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Unleashed Chaos/A Novel of the Breedline series
A chapter in the book Unleashed Chaos
Death Whispers/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.
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. Managing to elude the Beast’s attack, Dr. Crane orders his hybrids to be released.
As Casey and Kyle finally find Tessa—who is unconscious and barely breathing—and her mother Lilith—who appears unconscious inside a plastic, cylinder tube—Sebastian and Thomas catch them off guard. With a gun held to Kyle’s head, and a knife to Casey’s throat, time is ticking as the rest of the Breedline fight in battle alongside the Beast against the hybrids.
When Lilith comes around, she is furious at the sight of her daughter Tessa—who is unconscious—and demands answers. Angered by Thomas’s weakness, Sebastian rats his own brother out and confirms his connection with Dr. Hubert Crane. As Thomas begs Lilith for forgiveness, gunfire blasts from outside the room, catching Thomas in the crossfire.
With rage burning in her veins, Lilith is determined to put an end to Dr. Hubert Crane for all the evil he has brought upon the her and others. Now that Thomas is dead, Sebastian conjures a portal and takes Lilith to confront the evil physician.
Finally, Lilith puts an end to Dr. Crane, and Kyle and Casey gets Tessa—who is still unconscious—to safety outside the facility.
Continued...
Avoiding potential dangers, Kyle and Casey cautiously went back inside the facility, transfixed by what they saw ahead. A brilliant flash of light exploded as Sebastian vanished into thin air.
“Damn it!” Kyle barked in the aftermath. “That bastard got away again!”
The two of them took off and burst into the center of the facility only to stop in their tracks. On the far side of the room, Steven was kneeling on the floor next to Lisa’s lifeless body, sobbing into his hands. Kyle and Casey exchanged a despairing glance.
Drakon and Tim were utterly silent until Kyle and Casey came into their field of vision. As Tim motioned them over, a sense of doom was triggered within him, especially after Sebastian managed to elude his punishment once again by escaping, slipping away through a portal.
Tim looked over at Kyle. “Tell me... is Tessa alive?”
“It’s not good,” Kyle told him, shaking his head. “Jem took Jace and Tessa back to the Covenant. They’re taking her to Helen,” he paused, releasing a sigh. “There might be something wrong with the babies. She was bleeding...”
“Christ,” Tim said, scrubbing a hand through his short trimmed hair.
“Besides Sebastian escaping through a portal,” Casey said to Drakon, “what happened here?”
“It’s a long story, but we managed to take out Dr. Crane, all his hybrids and most of his men,” Drakon explained. “Unfortunately, Steven and Tessa’s mother was fatally injured.”
“Couldn’t Steven heal her?” Kyle queried.
“Steven and his mother’s powers are not strong enough to heal a fatal wound,” Tim said.
Drakon shook his head. “Believe it or not, Sebastian took a bullet for her.”
Kyle’s eyes widened. “What?”
Casey raised his brows. “No way! That bastard wouldn’t take a bullet for his own kids, much less anyone else.”
“Yeah, I know,” Drakon said. “I wouldn’t believe it either if I hadn’t seen it with my own eyes.”
“It’s hard to explain,” Tim chimed in, “but something happened to him.” He let out a long sigh. “Maybe I’m losing my mind. Anyway, after Sebastian dove in front of Steven’s mother, he was hit in the chest. She healed Sebastian, and—”
“Damn,” Kyle interjected. “That’s awful. I can’t believe she died saving that asshat.”
“Let’s get him back to the Covenant,” Tim said, shifting his focus on Steven and his mother. “We’ll take them both back.”
As Steven wept over his mother, her soul drifted from her body. As it rose, she looked down at her body that was lying motionless on the floor. And then it dawned on her. She was dead... transformed into a shadow walker. Which meant this was her existence from now on: She was to be nothing but a shadow of herself, a ghost that was left to roam the earth.
Watching her son fall apart, Lisa was struck by a raw emotion as tears fell from her eyes. The only way to cross to the other side was to finish what she was put on earth to do. And that was to protect her children—finally reuniting them and setting them free from the evil lurking in the shadows. But to say good-bye to them was going to be painful and bittersweet.
I’ll always love you, son, Lisa said, connecting with Steven telepathically.
Hearing her soft voice, Steven lifted his head. “Mother?”
