Book of the dead: The rise of the Necromancer

Bad feeling

Maisie is feeling relieved as Markus leaves. That was a close one! Bloody hell! Who knew she would meet her mate a day after her eighteenth birthday? She is shaken. Her wolf is whimpering. She wants to be with her mate. Maisie stays quiet. She must first make sure the bloody Alpha of Red Moon Pack leaves. She does not want him in her life right now. This is her chance to get rich. She wants to get revenge on her own, not with the help of a mate. She knows if she asks Markus. He will help her as he is her mate, but she needs to do this independently. f**k she is an alpha, and she will get her pack back on her own. Rufus and Stew are still standing like statues on the spot where they were watching the SUVs.

"What happened?" Rufus asks. He saw the big man walking to Maisie, and he growled something, and then Maisie took off like a bullet out of a gun.

"I think the big guy is Maisie, mate!" Stew says. Why would Maisie run like hell, though?

"You two over there! I want to talk to you!" The big man comes walking their way. It must be the Alpha of the Red Moon Pack.

"f**k, he is big! What does he want from us?" Rufus whispers. He is scared shitless. Stew looks at Rufus and then at the massive man coming their way. They can not run as Maisie did. They can only stand still and wait for their fate. Did Maisie piss off this guy?

"Rufus, you need to let go of that fart you have been holding all morning," Stew says. He knows Rufus is always holding a fart, and he stinks so bad the big guy will not come close to them.

"How did you know I was holding one?" Rufus asks. He let it rip, and it smells horrible, like rotten eggs.

"f**k, Rufus, I think your fart may just safe our lives right now," Stew says as he looks at the big Alpha stopping in his tracks and looks like he wants to vomit. 

"f**k, who died?" Markus asks.

"What do you want from us? If you come any closer, I will let him fart again," Stew says. He is looking terrified of Markus.

"Damn, you stink! I want to know the name of the girl that ran away. That is all. I do not want to hurt the two of you," Markus says. His eyes are tearing from the stench. He feels his stomach turning, and he thinks he is about to lose his lunch.

"Maisie Davids, she is the daughter of our former Alpha. Her uncle killed her father," Rufus blurs everything out. He is scared of this big Alpha.

"Thank you. I will leave now. You need o see a doctor about that stomach of yours," Markus says as he walks to his SUV.

"Why did you tell him who Maisie is?" Stew asks.

"He asked us, and I was scared," Rufus says.

"Okay, do not tell Maisie you told him her name. She will kill you!"  Stew says.

"Why?" Rufus asks.

"Because if he sees her again, he can claim her as his mate. You gave him her name!" Stew says. Rufus can be stupid sometimes.

"Oh...Oh s**t. She is going to kill me," Rufus says. They walk home to old mother Dora's house. Markus watches them as they go into the old drunken witch house. He knew it!  He knows she is there. He will follow the old witch and the three wolves. He mind-links his sister. He needs her help. She has learned some magic from an ancient master, and he will require her to help him trace his mate.

"Norma, I found my mate," He mind-links his sister.

"Wow! At last! Yay!" She shouts in his head.

"Wow, not so loud. I have a problem, though, and I need your help," Markus links her back.

"Did she reject you?" Norma asks.

"Nope, she ran away, and a bloody witch hid her from me, but I do know her name," Markus says.

"I am on my way, brother. We can not let her slip away. You have been waiting for such a long time," Norma says and gets in her red sports car, driving straight to the Witches town she knows her brother is at. Soon she reaches the town, and her brother is waiting for her outside the town in his SUV. Norma looks at her brother, and he quickly tells her everything. She can not help to laugh. It is funny, especially the wolf that almost made her brother vomit.

"Give me your hand, Markus. I need to feel her as well," Norma says. She and Markus's mother is a witch. Her father mated with their mother, and his family almost disowned him as witches were off-limit. Luckily her mother won over their grandmother and grandfather. Their parents were killed in a rogue attack helping another Alpha and his mate. They know that the brother of the Alpha took over, and they know his surname is Davids.

"She is the daughter of the Alpha who got murdered. She has the same quest as us! She wants to avenge her parents, but she wants to do it by herself. That is why she ran away," Norma says after she tapped into Markus and the still weak bond he has with his mate.

"Wow, the Goddess really knows what she is doing by mating me with Maisie Davids," Markus says.

"Yeah, I am picking up that she is looking for something that will help her. I see an old map. She is looking for a treasure, but I am scared. I think their treasure is terrible news, bro. We need to follow them and make sure whatever it is they are looking for does not mean the end of them," Norma says.

