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Unleashed Chaos/A Novel of the Breedline series
A chapter in the book Unleashed Chaos
The Battle Begins/Part Two
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.
When Sebastian found Eve’s note she’d left behind telling him good-bye, he was desperate to get her back. But that had to be put on the back burner. Now that the Breedline had their location, Sebastian and his twin brother had no choice but to go with Dr. Crane’s men when they came for Jace and hide out at the research facility where they had taken Tessa and her mother Lilith.
As Dr. Crane forces Jace—who is drugged and chained—to his research facility, he demands him to bring forth his Beast. When Jace refuses to give in, the evil physician orders his men to punish Jace with a whip made of silver. Enduring the torture, Jace continues to resist. But when Dr. Crane threatens to harm Tessa, his anger fuels within him, unleashing the Beast. With a compelling desire to save his beloved, the Beast breaks free of his restraints and attacks his enemies.
Continued...
As the sound of the alarm blazed, more guards swarmed inside, quickly reaching for their weapons. Jace’s Beast heard the distinctive sounds of guns firing as bullets whizzed past his head, blasting the back concrete wall. A second round fired, hitting the Beast in the chest as he growled in anger. The wolf in him wanted nothing more than to lunge for their throats.
“Hold your fire!” Dr. Crane ordered as he came in behind the guards. Icy disdain and anger smoldered in his unearthly dark eyes. “I vant him alive!”
Dr. Crane lifted his hand and aimed a tranquilizer gun, but not quickly enough as the Beast rushed forward, knocking the weapon from his hand with one swipe of his enormous paw.
As Dr. Crane staggered back, hatred blazed in the Beast’s red-hot glare as his blood surged volcanically in his veins. The Beast’s heart was as hard as steel, having been forged and tempered by the doctor’s threats against his beloved. The Beast lowered his head until he was face-to-face with the physician, curling back his upper lip as a growl formed at the back of his throat.
****
Tim and the others were in position while Jem and Steven took the lead. Jem’s nostrils flared, and his hand was steady as he held it up in silent readiness. As Tim gave him the signal, Jem launched a blazing ball of fire right out of his palm. When it made contact, it looked like a bomb had gone off throughout the front entry of the facility.
As they burst inside and quickly scanned the interior, passing downed guards, Drakon stopped long enough to snatch a security card from one of them.
“This will take less time,” Drakon said, holding up the ID, and added, “provided it works.”
“We don’t have much time,” Tim said. “This is where we split up.” Shifting his focus on Kyle and then toward Casey, he said, “I’m counting on you two to find Tessa and her mother. Use your radio to stay in contact.”
Drakon tossed the security card to Kyle. “You’ll need this to get to Tessa and her mother,” Drakon said as Kyle reached up and caught it. “The rest of us can just blast our way in.”
Kyle nodded and took off with Casey following close behind, ignoring Drakon as he ordered them to be cautious.
****
The Beast was ready to snap Dr. Crane’s throat with his dagger-sized canines when a tremendous impact rocked the facility, as though an asteroid had suddenly crashed to earth. A portion of the ceiling came crashing from above, nearly hitting the Beast, and electric lights shattered in an explosion of glass and sparks. Only the glow of a few synthetic fluorescent tubes lit the room, casting flickering shadows on the Beast and his captors.
All the guards had hit the floor while Dr. Crane managed to get to his knees, crawling toward the open door. As he moved to his feet, his voice echoed over a radio, “Release the hybrids!”
As much as the Beast longed to test his claws against human flesh, remembering the scalding bite of their whip, something else drove him forward. It was some kind of driving force he could not comprehend when visions of Tessa came to mind. Moving past the guards, he dropped onto all fours and raced ahead. The very walls seemed to rumble angrily around him while he bolted into a long hallway, putting as much distance as possible between himself and his enemies.
A bitter expression came over Dr. Crane’s face when he saw the Beast making his way across the wide-open area that was the heart of the facility. Out of the corner of his eye, he caught sight of dust falling from above. Without hesitation, he dropped to the floor, shielding his head as the ceiling collapsed all around him.