Tim moved next to Steven and knelt down beside him. “Steven, are you okay?”
Steven didn’t hear a word Tim said because he couldn’t believe what stood before him. It was his mother... sort of. She was floating above him as a ghostly form of herself.
“Steven,” her voice was as soft as a whisper. “Please don’t cry.”
Startled, Tim flinched and looked as if he were going to pass out when Lisa’s soul appeared.
“Is that you?” Steven said hoarsely.
She nodded and reached out to him. “Come to me, son.”
He got up and took her glowing hand. Her flesh felt the same as it had before, warm and delicate.
“I never thought I would see you again,” he said in a voice that cracked.
Lisa closed her eyes and squeezed his hand lightly. “I’ll always be here with you,” she said, placing her hand over his heart. “And I will always love you and your sister.”
“I’m sorry,” he said, his voice laced with tears.
“Sorry for what?”
“I didn’t keep my promise. I didn’t save Tessa. I don’t know if—”
Lisa smiled. “It’s not her time,” she spoke as she started to fade. “Worry not, my son, for her destiny has only yet begun. Just know that I will always be with you.” And then she was gone.
When Tim got to his feet, he placed his palm on Steven’s shoulder for comfort. “Let’s go home—”
Tim was stopped in midsentence as a bright light appeared out of nowhere and interrupted his train of thought.
****
Everything happened so fast. It was like being at the wheel of a race car, all your surroundings whirling by at the speed of lightening: Jem shouting for Dr. Helen Carrington, everyone in the Covenant hurrying downstairs at the sound of his distressed voice, Helen and his sister Cassie rushing into the foyer at a dead run.
Jace stood in the middle of all the chaos with Tessa in his arms and felt helpless as if everything was moving in slow motion. The shock completely overwhelmed him, barely managing to stay on his own two feet. He didn’t remember how long it took to get Tessa down to the examination room. As he looked at everyone around him, their mouths were moving, but nothing was registering like the volume was turned way down.
“Jace put her on the exam table, now,” Helen said frantically.
When he didn’t respond, Helen put her face in front of his. Her lips moved slowly. “Jace, did you hear me?”
His eyes snapped in her direction as if someone had cranked up the volume in his head and everything returned to its normal speed. Moving quickly, he placed Tessa on top of a thinly padded table and looked up at Helen. “Is she going to be okay?”
“She’s lost a lot of blood,” Helen said. “The babies are in distress. I have no choice but to do a C-section.”
“What’s wrong with her?” Jace asked in a shaky voice, barely understandable. “Why won’t she wake up?”
Helen shook her head. “I don’t know Jace.”
Jace squeezed his eyes shut, not wanting to relive the past. He refused to lose Tessa again. Flashbacks of Tessa’s abduction played over and over in his head. The heartache he felt now took him back to when she’d been abducted by Sebastian and raped. In this very room, after they found Tessa, she was lying on the same examination table she was now on. Discovering what Sebastian had done to her had unleashed his Beast for the very first time.
Jace’s heart was in his throat. He couldn’t lose Tessa or their babies. He’d fought too damn hard to get his life back. He wasn’t going to let it all slip away without a fight.
As Tessa’s vital signs suddenly began to crash, Helen barked, “Jace, I need you to stand out of the way.”
Bringing Jace back to reality, he nodded and moved to the far wall, watching as his world fell apart before his own eyes. As he blinked hard, the images in the room came into clear focus. While Cassie started an IV, and Helen came forward with surgical tools and a large incubator, Jace flinched when he felt a hand on his shoulder. “Look at me, Jace,” Jem whispered.
Jace turned toward him, his eyes expressing dread.
“I’ll do everything I can to help,” Jem paused and swallowed the lump in his throat, “if Helen cannot bring her back.”
Jace silently nodded as tears slid down his face. His attention shifted back to Helen when he heard a snapping sound. She was putting on a fresh pair of latex gloves and said, “We’re going in to get the babies out.” She turned around, looking at Jem and then to Jace. “Are you two going to be able to stay in here while I do this? You’re no help if you pass out.”
When they nodded at the same time, Jem’s grip tightened on Jace’s shoulder.
