The Mississippi River pack is a "nine" member werewolf pack based in my own urban fantasy world set in an alternate world of my hometown of St. Louis, Missouri.
Nada (Vampire)
Alastor
Zikie
Galaxie
Misty
Fox
Gabe
Aven
Kika
They all live just outside of the city limits on a ten acre forested lot in a modest mansion (at least as modest as you can have with 10 people living there), by the Missouri river.
Every full moon, the moon song calls to the their beast and they change into their wolf. To hunt, and run and play and fight and explore all night long, just like their wild natural cousins.
In my world werewolves are able to change from human to wolf at will, not just at the full moon, where they are forced to whether they want to or not. With practice and time they can change quickly and of course have all the powers that come with being a werewolf. They are a little faster than human, have heightened senses such as smell and sight, and can physically heal faster than humans, that is unless they are attacked by an enchanted weapon, which can leave a smooth scar on their skin. Like vampires and other supernaturals, werewolves also age slowly, meaning that while they can appear to be in their late 20's or 30's they could be anywhere from 25 to 500 years old (or older).
The Mississippi River pack wasn't doing to bad for themselves, that is until one wrong bite forces Vampiric Grand Duchess Nutarah Emberkoh to become mixed up with them and their escapades.
Today I will do a mini preview into 3 main characters of the Mississippi River Pack series:
Nutarah "Nada" Emberkoh
Zikie 'Monroe'
Alastor Kozelov
I don't have proper sketches of these characters yet, but I'll be sure to post them when I do.
Nutarah 'Nada' Emberkoh
Age: 228
Supernatural Type: Vampire (75%) Human/Human (Mortal) (25%)
Hair: Black
Eyes: Gray neutral state; grass green when hungry for blood
Occupation: TBA
Framed by her uncle Alfonse, and thrown into an asylum for a crime she didn't commit. Vampiric Grand Duchess Nada Emberkoh manages to barley escape on her execution day. Hungry for more than food and no where to go, she runs into werewolf and wizard Zikie 'Monroe' who befriends her and introduces her to the rest of the Mississippi River Pack.
Normally vampires feeding off of werewolves isn't too much of an issue. However Nada is not just the Vampiric Grand Duchess, she is also the odd one out of the Vampiric Royal Family, not only for her choice of mate, Marius (deceased before the events of Winter Bound) her personal butler, but Nada has a condition called Magical Blood Rejection. This means that she doesn't not handle supernatural blood well, but can survive on strictly human blood.
So when she bites Zikie, she very well may have bitten off more than she can chew.
Stubborn, defensive, and hungry for her revenge and redemption Nada has to navigate her new surroundings.
She made it out alive once, but will she able to do it again?
Zikie 'Monroe'
Age: 333
Supernatural Type: Werewolf, Wizard
Hair: Dark Brown
Eyes: Blue/Brown
Occupation: "Spy"
Charming, clever, and magical beyond description, Zikie is a unintentional playboy. One could even say that he has been there, and done that...at least twice. He has a mysterious scar in the shape of an 'X' on his left rib cage that no one seems to really know how it got there. He is not allowed back in Belize for unclear reasons. He was born a wizard but was changed to a werewolf. And when he is in his wolf form, very very, suspiciously chill.
Zikie has the perfect skills to be a spy, Monroe isn't even his real last name, though he did dabble in bounty hunting supernaturals for a while, which comes back to haunt him.
So when he runs into Nada at her most vulnerable, it changes his life.
But being Winter Bound to a vampire is brand new territory for him and his pack. While he is along for the ride, he just has to be alive long enough to enjoy it.
Alastor Damian 'Kozelov'
Age: 373
Supernatural Type: Werewolf
Hair: Black
Eyes: Gray/Green
Occupation: "Art Dealer"
The leader (Alpha) of the Mississippi River Pack, Alastor has had far from an easy go of it. He has lived chaotic, unsure and often violent lifestyles over the years. Now he has discovered a much calmer life for himself being in charge of a pack of his own. Making a living as a ahem "art dealer", Alastor is stoic, calculating, and sometimes...sometimes even a caring man. When he broke off from the Dane's Gang (another werewolf pack in St. Louis) almost two decades ago, he didn't expect to obtain his own pack at all. But he has one and will do anything to protect them even deal with a rebellious vampire who has no were else to go.
He still has some secreats that even he isn't sure about, including but not limited to why he hates his wolf side so much. He does not change by will and tries to fight the full moon's call by secluding himself far away from those he cares about but sometimes he does not have that option.
So what is he doing taking in a member of the Vampiric Royal Family?
Is it morbid curiosity? A debt to his late identical twin brother Marius? Or is it a different reason entirely that he allows Nada to hang around?
Surely it's more than her being Winter Bound to one of his pack right?
Learn more about these characters and see the shenanigans they get into and more in their debut in WINTER BOUND !
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