THE BREEDLINE QUEEN - Over centuries the Breedline Covenant is ruled by a true Queen. If there is no Queen living, the Covenants are governed by an appointed head council until another Queen is born. A Breedline Queen is born once every one hundred years. Her massive stature, black fur, and red eyes are the Queen's trademarks. Her alpha wolf has twice the strength, speed, and size of any Breedline. The Queen is expected to rule over all the Breedline Covenants where she will be respected and obeyed by all Breedline. This is their absolute True Law.
THE QUEENS RING - This ring has been passed down to all Breedline Queens for generations. When the new Queen places the ring on, it instantly shifts in size to fit her finger.
TRUE LAW - All Breedline Covenants have an ancient book of laws. If either sex disobeys the Breedline laws, they can be shunned, or no longer protected by their Covenant. If a Breedline takes another life out of revenge, or evil - other than protecting their life, and the life of another - they will never have the ability to shift back human and cast out as a rogue wolf.
ROGUE WOLF - A Breedline shunned by their Covenant for taking another life out of revenge or evil and forced to live as a wolf until death without the ability to change human again. Some rogue wolves form into packs, which can be dangerous for other Breedline species.
RED (BLOOD) MOON - When the full moon passes through the amber shadow of the earth, producing a midnight eclipse visible across North America. So begins a lunar eclipse tetrad, a series of four consecutive total eclipses occurring at approximately six-month intervals. This incredible light beams into the heart of earth's shadow, filling it with a coppery glow and transforming the moon into a great red orb. During this time, all Breedline species that are mated have a strong desire to create an offspring. This is also a time when Breedline females are more fertile for the conception of twins.
CHIANG-SHIH DEMON (Kiang shi, a.k.a Ramael Arminius) - An ancient demon that inhabits the body of a Breedline fetus before it's born, or during a Breedline's death. It continues to take the soul over the natural lifespan of the child, or the deceased Breedline. When the demon possesses a fetus, it breaks the bonding and telepathic abilities of their twin when they are born. If the demon possesses a deceased Breedline's body, it must do so before the soul passes on. If the soul is not intact, the body will soon die.
In most cases, the Chiang-shih demon will take the life of the other twin, even before their birth. The twin that is born with the demon will bring only evil to whomever they encounter. Their sole purpose is to gain full control of another soul and seek world domination.
There are two ways the demon is cast from the soul it possesses: by its first-born son, and the Angel of Mercy, Zadkiel. The Beast is the only one who can kill a Chiang-shih demon.
THE BEAST - He is the second born son of the Chiang-shih demon. When provoked into a rage, he will shift into his Beast instead of his Breedline wolf. The Beast is an enormous, dangerous two-footed creature that has wolf-like features. One bite has enough venom to kill the Chiang-shih demon and leave the soul of the person the demon possessed unharmed.
SHADOW WALKER (a.k.a Shadow Figure, or Black Mass) - The perception of a patch of shadow as a living, humanoid figure, particularly interpreted by the Breedline as the presence of a malevolent entity. When a Breedline species dies and does not pass on to the other side, they are left to roam the earth as a shadow of themselves - a ghost. They will not pass on until they have settled unfinished business before their death.
ZADKIEL (Tzadqiel, a.k.a "Righteousness of God") - The Archangel of freedom, benevolence, and mercy, and the Patron Angel of all who forgives. Breedline species tradition considers him to be the Angel of Mercy.
SUCCUBUS (a.k.a CREEPERS) - Creatures that search for, and feeds off the blood of the Breedline species. Creepers are skilled at extreme sexual pleasure, and the ecstasy they create is exceedingly intense and highly addictive. They cast off a scent that hypnotizes Breedlines into overwhelming sexual urges. They use their human-like bodies and beautiful features to control and influence their thoughts.
They have the ability to reach into the Breedline's mind during sleep, casting a spell of dreams about sexual contact, or intercourse. And one much less obvious manifestation of Creepers is nightmares - realistic, graphic, terrifying nightmares that rob the Breedline of sleep. Over a period, it can lead to severe fatigue and depression, leaving them emotionally and spiritually drained. Death can occur if they completely take over the Breedline's body.
