Dark Heart: fay war.
Chapter Twelve.
When they get back to their pack James sends one of his wolves into the nearby village to find out why the Alpha Lucien and his pack are here. Better to know why he's here before going to see him he thinks. The Alpha is very shocked when he hears the gossip his wolf brings back.
"Are you sure of this Shadow ?" he asks for the second time.
"Yep… he and his pack live at Lord Castiel's castle and have done for some months now, the Alpha has just gotten home from some fight with the fay over Lord Castiel's new mate. It's the talk of the village… how the vampire lord went to war with all of fay to get his stolen mate back… how his good friend the Alpha Lucien fought with him" nods Shadow.
James shakes his head in wonder and awe "He is friends with a vampire… enough so that he fights for one…" muses the Alpha.
"I hear he's not like other Alpha's…his second was more concerned about Sarah's safety than the thank you he would get… we saw that. So I'm inclined to believe what I hear of Lucien" says Melody.
James nods "Yes me too… he seems to be one of the few Alpha's left with any honour".
"You of course, Alpha. William Stone, West Delta, Adain Cross and this Lucien… by my count" adds David as he counts them off on his fingers.
James sighs deeply and wonders how the wolf packs got this bad… how packs lead for generations by decent honourable wolves had turned into rogues and thieves. Then there were the tales from the north… that almost every pack north of the Dannath had been absorbed into or destroyed by The Black Mountain pack… by it's insane Alpha Vincent. What truly worried James were the stories that Vincent planned to move on all the packs south of the mighty range too… the mad wolf would be king of them all if left unchecked. The alpha looks up at his second and family…
"I need time to think… Melody take care of dinner and see Sarah is kept warm please" he says.
"Yes Alpha" replies every wolf in the room as they rise and leave him alone.
James sits and thinks about what he will do if Vincent comes south… he does not want to run, Blake's have lived here for hundreds of years… but to stay would get his pack killed or taken.
'If we could unite the largest packs… kill Vincent and gain control of his pack… we'd be safe. William and Adain would join me… but would West and Lucien ?' he thinks… not knowing yet that Adain, the last Alpha north of the Dannath to resist Vincent has been slain. James knows West but has never met Lucien so he decides to see where West stands before approaching the unknown Alpha with his idea.
Lucien escorts Mary to confront Quinn… she had requested that only the Alpha be present when she finally faced him. Mary stops just before the cells "Alpha Lucien, I know I have been less than nice to you and I am sorry… would you tell me if he lies at all please… I hear wolves smell the truth…" she says.
"Of course I will" replies the Alpha.
Mary takes a deep breath and walks to Quinn's cell.
The wolf gasps when he see's her "Mary… still so beautiful" he whispers.
She cringes "Just tell me why" she all but snaps.
Quinn hangs his head and swallows hard at the hate in her eyes.
"I loved you… wanted you to love me… I lied, said I was more than I was… I had no pack to make you queen of and I knew you'd hate me for telling you I did… stay or run I was going to loose you so I ran… couldn't face the hate I see in your eyes now" says Quinn.
Lucien sniffs "All truth" he says.
Mary nods at him.
"So your excuse is you were young and stupid ?" she asks.
Quinn nods "No excuse… it's what I was".
"What did you do when you left me ? Did you find another stupid human girl to believe your lies ?" she snapped.
Quinn hung his head more and muttered "No… I ran, kept running… stayed away from everyone, human and wolf… then I was caught…" he trailed off.
Lucien flinched a little, knowing what Quinn meant… that he'd been forced to join Vincent's pack. The Alpha puts his hand on Mary's shoulder and whispers near her ear "He has suffered more than you wish to know Mary… the Alpha who claims him is nasty and cruel".
Mary looks at Lucien in shock "How bad ?"
"I am not exactly sure of Quinn's treatment but I know the Alpha in question and I would not wish his attentions on my worst enemy" replies Lucien.
Mary paled, her anger subsiding some as she half whispered "Let him go, Alpha… I have my answers" before turning and leaving the cells quickly.
Quinn exhales deeply, tears running down his face.
"I could release you and send you back to him" says Lucien.
Quinn shudders all over and whimpers low.
"Or I can release you and let you get lost in lake country… what part of the pack are you Quinn ?" says Lucien.
"His sex toy" sobs the younger wolf in a hushed tone.
Lucien nods, he had suspected as much "Then you shall be released and allowed to run but do not fear too much I have feeling he'll be coming here for you".
Quinn cowers and whimpers more.
"He will not leave here if he does… it's time for his madness to end, time for Vincent to die" states the Alpha as he unlocks the cell.
Rhys, Mason, Crow and Lars move north… back to Vincent... to tell him what they had found.
James and Melody head north west to see if the Alpha West Delta will join them against Vincent.
Quinn flees south into lake country to hide.
And Lucien prepares to moves south east back to the fay city for the feast King Oran is holding.
Lord's Castiel and Dean have declined Oran's invitation but insist that Lord's Balthazar and Sam go if they wish.
~* Please forgive my lack of casting the wolves that are with Rhys. As I may have mentioned before Rhys is played by Travis Fimmel. Mason Edwards is played by Jason Statham, Crow is played by (a young) Keanu Reeves and Lars Moore is played by Kevin Nash. The new wolves mentioned in the Blake pack: Shadow is played by Tom Hiddleston and David is played by Nathan Fillion.*~