****
Kyle and Casey moved slowly down a hallway, each facing a different direction. Coming to an open doorway, they stopped to clear the room but were frustrated to find it empty.
“Damn it,” Kyle said into his radio. “We’re coming up with nothing. What about the rest of you?”
As Kyle’s voice came over the radio, Tim and the others quickly ducked around a corner while bullets zinged by them and kicked up plaster from the walls. “We’re making our way to the opposite side of the facility as fast as we can,” Tim relayed. “Keep looking, Kyle. Tessa has to be somewhere in this place.”
“Roger that.” There was a brief pause, and then Kyle said, “Don’t worry, Tim. We won’t stop looking until we find her.”
“I know you will,” Tim murmured.
“Stay low,” Jem warned as he peered around the corner, aiming his palm and blasted another fire bomb taking down several targets ahead.
“Let’s keep moving,” Tim directed.
They continued their path down a corridor, finding evidence of Jem’s destruction along the way until they came to a locked door with a small window in the center. Drakon motioned everyone aside as he prepared to kick it in, but instead, he called out, “Get down!”
Something immense and heavy thundered from inside like the sound of a stampede of onrushing bulls. Drakon flung himself out of the way, and the others hit the floor in the nick of time as the door burst inward, falling off its screeching hinges and slammed several feet away. Hybrids stormed through the open doorway in tremendous numbers, barely missing them.
A chorus of fierce howls rang out, and hybrids tore past them, their focus locked solely on the path ahead. The wolves were close enough to slay them in an instant before they could finish shifting into their Breedline forms.
Steven shuddered at the sound, and the others listened carefully, realizing there was a faint noise, coming from the opposite direction. Tim exchanged glances with Drakon. Was it just their imagination or was there a familiar pitch to the roar echoing in the near distance? As Tim strained his ears to hear over the howling hybrids, the shrilling sound moved closer, and he recognized it as Jace’s Beast.
****
Kyle could sense the tension in Tim’s voice and the gunfire over the radio. Kyle was worried about his uncle, and he was frustrated he wouldn’t find Tessa but also afraid of what they’d find if they finally came across her.
“We’ve got to find her,” Kyle said in an agitated voice.
Casey nodded and continued their path through the complex pathways and a maze of secure confinements.
Casey turned in a circle, staring, remembering what he’d seen during his visions of Tessa’s death. Facing a door on the left, he said, “This is it, Kyle. This is the room where they have Tessa!”
Kyle quickly moved past him and swiped the security ID. When the lock clicked, Kyle opened the door. Casey came up beside him and froze as he stared at the images before him. Tessa was lying bound to a thinly padded table, her eyes closed as though she was unconscious and her mother was lying beside her in a clear tube. And she was glowing.
“Oh my God,” Casey gasped.
Kyle bolted forward where Tessa lay and said, “Tessa.” Placing his hand on her shoulder, he gently shook her. “Tessa, can you hear me?”
She didn’t move or even acknowledge him in any way.
Reaching for his radio, Kyle said firmly, “We found Tessa and her mother. I repeat... we found Tessa and her mother. Tim, give us your status.”
A static noise came from the radio, and then Tim’s voice came through. “Go out the front,” he barked. “We’ve got it cleared. Get them as far away from the building as you can. Once we’re all clear, we’re going to blow this place to pieces. I’ll see you then,” he said, his voice growing with sincerity. “Keep Tessa safe.”
It chapped Kyle’s ass to even think about leaving his uncle and the others behind, but they couldn’t carry Tessa and her mother in the line of fire. They had no other choice but to get them out and to safety.
“Roger that,” Kyle relayed. “See you soon.”
Kyle hissed as he ended the connection with his uncle and continued to stare down at Tessa. He only thanked God that it wasn’t Jace who’d found her. He would have gone insane, and there would have been no controlling his temper. “She doesn’t look good, Casey. We’ve got to get her out of here. But how are we going to get her mother out?”
“Get Tessa out of those restraints, and I’ll go see if I can free her mother,” Casey directed.
Casey hurried over to the cylinder tube that held Tessa’s mother where a computer was and began tapping furiously at the keys while Kyle removed Tessa’s restraints.