HALF-BREED - This species is born with the genes from both Breedline and succubus. They can bond with either a full-blood Breedline or another half-breed. They do not have the ability to change into the Breedline wolf, but they do need blood from them to survive. With the power to hypnotize, most Breedlines have minimal respect and credence toward the half-breed species.
WICCA (or Wise One) - According to the Breedline species, a Wicca is the goddess of magic, witchcraft, the night, moon, ghosts, and necromancy. A Wicca is also considered to be a demonic spirit. It is unclear to the Breedline if they act under the orders of the devil, or they are simply not understood and treated as outcasts. They have the ability to do white magic (good) or dark (evil).
GUARDIANS (a.k.a Spirits of the Forest) - They originated during the Middle Ages with the purpose of protecting all creatures, especially the Breedline, from the destruction of any creation made by a dark Wicca. They have the ability to stay invisible with the power to move through any barrier and over any distance instantly.
THERIOMORPH - This species is born with the genes of a Breedline, but do not have the ability to change into a Breedline wolf. They shape shift into an enormous black panther. They possess powers of mind manipulation and random visions of the future. They must use the drug dopamine to suppress their urges. Their eye color shifts into a glowing lavender when their Theriomorph nature takes over. The Breedline see them as a threat to their species.
ADALWOLF - A species that has the power to shift from their human form into a beautiful creature, three times the size, resembling half man and half wolf. Born with super-strength, they can move from one place to another in supernatural speed. Their eyes take on the appearance of two-shimmering diamonds. With the power to regenerate their own cells, an Adalwolf will stop aging at thirty. The moon has no power over them. And an Adalwolf is immune to silver. They can bond with any species.
Jace Chamberlain (a.k.a The Beast) - He is a Breedline species which later discovers his birth father - who is possessed by the Chiang-shih demon - murdered his mother when he and his twin brother were four years old. Raised by their new foster family and their uncle Jacks, he later discovers he was born with a curse of the Beast. With the help of his twin brother Jem, and his bonded mate Tessa, they help him cope with his rage to keep the Beast at bay. He's an IT engineer and is the lead singer and plays acoustic guitar in the band Chaos.
Jem Chamberlain (a.k.a The Chosen Son) - He is a Breedline species and Jace's twin brother. He carries the gene of the Chiang-shih demon that gives him the power to create a portal, and a force of electric energy used as a weapon and other powers he discovers later. His bonded mate is Mia Blackwood, and he's an IT engineer and the drummer in the band Chaos.
Tessa Fairchild - She was born into the human world and later discovers she's a Breedline. Abandoned by her parents, she was raised by her Aunt and Uncle without the knowledge of being born a twin. After she meets Jace, they become bonded mates. During her first change into her Breedline wolf, she is the new Breedline Queen. She is an inspiring artist.
Dr. John and Sarah Chamberlain - They are Jace, Jem and Cassie's adoptive human parents. They are physicians in a children's unit, and also donates their time to the emergency center.
Chester and Amelia Ewan - They are called Guardians - a species originated during the Middle Ages with the purpose of protecting all creatures, especially the Breedline from the destruction of any creation made by a dark Wiccan.
Jackson Gray - He is Jace and Jem's biological uncle - Katlyn Gray's older brother. Although he carries the gene of the Breedline, he does not shift into a wolf. Only Breedlines born with an identical twin have the ability to change into their wolf. He's a medical supply pilot.
Mia Blackwood - She is a half-breed and Jem's bonded mate. Abandoned at birth and raised in human foster care, she later finds her twin sister, Eve.
EVE - She is a half-breed and Sebastian's bonded mate. Growing up in human foster care, she spent her entire childhood abused until Sebastian saves her. Scorned from her past, she lashes out in anger, living a life of crime later to discover her twin sister, Mia Blackwood. After realizing the Chiang-shih demon possesses Sebastian, Eve clings to the past in hopes of reuniting with her beloved. Now that Sebastian is finally free of the demon, she has trust issues, worried he has an alternative plan for their sons.
