Sunday, August 25, 2013

The Arcanists Part III

sorry this is kinda of short - still working on the fight scenes in my head.

Opening his eyes, Steven saw that he and Julian were in a paneled hallway. “Where are the others?”
“I dropped them off to check the wards and make sure we have had no intruders. The wizards are paired up with my wolves - they are more effective guards that way. With practice you will be able to transport several people and drop them off in multiple locations. I will show you to your room - I think you should get some rest while you can. The next few days are going to be exhausting for you. I will let the others know. Here is your room. Have a good night Steven.”
Steven looked around the bedroom. It was devoid of anything that felt like home. It was just a room and he felt so alone. Sighing to himself, he changed for bed. Trying to sleep, he found himself thinking about Julian. Just what kind of abilities did Julian have? Was he really the son of Anne and Damien? If so, he was 2,000 years old. He didn’t look it. Julian was the hottest man he had ever seen. Smoldering good looks and that body - he could still feel the muscles of Julian’s body where it had touched his. Groaning, he reached down to touch his hard cock only to remember he was surrounded by wolves with great hearing. Damn!!
Finally falling asleep, Steven started dreaming. He was sitting on a black and red blanket by a beautiful crystal blue lake. Suddenly, he was laying on his back and Julian was leaning over him. Moving slightly, Julian started to run his hand up Steven’s inner thigh just as the wards went crazy. As he sat up in bed, he heard Julian‘s voice in his head, “Everything is ok, Steven. Go back to sleep, it was just Ivy arriving with Aaron’s team.”

Thursday, August 22, 2013

The Arcanists and FFF

Julian and Steven will continue their adventures this Sunday in the Arcanists. Thanks for reading Julian and Steven's story.

Partners in Flash Fiction Friday are: Night, Elaina, and Winter. I will be returning to Flash Fiction Fridays soon.

Thursday, August 8, 2013

FFF The Arcanists Part II

This week's prompt was to use three of the following objects: christmas ornament, mushroom, light bulb, scissors, lighthouse, Bowie knife, Ivy, broom, rocket, spool of thread, sticker book, cowboy hat,
pine cone, tea pot, snow globe, necktie, chalk, a locket. Partners in FFF are NightTempest, Elaina and Winter.

Sex will be included soon. So on to the story, (which continues from Julian meeting Steven)

