The Forsaken
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				Title: <strong>The Forsaken</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>dapoet</strong> on <strong>06-11-2012, 04:17:10</strong>
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				<div align="center"><span style="font-family: comic sans ms;" class="bbc_font"><span style="font-size: 36pt;" class="bbc_size">The Hunt Begins...</span></span></div><br><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;" class="bbc_font"><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class="bbc_size">In the time before time, this sundered world was whole. The Shadow Realm and the material world were one, sharing an indistinct boundary known as the Border Marches. The world was a hunter’s paradise that—while not idyllic or always peaceful—existed in perfect harmony. As long as spirits and living creatures refrained from interfering with each other, they could walk among one another as equals. Those who misbehaved or tarried too long where they did not belong, however, faced the wrath of Father Wolf, the foremost hunter spirit. He was lord of the Border Marches, and he sired numerous children. The strongest of those children were the Uratha, the werewolves, whose mother was fickle Luna, the ever-changing moon. Creatures made equally of flesh and spirit, the Uratha were the princes of the Border Marches, whose dominion bridged the regions on either side. To them Father Wolf taught many secrets and imparted a portion of his vast power, yet as his children’s star rose, his began its sharp, inevitable decline.<br><br>In time, Father Wolf began to falter and the worlds astride the Border Marches suffered. Spirits toyed with creatures of flesh and made them slaves. Creatures of flesh encroached on the spirits’ land and despoiled it by their very presence. The world trembled and sickened while Father Wolf struggled to keep up. And as in all wolf society, when the alpha weakens, the entire pack suffers. The Uratha saw this, and though Father Wolf must have seen it himself, he could do nothing to correct it. Therefore, with heavy hearts, the Uratha came together to perform a grim duty. Hunting their faltering and exhausted Father Wolf as they had once hunted by his side, they raised fang and claw against him to bring him down.<br><br>Unable to resist his children, Father Wolf fell at last, leaving only the Uratha to fulfill his duties. Yet his death was not without consequences. His final piercing howl shattered the Border Marches, forever separating the world of flesh from the Shadow Realm and slamming down a nigh-impenetrable Gauntlet between them. Crazed with grief, Luna levied a curse on his children for bereaving her of her proud, powerful lover. (Although Luna has since forgiven her children and helped them grow into their father’s mantle, that curse still lingers.) But worst of all, the lords of the spirit world turned their backs on the Uratha for what they did. Whether they did so out of sheer outrage or quailing terror is unknown, but the effect remains the same. Only those few spirits who were closest<br>THE HUNT BEGINS…to the Uratha before the Fall of Father Wolf will have anything to do with the werewolves now, and the rest have forsaken them.<br><br>You’ve had the sense at some point in your life that all is not right with the world, that not everything is as it seemed. You can tell that sinister truths hide behind a façade of normality, veiled by the rational, orderly “natural laws” we call science. When night falls, as the shadows grow long and the wind whistles through the trees, you shudder and remember the truths of your ancestors, who were right to fear the dark. In those times, you realize just how alone you are. You feel this way because you’ve just entered the World of Darkness, where the shadows hide very real monsters.</span></span><br><br><span style="font-family: georgia;" class="bbc_font"><span style="font-size: 8pt;" class="bbc_size">(From:Werewolf:The Forsaken by White Wolf Publishing)</span></span>
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				Title: <strong>Chapter One: Welcome to Manitou Springs</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>dapoet</strong> on <strong>06-11-2012, 04:31:48</strong>
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				<div align="center"><span style="font-family: comic sans ms;" class="bbc_font"><span style="font-size: 36pt;" class="bbc_size">Welcome to Manitou Springs</span></span></div><br><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;" class="bbc_font"><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class="bbc_size">In the late 20th century, a powerful spirit entity known as Gurdilag drove the werewolves of Denver out of their territories and plunged the local Shadow Realm into turmoil. Reeling but not defeated, a werewolf firebrand named Max Caine united a previously unheard-of alliance of packs to slay the spirit and reclaim the lost land. During the campaign, Max saw the potential and power of packs working together for common goals. (While werewolves of the five Tribes of the Moon are generally allied, they have nothing like a single governing body. Werewolf packs act of their own accord instead, tending their own territories.) Max also noticed that the packs that were most receptive to his ideas were the ones that consisted of werewolves of several tribes. After the fighting ended, he began a program of “sponsoring” such multi-tribal packs, and now he finds young Uratha who have not yet joined a pack or who are not yet too attached to the pack that initiated them. He helps them find territories of their own, using his vast wealth and connections in both human and Uratha circles to get these packs started. While he is a valuable resource, especially to young werewolves who need a hand, this assistance does not come without strings attached. Max holds these young packs to a higher standard of behavior, expecting them to live up to his lofty ideals lest they lose the benefit of his generosity. Additionally, Max’s movement has made him some bitter enemies, and joining him means inheriting his enemies as well.<br><br>The pack of The Forsaken is one such multi-tribal group of neophyte Uratha. Max is especially hopeful about this pack, too, since it not only contains one member of each auspice, but also one member of each of the Tribes of the Moon. Not only this, but he as decided to live among the pack himself and with his daughter Elizabeth once again share in the feeling of family.</span></span><br><br><div align="center"><span style="font-family: comic sans ms;" class="bbc_font"><span style="font-size: 24pt;" class="bbc_size">TERRITORY CONCERNS</span></span></div><br><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;" class="bbc_font"><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class="bbc_size">Like their wolf brethren, werewolves claim certain territories as their private hunting grounds. The most important possession any pack has is its territory, and every pack takes an oath of responsibility for everything that goes on within it, in both the physical and spiritual worlds. Each runs its territory differently, ranging from setting up personal fiefdoms to keeping the physical and spirit realms completely separate. Most often, though, a pack settles somewhere in the middle. It tends to the worst violations of the Gauntlet and the most damaging human crimes, and it sets its territory up to make the area more pleasant and easier to defend.<br><br>Gaining territory is no easy task, though there are many ways for a young pack of Uratha to do so. Older, more experienced packs might cede small parts of their vast, unmanageable territories to younger packs just to relieve themselves of a nagging burden. Young up-and-comer werewolves might take it upon themselves to make such a decision for older packs, annexing areas that they feel are falling into decline. Sometimes influential elder werewolves redistribute territory that needs defenders but is lacking them due to war, natural disaster, or other upheavals. Some werewolves even snatch up territory as fast as they can get it, only to magnanimously hand it over to werewolves of the next generation just to make an impression in local Uratha circles. This latter is the case with Max Caine and the Manitou Springs territory, but all these possibilities and more are viable in the tumultuous Colorado Rockies.<br><br>Despite the success of Max Caine’s multi-tribal campaign to reclaim Denver, however, the campaign took a bloody toll on the werewolves of the Rockies. Many packs died in the conflict, one of which was a pack of Bone Shadows who had previously claimed the town of Manitou Springs as their territory. Max knew those Bone Shadows and knew that they considered the whole of the town of Manitou Springs, as well as some of the surrounding land, their territory. He suspects that the pack’s locus was located on the land owned by Samuel Meers, the pack’s alpha. Max doesn’t know this for sure, as a pack’s locus is the source of its power and thus is not readily shared with outsiders.<br><br>A few months ago, he checked up on Manitou Springs and discovered that no pack had officially claimed the territory since the Bone Shadows fell. He purchased the Meers house from Samuel’s heirs back East, and now he is sharing the deed to the land with his new pack. He has also paid the property taxes for the next year. Other than that, the pack is on their own. They must stake their claim, not in any land office, but among a society of hungry predators.</span></span>
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				Title: <strong>Scene One</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>dapoet</strong> on <strong>07-11-2012, 01:47:08</strong>
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				<br><div align="center"><span style="font-family: comic sans ms;" class="bbc_font"><span style="font-size: 24pt;" class="bbc_size">SCENE ONE: AN IMPORTANT MEETING</span></span></div><br><div align="center">(http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/0/03/Colorado-sign.jpg)</div><br><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;" class="bbc_font"><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class="bbc_size">The new pack members arrive at a run-down highway rest stop some time after sunset. The rest stop itself is on a stretch of I-25 south of Denver. It is a small area with some dirty picnic tables, a few parking spaces, and a bathroom that might have been cleaned once, but not recently. A breeze from the forested area behind the rest-stop carries with it fresh mountain air, however, clearing the stink from the packs highly acute senses. The half moon hangs high in a clear night sky.</span></span>
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				Title: <strong>Re: An Important Meeting</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>dapoet</strong> on <strong>07-11-2012, 02:07:18</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/9/97/Hank_Stone.jpeg)</div><hr><hr><strong>Name:</strong> Hank Stone<br><strong>Where:</strong> Rest Stop &nbsp;<br><strong>Tag:</strong> Open<br><hr>Hank had sent ten messages to Katie, okay twenty, ten of them even before the airplane had taken off. He missed her dreadfully, but the call from Max Caine was impossible to ignore and even though he had done his absolute best to keep his hidden truth from his wife of five years, it was getting harder and harder, how his own father did it he will never know beause Hank never knew then them to ever be apart, but clearly there was no way he had allowed his mother to come to certain jeaporady.<br><br>The telegram was simple. <tt class="bbc_tt">Pack forming in Colorado. Caine wants you. Expenses paid. </tt> <br><br>Hank had followed the allowed protical and burned the message when the tickets arrived and true to form everything was indeed paid and there was nothing left to chance. He had heard that Max Caine was the top wolf in the Rockies, if not the top, he was one of the most powerful and it was starting to show. Even the werewolf that picked him up at the airport, dropping him off at the rest stop said that it was an honor, though that was all he said, the moment Hank grabbed his bags the car was gone. <br><br>The sky was dark, quiet as Hank took in the night air, he was first, his phone still silent as he wondered why Katie never replied to any of his messages. He hoped this meeting would be short, but now we wondered if that was his only concern.