Sebastian Crow - He is a half-breed, and Eve's bonded mate. After he had been killed by Jace in self- defense, he was possessed by the Chiang-shih demon after the Angel of Mercy cast him out of Alexander's body. As he tried to portray Sebastian's life, Eve finally figured out his secret. Keeping her captive only to survive on her blood, he later develops feelings for her. The demon creates a death army, determined to dominate the world and unleash his wrath among humans and the Breedline. Now free from the demon, he is determined to reunite with his beloved Eve who is kept prisoner by the Breedline Covenant awaiting trial for her past crimes against them.
Alexander Crest - He is a Breedline who was possessed by the Chiang-shih demon before birth. Murdering his family, Alexander kidnapped his twin's bonded mate, Katlyn Gray. Keeping her prisoner against her will, she becomes pregnant with his twins. As she managed to escape before she gave birth, Alexander eventually kills her in a fit of rage. Returning for his chosen son twenty-two years later, he is determined to convince him to join his army. After the battle between the Breedline, the demon is finally cast out of Alexander setting his soul free. For the demon's past crimes, Alexander is pardoned and must reside in the Breedline Covenant. Praying for forgiveness, he reunites with his twin sons, Jace and Jem. As he fights to keep his new family safe, romance blossoms with Dr. Helen Carrington.
Tim Ross - He is a Breedline species and head council of the California Covenant. Angel, his bonded mate - who is a half-breed - has Tim's daughter they named Natalie, after her sister.
Angel - She is a half-breed and Tim's bonded mate.
Natalie - She is a half-breed and Tim and Angel's daughter.
Kyle Jones - He is a Breedline species that resides in the California Covenant. Having lost his family to a house fire at childhood, his uncle Tim Ross has raised him since. Celina Baldolf is his bonded mate. He's a mechanic and also Jace and Jem's close friend, and plays bass in the rock band Chaos.
Casey Barton - He was born of the Breedline species, and lives in the California Covenant. He was adopted by Tim Ross's brother and carries a deep dark secret, afraid to reveal to the Breedline. He is a clothing model and plays backup bass and keyboards in the band Chaos.
Dr. Helen Carrington - She is a Breedline species and a physician at the California Bates hospital for both Breedlines and humans. Later, she discovers Jace and Jem carry a gene, possibly used for a cure to stop the aging process in her species. After Alexander's demon is banished, he is pardoned for all past crimes and welcomed into the Breedline Covenant. When he meets Helen, they become bonded mates.
Drakon Hexus - He is a Breedline species. At a young age, his first bonded mate was killed by her father. In a rage, he hunts and kills her murderer, breaking the Breedline's True Law. Shunned by his Covenant and forced to live as a rogue wolf, he's promised his humanity back if he joins the Chiang-shih demon's army. After Drakon discovers the demon's plans to destroy all humans and half-breeds, he betrays him and joins forces with the Breedline. As time passes, he bonds with another mate, Cassie Chamberlain.
Cassie Chamberlain - Adopted at age two by Jace and Jem's adopted parents after her mother abandons her. Later, she discovers she is a Breedline species and bonds with the handsome Drakon Hexus. She is a nurse practitioner, specializing in the neonatal intensive care unit.
Celina Baldolf - She is a Breedline species with the power of a Wiccan, but only practices white witchcraft. Her twin sister Taliah - a dark Wicca - murdered their parents when they were twelve years old. Dr. Helen Carrington is their aunt, and Kyle Jones is Celina's Breedline bonded mate. She is an editor for a local publishing company.
Samuel Mercier - He is a Breedline and a council member from France that has secretly turned against his own Covenant to help the Chiang-shih demon. He and his other Breedline traitors go into hiding after the Breedline destroy the demon, desperate to seek revenge against the Covenant.
Fredrick Mercier - He is a Breedline and Samuel Mercier's identical twin. Also, he's a council member from France that has secretly turned against the Covenant to help the Chiang-shih demon.
Corbin Azzo - He is a Breedline and a council member that has turned against the Covenant to help the Chiang-shih demon.
