I looked at him knowing what he had done knowing that if mother knew what that book was she wouldn't just give it to him. I looked at him scrutinizing every fiber of his physical being as if the secrets I sought laid within his features. he studied me back just as studiously and then he spoke "if your wanting to know if she gave me the book the answer is no. did I read it yes." " give it to me now." "that's not how you ask for something you wish to have that someone else has" I growled and moved towards him only for him to vanish and slam his elbow into my back. " the secret to this book is darkness as long as there is some kind of shadow moving with them is possible." I roared and tried again each time receiving a blow to my back for my efforts. I couldn't believe this the book was within my grasp and I was playing chase with my brother in the woods. no correction I was playing chase with my half brother and it was getting annoying. I moved to take the book again and instead this time I shifted. the fire spreading through my limbs had my body temp rising my skin stretched tight as my muscles hardened and expanded to the point of feeling intensely sore l. my skin itches as hair spread across certain areas of my body. my face felt numb and sore at the same time as muscle and bone stretched. my teeth ached in my gums as they grew and my fingers and toes felt like the bones were ripping through their tips as claws formed. my eyes turned maroon like dark blood they were mesmerizing and enticing like staring into a pool of death. my feet stretched as well the bones elongating and I stood taller than I did my heel now the ankle joint of a wolfs leg for both my legs. people said lycans were myths but science has proven the body reaches a a certain mass with growth spurts the lupine parvovirus only expands that mass and it's growth through biomolecular reconfiguration. in short my body can grow but it it's very taxing and best only used in a worse case scenario to go full shift. I moved towards him in a feint as expected he disappeared into the shadows with my eyes though I could see where he was and in those shadows subtle little details gave away his movement. certain shadows would crease or ripple which was unlike shadows and as they did I acted confused waiting for the right moment and as he went past my left side I shot my arm straight out and wrapped my hand around his throat digging my claws in and bringing him into focus. "if your going to use something learn it better" I snarled deep and guttural and then slammed him into the ground and liberated him of the book. I moved away forcing my body to reign in the virus and stop producing calming my heart and anything that could be perceived as stress to my mind and body. the virus stopped flowing my hair fell out as if I was aging and I shrunk back to my normal size my claws splintering and breaking to normal nails. "you know why lycans are better suited to practice this art flawlessly?" he just glared at me. "because we are a contradiction to what this art requires. it requires stealth and speed to be flawless but we only lack the stealth part. our bodies are partially animal partially man. we are a bit cumbersome like a lumberjack. our weight and mass prevents silent movement so it burns more of our energy to move stealthily not only that our eyes are sharper than a wolfs or man's eyes ever could be. so with all those factors we are able to move undetected. as a half predelict of a lycan your lake the blooding to be a bitten and therefore perform this art accurately." I walked away having said my peace the book in hand. my next stop was the romanian castle home in the carpathian mountains of the lycan council. I was going to weasle my way into their ranks and then kill them all. I planned my trip and was fixing to board when I seen my half brother standing to the side. "please don't do this it takes years to learn that art and you haven't even started. they will kill you if they find you even have it." I nodded my gratitude at his warning and climbed on the plane and made my way to my seat. as the plane took off I could see him there just watching from the tarmac. the flight was a long one and it was turbulent at certain points but I was tired and heading from america to romania was enduring in nerves as well. I knew not what to expect once there but I was doubtful to allow for any room to make mistakes and I wasn't sure where everything was so learning romanian would be useful. as the captain announced our landing in romanian I was complacent this nightmare would now end. I moved towards the back of the plane to use the toilet and a violet eyed woman stood there. she ushered me to her and once close enough she whispered "turn back Ambrose Wolfe death awaits upon landing." I turned to flag down one of the other stewardesses and as I looked toward the violet eyed woman again she was no longer there. I couldn't smell her anywhere and she had no scent which was weird. the stewardess I waved down startled me out my reverie and said "you called sir?" I figured telling them I seen a violet eyed flight attendant and asking if they knew where I could find here wouldn't go over well so instead I took the alternative route. " want to join the mile high club with me" I gestured towards the restroom and her