As Cassie rubbed Betadine on Tessa’s rounded belly, Jace had gone utterly pale. He feared for the woman he loved with every breath, and their two unborn children he already cherished, wouldn’t make it through the delivery. Please come back to me, Tessa, he pleaded as Helen placed the scalpel to Tessa’s skin and made an incision.
Moments later, the sound of a baby crying almost brought Jace to his knees.
“He’s got a set of lungs on him,” Helen muttered as she handed the baby to Cassie. “Now, let’s get baby number two.”
Jace anxiously watched as his sister Cassie did a quick examination on his son, bundled the tiny infant in a blanket and carried him over. “Even though he’s a few weeks early, his vital signs are great. Would you like to hold your first born, Jace?”
He offered Cassie a weak smile and reached for his son. “His name is Jem,” Jace whispered.
Before Cassie could open her mouth to reply, Helen called out, “Cassie... I need help with baby number two.”
Cassie quickly took the baby from Helen as she stitched up Tessa.
“Is he okay?” Jace asked, concerned that the baby wasn’t crying.
Cassie worked fast with a suction syringe over the baby’s mouth and nose. Then a high-pitched cry immediately sounded, relieving Jace as he let out a deep breath. After she had wrapped a blanket around him, she handed him to Jem and said, “He’s just fine.”
“Hey there, Jax,” Jem whispered. As he looked down at the miracle in his arms, tears filled his eyes. “You’re a tiny thing. I’m your Uncle, Jem.”
“Cassie, I need your help, now,” Helen said, her voice firm. “Tessa’s hemorrhaging again. I can’t get the bleeding to stop.”
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.
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. Managing to elude the Beast’s attack, Dr. Crane orders his hybrids to be released.
As Casey and Kyle finally find Tessa—who is unconscious and barely breathing—and her mother Lilith—who appears unconscious inside a plastic, cylinder tube—Sebastian and Thomas catch them off guard. With a gun held to Kyle’s head, and a knife to Casey’s throat, time is ticking as the rest of the Breedline fight in battle alongside the Beast against the hybrids.
When Lilith comes around, she is furious at the sight of her daughter Tessa—who is unconscious—and demands answers. Angered by Thomas’s weakness, Sebastian rats his own brother out and confirms his connection with Dr. Hubert Crane. As Thomas begs Lilith for forgiveness, gunfire blasts from outside the room, catching Thomas in the crossfire.
With rage burning in her veins, Lilith is determined to put an end to Dr. Hubert Crane for all the evil he has brought upon the her and others. Now that Thomas is dead, Sebastian conjures a portal and takes Lilith to confront the evil physician.
Finally, Lilith puts an end to Dr. Crane, and Kyle and Casey gets Tessa—who is still unconscious—to safety outside the facility.
Continued...
Avoiding potential dangers, Kyle and Casey cautiously went back inside the facility, transfixed by what they saw ahead. A brilliant flash of light exploded as Sebastian vanished into thin air.
“Damn it!” Kyle barked in the aftermath. “That bastard got away again!”
The two of them took off and burst into the center of the facility only to stop in their tracks. On the far side of the room, Steven was kneeling on the floor next to Lisa’s lifeless body, sobbing into his hands. Kyle and Casey exchanged a despairing glance.
Drakon and Tim were utterly silent until Kyle and Casey came into their field of vision. As Tim motioned them over, a sense of doom was triggered within him, especially after Sebastian managed to elude his punishment once again by escaping, slipping away through a portal.
Tim looked over at Kyle. “Tell me... is Tessa alive?”
“It’s not good,” Kyle told him, shaking his head. “Jem took Jace and Tessa back to the Covenant. They’re taking her to Helen,” he paused, releasing a sigh. “There might be something wrong with the babies. She was bleeding...”
“Christ,” Tim said, scrubbing a hand through his short trimmed hair.
“Besides Sebastian escaping through a portal,” Casey said to Drakon, “what happened here?”
“It’s a long story, but we managed to take out Dr. Crane, all his hybrids and most of his men,” Drakon explained. “Unfortunately, Steven and Tessa’s mother was fatally injured.”
“Couldn’t Steven heal her?” Kyle queried.
“Steven and his mother’s powers are not strong enough to heal a fatal wound,” Tim said.
Drakon shook his head. “Believe it or not, Sebastian took a bullet for her.”
Kyle’s eyes widened. “What?”
