#brian van winkle

[dandylion240]

Maja’s mouth twisted hearing his words “mistress,” her voice didn’t sound like her own. “You bonded with her.” She blinked several times trying valiantly to keep the tears at bay.

“No I … I … I never,” he shook his head. “I don’t know what she did to me to want …” his voice broke. He couldn’t describe the attraction and compulsion he felt for Ella. He certainly didn’t feel that way now. “She only ever said she might take me as her own but we never…” His words faded as regret set in. “I’m sorry,” he repeated, “I should have been stronger. I should have listened.”

Sighing Maja sat down as if her legs could no longer support her weight. She stared glumly up at Brian who did nothing to interrupt her thinking. “We can’t change the past,” she said almost to herself “I can’t say I forgive you nor can I find it in myself to blame you. You were in a difficult situation with no one to help you.”

“Where does that leave us now?” he asked biting his down on his tongue to keep from asking for another chance. A chance to prove himself.

“I’m not in a position to just walk away nor do I want to,” she gave him a sad little smile. “You’re the father of my baby. I want my child to know their father.”

[legendofsim]

Looks like the gang is back together again :’)

Brian Van Winkle was made by @dandylion240.

[dandylion240]

Brian sat staring at the moving pictures on the screen in front of him. He didn’t even move at the sound of a very loud insistent knocking began on his front door. He didn’t want to see anyone. It would only be his dad or brother or someone else as equally intolerable to see. They all said they forgave him but he could see it in their eyes, the way they looked at him. They didn’t trust him. As much as he knows they have every reason not to trust him, it still hurts. Why couldn’t they put themselves in his shoes? It’s not like he really wanted to kill his brother.

Reaching for the remote control he turned the volume up as much to block out the persistent knocking as to block out his own thoughts. He jumped at the sound of his door coming off its hinges. 

“What the hell,” he cried, turning to find two women standing in the entryway. 

Clare glared at him, defiance snapping from her eyes. “Next time answer your door,” she stated without apology. 

“So you just break it down?” he demanded, “maybe I didn’t want visitors.” 

[dandylion240]

2.54 Moving Forward

Clare smiled at the sound of Heath’s excited squeal as he ran from Maja’s arms to greet his father. Her eyes twinkled as she watched the way

Father and son are reunited and Maja faces a decision. Will Clare accept her decision or convince to change her mind? Or will Clare be distracted by a choice of her own? The next chapter of the Van Winkle Legacy is available on WP Blog if you want to read it now otherwise it'll be queued up and posted throughout the week.

Maja Lundstrom was made by @wannabecatwriter

Clare Littlefield was made by @dstarstories

[dandylion240]

“Adam,” Clare screamed as a blur of gray appeared from out of nowhere, growling and snarling. 

Adam cried out in pain as sharp claws tore through his clothes and into  his skin. Blood ran like rivers down his arm. Fetid breath, warm and moist like a breeze from a bog on a sweltering summer night. He rammed a fist into the jugular of the beast’s throat to keep the razor sharp teeth from clamping down on his neck. 

It took a moment before Adam realized the weight of the beast was no longer pressing him into the ground. It was another minute or so before he was able to move. Doing so took what little breath he had left. Sitting up, head swimming in waves of dizziness, the ringing in his ears diminishing. It was then he heard the rustle of leaves and snapping of twigs as two large wolves rolled on the ground in a fight that seemed would only end in the death of one or the other. 

“Clare,” Adam croaked, holding his arms into his body, wincing as the motion sent aftershocks of pain through his body.  

To Adam’s untrained eyes he could tell the larger of the two wolves was slowly losing the fight. He knew without a doubt that Clare was the smaller wolf. It never entered his mind that she’d be the one on the losing end. 

[dandylion240]

Brian fell to his knees as soon as the guards released him. Dark spots danced before his eyes. The pattern on the floor was familiar. He’d been in this room before. How many times? He couldn’t remember. Once or twice. Maybe a million times. 

“You don’t look well pup,” a familiar voice said from somewhere above his head. “Have you thought about my proposition, pup?”

Pup? That word grated on his nerves. He was a man. Not some animal. A baby at that. “Proposition,” he murmured as his brian tried to bring meaning to the word.

“I could make this transition so much easier,” she patted his head. “All you have to do is agree to my proposition.” 

[dandylion240]

“I got bit,” Brian shivered. “Let me see,” Peter moved the tattered cloth around the bite. “Were you attacked by a wild dog?”

“No, it was a couple of men,” he said. “They were looking for Heath. One of them bit me when I tried to get away.” Moaning he leaned over, retching on the floor.

“You can tell us later,” Peter rubbed his back. He looked up, exchanging worried looks with his wife.

Jean moved from the single, uncomfortable bed “put him here.” She stripped the pillow case from the pillow before going into the one amenity their cell provided them, a small closet of a bathroom. She came back a few minutes later with a dripping wet pillow case. She pressed the cool cloth to her step son’s heated skin doing all she could to bring his fever down.

[dandylion240]

2.36 Awakening

The small hairs along his spine up to his neck rose alerting him to A presence he couldn’t see. “I know you’re here,” using as bored a tone

What will happen when Adam awakens early? Will Maja and Brian be safe? or will Adam do something he'll later regret? The next chapter of The Van Winkle Legacy is available on my WP Blog if you want to read it now otherwise it will be added to the queue and posted later.

Maja Lundstrom was made by @wannabecatwriter