The Half Blood Wolf (Lupus Antiqua Series Book #1)

Chapter One: Moving In

Lily jerked awake, barely registering the chorus of the song playing on the radio, and the white noise sounds cars made while on the move. She was dreaming about running through the forest. Something was chasing her, and she was all alone. She shook it off and looked around to familiarize herself with the here and now.

Next to her in the driver's seat was her Dad. His familiar bearded profile brought her no comfort. Then again it never had.

"What is it, Lil?" She winced at his icy tone which practically screamed dislike. She supposed she should be used to it, but it never failed to get to her.

"Nothing Dad. It was just a strange dream." He grunted in response and stopped paying attention to anything she had to say. She sighed dejectedly and gazed out her window. Coming out here to the middle of nowhere Russia was the last thing Lily wanted. The only thing that even slightly reminded her of home, was the height of the towering trees. If she tried, she could imagine they were the skyscrapers she was so familiar with.

Why couldn't he have picked somewhere else, anywhere else to move? If she could, she would have stayed in New York City. Unfortunately having just graduated High School, it was tough to find a job that would pay her enough to buy a decent place. So, until she could afford to move, she had to stay with dear old Dad. She wondered if he even noticed she'd graduated from school. He certainly never came to the ceremony.

She watched the trees and forest go by in a green and brown blur. It was hypnotizing, so when the car suddenly screeched to a halt over the whining protest of the brake pads she couldn't help but let out a yelp of surprise.

"Christ! What happened?" She gasped.

"A wolf. Almost hit him." Her Dad grunted in mild shock.

"Is he okay?" She murmured. He glared over at her like she asked him whether or not the trees were purple with magenta polka dots.

"Why do you care?"

She meant it as a

He seemed to be talking to himself, but

The wildlife is bound to be a little wilder here." He shrugged her off and began driving again, slower

liked it. Who would have thought, a city girl like her finding a cabin likable? Lily stood straight and stretched her muscles; leaning down and pulling at her jeans. After the exceptionally long car ride from the

in the fresh air and looked around her new home, noting the dusty dirt road leading from the cabin down to the main road and the fact that they were surrounded

she saw the cause for her suspicion. It looked like Russia knew how to make men right. She was innocent of men, but she'd grown up in Manhattan. She did know a thing or two. She smiled shyly at them. Both of the strangers were built like

"Who are you?"

A man stood there. He was shorter than the two blond men. His hair was short and dark, yet his face seemed to

bent. He wore jeans and some workout shirt. It was unzipped, and she could make out his abs. All she could see of his face was the barest glimpse of full lips and an angular chin. Pulled by something she couldn't even begin to describe,

back into the tree line, disappearing like some ghost. During this strange little episode, one of the strangers seemed to notice it and was staring at her with an odd expression on his face. She glanced from him to the trees, and then at her father who seemed oblivious. The one who was watching her stepped

is Klaus." Lily smiled

Lily for short." He regarded her for a moment and then glanced meaningfully

this number." He held out a card with a number written on it in an untidy scrawl. What was the reason behind this? Who just appears out of the woods and hands you a random

even know you." He smiled at her, teeth flashing white in the

her brow at him. Was he trying to scare her? Was that a threat? Studying his features, a shiver ran down her spine. No. That wasn't a threat. He'd only been speaking the truth, and that made her wonder just what exactly there was to fear in these woods.

Klaus smirked at her and rejoined his friend in the conversation with her Father. Lily looked back at the tree line, hoping to catch a glimpse of the mysterious man who was watching them.

her Father went back to unpacking everything. As Lily unloaded box after box, she couldn't shake the feeling that they didn't come

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