Steven Pasquale (a.k.a Steven Craven) - He inherited the genes of a Breedline and an Adalwolf. He was taken from his mother and forced to endure a life of endless, painful experiments by a German physician's, Dr. Hans Autenburg and Dr. Hubert Crane. Without the knowledge of his real family, Steven finally manages to escape his captors, locating his biological parents and fraternal twin, Tessa Fairchild.
Lisa Wellington (a.k.a Lilith) - She is a Breedline with the gift to heal. After she becomes pregnant with twins, she mysteriously disappears. Taken against her will by Dr. Hans Autenburg, she is forced to endure a life of torture. After years of experiments, her human form is altered into a creature that goes against the laws of nature. With her memory completely erased, Lisa is transformed into Lilith. Her bonded mate, Kenneth Craven desperately searches for Lisa for years. But when their telepathic connection is severed he losses all hope of locating her and his unborn twins.
Dr. Kenneth Craven - He is a Breedline and an orthopedic surgeon at the San Franciso General Hospital. He's also Tessa Fairchild and Steven Pasquale's biological father.
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and 2 member cents. BREEDLINE - A species of humans that have the ability to change from human form into a wolf. They are not like the old legend of the Lycanthropy myth. Breedline species can shift into their wolf at will. The moon has no power over them. They do not pass their ability to other humans with a bite or scratch like the Lycanthropy myth.
The Breedline gene is passed down to offsprings that are born identical twins. Although they live amongst human, their species must be kept secret.
In wolf form, they have super strength, speed, and heightened senses. Compared to humans, Breedlines have tremendous advantages when it comes to health. Their bodies heal fast and are not subject to illnesses or diseases. The only thing that slows their healing process is silver. It is their Kryptonite. Besides old age, a silver bullet to the brain is the only thing deadly to the species.
All males change into their wolf at the age of eighteen. Females do not go through the change until they make love to their Breedline bonded mate.
BREEDLINE TWINS - Identical twins that are born from either one or both parents of the Breedline species. They have a strong, unbreakable bond from birth, are born with telepathic abilities, and have the power to sense the other's emotions or injuries. In some cases, the bond between twins are so strong that if one dies, the other twin may pass on, especially if they don't have a mate.
BREEDLINE BONDING - The male Breedline spends their life in search of their bonded mate. When the male comes in contact with her, he instantly feels a simultaneous, desirable attraction and she becomes the most important thing in his life. He is there to love, protect, and cherish her until death. Once they are mated, they bond for life. It is possible for them to have more than one mate in their lifespan.
BELOVED - A word used by a Breedline to express the bond to their mate.
DOUBLE BONDED - In some cases, male Breedline twins bond with the same female, but one will carry a stronger bond. Usually one of them must sacrifice for the other twin.
BREEDLINE COVENANT - The Breedline species must live within the boundaries of a Covenant, which is only formed with their species. The Covenant is governed and ruled by a head council. The council keeps their laws in order and oversees the species population.
THE BREEDLINE QUEEN - Over centuries the Breedline Covenant is ruled by a true Queen. If there is no Queen living, the Covenants are governed by an appointed head council until another Queen is born. A Breedline Queen is born once every one hundred years. Her massive stature, black fur, and red eyes are the Queen's trademarks. Her alpha wolf has twice the strength, speed, and size of any Breedline. The Queen is expected to rule over all the Breedline Covenants where she will be respected and obeyed by all Breedline. This is their absolute True Law.
THE QUEENS RING - This ring has been passed down to all Breedline Queens for generations. When the new Queen places the ring on, it instantly shifts in size to fit her finger.
TRUE LAW - All Breedline Covenants have an ancient book of laws. If either sex disobeys the Breedline laws, they can be shunned, or no longer protected by their Covenant. If a Breedline takes another life out of revenge, or evil - other than protecting their life, and the life of another - they will never have the ability to shift back human and cast out as a rogue wolf.
ROGUE WOLF - A Breedline shunned by their Covenant for taking another life out of revenge or evil and forced to live as a wolf until death without the ability to change human again. Some rogue wolves form into packs, which can be dangerous for other Breedline species.