"What do you mean by terrible news? Is there a curse on this treasure?"  Markus asks. He is worried about his mate.

"No, it is something else. I don't know what it is. I only know that you and I will play an important role in whatever it is they are after," Norma says.

"I sure hope it will not put her in danger," Markus says.

Inside the house of mother Dora, the three wolves and the old drunken witch look at the map. Mother Dora also has a bad feeling about this map, but she feels it has to be done. It is their destiny. She knows that Maisie's mate will not give up on her, which is a big relief to Mother Dora. If something terrible happens, Markus Blackwell will be there to help his mate and her two friends. Mother Dora loves these three young wolves as they are her children. She knows she is a mighty witch, but she has a bad vibe about this treasure. She does not want to take hope away from the three young ones. She will go with them and protect them from any evil they may encounter on this journey.

"Okay, this map is ancient, so the markers on the map may have changed," Dora says as she looks at the old markers on the map. 

"Okay, this map is from 1783. See the date on top of the map?" Maisie says.

"Yeah, so maybe we need to look for books about 1870 to 1873. That may give us an indication of what happened back then and what the world looked like back then," Dora says. They don't know that all the Necromancer's history was erased for the history books, as the Magic council never wanted anyone to know about the Book of the Dead.

"Okay, let's get to work. Maybe we can figure out where the landmarks are today from the old books," Stew says.

"Where do we find these old books?" Rufus asks. Mother Dora laughs. She speaks a few words, and all the old books of 1870-1873 appear out of the blue in front of them. It is a lot of books, and they all grab a book to start looking for what all these markers mean.

After studying many books and about two bottles of vodka for mother Dora, Maisie looks up and smiles. She thinks she found their first clue. She looks up and smiles. Rufus is half asleep, and Stew reads the bloody book he is supposed to study for clues. Mother Dora is half passed out but still trying to read with one eye.

"I think I found the first marker," Maisie says. All of them look up and look at the old painting in the book Maisie is holding up.

"Look, it is Lake Tahoe. Look at this painting and look where it is located. The mountain in the back looks like the mountain of Lake Tahoe in Nevada. If you look at the map today and the old map we have, it is in the exact location. Maisie has drawn the old map on a vellum paper and placed it on America's current map.

"Clever child," Dora says as she closes her book and stumbles to the couch.

"When will we start looking for the treasure?" Maisie asks Dora.

"As soon as we are sure your mate is not following us," Dora says with a smile. She knows he will follow them, and she is even planning on leaving him clues. She needs her children protected if something bad happens to her.

"Yeah, let's not talk about that," Maisie says. Rufus and Stew look at each other they feel guilty for not telling Maisie he knows her name. They also don't want to tell Maisie as Maisie may kill them.

"I am going to take a shower," Rufus says, and the other two look at him in surprise. Since when does Rufus take a shower without being dragged into it?

"You shower now?" Maisie asks, and Rufus is not happy with himself. Why did he say that to get away? He should have said he was going to sleep. Now he will have to take a damn shower.

"I am starting today! Do you have a problem with me taking a shower?" Rufus asks and looks at Maisie. He does not want her to see how guilty he feels, so he takes on an offensive pose.

"No, not at all. I am just surprised. Normally we have to drag you to take a shower," Maisie says, looking at him suspiciously.

"Well, as of today, it is ending. I have decided I need to be cleaner," Rufus says as he has nothing else he can think of, and he does not like the way Maisie is looking at him.

"I am happy you decided to start taking a shower every day, Rufus. As I have to sleep in the same room as you every night," Stew says, taking advantage of Rufus's blunder. Rufus glares at him. He was not planning on showering every night. Now Stew is pressing him in a corner. He will have to shower every night now as Stew has a hammer over his head. He will get back at Stew for this one day.

"Okay, I am off to take a nice shower," Rufus says, and Stew has to swallow his laugh. He knows how much Rufus hates taking a shower or a bath.

Maisie lost interest in the two of them as she was still looking at the map. She is sure they can start their journey tomorrow. Mother Dora can disguise them again, and her so-called mate won't have a clue she wants to get the treasure as soon as possible so she can claim back her pack. She will fight her uncle and her cousin for the Alpha position if she has to. She will get rid of the rogues, and her old pack members will be freed from the tyranny of her uncle! Maisie is dreaming of the day she will go back to her pack as their liberator!