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Forsaken</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>dapoet</strong> on <strong>07-11-2012, 22:36:34</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/8/8b/Liz_Caine.jpg)</div><hr><hr><strong>Name:</strong> Liz Caine<br><strong>Where:</strong> Rest Stop &nbsp;<br><strong>Tag:</strong> Hank, Open<br><hr><br>Liz had been spending the week with some friends in Denver when her father had called to let her know that he was putting together a pack in a town called Manitou Springs. She could've said she didn't want to go, he would have been mad, but she could have said no. Elizabeth didn't like disappointing her dad and she'd lived her life accordingly. She'd found out the man was a werewolf due to an unfortunate accident where he'd almost died. It'd been 10 years since and the young woman knew she was half human/half wolf but she'd never made the change so they figured that her human blood had won out. The 23 year old had been all set to start up grad school in New York but the call from her dad had changed that. She'd look around for schools in the area after everything got established. Liz was following the directions her dad had given her and she pulled her car into the rest stop. <br><br><span style="font-family: georgia;" class="bbc_font"><span style="font-size: 8pt;" class="bbc_size">(posted on behalf of Gaga)</span></span>
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Forsaken</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>helvorn</strong> on <strong>09-11-2012, 09:52:49</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/b/ba/Kate_Stone1.jpg)</div><hr><hr><strong>Name:</strong> Catherine 'Katie' Stone<br><strong>Where:</strong> Rest Stop &nbsp;<br><strong>Tag:</strong> Hank, Liz, Open<br><hr><br>Katie had received the message from Max Caine as she finished the LA marathon and returned to her hotel room.&nbsp; She hadn't won, but she'd finished second in the amateur division which was two places better than last year and very, very respectable.&nbsp; She'd called Hank before she started the race but with her phone left she'd not heard any of the messages.&nbsp; When she returned to the room the light was blinking on her phone but the piece of paper on her bed spoke volumes.&nbsp; Someone had left it in the room and her keen nose caught the slightly acrid scent of a werewolf who was not trying to hide his smell.&nbsp; <br><br>She read the message and thought as she considered the flashing message light.&nbsp; They were from Hank of course.&nbsp; She loved him with every ounce of desperate energy in her life but she had a secret.&nbsp; She was a werewolf, had changed in the middle of a race.&nbsp; Katie had adjusted to the change slowly, painfully but had kept it quiet.&nbsp; She'd married Hank and never told him.&nbsp; She knew she could not for it would destroy him she was sure.&nbsp; It worked out though for her kind were to mate with humans rather than wolves and he was her perfect mate.&nbsp; Still, they had chosen not to have children until now although they had agreed she would come off the pill, was already off the pill and they would start trying.<br><br>The message...&nbsp; she had to answer it, had to see what Max Caine had to offer.&nbsp; Glancing at the messages from Hank she saw that he was heading out of town on a trip, a fishing trip with friends at the last minute.&nbsp; It was odd but convenient so she chose not to answer him.&nbsp; She'd get to Manitou Springs and then call him.&nbsp; She'd need to know what Max had planned before she talked to him again.<br><br>The letter was burnt, she hopped the plane two hours later and was quickly in Denver.&nbsp; Ditching the werewolf sent to pick her up she darted out of the airport and found a specialty rental company.&nbsp; Half an hour later she thundered out of the city on a high powered Honda motorcycle.&nbsp; Stretching the bike out on the back roads up over 100 mph she soon reached the rest stop.&nbsp; It was run down and deserted under the half moon with a single car parked, a woman in the car and a man, a familiar man standing near the tables.&nbsp; She roared up to him, stopped and pulled off her helmet, shaking her hair.<br><br>"Hank!"<br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Forsaken</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>dapoet</strong> on <strong>09-11-2012, 16:20:39</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/9/97/Hank_Stone.jpeg)</div><hr><hr><strong>Name:</strong> Hank Stone<br><strong>Where:</strong> Rest Stop &nbsp;<br><strong>Tag:</strong> Katie, Liz, Open<br><hr><br>Hank had become so wrapped up in trying to get his phone to get a signal that he failed to notice the car arrive, though his nose told him that it had, and that the occupant was human. He didn't even raise his head as he heard the motorcycle, but that changed when he heard his wife's voice. At first he thought he was imagining her, but even Hank didn't have visions that wonderful, and something was different as he looked at her.<br><br>"Katie?" He smiled though, how could he not. "You know you didn't have to hunt me down..wow..GPS must be better than I thought." He laughed as he hadn't yet put two and two together. "I swear I am sure I will go fishing at some point." It was then that he cause a wisp of her scent, charged from the thrill she must have had from the motorcyle. His smile faded, slightly at first, then left him completely. <br><br>"Oh no..but you..you can't be." <br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Forsaken</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>GaGa88</strong> on <strong>09-11-2012, 17:04:43</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/8/8b/Liz_Caine.jpg)</div><hr><hr><strong>Name:</strong> Liz Caine<br><strong>Where:</strong> Rest Stop &nbsp;<br><strong>Tag:</strong> Hank, Katie,Open<br><hr>Liz had been watching the man walking around and looking for cell reception. Good luck with that, she smiled a bit and was about to get out of her car when she'd heard the motorcycle. The young woman stayed in her car, the man and other woman seemed to know each other. Liz rolled her window down a bit so she could listen a little. She didn't have that heightened sense of smell that wolves had so she had to eavesdrop to find out if they were here for her father.<br><br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Forsaken</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>dapoet</strong> on <strong>10-11-2012, 17:07:17</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/8/84/Max.jpg)</div><hr><hr><strong>Name:</strong> Max Caine<br><strong>Where:</strong> Rest Stop &nbsp;<br><strong>Tag:</strong> Katie, Liz, Hank, Open<br><hr><br>Max had driven up in his towncar, parking beside Liz as he sat there for a moment. Someone was missing and the sight and knowledge of that made him disappointed, if not slightly angry. He had picked this pack personally as he had all the ones that came before them, but this one was special. There was still time, but he knew that Jeremiah would not wait forever and if anyone showed up late or not at all, it would not bode well for the rest of them. <br><br>This pack would be unique in a number of ways, and not just because he had chosen to be a part of it himself, they would still be family, but to have two married werewolves, let alone married to each other was un heard of and in truth was a test to the elders and other Alpha's that such a union could work. The Stone's were unique in the fact that they didn't detect their scents in the other, which was probably a good thing as they were from different tribes, but it was also a bad thing and one that Max would have to determine was a fraility from one or the other of the two. <br><br>It was also different because the pack would contain a human, granted the human in question was his own daughter and she was far more special than any other heard he could have chosen. Elizabeth knew of her father and what he was, many children never knew, or found out after they had changed themselves, Elizabeth didn't have that disadvantage as Max had made sure to prepare her for anything, so as far as he was concerned she was as much a part of the pack as any of the others would be. <br><br>He got out of this car, slipping over to Liz's as he rapped on her window, motioning for her to unlock the door so he could open it.."Lizzie open the door..it's Dad." He smiled as he lowered to look in her car. "Or at least get out and we will meet the Stone's.." <br><br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Forsaken</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>GaGa88</strong> on <strong>10-11-2012, 17:37:06</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/8/8b/Liz_Caine.jpg)</div><hr><hr><strong>Name:</strong> Liz Caine<br><strong>Where:</strong> Rest Stop &nbsp;<br><strong>Tag:</strong> Hank, KatieMax,Open<br><hr>Liz heard the rapping on her window and then saw her dad's face as he bent down. She opened the door and got out, smiling and hugging him. "Hey Dad. Oh, I was wondering if they were here for you but yeah I don't have that smelling thing going for me." She finished as she closed her car door. "So yeah, let's go meet'em." The look on her father's face told her he wasn't too happy about something. "What's wrong?"