“Yes I am.”
“Nice to meet you.” Scanning the wizards, Julian introduced the wolves and wizards to each other.  Alexis and Josh walk then wards and let in Aaron and his team when they arrive. As soon as you return, we will go over the plan to get all of us where we need to be safely.”
As Alexis and Josh leave, Steven asks why Julian sent Alexis since she is not a wizard. “Alexis has the best nose of all my wolves. If anyone has been around she will know. The group exchanged small talk while awaiting the return of the others. 
Suddenly, a petite red-head barrels into the room and launches herself at Julian. Steven glared at his best friend as Julian picked her up and swung her around. “Ivy-girl, you never change. What are you doing here? Where is Aaron’s group?”
Ivy replied “They were ambushed and David sent me to be backup till they get here and then I am to go with you and Steven when you….” Julian quickly covers her mouth. “They do not know the plan yet.” He dropped Ivy and raced for the door. As he moved, he touched the necklace at his throat. “We are under attack. Ivy, Pat, Thomas guard Steven. Everyone else with me.” Several of the wizards skidded to a stop when they realized Julian had not spoken out loud. His voice was in their head as he issued orders. “Mike and Niles go around the right side. Cole and Damien guard the front. Carl and I will go left with Morgan. Alexis says there are at least five attackers. Josh is out and Alexis is hurt” They all race off to follow his orders.
Pacing restlessly inside, Steven asks Ivy how she knows Julian. Thomas laughs and tells him that Julian is Fireball’s teacher and mentor. He shares a story of her childhood as a distraction. Fireball is a great nickname for the hot-tempered wizard.
Arriving around back, Julian flings spells at the attackers as everyone heads into the fray. When all are finally neutralized or knocked out, he starts checking the left wrist of each. He showed the group a tattoo that looked like an upside down mushroom in black and gold. “All of the Rala have this tattoo. This one is a high ranking member because his tat has gold in it. The rest are freelancers or mercs. They have no Ralan tats. 
“How did they get through the wards? They were not broken?” asked Mike.
“Looks like some of the wards were rewoven to they would be easy to take down without alerting anyone.” Julian pointed at a white haired male and said,  “Meet Vsevolod - he was a very talented wizard that disappeared 300 years ago before he could be executed for practicing black magic and human sacrifice.”
“How do you know this”, asked Josh.
“I was one of the council members who sentenced him” Julian replied. “Let’s move them to the garage. Aaron’s team have arrived. Let’s hope they bought the lockets.” Picking up the Leader and Vsevolod, Julian signaled Alexis, Damien and Niles to pick up the rest. As they moved toward the garage Alexis asked about the lockets.
Julian explained that the lockets have spells on them that will activate when placed on the criminals. They will be sent to the council house where they will be interrogated.
“Why do you call them criminals” asked Carl.
“I recognize everyone of them. Each one has broken many council and /or human laws. A couple of them were on death roll before they disappeared from prison. I bet we have Vsevolod to thank for that. After the council interrogates them, they will be turned over to the proper authorities to be dealt with appropriately.”
Arriving at the garage, Julian had lockets place on the prisoners who promptly disappeared. “Damien, Niles, Alexis and Morgan will stand guard around the house. The rest of us need to go inside where I can explain everything just once.”
Stepping inside, Julian touched his necklace and said, “Listen in deactivate.” 
Steven realized he missed Julian’s voice in his head as the other wizards asked “You can cast spells?” in disbelief.
“Of course he can. He is an Arcanist” Ivy announced proudly as the phone rang.
“How can you be an Arcanist and a wolf? Carl’s strident voice demanded.
“Because he is the son of Anne and Damien - the founders of the Lycan Wizards Council. He is, also, the council head. So Julian, I have 13 bodies here. Eight of them ambushed Aaron’s team so I assume I have you to thank for all the rest of them?
Yes, I have sent you their names and mug shots so you will know who is who. Make sure you keep a lot of security on Vsevolod and the Ralan leader Marcos Xavier. They are the most dangerous of the lot.”
“I thought Vsevolod was dead” a new voice chimed in.
“No such luck. The twins are were lions. The council will turn the lions over to you after the interrogation Luke. David we need to check all the safe houses. The wards had been rewoven so that Vsevolod‘s group just had to tug on them to get a gap to move through. There was no alert from the wards. We would not have known they were here if Alexis had nor smelled them.”
“Julian, the group that attacked Aaron had two wizards, three weres, a Rala, and two other humans. According to the Rala, all of the abductions have occurred because of the Festival of Yahirila. They plan to continue abducting as many weres and wizards as possible until the festival. It happens in 5 nights. He did not know the location. His tat was black and white. The historian said he was probably too low in rank to know much.”
“Steven is an Arcanist and I need to assess his abilities to determine if our plan is feasible. Steven, May I touch you? Steven nodded and Julian placed his hand on the left side of Steven’s face. Steven felt his face redden as his dick harden.
“Excellent, you have the ability to teleport. Have you ever used it? Steven shakes his head no. “Wish yourself into the other room” Everyone exchanged shocked looks when Steven disappeared and they heard a thump from the other room. “Damn that hurt!”
Ivy calls out, “Steven are you hurt? as Julian vanishes.
There is a startled gasp and then “He is fine. He just needs to learn to land in an open space. Take my hand and I will show you how to do it without hurting yourself.” They reappear in the living room. “Arcanists have abilities like teleportation and invisibility. Unlike wizards, they do not need to use a spell. I will help you master your abilities if you want Steven, after we get the weres and wizards back from the Rala and stop the festival.”
Several voices spoke together. “You’re going after them? Do you know how to find them? I want to go.”
“Alexis tracked the abducted wolves to a small airfield in Virginia. It is under surveillance in case the Rala use it again. I know the Ralan high priest has a home there and the group have retreats in several states. We are going to teleport in and search them. We may find the missing at one of these places. If not, we may get information which we desperately need right now. For now, we will take care of the safe house. Make sure that there is nothing left to indicate weres or wizards were ever here. When that is done, Ivy will teleport Pat and Carl back to the council and I will teleport my group to my pack. Aaron make sure each of your team has a locket. If you are attacked on your way back , put on the locket and it will take you straight to the council house. David, please send all information from the interrogations as soon as possible. I will let you know when we decide to make our move.”
  The group quickly cleaned up the safe house and all the weres stood guard as the wizards removed the wards. Once Aaron’s team drove off, Ivy and Julian disappeared with their groups.





