CLAIRE's POVDominik? Had I heard her right? I almost jumped out of bed, but the burning pains all over my body reminded me why I was there in the first place. Aunt Axera nodded."You can let him him," she said and turned to me. "I will leave you both alone to do some catching up, but I will come and check up on you later."I gave her a small smile and nodded. She gave me a soft pat on the head and made her way out of the room, shutting the door behind her quietly.My heart began to race. Was Dominik really here? Or had the witch mistaken his name for someone else's. I drummed on my thighs as I waited eagerly. The moment the door cracked open, I spun my head towards it.My eyes widened at the sight of my mate. He walked into the room slowly and his eyes went as wide as mine."Claire," he breathed.The sound of my name, rolling down his tongue filled me with an indescribable amount of joy. Before I knew it tears were rolling down my cheeks. In that moment all the pain in my body seemed
CLAIRE's POVI was bedridden for a couple of days. I greatly underestimated the after effects of getting my body taken over by another entity. Aunt Axera had told me that I should have been dead. My survival was basically a miracle.I remained in the medical room for a week until I had gotten my strength back. I was eager to train, but my Aunt refused and insisted I get more rest before resuming training once again.She pointed out that my mama, the energy witches used to cast spells had not been fully recovered. My physical body may have been healed, but my mama would take a very long time to regenerate.She encouraged me to spend more time in nature, and told me that my mama would regenerate faster if I did. And that was exactly what I did. I spent my time going for runs, or studying the spell book under a tree. Today, that was exactly what I was doing.I sat under an oak tree, which was beside a large field blessed with beautiful flowers. The weather was nice, as the sun was out a
CLAIRE's POV"Yes, just like that, relax your shoulders and take deep breaths," Aunt Axera said to me.I did as she said and relaxed my shoulders. I took in deep breaths and felt the wind graze my skin. Aunt Axera and I were on the fields, sitting under a large tree. According to her, I needed to learn breathing exercises as it help me recover my mana and also help with fatigue. It was also a good way to build stamina.Stamina was an important factor of spell casting. As my aunt said, a tired witch cannot cast spells to the fullest. She was hell bent on me building my stamina before we get back into training again.I was not in a rush this time, I was ready to take it slow and learn how to become a strong witch step by step. I took a breath in and breathed out. I repeated that a few more times and opened my eyes."Mm, that is good, very good. Now, you are going to do that for three more hours," Aunt Axera said.I blinked at her in disbelief."Three more hours?!" I exclaimed.She nodde
CLAIRE's POVSeeing as I had no other choice, I summoned up courage and began to crawl down the hole. The further I sent down, the more darker it became. I jumped down from the ladder and looked ahead of me. I could not make out anything, since the whole area was pitch black."Luminous," Martha chanted.A small yellow sparkly ball of light appeared in her palm and it illuminated the area around us. From what I could see, we were surrounded by thick iron walls."Let us hurry up," Martha said and began to walk down. I was a bit scared, but I followed her regardless.As we walked down, the only obvious thing I could see was that the area where we walked in was a tunnel, like a sewage that was not in use anymore. Small rats and critters scurried past us, startling me in the process.Why was I so on edge? I was anxious and curious as to where Martha was taking me. I began to curse under my breath. I should not have agreed to this in the first place. As we walked further down, I began to h
CLAIRE's POV"Alright! Everyone place your bets for the next match!" Martha yelled to the crowd.I watched as everyone trooped to her and began to chatter loudly."Who is the next fighter?!""Yeah! Who is going to go up against Mel!" People from the crowd hollered.Martha pointed to me, redirecting everyone's attention to me immediately. My heart sunk as their eyes scanned me. Some chuckled and some of them scoffed."She is going up against Mel? There is no way she is going to win," a witch from the crowd added."Well, place your bets now! The match will begin soon!" Martha announced.The witches began to bucket and pull money out of their pockets. I was petrified, frozen and left to watch them make a bet on me. My eyes trailed down to the ring, which was vacant now. I swallowed as I began to simulate how the fighting would go in the ring.But who was this Mel they spoke of? And why did I not stand a chance against her? Was she their star fighter? I sighed and rubbed my aching temples
CLAIREMy eyes remained fixed on the crowd, curious to know what was going on. The crowd began to dispatch and everyone seemed panicked as they ran."What the hell is going on?" Mel muttered."Everyone the exits have been blocked!" Someone screamed from the frantic crowd.Mel dashed out of the ring, curious to see what was going on. With my eyes still fix on the running witches, I slowly walked out of the cage and ran up the stairs. Once I got to the top, I could finally see what was going on.A few older witches were restricting the other witches that had crowded to watch the fight. Within the older witches, I noticed a very familiar face. It was aunt Axera. Her eyes met mine and her face lit up."Claire!" She exclaimed and ran to me.She put a hand on my shoulder and examined me."Are you alright?" She asked with so much concern in her eyes.I nodded, but my confusion was high. "What are you doing here? How did you find this place?" I inquired."Well, your friends, Emmaline and Da
DOMINIK's POV"Load the carriages!" I yelled at by men as I stood outside the pack house.I had made up my mind to confront my first enemy, Carlo, once and for all. It was a long time coming and I felt like it needed to happen. Another reason was because of his so called daughter Cora.Once I found out the truth about her, and how she tried to take Claire away, I immediately knew that she would cause more trouble in the future and that involved trying to take Claire again.I understood that Claire was a special entity, but I had not fully understand how special she was. People were going to be after her because of that and it was up to me to prevent that from happening.The moment I had left the witches clan after seeing Claire, my plan was to confront Cora about the whole thing. I planned to take her as a hostage and lure Carlo into my den, but my plan did not hold. The moment I got back to my clan, Cora has disappeared without a trace.It did not surprise me much. She must've know
DOMINIK's POVCarlo and I maintained eye contact for a while. For someone who has a sword pierced into his arm, he seemed rather calm. I turned my gaze to the area around us and I was completely satisfied with what I saw.My men stood victorious and they had managed to overwhelm an defeat Carlo's men. "See this Carlo? This shows that you are not a match for me. You would never me able to defeat, so concede defeat now." I said firmly as my gaze turned back to him.To my surprise, his lips widened into a grin. I could see his white set of teeth, which was covered in blood. He began to laugh loudly and even it made me feel anxious and uncomfortable.Why was he laughing like he had everything under control? I glared at him and pushed my sword even further into his arm. He let out a cry of pain and spat out blood."You are so clueless, it is amusing to watch," he chuckled."What the fuck are you talking about?"He chuckled again and grinned."You really think you have won? But that is wha