THERE WAS NOTHING I DETESTED MORE THAN A ROAD JOURNEY. We'd been driving for hours with me and Taylor switching between driver and passenger.
The journey had mostly been quiet. We stopped at some restaurant to eat because we didn't want to touch our supply of food. Werewolves had a voracious appetite.
We had packed extra food cause soon we'd leave towns with food and be stuck in the forest. As much as hunting was my favorite sport, we couldn't risk it now. Rogue packs were scattered everywhere and stumbling into a rogue pack unprepared would spell doom to the trespasser and I would love to keep my head connected to my body.
Taylor was not any help she kept on telling me the name and history of every plant, rock, tree and animal we passed. If she had the knowledge she'd tell me the type of wind that blew around us.
This car or truck was doing a great job, before I came here I asked Jordan the type of car that'll be best suited for this journey and he gave me his Chevrolet Silverado. I called it a car twice. He repeatedly told me "it is a truck Fallon not a car." I told him I really didn't see the difference and he facepalmed. Jordan was a real sweetheart when it came to his rides.
I left the pack in the hands of Jordan, he had a tri-tele affinity : telekinesis, telepathy and teleportation. Some people had one affinity while some had two or more abilities, no one had more than four affinities.
An affinity was the power gifted to werewolves by Cerberus; the jealous lover of Selene.
The rampant story of Selene flying about, was true. She loved a man and merged his soul with that of a beast, but the stories did not talk about Cerberus who found a way to avoid the radar.
Our affinity may seem as a blessing to us but in true light they were Cerberus' curse to werewolves, he so much loved Selene till his love became a toxic gas, spreading through his body and changing him inside out.
He changed from a god to more of a madman that his jealousy, anger and rage engulfed him.
When Cerberus found a way to kill Selene's human lover he was glad. He thought she would stop then come and be with him, but her lover's death pushed her to do the unthinkable. She went further to merge man with beast and save him and give him more years on earth so they would be together for a longer period of time.
Cerberus was irked to a point he reported Selene to Zeus, but his love for her was more than all emotions he had for her that he decided to take her place of punishment.
The punishment Zeus had meted out to Selene was to strip her of her goddess powers and render her human, Cerberus knew how hard it was for humans to walk through the dangers of the Earth talk less of female humans.
He gave up himself, took her place and also served punishments for his uncanny deeds.
He was to become the keeper of the gates of Sheol he decided to take a look that would frighten people who dared wander into hell due to curiosity or the need to raise their dead and dead who tried to leave, he needed a look that would remind Selene of him also.
He took the appearance of a three headed dog that bore a striking resemblance to Selene's wolf creation, and then he spread a curse upon werewolves giving them powers that would strengthen them and make them drift away from Selene,powers that were so uncontrollable that it would drive them mad he gave us affinities.
Cerberus was a prick but Selene being well Selene had a counter act, she gifted us with mates. Mates would help us reduce the weight of the curse upon our shoulders.
But I didn't have an affinity, werewolves got their affinity a year before they shifted for the first time or latest a year after they were no longer pups; that is when they turn eighteen.
I didn't have an affinity and I didn't want one, I knew things that happened to people with affinity who didn't have mates they had a high chance of going feral or losing their wolves.
That was Cerberus' plan; it was either the curse stripped us of our wolves or turned us completely into wolves.
When some pack members could not find their mate within their packs and had no idea of where to find them or some who their mates didn't want them so purges were also introduced so you wouldn't be forced to mate just to keep a curse at bay.
I was never sure I would ever have an affinity, but Taylor said I will when I find my mate and I was dreading the idea of finding a mate.
Jordan gave me hourly reports via some witch tech about the ongoing activities in my pack this was one line were I loved affinities his telepathy was strengthened by the mind link between pack members, the mind link is a general telepathy amongst pack members but those who had telepathy had their mind links heightened.
We got there and I was beat. I hopped out of the chevy silverado after parking at the designated spot. I pulled out my bags from the trunk while Taylor struggled with hers. I wondered what on selene's name she had packed for a one week trip.
Her red hair stuck to her face due to sweat that had gathered while she was sleeping like an ancient log. I pushed her away from my track and the buffon was sleepwalking.
I got to the front door which I pushed open enough for me and my box to pass through. There was a marbled counter. The setting was like that of a hotel, a Five Star Hotel except for the eerie silence that was lurking around, but what else do expect from a place which held leading supernatural creatures and had no living soul on a 3,000 kilometer radius.
Behind the counter held a male werewolf on the countertop there was a name plate which held the name Maurice. I wonder where he was from. He had the look of a traveler wolf.
He was a bubbly young man and I guess this was his job, his kind of wolves were not settlers but travelers. They traveled from wolf lands to wolf lands, learning and working for themselves. They were more like rogues but these tourists worked and were noble.
"Well hello there, how can I help you ma chère( my dear)?" He said his accent was very thick. He straightened his striped black and white polo shirt, picked up his comb and did his platinum blonde hair; this man was funny to look at not to talk of the condescending look he was giving me.
"Oh salut, je suis là pour la réunion,
(Oh hi, I'm here for the meeting)" I replied thanking Selene for making me take those extra language classes.
I saw the surprise climb into his face, he didn't expect me to speak French now I had got his undivided attention. Taylor nudged me. The lazy groot had finally left the car. She didn't say anything to me, she just left me and sat down on one of those fancy chairs in the lobby.
"Vous parlez français?, Attendez, vous devez être celui qu'ils appellent Fallon? (You speak French?, Wait you must be the one they call Fallon?)."
"Oui, le seul et unique Fallon (yes, the one and only Fallon)" I replied with a nod then he kept on rambling on and on about how he had heard my story in France. I choked on my saliva and he said baby girl you're quite popular there.
I couldn't believe my ears. I thought I was only known in America but France?Maurice finally discharged me, giving me my reserved room access card and having me promise him that I'd come downstairs for some manis, pedis and gossip. I had to take the elevator to the twenty-sixth floor.