<br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Forsaken</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>dapoet</strong> on <strong>10-11-2012, 17:52:17</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/8/84/Max.jpg)</div><hr><hr><strong>Name:</strong> Max Caine<br><strong>Where:</strong> Rest Stop &nbsp;<br><strong>Tag:</strong> Katie, Liz, Hank, Open<br><hr><br>Max returned Liz's hug trying to not crush her, he was always afraid that he would hurt her, though she did often seem to handle it better then other humans, maybe it was because she carried his blood, he was never certain but he wasn't complaining either. <br><br>"I had hoped the other three would have been here by now so we could get on the road. Jeremiah contacted me that he is on the way, there was a problem at the Academy or something and I had a delay getting out of Denver or I would have been here sooner, but we have a pack member missing and that worries me. I have enemies that can put all of us in danger and you know as well as I do that a pack member alone and discovered could be a problem that they are not ready for..They are all much too young." <br><br>Max sighed as he tried to wash the worry away, stepping in time with Liz as they moved closer to the Stone's. <br><br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Forsaken</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>helvorn</strong> on <strong>11-11-2012, 04:25:17</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/b/ba/Kate_Stone1.jpg)</div><hr><hr><strong>Name:</strong> Catherine 'Katie' Stone<br><strong>Where:</strong> Rest Stop &nbsp;<br><strong>Tag:</strong> Hank, Liz, Open<br><hr><br>Katie stepped closer.&nbsp; "I didn't track you down, what are you doing here?&nbsp; You were going fishing and I was meeting..." She froze, as she suddenly connected the dots on why he might be here.&nbsp; He must have been called by Max as well, he must be a werewolf.&nbsp; How had she missed it all those years?&nbsp; &nbsp;Why didn't she scent him?&nbsp; She could scent other werewolves once she'd gone through her first Change.&nbsp; A sudden, irrational surge of anger filled her.&nbsp; He'd put one over on her decieved he and made her a fool.&nbsp; That pissed her off.&nbsp; The thought flitted through her mind that she'd deceived him as well but in her passion that fact could be addressed later.&nbsp; Then there was the scent of a male werewolf, an alpha by the bitter strength of it.&nbsp; It flowed over her, faint but present.&nbsp; How she had missed it on Hank all these years...<br><br>She stepped up to him, her anger apparent.&nbsp; Her eyes glowed, her nostrils dilated further and her stance turned aggressive.&nbsp; One could imagine a she-wolf standing there bristling and growling.&nbsp; Katie had always been impetuous, emotional and dramatic which along with her competitive nature made her a definite handful for Hank.&nbsp; Now she was in fine form as she stood with her hands on her hips, and bristled just inches from the much taller and broader Hank.&nbsp; "What the hell are you thinking, running off here on me?&nbsp; How can you be a werewolf and hid that from me?&nbsp; I can smell you now.&nbsp; How the hell did you hid it from me?&nbsp; What the hell were you thinking?&nbsp; Don't you know we could get ripped apart you idiot?"&nbsp; Her words were loud and may have sounded harsh but it was her method of blowing off steam.<br><br>[I did an edit to take out the fact that she scented him.&nbsp; She'll scent Max a bit later when he arrives and gets out of the car]
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Forsaken</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>dapoet</strong> on <strong>11-11-2012, 04:34:52</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/9/97/Hank_Stone.jpeg)</div><hr><hr><strong>Name:</strong> Hank Stone<br><strong>Where:</strong> Rest Stop &nbsp;<br><strong>Tag:</strong> Katie, Liz, Max, Open<br><hr><br>"Hide it from you, run off? Katie..I thought you were human..you never gave me any indication that you were anything but human..I would never do anything to break us apart..I left my tribe before I ever met you and I only came here because of who it was that sent for me." <br><br>Hank for the first time was feeling charged and not in a good way as he watched his beloved wife, her anger clearly coming to a boil as he just wanted to kiss her and take her to the rest room and do things to her that most were too weak to even imagine. "I swear I didn't know until now..and even then it didn't register, but I have a feeling it's not me you are smelling, cause I still don't smell anything off of you at all, other than your anger at this turn in events."<br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Forsaken</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>GaGa88</strong> on <strong>11-11-2012, 23:03:25</strong>
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				<br><div class="floatleft">(http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/8/8b/Liz_Caine.jpg)</div><hr><hr><strong>Name:</strong> Liz Caine<br><strong>Where:</strong> Rest Stop &nbsp;<br><strong>Tag:</strong> Hank, Katie,Max,Open<br><hr>Liz sighed softly, so someone was late, it was understandable but she kind of thought her dad was overreacting slightly. She wouldn't say that but being late didn't mean not coming. "I'm sure everything will be fine." Liz made her way closer to the other two with her dad, they were arguing. This made her curious.
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Forsaken</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>helvorn</strong> on <strong>12-11-2012, 03:22:33</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/b/ba/Kate_Stone1.jpg)</div><hr><hr><strong>Name:</strong> Catherine 'Katie' Stone<br><strong>Where:</strong> Rest Stop &nbsp;<br><strong>Tag:</strong> Hank, Liz, Open<br><hr><br>Katie really, really loved Hank.&nbsp; She loved him with every fiber of her body and every bit of emotion in her hard charging and high strung existence.&nbsp; His open, honest denial of trying to deceive her, his guileless face and truthful body language struck home hard at her.&nbsp; The scent was still there but it wasn't coming from him.&nbsp; Katie stopped and her anger drained away although she was still highly charged.&nbsp; She too had missed him dearly these past few days.&nbsp; A very physical person Katie was used to constant contact of the intimate and non-intimate type with her husband and she really wanted to hug him rather than be angry with him.&nbsp; Taking a deep breath, feeling the scent of that other male wolf in her nostrils as a distraction she put her hands up on his chest and stepped closer, almost touching.<br><br>"Hank, I believe you.&nbsp; I always believe you.&nbsp; I'm sorry I blew up at you.&nbsp; It's just... it's just such a shock that I lost it."&nbsp; She shook her head and looked slightly embarrassed.&nbsp; "I know I can be hot headed sometimes.&nbsp; Forgive me."