Casey raised his brows. “No way! That bastard wouldn’t take a bullet for his own kids, much less anyone else.”
“Yeah, I know,” Drakon said. “I wouldn’t believe it either if I hadn’t seen it with my own eyes.”
“It’s hard to explain,” Tim chimed in, “but something happened to him.” He let out a long sigh. “Maybe I’m losing my mind. Anyway, after Sebastian dove in front of Steven’s mother, he was hit in the chest. She healed Sebastian, and—”
“Damn,” Kyle interjected. “That’s awful. I can’t believe she died saving that asshat.”
“Let’s get him back to the Covenant,” Tim said, shifting his focus on Steven and his mother. “We’ll take them both back.”
As Steven wept over his mother, her soul drifted from her body. As it rose, she looked down at her body that was lying motionless on the floor. And then it dawned on her. She was dead... transformed into a shadow walker. Which meant this was her existence from now on: She was to be nothing but a shadow of herself, a ghost that was left to roam the earth.
Watching her son fall apart, Lisa was struck by a raw emotion as tears fell from her eyes. The only way to cross to the other side was to finish what she was put on earth to do. And that was to protect her children—finally reuniting them and setting them free from the evil lurking in the shadows. But to say good-bye to them was going to be painful and bittersweet.
I’ll always love you, son, Lisa said, connecting with Steven telepathically.
Hearing her soft voice, Steven lifted his head. “Mother?”
Tim moved next to Steven and knelt down beside him. “Steven, are you okay?”
Steven didn’t hear a word Tim said because he couldn’t believe what stood before him. It was his mother... sort of. She was floating above him as a ghostly form of herself.
“Steven,” her voice was as soft as a whisper. “Please don’t cry.”
Startled, Tim flinched and looked as if he were going to pass out when Lisa’s soul appeared.
“Is that you?” Steven said hoarsely.
She nodded and reached out to him. “Come to me, son.”
He got up and took her glowing hand. Her flesh felt the same as it had before, warm and delicate.
“I never thought I would see you again,” he said in a voice that cracked.
Lisa closed her eyes and squeezed his hand lightly. “I’ll always be here with you,” she said, placing her hand over his heart. “And I will always love you and your sister.”
“I’m sorry,” he said, his voice laced with tears.
“Sorry for what?”
“I didn’t keep my promise. I didn’t save Tessa. I don’t know if—”
Lisa smiled. “It’s not her time,” she spoke as she started to fade. “Worry not, my son, for her destiny has only yet begun. Just know that I will always be with you.” And then she was gone.
When Tim got to his feet, he placed his palm on Steven’s shoulder for comfort. “Let’s go home—”
Tim was stopped in midsentence as a bright light appeared out of nowhere and interrupted his train of thought.
****
Everything happened so fast. It was like being at the wheel of a race car, all your surroundings whirling by at the speed of lightening: Jem shouting for Dr. Helen Carrington, everyone in the Covenant hurrying downstairs at the sound of his distressed voice, Helen and his sister Cassie rushing into the foyer at a dead run.
Jace stood in the middle of all the chaos with Tessa in his arms and felt helpless as if everything was moving in slow motion. The shock completely overwhelmed him, barely managing to stay on his own two feet. He didn’t remember how long it took to get Tessa down to the examination room. As he looked at everyone around him, their mouths were moving, but nothing was registering like the volume was turned way down.
“Jace put her on the exam table, now,” Helen said frantically.
When he didn’t respond, Helen put her face in front of his. Her lips moved slowly. “Jace, did you hear me?”
His eyes snapped in her direction as if someone had cranked up the volume in his head and everything returned to its normal speed. Moving quickly, he placed Tessa on top of a thinly padded table and looked up at Helen. “Is she going to be okay?”
“She’s lost a lot of blood,” Helen said. “The babies are in distress. I have no choice but to do a C-section.”
“What’s wrong with her?” Jace asked in a shaky voice, barely understandable. “Why won’t she wake up?”
Helen shook her head. “I don’t know Jace.”
Jace squeezed his eyes shut, not wanting to relive the past. He refused to lose Tessa again. Flashbacks of Tessa’s abduction played over and over in his head. The heartache he felt now took him back to when she’d been abducted by Sebastian and raped. In this very room, after they found Tessa, she was lying on the same examination table she was now on. Discovering what Sebastian had done to her had unleashed his Beast for the very first time.
