Blessing of Luna (Wolfgods Book 1) by Blaise Ramsay (best books under 200 pages .TXT) 📗

trust you enjoyed the short tour?” Kain asked, smiling at the look of sheer awe on Damien’s face.

“You live here? For how long?” Damien asked, sitting down on the sofa, taking the old tin cup of tea Kain gave him.

“I’ve lived here since I left Europe during the Blood Wars. Things were chaotic at first but then settled down, thankfully.” Kain replied, sitting in the lounge chair, his own cup of coffee in his hand.

“How long? This place looks old.”

“Damien, let’s just say I was here long enough to see the Confederate soldiers surrender to the Union under President Lincoln.” Kain replied, taking a drink.

Damien felt light-headed. Kain was even older than he thought.

“Grant and Charlie came to see me last night at the bowling alley. Something about a friend of yours missing?” Kain said in an attempt to distract Damien from his questions.

“Yeah. Chelsea. Dad interrogated me in my room with Callahan present. I told him I was with Jill and to ask you if he didn’t believe me. Sorry about that, Kain. It pissed me off.”

Kain laughed. “It’s alright. I’ve seen a few things in my day, Damien. I’m more concerned about you. What in Luna’s name were you doing out on the road in the cold?”

Damien sighed. “Dad and I had a fight this morning about what happened. I yelled at him and stormed out. I’m beginning to feel like a stranger in my own room and it’s getting worse.”

“Take it easy. You’re adjusting to some serious changes, Damien. It’s no surprise you’re stressed. Change can be hard and sometimes leads us to do and say things we normally wouldn’t to those we love.” The fire flickered in the lycan’s eyes, almost like he was reliving a memory.

A knock on the door brought a smile to Kain’s face as he rose from his chair. He opened the door to find Jill shivering slightly in the cold.

“I was wondering when you would get here, Jillian.” Kain said as though he were waiting for Jill to take Damien off of his hands.

“Jill!” Damien stood up, excited.

“I know, Kain. I’m late. I got your text in the middle of a meeting.” Turning to Damien. “I heard you and Charlie fought. Is everything okay?”

“Chelsea’s missing, Jillian. There’s been no sign of her in almost a month. Charlie and Grant came to see me at work as well.” Kain interjected, pouring Jill a cup of coffee.

“Chelsea Masterson? Her parents were in my office today. They wanted me to investigate what happened. Do you think it was them?” Jill asked in her more stern voice.

“One can’t be sure but it can’t be ruled out.” Kain replied, tossing another log on the crackling fire.

The renewed flame heated the room, filling it with the smell of burnt hickory. The crackling the only source of noise in the now silent room.

“Why would they care about Chelsea and not Rob? It doesn’t make sense.” Damien added. The silence broken by his curiosity as to why Rob hadn’t been targeted if it was the vampires that took Chelsea.

“Who knows but we have to look at every possibility, Damien.” The threatening tone in Kain’s voice demanded the attention of everyone in the room.

Another knock at Kain’s door came in the late hours of the night.

"I will get it." Kain said, making his way to the door. Jill sat on the couch with Damien, who had begun to fall asleep in her lap.

Gabriel walked in, unshaking despite the cold. "Thanks, Kain."

Kain closed the door while Gabriel walked into the living room, a scowl falling across his face.

"You brought him here? Kain have you given a thought to the threat he poses to us?"

"Gabriel, calm yourself. Need I remind you, you are in another alpha's territory. Honor our laws and respect my authority." Kain warned, his hand on Gabriel's chest halting his fellow lycan's advance. “He is here as my guest.”

“Right. Apologies, old friend. I’m still uptight from the unfortunate company I got today at the gym.” Gabriel dropped onto the floor next to the fire.

“I take it Nathaniel made his presence known without so much as a warning?”

“As usual. Gods, that kid is never pleasant to be around.” Gabriel said, smacking the heel of his palm to his forehead.

Kain smirked. “No, he’s not. Hopefully Chase behaved himself. I know those two don’t really get along too well.”

“You’re telling me. I thought I was going to have to throw them in the ring to cool their heads. The good news is I managed to force him into backing off of Holt. Needless to say he was a bit let down when you didn’t show. He really wanted a chance at taking you on in the cage.” Gabriel replied, half-chuckling.

“Nathaniel aside Gabriel, we need to talk about what Holt said. Jillian can’t keep protecting Damien on her own. Like it or not, the vampires will come for him.”

Jill ran her hand through Damien’s dark hair, smiling at the soft sigh she heard coming from him. “I won’t ask the packs to help. I got him into this, I need to take responsibility.”

Kain and Gabriel looked at each other then back at Jill.

“It’s true. If I had stayed away the vampires wouldn’t have gotten curious so quickly. I just…I can’t help who I love.”

Kain knelt before Jill, placing his hand on her knee. “Jillian, it wouldn’t have mattered. Demetrius would have figured it out eventually. We can’t help what has happened but we can focus on what will come. You were in the meeting with Holt, you know Lilith is planning something. We need to focus on devising a plan.”

“As much as I hate to admit it, Kain’s right, Jill. Closing ranks around Damien right now seems to be the best course of action. If he