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Forsaken</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>dapoet</strong> on <strong>12-11-2012, 03:28:52</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/9/97/Hank_Stone.jpeg)</div><hr><hr><strong>Name:</strong> Hank Stone<br><strong>Where:</strong> Rest Stop &nbsp;<br><strong>Tag:</strong> Katie, Liz, Max, Open<br><hr><br>Hank smiled. "I understand more than you know." He said as his nose followed to the right, seeing the human he had smelled moments before Katie arrived. "I smell old power..old old power." He was whispering, though he knew the one in question could hear them.<br><br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Forsaken</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>FallenFeather</strong> on <strong>12-11-2012, 13:15:44</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://i1095.photobucket.com/albums/i462/Icyho7/nerd/felicia-day-photos-2.jpg)</div><hr><hr><strong>Name:</strong> Katarina Odormirksa (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=156336.msg7161091#msg7161091)<br><strong>Where:</strong> Rest Stop &nbsp;<br><strong>Tag:</strong> Katie, Liz, Max, Hank<br><hr><br>Katarina had been in contact with the Iron Masters for a few months now. They helped her understand these transformations better, giving her advice on how to get through them more easily. However, even though she had been talking to multiple wolves, or Uratha as they seemed to liked to be called, she had yet to meet one. Even though they seemed nice enough through the Internet, she still imagined them as horribly frightening monsters. <br><br>So, when she got an email telling her that a man wanted to meet with her all the way out in Colorado, she had been more than a little skeptical and nervous. The email didn't say why, just that the Iron Masters had recommended her to him.<br><br>___<br><br><em>Max Caine,</em>' Kat thought as she got off the plane. She had agreed to come meet him only because the wolves online insisted she go, and because she didn't have to pay for it. Mainly the latter reason. Somehow, her plane had been delayed. As such, if anyone had been sent there to pick her up, they had left a while ago. Thankfully, an airport worker found her and informed her that there was a car already rented for her, fully paid. When she got in the rented sedan, she found directions to a location that seemed to be in the middle of nowhere. Still, she drove out there anyway.<br><br>As she approached, there were four people there. Were they all wolves? Kat pulled up and after a long moment to gather herself, came out of the car. "<strong>H-hello??</strong>" she said quietly, tucking her hair behind her ear and not looking and any of them, instead looking at her feet. She looked more like a mouse than a wolf.
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Forsaken</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>dapoet</strong> on <strong>14-11-2012, 03:47:59</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/8/84/Max.jpg)</div><hr><hr><strong>Name:</strong> Max Caine<br><strong>Where:</strong> Rest Stop &nbsp;<br><strong>Tag:</strong> Katie, Liz, Hank, Kat<br><hr><br>Max turned as he heard a light hello come from behind, years had taken away his more humaine face leaving a wolf beneath the surface at times when he was among a younger pack, sometimes it was as if the beast would overtake him and it had taken a long time to control that.<br><br>"Come Katarina..join us." He smiled as he turned to look at the young wolf. "It seems the Stone's have just discovered a mutual secret and I and Liz are going introduce ourselves. My manners have failed me..Max Caine..and my daughter Elizabeth, the two just ahead there are Henry and Katherine Stone." <br><br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Forsaken</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>GaGa88</strong> on <strong>14-11-2012, 04:33:05</strong>
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				<br><div class="floatleft">(http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/8/8b/Liz_Caine.jpg)</div><hr><hr><strong>Name:</strong> Liz Caine<br><strong>Where:</strong> Rest Stop &nbsp;<br><strong>Tag:</strong> Hank, Katie,Max, Kat<br><hr>Liz turned at the same time her dad did and smiled at the woman. She would've liked to introduce herself but he did that for her. He was always doing that but it was the way he was. Always in control. "Nice to meet you Katarina." She turned back to the other two, they were married it seemed. They hadn't smelled it on the other? Hm, that was interesting. Liz waited to follow her father's lead.
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Forsaken</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>helvorn</strong> on <strong>14-11-2012, 05:00:38</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/b/ba/Kate_Stone1.jpg)</div><hr><hr><strong>Name:</strong> Catherine 'Katie' Stone<br><strong>Where:</strong> Rest Stop &nbsp;<br><strong>Tag:</strong> Hank, Liz, Kat, Max<br><hr><br>Katie let her hands drift slowly off of Hank's hard chest.&nbsp; "I love you darling, no matter what."&nbsp; She glanced to her left, following Hanks eyes, "We've got a lot to talk about but later."&nbsp; The hard smell of the Alpha male sent shivers down her spine like she'd never felt before.&nbsp; "Old power... and strong." She whispered back to him.&nbsp; "Let's go talk to them."&nbsp; She took Hank's hand and turned to face the approaching trio.
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Forsaken</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>dapoet</strong> on <strong>15-11-2012, 03:03:51</strong>
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				<br><div class="floatleft">(http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/9/97/Hank_Stone.jpeg)</div><hr><hr><strong>Name:</strong> Hank Stone<br><strong>Where:</strong> Rest Stop &nbsp;<br><strong>Tag:</strong> Katie, Liz, Max, Kat<br><hr><br>Hank tried to smile in reassurance that the words Katie was using would make everything better, but he could see in her eyes that the scent of the other male was getting to her, it was getting to him so he knew that she had to be at least slightly effected by it. <br><br>"How..How long?" He asked as he turned to look at the approaching trio. The 'human' with them was beautiful, well for a human, though she seemed to carry much of the same stance as the male, so she had to be family because he had never heard of a human willingly or knowingly hang out with werewolves and she had to know what they were considering what he assumed was Max in a formal pack mode, though that wasn't clear.<br><br>The other female, seemed meek in comparison, but kind, which could prove interesting. In Hank's experience the quietest where the ones that could be most beneficial to a pack. Hank had never been in a pack and his experience with his Bone Shadow Tribe was less that thrilling, but he knew that a werewolf of that nature would blend in better as she got older. But it was the male walking between the other two that was the most imposing.<br><br>He stood at least a good 6'4" and his build at first didn't seem to be imposing, but the closer he got to Hank and Katie the more muscular, not overly so, but clearly he exuded powerful in more ways than once.<br><br>"Hank Stone." He said as he stood there beside Katie, he thought about extending his hand, but waited instead to see how the other would react first.<br><br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Forsaken</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>helvorn</strong> on <strong>15-11-2012, 06:27:29</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/b/ba/Kate_Stone1.jpg)</div><hr><hr><strong>Name:</strong> Catherine 'Katie' Stone<br><strong>Where:</strong> Rest Stop &nbsp;<br><strong>Tag:</strong> Hank, Liz, Kat, Max<br><hr><br>Katie heard the uncertainty in Hank's voice and felt a deep pang of guilt for tongue lashing him earlier.&nbsp; She squeezed his hand and stepped up on tip toes to give him a kiss on his cheek.&nbsp; She whispered; "We'll do more than just talk darling."&nbsp; The scent of the male, the excitement of the situation all conspired to make her react.<br><br>It was with flushed cheeks, and her hand twined tightly in Hank's that she turned with him to face the others.&nbsp; One woman was pretty, obviously human and perhaps related to the male.&nbsp; She knew that many children of Weres were pure human so this was not entirely surprising.&nbsp; What was surprising was that the woman was hanging out with the Weres.&nbsp; That one would bear watching.&nbsp; The other woman was shy and retiring but was a Were.&nbsp; The quiet ones always had a story that was more interesting than you might guess.<br><br>The male was indeed in his prime, powerful and masculine.&nbsp; She had been around Alphas before but never a fully mature and strong one like this.&nbsp; She felt a surge of desire and submission fill her as she had never felt before.&nbsp; For a moment all she could think of was being on all fours and waggling her ass at him in submission and invitation.&nbsp; Staring at Hank's words she chimed in.&nbsp; "I'm Katie Stone."