Jace’s heart was in his throat. He couldn’t lose Tessa or their babies. He’d fought too damn hard to get his life back. He wasn’t going to let it all slip away without a fight.
As Tessa’s vital signs suddenly began to crash, Helen barked, “Jace, I need you to stand out of the way.”
Bringing Jace back to reality, he nodded and moved to the far wall, watching as his world fell apart before his own eyes. As he blinked hard, the images in the room came into clear focus. While Cassie started an IV, and Helen came forward with surgical tools and a large incubator, Jace flinched when he felt a hand on his shoulder. “Look at me, Jace,” Jem whispered.
Jace turned toward him, his eyes expressing dread.
“I’ll do everything I can to help,” Jem paused and swallowed the lump in his throat, “if Helen cannot bring her back.”
Jace silently nodded as tears slid down his face. His attention shifted back to Helen when he heard a snapping sound. She was putting on a fresh pair of latex gloves and said, “We’re going in to get the babies out.” She turned around, looking at Jem and then to Jace. “Are you two going to be able to stay in here while I do this? You’re no help if you pass out.”
When they nodded at the same time, Jem’s grip tightened on Jace’s shoulder.
As Cassie rubbed Betadine on Tessa’s rounded belly, Jace had gone utterly pale. He feared for the woman he loved with every breath, and their two unborn children he already cherished, wouldn’t make it through the delivery. Please come back to me, Tessa, he pleaded as Helen placed the scalpel to Tessa’s skin and made an incision.
Moments later, the sound of a baby crying almost brought Jace to his knees.
“He’s got a set of lungs on him,” Helen muttered as she handed the baby to Cassie. “Now, let’s get baby number two.”
Jace anxiously watched as his sister Cassie did a quick examination on his son, bundled the tiny infant in a blanket and carried him over. “Even though he’s a few weeks early, his vital signs are great. Would you like to hold your first born, Jace?”
He offered Cassie a weak smile and reached for his son. “His name is Jem,” Jace whispered.
Before Cassie could open her mouth to reply, Helen called out, “Cassie... I need help with baby number two.”
Cassie quickly took the baby from Helen as she stitched up Tessa.
“Is he okay?” Jace asked, concerned that the baby wasn’t crying.
Cassie worked fast with a suction syringe over the baby’s mouth and nose. Then a high-pitched cry immediately sounded, relieving Jace as he let out a deep breath. After she had wrapped a blanket around him, she handed him to Jem and said, “He’s just fine.”
“Hey there, Jax,” Jem whispered. As he looked down at the miracle in his arms, tears filled his eyes. “You’re a tiny thing. I’m your Uncle, Jem.”
“Cassie, I need your help, now,” Helen said, her voice firm. “Tessa’s hemorrhaging again. I can’t get the bleeding to stop.”
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.
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. Managing to elude the Beast’s attack, Dr. Crane orders his hybrids to be released.
As Casey and Kyle finally find Tessa—who is unconscious and barely breathing—and her mother Lilith—who appears unconscious inside a plastic, cylinder tube—Sebastian and Thomas catch them off guard. With a gun held to Kyle’s head, and a knife to Casey’s throat, time is ticking as the rest of the Breedline fight in battle alongside the Beast against the hybrids.
When Lilith comes around, she is furious at the sight of her daughter Tessa—who is unconscious—and demands answers. Angered by Thomas’s weakness, Sebastian rats his own brother out and confirms his connection with Dr. Hubert Crane. As Thomas begs Lilith for forgiveness, gunfire blasts from outside the room, catching Thomas in the crossfire.
With rage burning in her veins, Lilith is determined to put an end to Dr. Hubert Crane for all the evil he has brought upon the her and others. Now that Thomas is dead, Sebastian conjures a portal and takes Lilith to confront the evil physician.
Finally, Lilith puts an end to Dr. Crane, and Kyle and Casey gets Tessa—who is still unconscious—to safety outside the facility.
Continued...
Avoiding potential dangers, Kyle and Casey cautiously went back inside the facility, transfixed by what they saw ahead. A brilliant flash of light exploded as Sebastian vanished into thin air.
“Damn it!” Kyle barked in the aftermath. “That bastard got away again!”