RED (BLOOD) MOON - When the full moon passes through the amber shadow of the earth, producing a midnight eclipse visible across North America. So begins a lunar eclipse tetrad, a series of four consecutive total eclipses occurring at approximately six-month intervals. This incredible light beams into the heart of earth's shadow, filling it with a coppery glow and transforming the moon into a great red orb. During this time, all Breedline species that are mated have a strong desire to create an offspring. This is also a time when Breedline females are more fertile for the conception of twins.
CHIANG-SHIH DEMON (Kiang shi, a.k.a Ramael Arminius) - An ancient demon that inhabits the body of a Breedline fetus before it's born, or during a Breedline's death. It continues to take the soul over the natural lifespan of the child, or the deceased Breedline. When the demon possesses a fetus, it breaks the bonding and telepathic abilities of their twin when they are born. If the demon possesses a deceased Breedline's body, it must do so before the soul passes on. If the soul is not intact, the body will soon die.
In most cases, the Chiang-shih demon will take the life of the other twin, even before their birth. The twin that is born with the demon will bring only evil to whomever they encounter. Their sole purpose is to gain full control of another soul and seek world domination.
There are two ways the demon is cast from the soul it possesses: by its first-born son, and the Angel of Mercy, Zadkiel. The Beast is the only one who can kill a Chiang-shih demon.
THE BEAST - He is the second born son of the Chiang-shih demon. When provoked into a rage, he will shift into his Beast instead of his Breedline wolf. The Beast is an enormous, dangerous two-footed creature that has wolf-like features. One bite has enough venom to kill the Chiang-shih demon and leave the soul of the person the demon possessed unharmed.
SHADOW WALKER (a.k.a Shadow Figure, or Black Mass) - The perception of a patch of shadow as a living, humanoid figure, particularly interpreted by the Breedline as the presence of a malevolent entity. When a Breedline species dies and does not pass on to the other side, they are left to roam the earth as a shadow of themselves - a ghost. They will not pass on until they have settled unfinished business before their death.
ZADKIEL (Tzadqiel, a.k.a "Righteousness of God") - The Archangel of freedom, benevolence, and mercy, and the Patron Angel of all who forgives. Breedline species tradition considers him to be the Angel of Mercy.
SUCCUBUS (a.k.a CREEPERS) - Creatures that search for, and feeds off the blood of the Breedline species. Creepers are skilled at extreme sexual pleasure, and the ecstasy they create is exceedingly intense and highly addictive. They cast off a scent that hypnotizes Breedlines into overwhelming sexual urges. They use their human-like bodies and beautiful features to control and influence their thoughts.
They have the ability to reach into the Breedline's mind during sleep, casting a spell of dreams about sexual contact, or intercourse. And one much less obvious manifestation of Creepers is nightmares - realistic, graphic, terrifying nightmares that rob the Breedline of sleep. Over a period, it can lead to severe fatigue and depression, leaving them emotionally and spiritually drained. Death can occur if they completely take over the Breedline's body.
HALF-BREED - This species is born with the genes from both Breedline and succubus. They can bond with either a full-blood Breedline or another half-breed. They do not have the ability to change into the Breedline wolf, but they do need blood from them to survive. With the power to hypnotize, most Breedlines have minimal respect and credence toward the half-breed species.
WICCA (or Wise One) - According to the Breedline species, a Wicca is the goddess of magic, witchcraft, the night, moon, ghosts, and necromancy. A Wicca is also considered to be a demonic spirit. It is unclear to the Breedline if they act under the orders of the devil, or they are simply not understood and treated as outcasts. They have the ability to do white magic (good) or dark (evil).
GUARDIANS (a.k.a Spirits of the Forest) - They originated during the Middle Ages with the purpose of protecting all creatures, especially the Breedline, from the destruction of any creation made by a dark Wicca. They have the ability to stay invisible with the power to move through any barrier and over any distance instantly.