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Forsaken</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>dapoet</strong> on <strong>15-11-2012, 06:38:32</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/8/84/Max.jpg)</div><hr><hr><strong>Name:</strong> Max Caine<br><strong>Where:</strong> Rest Stop &nbsp;<br><strong>Tag:</strong> Katie, Liz, Hank, Kat<br><hr><br>Max smiled at the two. "I am Max Caine..I will let the others introduce themselves." He moved to shake Hank's hand, but his attention quietly fell to Katie.<br><br>There was something he about her that he hadn't forseen, and he was kicking himself for it now, the fact that they were married was going to be an issue in itself, but Max was sensing something that he hadn't actually had to encounter in a long time and it was going to make things interesting, because something had seemingly set Katie into heat and a were in heat was never boring.<br><br>"We are expecting an associate of mine that is assisting in a few things and then we will all be on our way." He said as he turned his attention to the pack as a whole.<br><br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Forsaken</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>GaGa88</strong> on <strong>18-11-2012, 02:13:45</strong>
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				Name: Liz Caine<br>Location: Rest Stop<br>Tagged: Max, Kat, Hank, Katie<br>-------<br>Liz smiled at the pair before them. "Elizabeth Caine, well you can call me Liz. It's nice to meet you, Hank and Katie." Liz let her eyes move over the two, though her eyes lingered on Hank but not for too long. He was gorgeous. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Forsaken</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>helvorn</strong> on <strong>18-11-2012, 02:37:37</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/b/ba/Kate_Stone1.jpg)</div><hr><hr><strong>Name:</strong> Catherine 'Katie' Stone<br><strong>Where:</strong> Rest Stop &nbsp;<br><strong>Tag:</strong> Hank, Liz, Kat, Max<br><hr><br>Katie tightened her grip on Hank's hand even more.&nbsp; Her body was burning even more.&nbsp; She looked at Max and it felt like she was on display.&nbsp; She felt an urge to thrust her chest out, to strip off her clothes,&nbsp; to stand in front of the men and... and...&nbsp; Shaking she nodded to Max and Liz as she moved a bit behind Hank as if he could protect her from what she was feeling.&nbsp; "Ahh...&nbsp; hello... ummm... Max.&nbsp; And, Liz.&nbsp; Are you Max's... daughter?"
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Forsaken</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>FallenFeather</strong> on <strong>19-11-2012, 07:01:49</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://i1095.photobucket.com/albums/i462/Icyho7/nerd/felicia-day-photos-2.jpg)</div><hr><hr><strong>Name:</strong> Katarina Odormirksa (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=156336.msg7161091#msg7161091)<br><strong>Where:</strong> Rest Stop &nbsp;<br><strong>Tag:</strong> Katie, Liz, Max, Hank<br><hr><br>Katarina all but shrank away from everyone else. One man just oozed... power. Kat wasn't sure how one could just completely embody pure power, but somehow he did. Somehow, she was both attracted and afraid of him. Max Caine... He was the one that had asked for her. Why would someone like that need her? Surely the Iron Masters could find someone far more capable. The girl next to him was beautiful. It was women like her that made girls like Kat stay at home on weekend nights. With girls like her around, Hat had no chance. The other two seemed to know each other. A couple? Married maybe? They seemed to be arguing over something. They also seemed very much in love.<br><br>Kat sighed. She was the odd one out. Even among freaks she was the weirdo. Looking around, she realized how normal they all seemed. How human... "<strong>H-hello, my name is Katarina Odormirksa,</strong>" she said meekly, rolling the r's in her name, "<strong>Please just call me Kat...</strong>" she trailed off at the end, looking at her feet.<br><br>"<strong>U-ummm...</strong>" she said suddenly, "<strong>Is.... is everyone here a... werewolf?</strong>" Unlike the others, Kat had only been a wolf for a few months. She had yet to learn how to filter all the scents and sounds that accosted her. It was still too much most of the time. All the more to stay inside. Not to mention, this was the first time coming in contact with other werewolves. She expected monstrous beasts, but these were people that she would pass on the street everyday. What a frightening thought this was: that they were completely normal and human. How many had she passed and not even known already?
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Forsaken</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>GaGa88</strong> on <strong>19-11-2012, 15:47:34</strong>
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				<br><div class="floatleft">(http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/8/8b/Liz_Caine.jpg)</div><hr><hr><strong>Name:</strong> Liz Caine<br><strong>Where:</strong> Rest Stop &nbsp;<br><strong>Tag:</strong> Hank, Katie,Max, Kat<br><hr><br>Liz smiled at Katie as she asked if she was Max's daughter. "Yeah, I'm his daughter." She was keeping her eyes from lingering on Hank, he was so hot, Liz knew about the whole territorial wolf thing and the last thing she wanted was a female wolf thinking that she was trying to move in on her mate. Wouldn't be pretty. That smile turned towards Kat as Liz appraised her, the woman was pretty but seemed very shy. "I think I'm pretty much human." It kind of sucked because she always felt a little left out among her dad's friends/acquaintances. Some of them didn't like her being around or that she knew about wolves but her dad had always stood up for her.
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Forsaken</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>dapoet</strong> on <strong>20-11-2012, 17:16:18</strong>
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				<br><div class="floatleft">(http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/9/97/Hank_Stone.jpeg)</div><hr><hr><strong>Name:</strong> Hank Stone<br><strong>Where:</strong> Rest Stop &nbsp;<br><strong>Tag:</strong> Katie, Liz, Max, Kat<br><hr><br>Hank noticed a few things right away. Max was older than any wolf he had yet met, his daughter was really pretty, and seemingly well spoken, and the last to arrive was another wolf but seemingly different as well, but not necessarily in a bad way.<br><br>What he also noticed was that Katie was for all intense purposes, hiding behind him, or using him as a block between her and the alpha, which was clearly Max. He noticed a milder version of whatever it was in Kat, but Katie was obviously much more affected, Hank took it as though she was afraid of the other male, oh how wrong could he ever be.<br><br>"What does pretty much human mean exactly, either you are or your not, right?"<br><br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Forsaken</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>GaGa88</strong> on <strong>20-11-2012, 18:31:39</strong>
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				<br><div class="floatleft">(http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/8/8b/Liz_Caine.jpg)</div><hr><hr><strong>Name:</strong> Liz Caine<br><strong>Where:</strong> Rest Stop &nbsp;<br><strong>Tag:</strong> Hank, Katie,Max, Kat<br><hr>Liz turned to Hank as he asked his question. "I mean, I'm half and half but I've never made the change so Dad and I figured that I'm not going to. I might but we don't know." She shrugged a bit. Liz was at the average age that wolves made their first change and she hadn't. Maybe one day but she was okay with staying how she was.