The two of them took off and burst into the center of the facility only to stop in their tracks. On the far side of the room, Steven was kneeling on the floor next to Lisa’s lifeless body, sobbing into his hands. Kyle and Casey exchanged a despairing glance.
Drakon and Tim were utterly silent until Kyle and Casey came into their field of vision. As Tim motioned them over, a sense of doom was triggered within him, especially after Sebastian managed to elude his punishment once again by escaping, slipping away through a portal.
Tim looked over at Kyle. “Tell me... is Tessa alive?”
“It’s not good,” Kyle told him, shaking his head. “Jem took Jace and Tessa back to the Covenant. They’re taking her to Helen,” he paused, releasing a sigh. “There might be something wrong with the babies. She was bleeding...”
“Christ,” Tim said, scrubbing a hand through his short trimmed hair.
“Besides Sebastian escaping through a portal,” Casey said to Drakon, “what happened here?”
“It’s a long story, but we managed to take out Dr. Crane, all his hybrids and most of his men,” Drakon explained. “Unfortunately, Steven and Tessa’s mother was fatally injured.”
“Couldn’t Steven heal her?” Kyle queried.
“Steven and his mother’s powers are not strong enough to heal a fatal wound,” Tim said.
Drakon shook his head. “Believe it or not, Sebastian took a bullet for her.”
Kyle’s eyes widened. “What?”
Casey raised his brows. “No way! That bastard wouldn’t take a bullet for his own kids, much less anyone else.”
“Yeah, I know,” Drakon said. “I wouldn’t believe it either if I hadn’t seen it with my own eyes.”
“It’s hard to explain,” Tim chimed in, “but something happened to him.” He let out a long sigh. “Maybe I’m losing my mind. Anyway, after Sebastian dove in front of Steven’s mother, he was hit in the chest. She healed Sebastian, and—”
“Damn,” Kyle interjected. “That’s awful. I can’t believe she died saving that asshat.”
“Let’s get him back to the Covenant,” Tim said, shifting his focus on Steven and his mother. “We’ll take them both back.”
As Steven wept over his mother, her soul drifted from her body. As it rose, she looked down at her body that was lying motionless on the floor. And then it dawned on her. She was dead... transformed into a shadow walker. Which meant this was her existence from now on: She was to be nothing but a shadow of herself, a ghost that was left to roam the earth.
Watching her son fall apart, Lisa was struck by a raw emotion as tears fell from her eyes. The only way to cross to the other side was to finish what she was put on earth to do. And that was to protect her children—finally reuniting them and setting them free from the evil lurking in the shadows. But to say good-bye to them was going to be painful and bittersweet.
I’ll always love you, son, Lisa said, connecting with Steven telepathically.
Hearing her soft voice, Steven lifted his head. “Mother?”
Tim moved next to Steven and knelt down beside him. “Steven, are you okay?”
Steven didn’t hear a word Tim said because he couldn’t believe what stood before him. It was his mother... sort of. She was floating above him as a ghostly form of herself.
“Steven,” her voice was as soft as a whisper. “Please don’t cry.”
Startled, Tim flinched and looked as if he were going to pass out when Lisa’s soul appeared.
“Is that you?” Steven said hoarsely.
She nodded and reached out to him. “Come to me, son.”
He got up and took her glowing hand. Her flesh felt the same as it had before, warm and delicate.
“I never thought I would see you again,” he said in a voice that cracked.
Lisa closed her eyes and squeezed his hand lightly. “I’ll always be here with you,” she said, placing her hand over his heart. “And I will always love you and your sister.”
“I’m sorry,” he said, his voice laced with tears.
“Sorry for what?”
“I didn’t keep my promise. I didn’t save Tessa. I don’t know if—”
Lisa smiled. “It’s not her time,” she spoke as she started to fade. “Worry not, my son, for her destiny has only yet begun. Just know that I will always be with you.” And then she was gone.
When Tim got to his feet, he placed his palm on Steven’s shoulder for comfort. “Let’s go home—”
Tim was stopped in midsentence as a bright light appeared out of nowhere and interrupted his train of thought.
****
Everything happened so fast. It was like being at the wheel of a race car, all your surroundings whirling by at the speed of lightening: Jem shouting for Dr. Helen Carrington, everyone in the Covenant hurrying downstairs at the sound of his distressed voice, Helen and his sister Cassie rushing into the foyer at a dead run.