Placing his ear close to Tessa’s face, Kyle carefully listened for breathing. Looking up at Casey, he said, “She’s breathing, but it’s very faint. We need to get her out of here now.”
“I’m hurrying as fast as I can,” Casey said in frustration, trying to figure out how to free Lilith.
Gently, Kyle reached down and lifted Tessa into his arms. She was limp against him, and her head rolled onto his shoulder.
Suddenly the top of Lilith’s confinement lifted and started to open. Casey backed up and watched as the lid slowly rose, releasing sealed pressure.
A flurry of motion, moving almost faster than the eye could see, was the only warning Casey received before something cold and sharp pressed against his throat. Casey stiffened and felt the hot breath as it brushed against his skin.
Kyle’s eyes widened and found himself besieged from all directions. He was dismayed to see Sebastian holding a knife to Casey’s throat, and his doppelganger close by with a semi-automatic pistol pointed in his direction.
“Not so fast,” Sebastian said in a smug and calculating tone. “You’ve got something that belongs to us.”
With the blade at his throat, not quite drawing blood, but one move, Casey realized, and Sebastian could slit his throat open. Despite the threat, Casey swiftly regained his composure. His face hardened into a stony mask as he felt his Theriomorph awakening, yearning to break free.
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.
When Sebastian found Eve’s note she’d left behind telling him good-bye, he was desperate to get her back. But that had to be put on the back burner. Now that the Breedline had their location, Sebastian and his twin brother had no choice but to go with Dr. Crane’s men when they came for Jace and hide out at the research facility where they had taken Tessa and her mother Lilith.
As Dr. Crane forces Jace—who is drugged and chained—to his research facility, he demands him to bring forth his Beast. When Jace refuses to give in, the evil physician orders his men to punish Jace with a whip made of silver. Enduring the torture, Jace continues to resist. But when Dr. Crane threatens to harm Tessa, his anger fuels within him, unleashing the Beast. With a compelling desire to save his beloved, the Beast breaks free of his restraints and attacks his enemies.
Continued...
As the sound of the alarm blazed, more guards swarmed inside, quickly reaching for their weapons. Jace’s Beast heard the distinctive sounds of guns firing as bullets whizzed past his head, blasting the back concrete wall. A second round fired, hitting the Beast in the chest as he growled in anger. The wolf in him wanted nothing more than to lunge for their throats.
“Hold your fire!” Dr. Crane ordered as he came in behind the guards. Icy disdain and anger smoldered in his unearthly dark eyes. “I vant him alive!”
Dr. Crane lifted his hand and aimed a tranquilizer gun, but not quickly enough as the Beast rushed forward, knocking the weapon from his hand with one swipe of his enormous paw.
As Dr. Crane staggered back, hatred blazed in the Beast’s red-hot glare as his blood surged volcanically in his veins. The Beast’s heart was as hard as steel, having been forged and tempered by the doctor’s threats against his beloved. The Beast lowered his head until he was face-to-face with the physician, curling back his upper lip as a growl formed at the back of his throat.
****
Tim and the others were in position while Jem and Steven took the lead. Jem’s nostrils flared, and his hand was steady as he held it up in silent readiness. As Tim gave him the signal, Jem launched a blazing ball of fire right out of his palm. When it made contact, it looked like a bomb had gone off throughout the front entry of the facility.
As they burst inside and quickly scanned the interior, passing downed guards, Drakon stopped long enough to snatch a security card from one of them.
“This will take less time,” Drakon said, holding up the ID, and added, “provided it works.”
“We don’t have much time,” Tim said. “This is where we split up.” Shifting his focus on Kyle and then toward Casey, he said, “I’m counting on you two to find Tessa and her mother. Use your radio to stay in contact.”
Drakon tossed the security card to Kyle. “You’ll need this to get to Tessa and her mother,” Drakon said as Kyle reached up and caught it. “The rest of us can just blast our way in.”
Kyle nodded and took off with Casey following close behind, ignoring Drakon as he ordered them to be cautious.