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Forsaken</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>dapoet</strong> on <strong>21-11-2012, 13:38:34</strong>
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				<br><div class="floatleft">(http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/8/84/Max.jpg)</div><hr><hr><strong>Name:</strong> Max Caine<br><strong>Where:</strong> Rest Stop &nbsp;<br><strong>Tag:</strong> Katie, Liz, Hank, Kat<br><hr><br>Max saw the look of confusion on Hank's face and almost knew what his next words would be as he tried to intercede, but failed.<br><br>"Weren't we all half and half until we changed?" It was a fair question and it actually seemed to make the other male laugh as he realized what he said. "Though I am more of a whipping cream myself." Hank laughed as Max took out his cell.<br><br>"I think on that note I am going to see if Jeremiah is ready with the information I asked for." He smiled to the others, his eyes drifting to Katie, trying to figure out the problem for she seemed to be quite competitive, so he doubted that his arrival would change that, it was then that it dawned on him and the reason for her withdrawl. He had hoped that she had already gone through it, but clearly she was younger then he thought.<br><br>"This will be an interesting and a learning time for all of us." He said as he looked up from his phone as he looked for the number he wanted. "You know you would think I would be better with these things than I am.." Finally he found the number for Jeremiah Hawthorne lifting the phone to his ear.<br><br>"We will all have challenges that we must overcome. This is the first pack that I have put together that I shall be a part of directly, it will be a challenge for me as it shall be for my daughter, who though human, is gifted in a number of ways that most packs would kill, and I do...OH Yes, Jeremiah..." He said as he stopped his conversation just short of what could have been a very interesting revelation.<br><br>"Yes? No Liz didn't help me dial the number..what? No..Yes, we are all here waiting for you..." Max lifted the phone from his ear as he looked at the number to make sure he was talking to the right person.<br><br>"Do you...Jeremiah shut up would you?..Do you have the information I asked for?..Good well we are ready for the packet...oh you are?..Of well why didn't you say so..." Max hung up the phone putting it back in his pocket.<br><br>"He is an interesting wolf Uratha." He said as he looked to Liz and smiled. "Each of you have been chosen for specific reasons and they are reason that each make you as special as you where before your change, Liz as I was saying, is special in ways that we can only hope for and her being human is an advantage that other packs do not have, she is not as weak as others of the, forgive me dear, Heard, and as such it is important that each of you consider her a sister, just as Hank is now a brother as am I in a sense to each of you, though as the leader, I am in a sense a father as well, so if you have questions it is best to ask them, and once Jeremiah arrives there will be many more to ask I am sure. <br><br>Max turned to Katarina. "There is no need to be timid among us Kat, we are your family now." He smiled as he moved to offer her his hand. "You must all learn to accept the other as family and in doing so we will all be stronger than we were alone, that includes you as well Elizabeth." <br><br>Max returned his look to the Stones as he listened for the sound of Jeremiah's vehicle. "Henry, please collect the keys to Kat and Katie's rentals and when Jeremiah arrives you will give them to him and he will see that they are returned. "Any of your bags can be placed in my car, Jeremiah will take your car Liz to where we will be staying. Normally I would have had us ride together, but I need to speak with Katie alone, so when Jeremiah arrives, Liz, you and Hank and Kat will head towards Manitou Springs, there is a station there about 20 miles from town or so..you and they will wait there for myself and Katie..understood?"<br><br>
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Forsaken</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>helvorn</strong> on <strong>22-11-2012, 08:55:29</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/b/ba/Kate_Stone1.jpg)</div><hr><hr><strong>Name:</strong> Catherine 'Katie' Stone<br><strong>Where:</strong> Rest Stop &nbsp;<br><strong>Tag:</strong> Hank, Liz, Kat, Max<br><hr><br>Katie shivered as she snuggled behind Hank.&nbsp; Her mind was swimming as hot flashes filled her body and strange urges flooded her mind.&nbsp; It was not like her to flee from anything yet this desire to have Max, to take him with feral urgency frightened her as nothing ever had before.&nbsp; She clung to him, her nails digging into his strong biceps as if she could defeat the feelings she felt with shear force of will.<br><br>For am moment Katie saw the two other women as rivals, as enemies to be fought and driven off.&nbsp; She bit her own tongue, the coppery taste of blood breaking her train of thought and bringing her back to the present.&nbsp; With an effort she relaxed her hold on Hank but remained behind and to the side of him.&nbsp; <br><br>Nodding to Kat she forced herself to smile at the shy Werewolf bitch.&nbsp; "Umm... hello Kat.&nbsp; I think we are all Werewolves but Liz."&nbsp; At least this one was not gazing at Hank like the little human girl.<br><br>"You are a human Liz?"&nbsp; Katie looked doubtful for a moment and would have said more as Max started speaking.&nbsp; She turned and gazed at him raptly, his voice sending shivers down her spine.&nbsp; Katie disengaged herself from Hank and stepped out a bit unconsciously to better hear him.&nbsp; Or was it to better display herself?<br><br>Katie chuckled with Hank as Max explained things.&nbsp; She listened with her head cocked to the side, turning slightly to gaze with deep consideration at Liz.&nbsp; She'd not thought much about humans being terribly useful and especially not part of a pack.&nbsp; She instinctively deferred to Max's judgement on Liz, at least for now.&nbsp; If the human girl did become a burden, well, there were ways to deal with that.<br><br>She was never one to dwell on things too long and as Max reinforced that Liz was valuable to the Pack she set her worries aside for now.&nbsp; Rather she was growing curious as to just what this human girl brought to the table.&nbsp; Obviously she was the daughter of this Alpha and that meant... oh what would her daughter by Max look like?&nbsp; Damn it!&nbsp; Damn it!&nbsp; What the hell was she thinking?&nbsp; Her nostrils flared in sudden frustration with herself and her mood swings.<br><br>Turning back to the conversation, Katie's ears perked up at the mention of this Jeremiah who was bringing information.&nbsp; Who was he and what relation did he have to the Pack?&nbsp; Katie's emotions continued to surge as she also hated to be left out in the dark.&nbsp; She turned her attention back to Max's commands.&nbsp; Katie only had a backpack stuffed with clothing.&nbsp; She'd always traveled light and was good at getting along with minimal clothing and things.<br><br>As Max said he wanted to talk to her alone Katie felt a surge of heat and went weak to her knees.&nbsp; She blushed fiercely and licked her lips.&nbsp; Her hand shook as she handed her keys to Hank.&nbsp; Quickly she turned away from the others to hide her reaction and stalked over to her bike to get her pack.&nbsp; Returning she kept her eyes averted from the others and dropped her pack back in the open.<br><br>"I'm... ready."
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Forsaken</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>dapoet</strong> on <strong>22-11-2012, 09:26:51</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/a/a4/Jeremiah.jpg)</div><hr><hr><strong>Name:</strong> Jeremiah Hawthorne<br><strong>Where:</strong> Rest Stop &nbsp;<br><strong>Tag:</strong> Katie<br><hr><br>Jeremiah pulled into the lot, about as quietly as a heard of elephants, but he brought the vehicle that Max asked for and the paperwork that would turn the old Bone Shadow's property over to the new pack. He was risking a lot in adding himself and Liz to the pack, but it was his choice to make.<br><br>He got out and it wasn't seconds before he knew Max was going to have his hands full, laughing as he picked up Katie's back pack, the other were so wrapped up in themselves that they not only didn't hear him coming, but didn't seem him at all, which was good and bad.<br><br>"I would suggest you fix what it is that is got you all tied up in knots there Tiger..cause you are smell like you could explode any moment."<br><br>He looked to Mas and nodded, though he was still standing beside Katie.. "He figured it out yet?"<br><br>
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Forsaken</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>helvorn</strong> on <strong>22-11-2012, 09:34:35</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/b/ba/Kate_Stone1.jpg)</div><hr><hr><strong>Name:</strong> Catherine 'Katie' Stone<br><strong>Where:</strong> Rest Stop &nbsp;<br><strong>Tag:</strong> Hank, Liz, Kat, Max<br><hr><br>Katie turned and glared at Jeremiah as he walked up.&nbsp; She was very sensitive to the presence of males and a third roiled her emotions even further.&nbsp; She pursed her lips and shook her head.&nbsp; "I'm just fine, just fine.&nbsp; You're Jeremiah, right?"&nbsp; Glancing at Jeremiah and then to Max she looked puzzled and annoyed as they shared a secret.&nbsp; Hands on her hips she thrust out her chin and chest.&nbsp; "What, figured out what?"