Jace stood in the middle of all the chaos with Tessa in his arms and felt helpless as if everything was moving in slow motion. The shock completely overwhelmed him, barely managing to stay on his own two feet. He didn’t remember how long it took to get Tessa down to the examination room. As he looked at everyone around him, their mouths were moving, but nothing was registering like the volume was turned way down.
“Jace put her on the exam table, now,” Helen said frantically.
When he didn’t respond, Helen put her face in front of his. Her lips moved slowly. “Jace, did you hear me?”
His eyes snapped in her direction as if someone had cranked up the volume in his head and everything returned to its normal speed. Moving quickly, he placed Tessa on top of a thinly padded table and looked up at Helen. “Is she going to be okay?”
“She’s lost a lot of blood,” Helen said. “The babies are in distress. I have no choice but to do a C-section.”
“What’s wrong with her?” Jace asked in a shaky voice, barely understandable. “Why won’t she wake up?”
Helen shook her head. “I don’t know Jace.”
Jace squeezed his eyes shut, not wanting to relive the past. He refused to lose Tessa again. Flashbacks of Tessa’s abduction played over and over in his head. The heartache he felt now took him back to when she’d been abducted by Sebastian and raped. In this very room, after they found Tessa, she was lying on the same examination table she was now on. Discovering what Sebastian had done to her had unleashed his Beast for the very first time.
Jace’s heart was in his throat. He couldn’t lose Tessa or their babies. He’d fought too damn hard to get his life back. He wasn’t going to let it all slip away without a fight.
As Tessa’s vital signs suddenly began to crash, Helen barked, “Jace, I need you to stand out of the way.”
Bringing Jace back to reality, he nodded and moved to the far wall, watching as his world fell apart before his own eyes. As he blinked hard, the images in the room came into clear focus. While Cassie started an IV, and Helen came forward with surgical tools and a large incubator, Jace flinched when he felt a hand on his shoulder. “Look at me, Jace,” Jem whispered.
Jace turned toward him, his eyes expressing dread.
“I’ll do everything I can to help,” Jem paused and swallowed the lump in his throat, “if Helen cannot bring her back.”
Jace silently nodded as tears slid down his face. His attention shifted back to Helen when he heard a snapping sound. She was putting on a fresh pair of latex gloves and said, “We’re going in to get the babies out.” She turned around, looking at Jem and then to Jace. “Are you two going to be able to stay in here while I do this? You’re no help if you pass out.”
When they nodded at the same time, Jem’s grip tightened on Jace’s shoulder.
As Cassie rubbed Betadine on Tessa’s rounded belly, Jace had gone utterly pale. He feared for the woman he loved with every breath, and their two unborn children he already cherished, wouldn’t make it through the delivery. Please come back to me, Tessa, he pleaded as Helen placed the scalpel to Tessa’s skin and made an incision.
Moments later, the sound of a baby crying almost brought Jace to his knees.
“He’s got a set of lungs on him,” Helen muttered as she handed the baby to Cassie. “Now, let’s get baby number two.”
Jace anxiously watched as his sister Cassie did a quick examination on his son, bundled the tiny infant in a blanket and carried him over. “Even though he’s a few weeks early, his vital signs are great. Would you like to hold your first born, Jace?”
He offered Cassie a weak smile and reached for his son. “His name is Jem,” Jace whispered.
Before Cassie could open her mouth to reply, Helen called out, “Cassie... I need help with baby number two.”
Cassie quickly took the baby from Helen as she stitched up Tessa.
“Is he okay?” Jace asked, concerned that the baby wasn’t crying.
Cassie worked fast with a suction syringe over the baby’s mouth and nose. Then a high-pitched cry immediately sounded, relieving Jace as he let out a deep breath. After she had wrapped a blanket around him, she handed him to Jem and said, “He’s just fine.”
“Hey there, Jax,” Jem whispered. As he looked down at the miracle in his arms, tears filled his eyes. “You’re a tiny thing. I’m your Uncle, Jem.”
“Cassie, I need your help, now,” Helen said, her voice firm. “Tessa’s hemorrhaging again. I can’t get the bleeding to stop.”
To be continued...
NOTE: This is not part of the chapter. A reference for terms and cast of characters, especially for new readers:
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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