Tessa’s POV“Sorry, I’m late,” Esme said as she rushed into the living room. “I hope I didn’t miss anything. I was just cleaning up the neighboring town and making sure nobody remembered anything.”“You are right on time,” Emmet said, giving her an affectionate smile. I didn’t miss the fact that Esme was blushing from his words. I raised my brows at her and her eyes widened at my expression. I wanted to ask her questions about her relationship with the witch doctor, but I knew now was not a good time.“So, what were we talking about?” Esme asked, clearing her throat and getting the attention off herself.I bit back a grin, but then the memory of what we were discussing slammed into my mind and I felt the weight of it pushing me into the couch.“We were talking about the Heavenly Light,” Emmet informed her. “I’ve only ever heard of the Heavenly Light and never the Heavenly Heart. I was just trying to figure out why that was.”“Easy,” Esme said simply. “Alison didn’t want anyone to rem
Tessa’s POVEmmet stared at the results, frowning as he analyzed each and every one of them. I suddenly wasn’t hungry anymore and put my slice of pizza down as I watched him carefully. My stomach was in a complete knot and I was terrified about what he was going to say.Joseph could sense my anxiety and wrapped his arms around me, as he took waited on the edge of his seat for these results.“That’s rather interesting,” Emmet murmured more to himself than to us.“Want to share with us what you found?” Joseph asked, growing impatient with this waiting game.Emmet looked up at Joseph and then nodded as he looked at me.“It’s clear in these results that you do in fact have immortal blood,” Emmet explained.“What does that mean?” I asked, not sure I wanted to know the answer to that.“If I were to guess, I would say that once your full powers come in at the age of 25, you won’t age any further than that. Like a vampire and any other immortal being, you are not going to age. Killing you wou
Tessa’s POV“What’s going on?” I asked before Esme was off the phone.“Okay, I’ll come there right now. I’m about 2 hours away though so it’s going to take me a bit to get there,” Esme said into the phone. “Just try to keep everybody calm.”After another second Esme hung up the phone and looked down at me with such a worried look that it made my stomach tighten.“What’s happening?” I asked again.“The coven is freaking out,” Esme said. “At first I thought it was because thye heard about Lucias’ death. But Patty just told me that they have no idea what year it is. They lost their memories and now it’s like they are waking up. I’m not sure what’s going on, but I think I have to go.”“I’ll come too,” I said, quickly standing to my feet.“It’s 2 hours away and you are exhausted,” Joseph reminded me. “Besides, you have work tomorrow.”“I’ll just tell them I have to work from home tomorrow. I would have to be out in the field anyway. I don’t need to go to the office,” I said quickly, meetin
Tessa’s POV“How is that possible?” Patty asked, staring at Esme like she had grown an extra head. “Are you saying Lucias had been controlling us this entire time?”“Yes,” Esme said, folding her arms across her chest as she fell deep into thought. “That’s exactly what I’m saying.”“But how??”“I don’t have all the answers. But it’s the only thing that makes sense,” Esme said.“He’s not strong enough to pull something like that off,” she said, shaking her head at the very thought.“He must have had some help then,” Esme said. “I’m not sure how he did it. But how else could you explain this memory loss?”“I don’t know…” Patty admitted, her eyes filling with even more tears as she thought about it. Then her eyes shifted to Derek and some of the other younger members. “Some of you weren’t even here during the war. What do you remember?”“Most of us didn’t have a coven and Lucias recruited us,” Derek explained. “He told me that his coven would take me in without any questions asked. I was
Tessa’s POVWe spent most of the evening helping the coven pack. We decided to deal with the house later, but as of right now, none of them felt comfortable staying in this home when they couldn’t remember what had happened in it for the last decade. I couldn’t blame them; I wouldn’t want to stay here either.Joseph and I agreed to let them stay with us until we can find a more permanent arrangement for them. We are hoping to find an even better house for the coven close to our residence. As far as a Coven leader goes, we aren’t quite sure who’s going to take over that role just yet. But so far, most of them are looking to me for answers, even Patty who is just as distraught as the rest of them.Joseph called an overnight moving company that should be at the house soon and they will take all of the bigger items to a storage unit Joseph purchased in the city. Everyone was instructed to pack their smaller items in suitcases and boxes, which would go to our house for the time being.“We
Tessa’s POVOnce we got to the house, I helped everyone bring their stuff inside, Joseph went to deal with the moving truck and the storage unit. Hannah’s mouth fell open when she saw the size of the house and then she looked at me.“You live here?” She asked, surprised.I nodded.“I told Joseph it was too much. But I guess it worked out good now, right?”“Can we pick our own rooms?” Amy asked as we walked inside.“Sure, there’s plenty of them. Some of you might need to double up though. You can’t have my and Joseph’s room. That’s the first door to the right. Each room has its own bathroom. The attack is also finished if one of you wants to stay in there. There’s a staircase to it and everything. Same with the basement. The basement is kind of like its own apartment with a couple of rooms.”“I’ll live in the basement,” Cole said and then he looked at Bennet. “Want to be my roommate down there?”“Absolutely,” Bennet said.“Remember, this is only temporary, you guys. We are going to be
Tessa’s POV“Tessa?” I heard my name but everything was so foggy, I wasn’t sure if I was hearing correctly or not. “What’s wrong, babe?”I definitely heard it that time and when the strong and warm arms wrapped around me, I immediately started to calm. But I still felt so clouded and confused by everything. Joseph’s hand went up and down my back soothingly and I found myself leaning into him, basking in the warmth and comfort that he provided.“I…” I started to say but then froze for a moment.“What is it?” He asked in the most soothing tone. “What happened?”I shook my head as tears threatened to spill before wiping my eyes on the back of my sleeve.“I have to call my dad,” I finally blurted as I reached into my pocket to grab my phone.“Your dad?” He asked, confused. “Why? What’s going on?”I turned to look at Joseph.“I think he might be in trouble,” I admitted.His brows pinched together but before he could say anything, my father’s voice was on the other end of the phone. I hadn’
Tessa’s POV“He just hung up on us…” I whispered, staring up at Joseph. “How could he not even listen to what we were saying? How could he accuse me of lying?”“I think Penny might have done something to him,” Joseph said without hesitation. “Maybe a spell or something…”“She’s not a witch though,” I said, shaking my head at the thought. “She wouldn’t even be able to get into the house if she was. My mother put a spell on the house that only witches from her bloodline could enter.”“Then, Penny got a hold of magic or something,” Joseph said, trying to come up with any excuse to back up my claim.“You believe me,” I whispered; it wasn’t a question but he looked at me funny and then tightened his hold around my body.“Of course, I believe you,” he said, kissing the side of my head gently. “I’ll always believe you.”I smiled into his chest; it was so good to have him in my life.“What are we going to do if Penny really is dangerous?” I asked, tears filling in my eyes again.“Well, your f