eyes lit up and she took me by the hand but not to the restroom. we went behind the galley for the attendants and straight to a room with bunks she was getting naked as fast as she could and gestured for me to do the same. I ripped my clothes off and we were hoping to it in the bed. I started by devouring her body in every delectable tasting place it was like tasting different types of chocolate. her pussy was extremely pink and sweat for a colored woman and her skin was minty like peppermint swirled in chocolate. as I finished with sucking her titts she was frantically grabbing my long hard dick into her hand and guiding it towards her pussy where she then changed her grip to my hips and jerked me forward. it was like bliss I sunk into a warm wet velvet sheath that gripped my man sword like a fist. I groaned and she moaned keenly and we started our little two step dance. I trust into her hard and balls deep and she arched her back to me as we picked up tempo our dance started to come to a finale and we both exploded into stars then she did the damndest thing she pushed me off her flipped over and wagged her ass at me and winked over her shoulder. I growled and slammed my dick back inside her making her scream in pain and pleasure as I hurled my hips into her from behind like a hurricane. she awoke some deep innate desire and primal urge in me so I couldn't resist I bit her shoulder and dug my claws into the side of her hips before I realized what I'd done her pussy clamped down in a tight as hell spasm as her pain caused me pleasure I gave her pleasure rapidly thrusting and we both exploded into a realm beyond heavenly delight. sated and satisfied she laid down lightly tracing her body and wanting more like a wanton slut and I couldn't believe my excuse for waving her down filed in this way to where it went unnoticed. but it still brought me back to that violet eyed lady who warned me away from romania saying I'd die the moment I got off this plane. as I got off the plane and went to the restroom to wash up I noticed two men following me and moved towards a place ideal for intercepting them as I heard them approach around the corner I reached out to grab them only to have my half brothers neck in my hands. "what are you doing here?" "private jet." "I didn't ask how I said what are you doing here you know a why are you here question." he had a classic oh face and then answered me rather curtly "saving your ass". he then disappeared into shadows and all I heard was screams before he returned and said "now your ass is saved momentarily." I growled at him then looked around the corner the two men just dropped dead. "I don't need saving asshole. and what do you mean momentarily?" "oh right you don't know do you?" I growled a quit playing games and tell me growl to signify I had no patience when it came to him. "mom's a slave to these lycans they use her as their personal sex puppet and they used her to take that book for them they also used her for many other things and crimes against even her own. vardalaks are waging a war because we are slaves to them not equals with the same goals and traits form the same place. they turned vardalaks into hunters. as a half breed you could be killed entering there unaccompanied. I used to live there brought there by my father. they welcome Wiccans. they don't know I'm a vardalak. you want to get in there I'm your best bet." I snarled at him cause this was so some childish shit I would've done when I was younger to get my own way. I thought about it though and having someone who'd been here for a while that could tell me and show me the lay out of the land was crucial to my survival and revenge. I moved forward close to him and said "where would be safe to get a drink and lay low?" he laughed and said "Madame cavanaughs of course. she is wiccan who declared her pub mutual ground for lycan vardalaks envoys Wiccans and everything in between. there is no fighting allowed and she has seven pubs one in each continent." I nodded for him to lead the way and as we entered the pub the first thing that caught my eye was of of course the purple eyed woman was in a portrait on the wall. I gestured to the painting and asked my brother" whose she?" he looked at me like I was joking so I went to ask again and he said" the reason the first lycan and oldest our king went mad. that's his dead wife the queen. her death is what drove him to drive the wedge between the subspecies of the lupine parvovirus." I swore under my breath because now I was seeing dead people and wasn't sure what that meant. he looked at me like I wasn't feeling okay but I moved towards a table and gestured for a waiter and said "dă-mi un whisky te rog" my brother looked at me admiringly. "you learn quick but why whiskey?" " cause tonight is going to be a long one." that night was indeed long but not as long as every night hence or so I was about to learn.as we retired to our rooms to sleep I lay awake and pondered what seeing the dead queen meant and why she warned me. what was so special about me that I couldn't even get into romania without someone already trying to kill me. as I started to drift off with thoughts of malic murder and mayhem wrapped up in revenge began going through my mind I didn't see the stranger who slipped into my room nor what came next.