****
The Beast was ready to snap Dr. Crane’s throat with his dagger-sized canines when a tremendous impact rocked the facility, as though an asteroid had suddenly crashed to earth. A portion of the ceiling came crashing from above, nearly hitting the Beast, and electric lights shattered in an explosion of glass and sparks. Only the glow of a few synthetic fluorescent tubes lit the room, casting flickering shadows on the Beast and his captors.
All the guards had hit the floor while Dr. Crane managed to get to his knees, crawling toward the open door. As he moved to his feet, his voice echoed over a radio, “Release the hybrids!”
As much as the Beast longed to test his claws against human flesh, remembering the scalding bite of their whip, something else drove him forward. It was some kind of driving force he could not comprehend when visions of Tessa came to mind. Moving past the guards, he dropped onto all fours and raced ahead. The very walls seemed to rumble angrily around him while he bolted into a long hallway, putting as much distance as possible between himself and his enemies.
A bitter expression came over Dr. Crane’s face when he saw the Beast making his way across the wide-open area that was the heart of the facility. Out of the corner of his eye, he caught sight of dust falling from above. Without hesitation, he dropped to the floor, shielding his head as the ceiling collapsed all around him.
****
Kyle and Casey moved slowly down a hallway, each facing a different direction. Coming to an open doorway, they stopped to clear the room but were frustrated to find it empty.
“Damn it,” Kyle said into his radio. “We’re coming up with nothing. What about the rest of you?”
As Kyle’s voice came over the radio, Tim and the others quickly ducked around a corner while bullets zinged by them and kicked up plaster from the walls. “We’re making our way to the opposite side of the facility as fast as we can,” Tim relayed. “Keep looking, Kyle. Tessa has to be somewhere in this place.”
“Roger that.” There was a brief pause, and then Kyle said, “Don’t worry, Tim. We won’t stop looking until we find her.”
“I know you will,” Tim murmured.
“Stay low,” Jem warned as he peered around the corner, aiming his palm and blasted another fire bomb taking down several targets ahead.
“Let’s keep moving,” Tim directed.
They continued their path down a corridor, finding evidence of Jem’s destruction along the way until they came to a locked door with a small window in the center. Drakon motioned everyone aside as he prepared to kick it in, but instead, he called out, “Get down!”
Something immense and heavy thundered from inside like the sound of a stampede of onrushing bulls. Drakon flung himself out of the way, and the others hit the floor in the nick of time as the door burst inward, falling off its screeching hinges and slammed several feet away. Hybrids stormed through the open doorway in tremendous numbers, barely missing them.
A chorus of fierce howls rang out, and hybrids tore past them, their focus locked solely on the path ahead. The wolves were close enough to slay them in an instant before they could finish shifting into their Breedline forms.
Steven shuddered at the sound, and the others listened carefully, realizing there was a faint noise, coming from the opposite direction. Tim exchanged glances with Drakon. Was it just their imagination or was there a familiar pitch to the roar echoing in the near distance? As Tim strained his ears to hear over the howling hybrids, the shrilling sound moved closer, and he recognized it as Jace’s Beast.
****
Kyle could sense the tension in Tim’s voice and the gunfire over the radio. Kyle was worried about his uncle, and he was frustrated he wouldn’t find Tessa but also afraid of what they’d find if they finally came across her.
“We’ve got to find her,” Kyle said in an agitated voice.
Casey nodded and continued their path through the complex pathways and a maze of secure confinements.
Casey turned in a circle, staring, remembering what he’d seen during his visions of Tessa’s death. Facing a door on the left, he said, “This is it, Kyle. This is the room where they have Tessa!”
Kyle quickly moved past him and swiped the security ID. When the lock clicked, Kyle opened the door. Casey came up beside him and froze as he stared at the images before him. Tessa was lying bound to a thinly padded table, her eyes closed as though she was unconscious and her mother was lying beside her in a clear tube. And she was glowing.
“Oh my God,” Casey gasped.
Kyle bolted forward where Tessa lay and said, “Tessa.” Placing his hand on her shoulder, he gently shook her. “Tessa, can you hear me?”
She didn’t move or even acknowledge him in any way.
Reaching for his radio, Kyle said firmly, “We found Tessa and her mother. I repeat... we found Tessa and her mother. Tim, give us your status.”