THERIOMORPH - This species is born with the genes of a Breedline, but do not have the ability to change into a Breedline wolf. They shape shift into an enormous black panther. They possess powers of mind manipulation and random visions of the future. They must use the drug dopamine to suppress their urges. Their eye color shifts into a glowing lavender when their Theriomorph nature takes over. The Breedline see them as a threat to their species.
ADALWOLF - A species that has the power to shift from their human form into a beautiful creature, three times the size, resembling half man and half wolf. Born with super-strength, they can move from one place to another in supernatural speed. Their eyes take on the appearance of two-shimmering diamonds. With the power to regenerate their own cells, an Adalwolf will stop aging at thirty. The moon has no power over them. And an Adalwolf is immune to silver. They can bond with any species.
Jace Chamberlain (a.k.a The Beast) - He is a Breedline species which later discovers his birth father - who is possessed by the Chiang-shih demon - murdered his mother when he and his twin brother were four years old. Raised by their new foster family and their uncle Jacks, he later discovers he was born with a curse of the Beast. With the help of his twin brother Jem, and his bonded mate Tessa, they help him cope with his rage to keep the Beast at bay. He's an IT engineer and is the lead singer and plays acoustic guitar in the band Chaos.
Jem Chamberlain (a.k.a The Chosen Son) - He is a Breedline species and Jace's twin brother. He carries the gene of the Chiang-shih demon that gives him the power to create a portal, and a force of electric energy used as a weapon and other powers he discovers later. His bonded mate is Mia Blackwood, and he's an IT engineer and the drummer in the band Chaos.
Tessa Fairchild - She was born into the human world and later discovers she's a Breedline. Abandoned by her parents, she was raised by her Aunt and Uncle without the knowledge of being born a twin. After she meets Jace, they become bonded mates. During her first change into her Breedline wolf, she is the new Breedline Queen. She is an inspiring artist.
Dr. John and Sarah Chamberlain - They are Jace, Jem and Cassie's adoptive human parents. They are physicians in a children's unit, and also donates their time to the emergency center.
Chester and Amelia Ewan - They are called Guardians - a species originated during the Middle Ages with the purpose of protecting all creatures, especially the Breedline from the destruction of any creation made by a dark Wiccan.
Jackson Gray - He is Jace and Jem's biological uncle - Katlyn Gray's older brother. Although he carries the gene of the Breedline, he does not shift into a wolf. Only Breedlines born with an identical twin have the ability to change into their wolf. He's a medical supply pilot.
Mia Blackwood - She is a half-breed and Jem's bonded mate. Abandoned at birth and raised in human foster care, she later finds her twin sister, Eve.
EVE - She is a half-breed and Sebastian's bonded mate. Growing up in human foster care, she spent her entire childhood abused until Sebastian saves her. Scorned from her past, she lashes out in anger, living a life of crime later to discover her twin sister, Mia Blackwood. After realizing the Chiang-shih demon possesses Sebastian, Eve clings to the past in hopes of reuniting with her beloved. Now that Sebastian is finally free of the demon, she has trust issues, worried he has an alternative plan for their sons.
Sebastian Crow - He is a half-breed, and Eve's bonded mate. After he had been killed by Jace in self- defense, he was possessed by the Chiang-shih demon after the Angel of Mercy cast him out of Alexander's body. As he tried to portray Sebastian's life, Eve finally figured out his secret. Keeping her captive only to survive on her blood, he later develops feelings for her. The demon creates a death army, determined to dominate the world and unleash his wrath among humans and the Breedline. Now free from the demon, he is determined to reunite with his beloved Eve who is kept prisoner by the Breedline Covenant awaiting trial for her past crimes against them.
Alexander Crest - He is a Breedline who was possessed by the Chiang-shih demon before birth. Murdering his family, Alexander kidnapped his twin's bonded mate, Katlyn Gray. Keeping her prisoner against her will, she becomes pregnant with his twins. As she managed to escape before she gave birth, Alexander eventually kills her in a fit of rage. Returning for his chosen son twenty-two years later, he is determined to convince him to join his army. After the battle between the Breedline, the demon is finally cast out of Alexander setting his soul free. For the demon's past crimes, Alexander is pardoned and must reside in the Breedline Covenant. Praying for forgiveness, he reunites with his twin sons, Jace and Jem. As he fights to keep his new family safe, romance blossoms with Dr. Helen Carrington.