Thursday, July 25, 2013

Flash Fiction Friday

My first post for Flash Fiction Friday. It is m/m. Also, please check out my partners in FFF. NightTempest http://nighttempest.blogspot.com/, Elaina http://www.elainamroberts.com/, and Winter http://purplesnowstorms.blogspot.com/.

The Arcanists

Stumbling through the door, Steven was shocked by the chaos in his apartment. The furniture was overturned and books were scattered everywhere. He could see broken dishes through the kitchen door. Surveying the damage, he muttered “Oh crap! First a double shift and now burglars.” Pulling out his cell, Steven saw that it was almost dead. He headed toward the bedroom to survey that damage and to call 911.
His bedroom was like an oasis. His unmade bed looked so inviting. Everything looked normal until he got close to the bed near the nightstand. Concealed by the bedcovers, there was a dagger skewering a tarot card and a note. “I will bleed you dry during the festival of Yahirala.” Staring in shock at the note, Steven dialed his father’s number. Listening to the phone ring, Steven thought he heard another phone ring close by.
“Steven! What the hell? Steven! Where are you? Are you all right?” several voices ask at once.
“I’m in here. Dad, you have to see this.” Steven looked up to see his father and three others from the council. They were all well armed. He showed them the note, knife and card. Removing the dagger from the card, they saw that it depicted a proud youth involved in a search near a lake, It was bordered by mountains. The back of the card was bronze with an ear of corn in a repeating pattern. It was bordered by unknown glyphs.
“Why is someone threatening me? What is the festival of Yahirila? And why are all of you here?”
“Several wizards have gone missing. As for Yahirala, we will need to ask the historian. Let’s get you some place safe. You look exhausted.” his dad Carl replied. Steven stuffed clothes in his backpack and grabbed his laptop as his father emailed images of the dagger, note and card to the historian. They were all watchful and cautious as the left the building with Steven between them. Climbing into the SUV, Steven was surprised to see it was sunrise already. Several hours later, the group arrived at the council safe house. Two of the wizards walked the perimeter and checked the wards then headed inside to check while Steve remained in the SUV with his dad and a guard. Finally given the all clear, everyone headed inside. Going to one of the bedrooms, Steven fell on the bed and curled up into a ball. Turning the events over in his mind, he finally slept.

Walking toward the living room, Steven heard a voice. It was very monotone. Looking inside, Steven saw that it was his father’s laptop talking. According to the historian, Yahirala is the God of Mayhem and Discord. A cult calling themselves the Rala are followers of Yahirala. They have vowed to resurrect Yahirala. About 2000 years ago the Rala slit the throats and bled the wizard Anne, the Alpha wolf Damien and their daughter Catherine dry in an attempt to resurrect Yahirala. Fortunately for the world they failed to do so.
A thousand years ago, they tried again. Seven wizards and wolves were sacrificed. Records from that time indicate, the cultists were sure they would succeed because they thought one of the youths was descended from Anne and Damien. He wasn’t and they failed once more.
Because of the dagger, card and note left in Steven’s apartment, the historian believes the cult is going to try again.
“David, we need to get Steven somewhere safe. He is definitely a target.”
“Carl, I have arranged for Steven’s protection. The five top wolf enforcers will arrive soon. Steven, Josh, and Mike will go with them. Aaron and the clean-up crew will arrive in about 20 minutes with extra guards. After Steven’s group leaves, Pat and Carl will return to the Council headquarters with some of the guards while Aaron and the rest decommission the safe house.”
“Why all the extra protection?” asked Pat.
“There are two wolves and five wizards missing. Be careful! We still don’t know if the disappearances are related to the threat on Steven. I will let you know as soon as we found out any more information.”
After eating breakfast and clearing up, the others played cards s Steven paced restlessly. Suddenly, there was a knock on the door. After checking, Mike announced that it was the wolves and let them in. Looking at the door, Steven forgot to breath as a tall, broad shouldered man entered the room. He was so gorgeous that Steven barely registered the entrance of the other wolves. Steven went weak in the knees as a  deep sexy voice announced “I am Julian Westmore.” Walking over to Steven, Julian looked him over. “You’re an Arcanist. You must .. Julian said just as Steven’s dad interrupted. “An Arcanist? Are you sure?
Still focused on Steven Julian said, “Yes. I am sure.” Smiling at Steven, he asked “You are Steven, correct?