A static noise came from the radio, and then Tim’s voice came through. “Go out the front,” he barked. “We’ve got it cleared. Get them as far away from the building as you can. Once we’re all clear, we’re going to blow this place to pieces. I’ll see you then,” he said, his voice growing with sincerity. “Keep Tessa safe.”
It chapped Kyle’s ass to even think about leaving his uncle and the others behind, but they couldn’t carry Tessa and her mother in the line of fire. They had no other choice but to get them out and to safety.
“Roger that,” Kyle relayed. “See you soon.”
Kyle hissed as he ended the connection with his uncle and continued to stare down at Tessa. He only thanked God that it wasn’t Jace who’d found her. He would have gone insane, and there would have been no controlling his temper. “She doesn’t look good, Casey. We’ve got to get her out of here. But how are we going to get her mother out?”
“Get Tessa out of those restraints, and I’ll go see if I can free her mother,” Casey directed.
Casey hurried over to the cylinder tube that held Tessa’s mother where a computer was and began tapping furiously at the keys while Kyle removed Tessa’s restraints.
Placing his ear close to Tessa’s face, Kyle carefully listened for breathing. Looking up at Casey, he said, “She’s breathing, but it’s very faint. We need to get her out of here now.”
“I’m hurrying as fast as I can,” Casey said in frustration, trying to figure out how to free Lilith.
Gently, Kyle reached down and lifted Tessa into his arms. She was limp against him, and her head rolled onto his shoulder.
Suddenly the top of Lilith’s confinement lifted and started to open. Casey backed up and watched as the lid slowly rose, releasing sealed pressure.
A flurry of motion, moving almost faster than the eye could see, was the only warning Casey received before something cold and sharp pressed against his throat. Casey stiffened and felt the hot breath as it brushed against his skin.
Kyle’s eyes widened and found himself besieged from all directions. He was dismayed to see Sebastian holding a knife to Casey’s throat, and his doppelganger close by with a semi-automatic pistol pointed in his direction.
“Not so fast,” Sebastian said in a smug and calculating tone. “You’ve got something that belongs to us.”
With the blade at his throat, not quite drawing blood, but one move, Casey realized, and Sebastian could slit his throat open. Despite the threat, Casey swiftly regained his composure. His face hardened into a stony mask as he felt his Theriomorph awakening, yearning to break free.
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.
When Sebastian found Eve’s note she’d left behind telling him good-bye, he was desperate to get her back. But that had to be put on the back burner. Now that the Breedline had their location, Sebastian and his twin brother had no choice but to go with Dr. Crane’s men when they came for Jace and hide out at the research facility where they had taken Tessa and her mother Lilith.
As Dr. Crane forces Jace—who is drugged and chained—to his research facility, he demands him to bring forth his Beast. When Jace refuses to give in, the evil physician orders his men to punish Jace with a whip made of silver. Enduring the torture, Jace continues to resist. But when Dr. Crane threatens to harm Tessa, his anger fuels within him, unleashing the Beast. With a compelling desire to save his beloved, the Beast breaks free of his restraints and attacks his enemies.
Continued...
As the sound of the alarm blazed, more guards swarmed inside, quickly reaching for their weapons. Jace’s Beast heard the distinctive sounds of guns firing as bullets whizzed past his head, blasting the back concrete wall. A second round fired, hitting the Beast in the chest as he growled in anger. The wolf in him wanted nothing more than to lunge for their throats.
“Hold your fire!” Dr. Crane ordered as he came in behind the guards. Icy disdain and anger smoldered in his unearthly dark eyes. “I vant him alive!”
Dr. Crane lifted his hand and aimed a tranquilizer gun, but not quickly enough as the Beast rushed forward, knocking the weapon from his hand with one swipe of his enormous paw.
As Dr. Crane staggered back, hatred blazed in the Beast’s red-hot glare as his blood surged volcanically in his veins. The Beast’s heart was as hard as steel, having been forged and tempered by the doctor’s threats against his beloved. The Beast lowered his head until he was face-to-face with the physician, curling back his upper lip as a growl formed at the back of his throat.