Tim Ross - He is a Breedline species and head council of the California Covenant. Angel, his bonded mate - who is a half-breed - has Tim's daughter they named Natalie, after her sister.
Angel - She is a half-breed and Tim's bonded mate.
Natalie - She is a half-breed and Tim and Angel's daughter.
Kyle Jones - He is a Breedline species that resides in the California Covenant. Having lost his family to a house fire at childhood, his uncle Tim Ross has raised him since. Celina Baldolf is his bonded mate. He's a mechanic and also Jace and Jem's close friend, and plays bass in the rock band Chaos.
Casey Barton - He was born of the Breedline species, and lives in the California Covenant. He was adopted by Tim Ross's brother and carries a deep dark secret, afraid to reveal to the Breedline. He is a clothing model and plays backup bass and keyboards in the band Chaos.
Dr. Helen Carrington - She is a Breedline species and a physician at the California Bates hospital for both Breedlines and humans. Later, she discovers Jace and Jem carry a gene, possibly used for a cure to stop the aging process in her species. After Alexander's demon is banished, he is pardoned for all past crimes and welcomed into the Breedline Covenant. When he meets Helen, they become bonded mates.
Drakon Hexus - He is a Breedline species. At a young age, his first bonded mate was killed by her father. In a rage, he hunts and kills her murderer, breaking the Breedline's True Law. Shunned by his Covenant and forced to live as a rogue wolf, he's promised his humanity back if he joins the Chiang-shih demon's army. After Drakon discovers the demon's plans to destroy all humans and half-breeds, he betrays him and joins forces with the Breedline. As time passes, he bonds with another mate, Cassie Chamberlain.
Cassie Chamberlain - Adopted at age two by Jace and Jem's adopted parents after her mother abandons her. Later, she discovers she is a Breedline species and bonds with the handsome Drakon Hexus. She is a nurse practitioner, specializing in the neonatal intensive care unit.
Celina Baldolf - She is a Breedline species with the power of a Wiccan, but only practices white witchcraft. Her twin sister Taliah - a dark Wicca - murdered their parents when they were twelve years old. Dr. Helen Carrington is their aunt, and Kyle Jones is Celina's Breedline bonded mate. She is an editor for a local publishing company.
Samuel Mercier - He is a Breedline and a council member from France that has secretly turned against his own Covenant to help the Chiang-shih demon. He and his other Breedline traitors go into hiding after the Breedline destroy the demon, desperate to seek revenge against the Covenant.
Fredrick Mercier - He is a Breedline and Samuel Mercier's identical twin. Also, he's a council member from France that has secretly turned against the Covenant to help the Chiang-shih demon.
Corbin Azzo - He is a Breedline and a council member that has turned against the Covenant to help the Chiang-shih demon.
Steven Pasquale (a.k.a Steven Craven) - He inherited the genes of a Breedline and an Adalwolf. He was taken from his mother and forced to endure a life of endless, painful experiments by a German physician's, Dr. Hans Autenburg and Dr. Hubert Crane. Without the knowledge of his real family, Steven finally manages to escape his captors, locating his biological parents and fraternal twin, Tessa Fairchild.
Lisa Wellington (a.k.a Lilith) - She is a Breedline with the gift to heal. After she becomes pregnant with twins, she mysteriously disappears. Taken against her will by Dr. Hans Autenburg, she is forced to endure a life of torture. After years of experiments, her human form is altered into a creature that goes against the laws of nature. With her memory completely erased, Lisa is transformed into Lilith. Her bonded mate, Kenneth Craven desperately searches for Lisa for years. But when their telepathic connection is severed he losses all hope of locating her and his unborn twins.
Dr. Kenneth Craven - He is a Breedline and an orthopedic surgeon at the San Franciso General Hospital. He's also Tessa Fairchild and Steven Pasquale's biological father.
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