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Chapter Synopses for Wolf's Bane
OK, so I'm not sure how many chapters there will actually be, so this is still a bit of a Work in Progress. But I have seven chapters so far mapped out in my head plus a prologue.
So, a brief synopsis for each:
Prologue:
The novel opens up with a young man running through a park. Eventually, we come to realize that he is running from something very dangerous, and also that he is a werewolf-and has been stabbed by a silver knife. His pursuers, a band of people who believe him to be evil, catch him, and on the orders of their very charismatic leader, kill him. The death is a very painful one.
Chapter One(I'll think of names for the chapters when I actually write them out)
This takes place the night after the prologue. A woman is running from a large wolf, in what looks like a dangerous situation. But it turns out the wolf is actually her husband, another werewolf. Thus are my main characters, Maeve and Robert, introduced. Robert smells decay, and they find the corpse of the younger werewolf, who has had his head, feet, and hands cut off and his heart torn out. Robert recognizes the body as that of a werewolf, and also smells the silver used to kill him, which makes him nearly pass out. Maeve takes a picture and sends it to a contact she has in the police.
Chapter Two:
Maeve's contact ID's the body as one Randall Wakeman, a young man of 16 who recently moved with his family to a small house in the city-one close by the park. Robert and Maeve, in the guise of police, go to the family to tell them the news about their son. Maeve is surprised to hear that they knew Randall was a werewolf, and Randall's mother explains he was bitten when he was eight. She then asks Robert when he was bitten, and Robert hedges and says he can't quite recall.
Chapter Three:
We flash back to 1898 London, and a one year old Robert Carmon has just turned into a wolf and back again.His parents. terrified of what he has become, lock him away in a room, fearing for their lives. For five years he is left alone, only given food and water, which he receives through a slot in the door. It isn't until his grandfather comes to visit on his sixth birthday that Robert learns the truth-he was born a werewolf, and his grandmother was one as well. Robert's parents agree to let his grandfather raise him, and Robert goes off, never to return.
Chapter Four:
The years pass, and Robert's grandmother teaches him how to control his wolf side and his grandfather teaches him to read and write. He is informed that as a pure born werewolf, he is practically immortal-only a weapon forged from pure silver can kill him. He also learns about Hunters-humans that prey on werewolves and other creatures of the night. His grandparents tell him to be wary of them.
Eventually, Robert feels he is ready to leave home, and spends several decades traveling around the world. He is forced to keep his true identity a secret.
Chapter Five
Back in present day, Maeve has discovered that Randall was not the first extranormal(as they are called) to be killed in the past six months. There have been at least seven, three werewolves, two vampires(burnt by the sun), and an incubus and succubus. All seven had their heads cut off and hearts removed, and all were killed using silver knives. Maeve and Robert begin to suspect a serial killer is at work, and Maeve worries that she may know who is behind the killings.
Chapter Six:
Maeve and Robert journey to the Underground, a place where humans and extranormals can mingle freely, in order to obtain information they cannot get elsewhere. They learn that before each victim died, they received a letter in the mail with three words: 'Evil must die'.
After they return home, Robert notices Maeve looking very worried. He asks what's wrong, and she asks if he remembers how they met. He replies, that yes, she saved his life after he had been beaten. She tells him that's only partly true.
Chapter Seven
Flashback to three years previous: A dingy alley at night, and a horrified Maeve is watching from the shadows as her father and his friends brutally beat a defenseless werewolf. The wolf is in human form and barely able to stand, but he keeps fighting. Eventually, though, the effort is too much, and the Were collapses, bloody and beaten. Just as her father is about to deliver a killing blow, Maeve screams like a harpy, causing them all to run off. She goes to the Were, and helps him stand, dragging him out of the alley and into her car.
Over the next few days, she nurses him back to health, and thus our romance begins.
So that's what I have so far. Thoughts?
So, a brief synopsis for each:
Prologue:
The novel opens up with a young man running through a park. Eventually, we come to realize that he is running from something very dangerous, and also that he is a werewolf-and has been stabbed by a silver knife. His pursuers, a band of people who believe him to be evil, catch him, and on the orders of their very charismatic leader, kill him. The death is a very painful one.
Chapter One(I'll think of names for the chapters when I actually write them out)
This takes place the night after the prologue. A woman is running from a large wolf, in what looks like a dangerous situation. But it turns out the wolf is actually her husband, another werewolf. Thus are my main characters, Maeve and Robert, introduced. Robert smells decay, and they find the corpse of the younger werewolf, who has had his head, feet, and hands cut off and his heart torn out. Robert recognizes the body as that of a werewolf, and also smells the silver used to kill him, which makes him nearly pass out. Maeve takes a picture and sends it to a contact she has in the police.
Chapter Two:
Maeve's contact ID's the body as one Randall Wakeman, a young man of 16 who recently moved with his family to a small house in the city-one close by the park. Robert and Maeve, in the guise of police, go to the family to tell them the news about their son. Maeve is surprised to hear that they knew Randall was a werewolf, and Randall's mother explains he was bitten when he was eight. She then asks Robert when he was bitten, and Robert hedges and says he can't quite recall.
Chapter Three:
We flash back to 1898 London, and a one year old Robert Carmon has just turned into a wolf and back again.His parents. terrified of what he has become, lock him away in a room, fearing for their lives. For five years he is left alone, only given food and water, which he receives through a slot in the door. It isn't until his grandfather comes to visit on his sixth birthday that Robert learns the truth-he was born a werewolf, and his grandmother was one as well. Robert's parents agree to let his grandfather raise him, and Robert goes off, never to return.
Chapter Four:
The years pass, and Robert's grandmother teaches him how to control his wolf side and his grandfather teaches him to read and write. He is informed that as a pure born werewolf, he is practically immortal-only a weapon forged from pure silver can kill him. He also learns about Hunters-humans that prey on werewolves and other creatures of the night. His grandparents tell him to be wary of them.
Eventually, Robert feels he is ready to leave home, and spends several decades traveling around the world. He is forced to keep his true identity a secret.
Chapter Five
Back in present day, Maeve has discovered that Randall was not the first extranormal(as they are called) to be killed in the past six months. There have been at least seven, three werewolves, two vampires(burnt by the sun), and an incubus and succubus. All seven had their heads cut off and hearts removed, and all were killed using silver knives. Maeve and Robert begin to suspect a serial killer is at work, and Maeve worries that she may know who is behind the killings.
Chapter Six:
Maeve and Robert journey to the Underground, a place where humans and extranormals can mingle freely, in order to obtain information they cannot get elsewhere. They learn that before each victim died, they received a letter in the mail with three words: 'Evil must die'.
After they return home, Robert notices Maeve looking very worried. He asks what's wrong, and she asks if he remembers how they met. He replies, that yes, she saved his life after he had been beaten. She tells him that's only partly true.
Chapter Seven
Flashback to three years previous: A dingy alley at night, and a horrified Maeve is watching from the shadows as her father and his friends brutally beat a defenseless werewolf. The wolf is in human form and barely able to stand, but he keeps fighting. Eventually, though, the effort is too much, and the Were collapses, bloody and beaten. Just as her father is about to deliver a killing blow, Maeve screams like a harpy, causing them all to run off. She goes to the Were, and helps him stand, dragging him out of the alley and into her car.
Over the next few days, she nurses him back to health, and thus our romance begins.
So that's what I have so far. Thoughts?