#samuel laskaris

“Esteemed One,” Sam bowed trying to cover up his shock at seeing him. “We found her wandering alone in the woods on the outskirts of Moonlight Falls.”

“Is she alright? Is Blossom with her? Conner? What about the guards?” One question after another flew from his lips. His daughter was alive. His heart raced with the knowledge “where is she? I want to see her.”

“She’s safe,” Sam explained “I left her at the cabin with Quentin while I checked out things here.” Pausing his eyes met the chiefs who nodded “we found the mother dead and the girl weeping over her body.”

“Blossom,” Adam murmured, processing the information best he could. Blossom had betrayed him when she stole his DNA to produce their child. He bore her no ill will; she had been under tremendous stress and following orders. She had been a good mother to Fawn. “I want her brought here before the elders realize she’s alive.”

“I’ll be going to town soon,” Sam announced as if that answered the boy’s questions. “I need to make sure you can defend yourself while I’m gone.”

Frowning Quentin stared at him a moment in silence. “Why can’t we all go?” his eyes narrowed  “you know who she is don’t you?”

“She’s the Esteemed One’s daughter,” he moved to get up but something in the other man’s eyes kept him rooted to the seat. “It’s time for your lesson,” he added, expecting Quentin to nod and stand up like the obedient pup he was.

“Hold on a minute,” Quentin said, surprising them both. “What do you mean the Esteemed One’s daughter? Is she in danger? Are we? Wouldn’t it be better if we went together?”

“No,” he snapped, his voice brittle as glass, “it’s my fault. I should have stopped this before it got to this point. What you feel is gratitude not love. It will diminish over time when you are safe and no longer dependent upon me.”

Reaching for him Quentin’s encountered muscle as firm as stone. “It’s not like that. I know you feel it too. A connection. Why fight it?”

Turning he said gruffly “we should practice.” He walked towards the door as if nothing happened.

Yawning Quentin sniffed the air getting a read on where Sam and the girl were. It was still a little unnerving how his life had completely changed in such a short time. A few weeks ago he had thought werewolves were something the media made up to sell books and movies. The underdog who never got the girl because the vampire was oh so much cooler and mysterious.

Shaking his head dismissing the thoughts. His feet padded across the bare wood floor. Walking into the room he found Sam leaning against the fireplace. The sunlight shining through the windows hit the man’s face and he was struck with the man’s beauty. Quentin’s heart raced inside his chest, maybe this time the werewolf got his man he thought, dragging his eyes away from the beautiful man. He sat in one of the chairs glad that the man had come into his life when he needed saving.

“How’s the girl?” Sam asked, ignoring Quentin’s adoring gaze. Puppy love he thought. Nothing more than a passing thought driven by his desire and gratitude. He smirked watching the boy. He couldn’t deny the boy was pleasant to look at. He moved across the room to sit down.

“My name” he repeated “is Quentin not kid.” This time when he spoke there was less fear and more irritation. “What did you expect? A tantrum?”

“Something like that” he admitted sitting back “it’s not every day you tell someone they’re going to become a werewolf.”

Struggling to sit up Quentin hissed as his wounds protested at the movement. “I don’t see how whining is going to help. If it meant I wouldn’t become a werewolf well then I’d throw a royal fit.” He gave his companion a searching almost hopeful look.

Samuel Laskaris

Age: Mid - Late 20′s

Moonlight Falls isn’t the hub of exciting police work. Mostly it’s protecting the Esteemed One and his family. What little actual police work there is Sam is the one volunteering for it. He likes the thrill of the hunt. Catching the bad guy. His newest case is tracking down a renegade pack of werewolves who’ve been luring unsuspecting humans into Moonlight Falls. The bodies are starting pile up and if something isn’t done soon it’ll start drawing the attention of the human authorities into Moonlight Falls. No one wants that. So that’s why Sam is out alone on the edge of Moonlight Falls when the explosion occurs. Barely escaping from his smashed car he soon finds himself the hunter and the hunted. But something even more is about to change the course of his life than just a pack of renegade werewolves.