****
Tim and the others were in position while Jem and Steven took the lead. Jem’s nostrils flared, and his hand was steady as he held it up in silent readiness. As Tim gave him the signal, Jem launched a blazing ball of fire right out of his palm. When it made contact, it looked like a bomb had gone off throughout the front entry of the facility.
As they burst inside and quickly scanned the interior, passing downed guards, Drakon stopped long enough to snatch a security card from one of them.
“This will take less time,” Drakon said, holding up the ID, and added, “provided it works.”
“We don’t have much time,” Tim said. “This is where we split up.” Shifting his focus on Kyle and then toward Casey, he said, “I’m counting on you two to find Tessa and her mother. Use your radio to stay in contact.”
Drakon tossed the security card to Kyle. “You’ll need this to get to Tessa and her mother,” Drakon said as Kyle reached up and caught it. “The rest of us can just blast our way in.”
Kyle nodded and took off with Casey following close behind, ignoring Drakon as he ordered them to be cautious.
****
The Beast was ready to snap Dr. Crane’s throat with his dagger-sized canines when a tremendous impact rocked the facility, as though an asteroid had suddenly crashed to earth. A portion of the ceiling came crashing from above, nearly hitting the Beast, and electric lights shattered in an explosion of glass and sparks. Only the glow of a few synthetic fluorescent tubes lit the room, casting flickering shadows on the Beast and his captors.
All the guards had hit the floor while Dr. Crane managed to get to his knees, crawling toward the open door. As he moved to his feet, his voice echoed over a radio, “Release the hybrids!”
As much as the Beast longed to test his claws against human flesh, remembering the scalding bite of their whip, something else drove him forward. It was some kind of driving force he could not comprehend when visions of Tessa came to mind. Moving past the guards, he dropped onto all fours and raced ahead. The very walls seemed to rumble angrily around him while he bolted into a long hallway, putting as much distance as possible between himself and his enemies.
A bitter expression came over Dr. Crane’s face when he saw the Beast making his way across the wide-open area that was the heart of the facility. Out of the corner of his eye, he caught sight of dust falling from above. Without hesitation, he dropped to the floor, shielding his head as the ceiling collapsed all around him.
****
Kyle and Casey moved slowly down a hallway, each facing a different direction. Coming to an open doorway, they stopped to clear the room but were frustrated to find it empty.
“Damn it,” Kyle said into his radio. “We’re coming up with nothing. What about the rest of you?”
As Kyle’s voice came over the radio, Tim and the others quickly ducked around a corner while bullets zinged by them and kicked up plaster from the walls. “We’re making our way to the opposite side of the facility as fast as we can,” Tim relayed. “Keep looking, Kyle. Tessa has to be somewhere in this place.”
“Roger that.” There was a brief pause, and then Kyle said, “Don’t worry, Tim. We won’t stop looking until we find her.”
“I know you will,” Tim murmured.
“Stay low,” Jem warned as he peered around the corner, aiming his palm and blasted another fire bomb taking down several targets ahead.
“Let’s keep moving,” Tim directed.
They continued their path down a corridor, finding evidence of Jem’s destruction along the way until they came to a locked door with a small window in the center. Drakon motioned everyone aside as he prepared to kick it in, but instead, he called out, “Get down!”
Something immense and heavy thundered from inside like the sound of a stampede of onrushing bulls. Drakon flung himself out of the way, and the others hit the floor in the nick of time as the door burst inward, falling off its screeching hinges and slammed several feet away. Hybrids stormed through the open doorway in tremendous numbers, barely missing them.
A chorus of fierce howls rang out, and hybrids tore past them, their focus locked solely on the path ahead. The wolves were close enough to slay them in an instant before they could finish shifting into their Breedline forms.
Steven shuddered at the sound, and the others listened carefully, realizing there was a faint noise, coming from the opposite direction. Tim exchanged glances with Drakon. Was it just their imagination or was there a familiar pitch to the roar echoing in the near distance? As Tim strained his ears to hear over the howling hybrids, the shrilling sound moved closer, and he recognized it as Jace’s Beast.
