Darius is grinning at me, and Kellan, being smart, is keeping his distance."It was a joke." Kellan laughs and looks at me."You're lucky that I'm the size of a..." I glare at him, and they both laugh."See, even you say it. You can't kill me for saying it when you do." Kellan sits laughing."I'm allowed to say I'm the size of a whale. You're not."His eyes roll."Okay, Kellan, get here; she won't beat you up, I swear." I turn to Darius. "Like you could move enough to anyway. Do it after you have the babies, please."Well, he gave me permission. I nod and grin."You remember the topics, right?" I nod at him. I know which topics to discuss and which to avoid. Darius nods at the cameras."I would like to start by saying that everything has officially been cleared up. Hence, we are doing this today. All the wolves are back where they belong. It became easier the more she did it. Tonight, all the information regarding the late king, the underground, The Wolf Game, and such will be release
I sit and watch them, Kellan is behind me with his body wrapped around mine."Tired?" I look at him, and he nods. "Blame Darius.""I do! We told him it wouldn't work." He laughs, and I watch Darius walk in. The babies are in their chairs, finally settled."I'm sorry, okay?" He looks at us, amused."So, bedrooms?" He thought giving them each a room would work, we objected but agreed to put the girls in one, and boys in another, purely to prove a point."Okay, I was wrong. Keep them together in one room for now." He sits down, and we laugh."I told you it wasn't ideal while they were still young." He didn't want to believe it."I'm tired. Stop picking on me. Apparently, tiredness plus me equals dumbness and loss of brain cells. I don't even know why I suggested it because I know it was stupid."Yet he did, actually, he suggested each having their own room. I can understand, though; they are four months, no longer tiny babies, but still, separating them at night was a bad idea.I watch a
Today has been long. I still can't believe they are sixteen. That is something I had no idea about. We had breakfast together, then the cameras arrived, and for the first time they where here and filmed them shifting. I hadn't realised at first that the cameras never caught Kellan or Darius in their wolf form until they were much older. Apparently, that's because they weren't allowed to see or show any footage before they had at least turned sixteen. After they had shifted, each one did an interview, their first official interview. Asher spoke about his plans to stay studying, Elijah spoke about focusing on becoming part of the community, Storm explained she plans to focus on her magic and practice it, and Aurelia spoke about becoming a doctor. They each kept the audience captivated, talking about their futures and how their magic was coming along. It turns out that each one of them can do something different. Elijah can heal people, Aurelia can give people wolves who were born with
*This is the start of book 2*XeniaYesterday’s birthday celebration for the kid’s 18th birthday took a lot of energy. I sit facing Isadora.“I’ve got no answers, Your Majesty,” she bows her head slightly. She does it every time she calls me that as a show of apology because I ask her not to.“Something must be causing it,” I say, and she nods, smiling at me softly.“I’ve no idea. We’ve tried to utilise your magic and use it more, and it continues to grow. We tried to ignore it and stop using your magic and it grows.” She sits worried and I don’t blame her.Neither Darius nor Kellan will be happy with this answer. There’s actually no answer; it’s just unknown once again.“Binding your magic also didn’t work,” she smiles softly at me.About a year ago, my magic began to change and grow. The stronger it gets, the more worried I get. I touch something, and things happen.We hadn’t noticed it, not until I picked up a dead plant, and somehow, it blossomed and came to life in my hands. I wa
Xenia POVI sit and face Bailey.“I know what happened was wrong, and I wouldn’t be here if I had another choice,” she says, and I nod.“What do you want, Bailey?” Darius asks, and she stares at him, clearly shocked by his unfriendliness. They had been close until she caused all the issues around the wedding.“I need to ask if you would allow Quinn to stay here,” she asks, and my eyes widen.“What? No!” Darius stands.“Please! He...” Bailey looks around worriedly. “He’s somehow got magic, and I can’t help him! I’ve got no one who can teach him how to control it. I’m scared he will hurt someone.” She pleads, and my body stays still.I’m not sure, this could be a trap from her.“I’m sure Grant can help. He has some great associates he could point in your direction,” Darius growls.“Grant is dead!” She cries, and her head falls.“No, he isn’t, or we would have heard,” Kellan laughs.“He is. You know he wasn’t allowed back at the pack. He moved us from pack to pack. The last one, he thoug
Xenia POVDarius sits and looks at me.“It’s been centuries since people with magic had the ability to use it as an element. Fire, Water, all that. It began a war, to the point where everyone with one of those forms of magic was killed.”I stare at Darius in shock. That sounds crazy.“I thought magic was just magic?” I ask.“How is it? Each of the kids can do basic magic but they excel at something specific. Aurelia can give people wolves, no one else can.” Kellan explains.“Kellan is right; each person’s magic is different. No one has had the ability to use fire, water, wind, or such since the big battle. It wiped them all out. People vowed that if anyone got the power like that again, they shouldn’t live to protect everyone from their wars.” Darius grasps my hands.“Since that war, the witches, warlocks and such have dwindled in numbers. They became less powerful; without the elements, the magic has died essentially,” Kellan explains.“So what does it mean? If he has the ability to
Xenia POVSitting with Quinn, I consider what sort of questions I need to ask, but I'm out of my element here. Still, I need to figure something out."So your mum mentioned you began feeling and being able to do fire magic. Have you tried other magic, basic things?" I ask, wondering if he's just focused on the fire.Sitting, I listen to him telling me about it, and while he does, I try to get a sense of the magic. It doesn't feel dark. It feels like any other magic.Yet from what was said, fire magic isn't something that was seen or heard of anymore. In the sixteen years I've lived here and had Isadora help, I've learned more about it. That though I didn't know."You need to learn to control your magic when you're emotional. That is the only thing that would lead to your death," Kellan states, and he nods quickly."We tried. I didn't even know what was going on. She said this morning she was going to come here and ask for information on a witch who could help teach her child how to sa
Xenia POVI stand staring at Darius. He's going to shift."He stays away from them," his words are growled."Darius, it's not as simple as that. Stop being a prick!" I shout, and his eyes widen. "They are mates, and it's not our choice," I say."Is that a joke?" He glares at me."No, it's the truth! Go ahead, Darius. Tell her she can't go near him, so keep them apart. Tell her she isn't allowed to be his mate and watch her walk out."I won't have her leave because he's stubborn."She wouldn't leave," he growls."Out of all four, Storm is the one who would leave for her mate! She's stubborn, just like you, but wild and easily bored like Kellan. So yes, she would!" I glare at him."He shouldn't be her mate," he argues."Because in your eyes, he's not good enough, right? He's not worthy because he's not an alpha or anything like that, really?" I shout."What?" He stares at me. "No, I don't care about that, but his dad is Grant!""Clearly not, Bailey lied. You lied, sixteen years, Darius,