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Forsaken</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>dapoet</strong> on <strong>22-11-2012, 10:30:28</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/a/a4/Jeremiah.jpg)</div><hr><hr><strong>Name:</strong> Jeremiah Hawthorne<br><strong>Where:</strong> Rest Stop &nbsp;<br><strong>Tag:</strong> Katie<br><hr><br>"Isn't it obvious..you're in heat and from the smell of you are about ready to fuck just about anything or anyone." Jeremiah chuckled as he leaned into Katie a little. "I'll volunteer if it will help, unless you like the look of Max..the other is much too young for a fine fine Uratha such as yourself..you need skilled hands and I'd say maybe more than just one set of them." He actually growled a little he was getting so excited.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Forsaken</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>GaGa88</strong> on <strong>22-11-2012, 16:18:18</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/8/8b/Liz_Caine.jpg)</div><hr><hr><strong>Name:</strong> Liz Caine<br><strong>Where:</strong> Rest Stop &nbsp;<br><strong>Tag:</strong> Hank, Katie,Max, Kat<br><hr>Liz could see the doubt in Katie's eyes as it was revealed that Liz was just a human, she hated that look so damn much. Just because she wasn't a wolf didn't mean that she was useless. Liz turned towards her father and smiled as he did his little family speech. At further mention of Jeremiah, she smiled again, she'd always liked Jeremiah and it had been a long time since she'd seen him. He had never treated her differently because of the not a wolf thing. It would be a new experience for Liz, being in an actual pack, wolves weren't terribly welcoming to humans knowing about them. She watched Katie stalk over to get her bag, come back, and then drop it. Liz was about to help when Jeremiah stepped up and helped the woman. <br><br><br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Forsaken</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>helvorn</strong> on <strong>22-11-2012, 18:51:26</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/b/ba/Kate_Stone1.jpg)</div><hr><hr><strong>Name:</strong> Catherine 'Katie' Stone<br><strong>Where:</strong> Rest Stop &nbsp;<br><strong>Tag:</strong> Hank, Liz, Kat, Max<br><hr><br>Katie stared at Jeremiah as he leaned into her.&nbsp; He smelled strong, different from Max and not as powerful but still male.&nbsp; She licked her lips unconsciously, the pink of her tongue very sudden against her lips.&nbsp; "Heat?" She bristled and showed a hint of teeth as the tongue disappeared.&nbsp; Still, she did not move away from Jeremiah as he leaned in closer, the musk of his masculinity thrilling her.<br><br>"I'm not in heat, I've never been wanton."&nbsp; She put a hand up on Jeremiah's upper arm as if to push him away although she exerted very little pressure.&nbsp; Katie looked a bit helplessly to Hank and then over at Max;&nbsp; "That other Urtha is my husband I'll have you know.&nbsp; Now Max..."&nbsp; Her hand clenched down a bit on Jeremiah's arm as she regarded the Alpha wolf, her tongue licking her lips again.<br><br>Finally stepping back she stood equidistant from the three men, panting a bit and flushed.&nbsp; Her head was back and her back straight as she glared at all three, daring them to say anything more.&nbsp; She was a fine sight with her chin up and her eyes flashing.&nbsp; She stood on the balls of her feet with her legs in an open stance.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Forsaken</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>dapoet</strong> on <strong>23-11-2012, 15:58:39</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/a/a4/Jeremiah.jpg)</div><hr><hr><strong>Name:</strong> Jeremiah Hawthorne<br><strong>Where:</strong> Rest Stop &nbsp;<br><strong>Tag:</strong> Katie, Max, Liz, Kat, Hank<br><hr><br>"Will be the father of all your children." Jeremiah laughed mostly to himself as he shook his head, she was strong, but young and defiant, though he suspected that her and Max would get along quite well, for he was old and equally defiant in his own ways. "The longer you fight it, the worse it will get." It was the last of the advice he gave until he stepped aside from Katie, her stance gave her away to anyone old enough to know. <br><br>"LIZZIE! Lovely as ever..so Daddy's finally letting you play with the pets I see." He laughed but he loved Liz as if she was part of his family and she knew it. "You should come to the Academy..have openings this year and being as you are in the area now..I am sure I can set up a graduate program to your liking." Jeremiah only waited for a small moment before addressing Max, as well as the others.<br><br>"Everything is in order Max, I have all the papers and I brought the vehicle you acted for." What they didn't see was the others that had arrived with Jeremiah that would be taking the others vehicles to their various destinations.<br><br>Max didn't say anything, whish was unusual, but his eyes were glued on Katie. "Yeah..yeah you know what she needs..she reeks of it..love to help you out, but have to be getting back..so will do this all up and legal for ya and be on my way..I got the keys from the Sheriff's Department too..in the sachel."&nbsp; <br><br>Jeremiah stood there as the others looked at him. "Seriously you are all a very quiet bunch..what are my ears showing or something?" He laughed as he waited for someone to say something.<br><br>
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Forsaken</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>helvorn</strong> on <strong>23-11-2012, 21:14:08</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/b/ba/Kate_Stone1.jpg)</div><hr><hr><strong>Name:</strong> Catherine 'Katie' Stone<br><strong>Where:</strong> Rest Stop &nbsp;<br><strong>Tag:</strong> Hank, Liz, Kat, Max<br><hr><br>Katie remained glaring at all those around her.&nbsp; Her own smell filled her nostrils along with that of the two males.&nbsp; &nbsp;She glanced at Hank, seeing him watching her and she tried to reach out to him, her hand coming up before another wave of need flushed through her.&nbsp; Katie wanted to deny that she would have children, that she and Hank were not ready for them yet but she could not.&nbsp; Instead she felt a thrill, a need, an obsession with the idea of life growing in her throbbing womb.&nbsp; All she could do was shake her head wordlessly at Jeremiah in denial.<br><br>Tossing her hair she shifted and pushed out her chest in an unconscious effort to attract male attention.&nbsp; This was crazy; babies, heat, sexual urgency...&nbsp; None of this made sense.&nbsp; She did not remember any other female Were going through this although she'd not spent much time in a formal pack to know too well.&nbsp; Her ears caught Jeremiah's words to Max and part of her gloried in the attention while the rest growled.
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Forsaken</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>GaGa88</strong> on <strong>24-11-2012, 03:07:10</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/8/8b/Liz_Caine.jpg)</div><hr><hr><strong>Name:</strong> Liz Caine<br><strong>Where:</strong> Rest Stop &nbsp;<br><strong>Tag:</strong> Hank, Katie, Max, Kat, Jeremiah<br><hr><br>Liz smiled brightly as Jeremiah greeted her enthusiastically, she had missed him. She couldn't help it, she moved over and hugged him tightly, with the smile still on her face. "I missed you. Might just do that, was gonna look for somewhere to go for school. We can talk about it later, I guess."&nbsp; Liz pulled back and glanced at Katie, oh this would be fun. Liz may not have been around many wolves but she could surmise what was going on and wondered how Katie's husband was going to react to this. She just kind of grinned to herself and handed her car keys to Jeremiah.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Forsaken</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>dapoet</strong> on <strong>29-11-2012, 06:21:21</strong>
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				<br><div class="floatleft">(http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/a/a4/Jeremiah.jpg)</div><hr><hr><strong>Name:</strong> Jeremiah Hawthorne<br><strong>Where:</strong> Rest Stop &nbsp;<br><strong>Tag:</strong> Katie, Max, Liz, Kat, Hank<br><hr><br>Jeremiah stepped away from Liz as he took the keys and simply tossed them up and over his head, they were all caught in wonderous fashion by the others as he took his place beside Max.<br><br>"For those of you who do not know me. I am Jeremiah Hawthorne and while I am not part of your pack persay, you may always call upon me if you are in need of assistance. I am an associate of Max here and as such was called upon to see to matters that concern you as a pack without bringing attention to you all specifically." <br><br>Jeremiah cleared his throat as he looked to each of the five members of the pack. "You are all special in a number of ways and if Max's ways hold true as they have in the past, you might all be the very best that we have ever seen and all that has come before us will come to your defense as we do as we have always done..Mother Luna has gifted each of you and each of you must use those gifts in ways that perhaps you haven't before. In this satchel I hold papers to a farm outside of Manitou Springs, consider it a refuge, consider it a little piece of paradise in a world that will not always understand the bonds that are being made here tonight, for you are no longer individuals, you are all one now..you are no longer strangers, but brothers and sisters and perhaps as time goes on as is mandated you will take husbands and wives, but they will never understand the bond that you all share, how could they for they will only be human..." Jeremiah stopped and cleared his throat with a bit of a laugh. "Okay well scratch that, Lizzie is about as much one as she is the other and it is true that the Stones' are united.."<br><br>He stopped talking for a moment. "This document will give each of you part ownership a property formerly known as the Marcus property, it was owned by the Alpha of the Bone Shadows who called it home and sadly were lost, but once you sign this paper it will belong to each of you." He handed the paper to Max, who signed and in turn handed it to Hank.<br><br>"If there aren't any questions I will be on my way and let you be on yours as well." He said as he looked to Katie, then to Liz and Kat and finally the other two men."