****
Kyle could sense the tension in Tim’s voice and the gunfire over the radio. Kyle was worried about his uncle, and he was frustrated he wouldn’t find Tessa but also afraid of what they’d find if they finally came across her.
“We’ve got to find her,” Kyle said in an agitated voice.
Casey nodded and continued their path through the complex pathways and a maze of secure confinements.
Casey turned in a circle, staring, remembering what he’d seen during his visions of Tessa’s death. Facing a door on the left, he said, “This is it, Kyle. This is the room where they have Tessa!”
Kyle quickly moved past him and swiped the security ID. When the lock clicked, Kyle opened the door. Casey came up beside him and froze as he stared at the images before him. Tessa was lying bound to a thinly padded table, her eyes closed as though she was unconscious and her mother was lying beside her in a clear tube. And she was glowing.
“Oh my God,” Casey gasped.
Kyle bolted forward where Tessa lay and said, “Tessa.” Placing his hand on her shoulder, he gently shook her. “Tessa, can you hear me?”
She didn’t move or even acknowledge him in any way.
Reaching for his radio, Kyle said firmly, “We found Tessa and her mother. I repeat... we found Tessa and her mother. Tim, give us your status.”
A static noise came from the radio, and then Tim’s voice came through. “Go out the front,” he barked. “We’ve got it cleared. Get them as far away from the building as you can. Once we’re all clear, we’re going to blow this place to pieces. I’ll see you then,” he said, his voice growing with sincerity. “Keep Tessa safe.”
It chapped Kyle’s ass to even think about leaving his uncle and the others behind, but they couldn’t carry Tessa and her mother in the line of fire. They had no other choice but to get them out and to safety.
“Roger that,” Kyle relayed. “See you soon.”
Kyle hissed as he ended the connection with his uncle and continued to stare down at Tessa. He only thanked God that it wasn’t Jace who’d found her. He would have gone insane, and there would have been no controlling his temper. “She doesn’t look good, Casey. We’ve got to get her out of here. But how are we going to get her mother out?”
“Get Tessa out of those restraints, and I’ll go see if I can free her mother,” Casey directed.
Casey hurried over to the cylinder tube that held Tessa’s mother where a computer was and began tapping furiously at the keys while Kyle removed Tessa’s restraints.
Placing his ear close to Tessa’s face, Kyle carefully listened for breathing. Looking up at Casey, he said, “She’s breathing, but it’s very faint. We need to get her out of here now.”
“I’m hurrying as fast as I can,” Casey said in frustration, trying to figure out how to free Lilith.
Gently, Kyle reached down and lifted Tessa into his arms. She was limp against him, and her head rolled onto his shoulder.
Suddenly the top of Lilith’s confinement lifted and started to open. Casey backed up and watched as the lid slowly rose, releasing sealed pressure.
A flurry of motion, moving almost faster than the eye could see, was the only warning Casey received before something cold and sharp pressed against his throat. Casey stiffened and felt the hot breath as it brushed against his skin.
Kyle’s eyes widened and found himself besieged from all directions. He was dismayed to see Sebastian holding a knife to Casey’s throat, and his doppelganger close by with a semi-automatic pistol pointed in his direction.
“Not so fast,” Sebastian said in a smug and calculating tone. “You’ve got something that belongs to us.”
With the blade at his throat, not quite drawing blood, but one move, Casey realized, and Sebastian could slit his throat open. Despite the threat, Casey swiftly regained his composure. His face hardened into a stony mask as he felt his Theriomorph awakening, yearning to break free.
To be continued...
NOTE: This is not part of the chapter. A reference for 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 offspring that are born identical twins. Although they live amongst humans, 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 one 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 will be 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 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 firstborn son, and by 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 forgive. 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.
Jace Chamberlain (a.k.a The Beast) - He is a Breedline species who later discovers that 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 - (a.k.a The Breedline Queen) - 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.
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.
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.
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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 offspring that are born identical twins. Although they live amongst humans, 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 one 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 will be 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 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 firstborn son, and by 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 forgive. 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.
Jace Chamberlain (a.k.a The Beast) - He is a Breedline species who later discovers that 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 - (a.k.a The Breedline Queen) - 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.
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.
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.
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