Forever in the Past and Forever in the Future

I send six of the wolves in one by one to spread themselves around the packhouse. The more confused pack members are by seeing Lex look alikes, the better.

“Leticia, no shifting. No magic,” I warn before she enters.

“Yeah, yeah. You've already told me,” her wolf tilts her head curiously at Lex before she bounds off into the pack house.

“Alright, ladies. The back staircase to the dungeon is to the left. I'll shift. You stay in wolf form until we get to the safe. Let's make this quick,” I say to Sophie and Thea, who are twins. Sophie has the power of telekinesis and Thea can control electricity.

Throughout the packhouse we can hear yelling, barking, and claws clacking on the marble floors. When we get to the door to the dungeon staircase, I shift and quietly use a spell to break the lock. I crack the door open and sniff deeply. There are no fresh scents. No prisoners means no guards are down there. We won't have any interruptions until someone has time to check time to see why the dungeon door alarm triggered. With the other wolves running around the packhouse creating a grand diversion, we probably have four minutes. I allot three and a half to be on the safe side.

I hold the door open for the giant black wolves, who silently pad down the steps, then close it tightly behind me and follow them.

The motion sensor lights turn on as we reach the bottom of the steps, startling the wolves. I hold my finger to my lips and wave them toward the back of the dungeon where the security desk is. We hide from view of the stairs by crouching behind the desk.

One wolf spits out a leather bag she has been carrying before she takes her human form. The twins are two inches taller than me and have more angular features, but they have the same violet eyes and sparkly silver hair. I hand them shirts and shorts from the bin next to the security desk and we quickly dress.

“Ready?” I say into their minds.

When Sophie and Thea look at each other, wicked smiles form on their faces. They look back at me with cold, violet eyes and nod in unison. If I wasn't their leader, I wouldn't trust them. Hell, I am their leader and I barely trust them. If they didn’t trust me, they would double cross me. I'm certain of it. They would have no problem using their abilities to strangle and electrocute me at the same time until my brain is fries.

counting on me to change their lives for the better. That means they will comply with my orders without question. The growing dark and stormy part of me feels

press the three nearly invisible buttons around the room that open the hidden door embedded in the brick wall behind us. The open door exposes a steel door to the safe where the cursed shards

from the door. She looks like she is assessing the situation by using the ambient electrical energy coming from the door. Typically, you need the biometrics of two ranked members plus the personal security code for each

creates a burning smell in the air. There is a series of small clicks

jumps up and takes Thea’s place. She quickly locates the glass box with the cursed silver shards inside. Using her mind, she picks it up and slides it

eighty seconds, Kas,” Lex calls out

we pass the main level. 1 block the broken door so they can go ahead of me up the stairs toward the fifth floor where we are meeting the rest of our Mavri Magea. From outside the door, I can hear wolves snarling and snapping.

the fourth floor, we hear the stairwell door on the main floor crash open and guards rush in. Without being able to see them, I can't freeze everyone. I curl my hand into a fist and hope it at least slows them down. I grab Sophie and Thea’s hands and pull them the rest of the way to the fifth floor. When we get to

door from the distance we are standing, then nod to Sophie. She pushes opens the stairwell door the

Bronx yell from the main stairway. Based on the echo, it sounds

nod and continue to sprint down to the apartment. At the other end of the hall, I see two more violet eyed women, half dressed in shirts they found. They are hiding in the shadows, looking at me pleadingly. One has a large wolf bite on her arm. The other

the fourth floor landing, giving them a chance to make it into my apartment. Four down, five

up to Bronx. Before he can go

me by the shoulders and pulls

okay,” I hug him

only wearing shorts, flanked by Lenora and Tessa. Each of

left. Leticia and Desiree are still somewhere