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Forsaken</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>helvorn</strong> on <strong>29-11-2012, 08:02:28</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/b/ba/Kate_Stone1.jpg)</div><hr><hr><strong>Name:</strong> Catherine 'Katie' Stone<br><strong>Where:</strong> Rest Stop &nbsp;<br><strong>Tag:</strong> Hank, Liz, Kat, Max, Jeremiah<br><hr><br>Katie shook herself and stepped back to stand next to Hank.&nbsp; She tried to ignore his words and the testimony of her heated body.&nbsp; She shifts her attention away from Max and over to Jeremiah again as he addresses them as a group.&nbsp; The idea that they were somehow special was hard for her to swallow.&nbsp; She was perfectly confident in her and Hank's abilities but she'd never placed them on a pedestal and really had not enough contact with other Werewolves to really make that kind of comparison.&nbsp; Still it was flattering although the offer of a property was far more concrete.<br><br>Katie thought about the pleasures of being part owner of a farm in the open, wooded countryside around here.&nbsp; She could run to her heart's content in the fields and woods.&nbsp; She could lead the Alpha on a chase until he exhausted her and pinned her panting body against a rock and....&nbsp; She jerked back to awareness and found herself staring at Max as her tongue lolled out slightly.&nbsp; Katie bit her tongue and looked back as Hank caught the deed.&nbsp; Forcing herself to focus she took the deed from Hank after he signed it, glanced at it and signed it as well before handing it to Liz.<br><br>"Are there other packs in the neighborhood?&nbsp; Do we need to fear encroachment?"
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Forsaken</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>dapoet</strong> on <strong>29-11-2012, 09:22:02</strong>
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				<br><div class="floatleft">(http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/8/84/Max.jpg)</div><hr><hr><strong>Name:</strong> Max Caine<br><strong>Where:</strong> Rest Stop &nbsp;<br><strong>Tag:</strong> Katie, Liz, Hank, Kat, Jeremiah<br><hr><br>Max had tried to deny that he wanted to pin Katie to the ground and claim her right there. He was strong enough to fight it, but the desire from her own condition was there and he could see it in Jeremiah's eyes as well. Hank was young enough that he wasn't to that point, which being her husband was a good thing for Max could have ripped him to shreds if thrown into a rage and that was something he didn't want to have happen. He could tell that Hank was a good man and noble in his Bone Shadow blood and he could tell as well that his feelings for Katie where genuine, what he also could see was that the younger male would not stop Max nor would he stop Katie, he would step aside for the betterment of the pack, but love her as he always had. He didn't have to say it, it was just something that Max <em>knew</em>.<br><br>"The Marcus pack was the protectors of Manitou Springs, their territory was respected by all the rest and continues to be, even as we claim it for ourselves. I chose the location and the territory specifically for it's resources." Max explained as he spoke looking to each in the pack. <br><br>"Jeremiah is headmaster of a school there and is a member of a pack, Alpha now I believe, out of Colorado Springs, so we have assistance should we need it from them, but this will be our charge to defend." Max settled slightly as he motioned for Hank to move and step in beside Kat, as he took his place beside Katie, leaning into her slightly.<br><br>"You will stay behind." He said quietly in her ear, then stepped back so as to not seem improper as he continued.<br><br>"The property has been checked out and there is much that has been updated, we have also seen to bringing your personal belongings there. Kat your computers and all your technology has been set up or placed there for you to look to. Henry..Hank, yours as well, there will be an office set up as well so we can record what we can and leave nothing to chance as we do what is needed of us. That is all I can say on that matter for now, they rest you will see soon enough. I apologize to you Jeremiah..I seem to have taken over..any other questions?" 
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Forsaken</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>FallenFeather</strong> on <strong>30-11-2012, 04:58:38</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://i1095.photobucket.com/albums/i462/Icyho7/nerd/felicia-day-photos-2.jpg)</div><hr><hr><strong>Name:</strong> Katarina Odormirksa (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=156336.msg7161091#msg7161091)<br><strong>Where:</strong> Rest Stop &nbsp;<br><strong>Tag:</strong> Katie, Liz, Max, Hank<br><hr><br>Kat kept her mouth shut as everything went on. While none of them directly answered her question, she soon figured it out on her own anyway. So the beautiful woman was human, at least so far. The girl would actually have preferred her to be wolf. At least it would have made her supernatural beauty explainable. But no, she was just an amazing human woman while Kat was a plain freaky wolf. Her self-esteem plummeted and she shrank back. If she had a tail, it would have been between her legs. <br><br>Kat nodded and left the group to retrieve her bags. Just a simple duffel bag and medium rolling suitcase. If she had any clue that she had been moving here, she would have made better arrangements. Thank goodness she had no one back home waiting on her. Then she remembered school and her job and everything. She had never thought she would be moving here. This was never explained.<br><br>She approached Jeremiah, handing him the keys to the rental. "<strong>Uhm... Excuse me... what about my apartment and school and job and everything I left behind?</strong>" she asked, never looking him in the eye. If she had known what was going on, she would have made arrangements. Why was this not explained properly prior to this??
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Forsaken</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>helvorn</strong> on <strong>30-11-2012, 06:29:30</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				<div class="floatleft">(http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/b/ba/Kate_Stone1.jpg)</div><hr><hr><strong>Name:</strong> Catherine 'Katie' Stone<br><strong>Where:</strong> Rest Stop &nbsp;<br><strong>Tag:</strong> Hank, Liz, Kat, Max, Jeremiah<br><hr><br>Katie struggled to listen carefully to Max as he spoke to the others in describing their new home.&nbsp; She ached for him, for any male but for Max in particular.&nbsp; She clenched her fists, digging her fingernails into her palms to keep from throwing her arms around him.&nbsp; "So... so you don't expect any of the neighboring or new packs to dispute our taking over the Manitou Springs territory?&nbsp; What exactly are our boundaries.&nbsp; We should..." She glanced at Max with helpless hunger.&nbsp; "We should mark our territory as a first priority."<br><br>She stiffened and looked away at the others as Max motioned Hank away and moved in to stand next to her.&nbsp; She shivered and blushed even more fiercely as he cut her out of the pack for... oh for... Images of running through the woods of their new home pursued by Max filled her mind for a moment.&nbsp; She stirred from her dream as he leaned against her.&nbsp; It felt like bolts of lightning strobed through her body as he touched her.&nbsp; Katie's skin tingled at his touch.&nbsp; She could only nod in agreement to his suggestion.<br><br>As Max continued she glanced over to Hank.&nbsp; Katie could read the love in his eyes and she mirrored it in her own.&nbsp; She felt out of control, wild and wanton but he remained her rock, one of the rocks in her life as her emotions and desires swirled around her.<br><br>"Ummm.. no other questions... now..."
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Forsaken</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>dapoet</strong> on <strong>02-12-2012, 03:22:50</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				<br><div class="floatleft">(http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/a/a4/Jeremiah.jpg)</div><hr><hr><strong>Name:</strong> Jeremiah Hawthorne<br><strong>Where:</strong> Rest Stop &nbsp;<br><strong>Tag:</strong> Katie, Max, Liz, Kat, Hank<br><hr><br>"Mark your?..." Jeremiah wanted to laugh, but didn't. "Well I am pretty sure that won't be necessary as Max carries enough power that there are no packs in the area that will try to take him on as he founded nearly all of them, if not all of them." He looked to the others, Hank had grown very quiet, but it was clear to see why and the others seemed to be settling into the newness, well almost all of them.<br><br>"Your apartment has been paid for in full, you are still in possession of it, your schooling has been transferred to an online course, same instructors and as for your job, what was it you did exactly?" Jeremiah looked directly at Kat, there was no threat to his voice as he asked his question. "Most never think of the past as they have no past to think of, so I am sure we can find something if not something with in the same field, we have connections all over and while your tribe is quite social, being among the heard as you were will grow more difficult as you age."<br><br>He looked to Max a moment as he watched him beside Katie, then returned to Kat and then looked at Hank and Liz. "I suggest you..oh you will figure it out." He smiled as he looked at Kat again, waiting for her reply.
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