You Wouldn't Dare (Khaos Trilogy Book 1), стр. 99
Picking up the suitcase, I ran. Ran fast and swift, ducking under branches as I stayed in the forest I had come to know and love.
It was barely ten minutes later when I felt it.
On the very edge of Dragonheart pack borders, I was hit with a thunderbolt of pain from Zeus himself.
Unable to cope, I fell to my knees, clutching my chest as I felt the bond of life torn out of me. My wolf howled her torment as she lost her mate and screamed out for mercy as we both burned with the agonising ache that was left behind.
Khaos was gone.
My wolf demanded retribution, willing to risk her life for the sake of revenge. With the last bit of strength I had, I pushed her down and ignored the urge to shift.
I couldn’t let this be for nothing.
His life would live on in our baby.
I walked for hours until I came across a small post with an old man stood under the shelter.
“You okay, miss?” He inquired politely, tipping his hat to me.
“How often are the trains?” I asked, ignoring his question.
“You’re in luck, there will be one in a minute, so there will. In a bit of trouble, are we?”
I smiled politely, “not at all, sir. I’ve just realised camping isn’t for me after all.”
“Camping you say? In there?” He indicated the forest behind me.
“Yes. Is there a problem?”
“Wolves in them trees, miss. We’ve all heard them. You do right to avoid them where you can. Never know what they’ve got planned.”
I glared at him. Why did I have the feeling that he knew me? That this meeting was not a coincidence? He had knows I was going to be here and had planned his movements accordingly.
“With all due respect, I’ve never been afraid of wolves - they don’t murder for fun. It’s humans you need to be afraid of, sir.”
He gave me a look I couldn’t quite decipher, “aye, you may be right there, miss. Ahh look, here’s the train. You be safe now, you hear?”
“Where does this train stop?”
“Only the one stop, missy. You’ll know it when you get there. I’ll be seeing you real soon.”
My blood chilled.
I ran aboard as soon as the train stopped, giving the strange man a small wave as I took my seat near the window.
He was staring at me the entire time, following my decent down the train. He grinned another grin that had me shivering, the hairs on my arm raising.
What was that all about?
Within a minute, the train set back off and all thoughts of the man evaporated as I concentrated on the scenery rushing by.
Goddess knew where this train was headed but I didn’t care, so long as it was a million miles away from here.
Chapter 30
Five Years Later
Violet
“Eros, stay close to the garden please and don’t go wandering!” I called out to my son, laughing as he stayed in his wolf form and stalked the neighbourhood cat.
`They would report us if I weren’t careful, but that cat had had enough warnings, and yet it still continued to push its luck with Eros. Knowing he wouldn’t hurt the small animal, I left him to show him who was the Alpha between the two.
Eros was such a sweet boy; he would never harm anything for fun. Just as I had told the strange man all those years ago, wolves were not programmed that way and my Eros was no exception.
Following the tradition of his family, I named him after the Gods - Except I decided to go with a God of love, hoping a name with such passion behind it would end the tragic lineage that was his family history.
So far, I had kept my promise to Khaos. Our lives together might be a little strange and chaotic, but little Eros had never suffered a day in his life. He had everything he ever wanted and knew all about his daddy, who was handpicked for eternal paradise with the Moon Goddess.
I tried to instil in Eros all the values and beliefs that would stay with him for life, shaping his character to be one of forgiveness and kindness, rather than the blind hatred that was all his father had ever known.
We lived in a remote cottage, miles away from the nearest town and only a handful of other residences nearby. As soon as I had seen this place a year ago, I had fallen in love, knowing it was the perfect place to raise Eros, both as a human and wolf.
Just as Khaos had taught me all those years ago, I would teach Eros how to hunt, track and disguise his scent without having to worry that any human would spot us.
I looked out of the window and saw Eros had shifted back to human and was quickly pulling on his clothes. I smiled softly at his haphazard attempt to put his trousers on, ending with both his legs in one hole.
There were times I looked at that boy and could see nothing but his dad’s handsome face. I had never recovered from his death and there were still nights I laid awake pleading with the Goddess to grant me one more night in his arms, one more night to tell him everything I should have said that last time.
Sometimes I wished so fiercely that I swear I caught his scent in the air and would close my eyes as I savoured the moment, planning out everything I would do differently if given the chance.
“... is in the house,” I snapped out of my daydream as I heard my young son enthusiastically responding to a question.
I ran out of the