Chapter 6: The Vichell

"We are so desirous of vengeance that people often offend us by not giving offence."

-Dorothee DeLuzy-

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The dark mossy green and umber colored room was filled with four figures wearing black cloak who circled around a huge ball of glass which acted like a live mirror. They had been waiting for it for so long. The gatherings always occurred a day after everything happened but most of the times, the result was not as satisfactory, however, that day was different.

Flashes of images sparked from the glass showing the fight among the Azure Blood clan and the rogues from the previous night. The witches’ green eyes gleamed as they saw the alpha of the clan fell on the lake. The panicked expression of the other wolves brought great delight to them as they thought they had finally managed to get rid of that annoying alpha wolf.

“I can’t believe this day would come sooner than what we had expected.” A woman’s amused voice was heard. She had a huge grin over her face and tried her best to not laugh out loud. There was hints of madness in her eyes.

“I know sister, how wonderful it is to know that he is finally dead? It is only a matter of time before we launch our attack since the pack would be weak without their alpha.” Soon enough a male voice reaffirmed what she had just stated. However, the other two witches still had their skepticism regarding the situation.

“Is it really this easy? If so, why do I still feel uneasy? They have not found his body yet. We cannot confirm whether or not he is truly dead.” A more mature sounding female voice followed, instantly killing the excitement the other two had. The three of them turned their head to the eldest among them, the taller man standing in the middle.

“What do you think about this, Herod?” They were waiting for his opinion as he was deemed the wisest. The man was their leader and they would definitely follow his decision. Herod was silent for a while, he appeared to be in deep thoughts.

“The alpha is not dead yet, I cannot sense his blood. He must be alive.” He stated which made everyone else shocked. If Herod was the one telling them, then it must have been true. After all the man was gifted the ability to sense things beyond the other witches. The question was, where would the alpha be at the moment?

“Then what are we supposed to do? If he is not dead, then he must be weak right now. We need to find him before the other wolves do, that way we can just murder him and reclaim our victory once and for all.” The younger man, the fourth child and the younger brother suggested. However, Herod shook his head. It seemed like he knew something none of them did.

“We can’t just find him now, nor can we kill him just yet, it is not the time. If we do it now, things would end up disastrous. We still need to wait.” None of the others understood what exactly he meant by that. It looked like their older brother was just wasting opportunity to defeat their lifetime enemy who had murdered their parents ten years ago.

Yes, the witches gathered in the room was none other than the Vichell family who had a long history of war with the Azure Blood pack. They were making their attempts on revenge against the ones who had murdered their parents.

When the previous leaders died, the children worked extremely hard on cultivating their magic for the past ten years just so they could bring an end to the wolf pack and made them feel what they felt ten years ago.

Their new leader was the eldest of the family, Herod Vichell. The man had long black hair and a glimmering forest green eyes, a signature to their family. Among all of them, he had the deepest amount of hatred for them since he was in the same room with them when they killed his parents. He witnessed it happening in front of his eyes.

After the incident was over, he made a vow to become the greatest leader of the Vichell family and protected his siblings while avenging their parents’ death. His magical power was called the destructive black magic. He was the most powerful among the siblings and could destroy an entire building with a snap of a hand.

There were five members of the family, the eldest was Herod, the second one was the eldest daughter of the family, Josephine Vichell, the brunette haired woman was called the blood lady. Because she was able to control blood within human veins.

She had previously tested her magic on wolves and it worked, but she needed more sample to make sure if her magic had any flaw. The woman was calm and collected, similarly to Herod, she was rational and acted as the mother figure for her siblings.

The third child was Mila Vichell. She was the most beautiful among all the children and a popular socialite among the witches and humans. She possessed dark blonde hair and slender body. Her magic involved hypnosis and mind control.

She had fortune telling ability to a certain degree, but it was not always accurate. She had amazing ability to gather information from others and had a sly, cunning personality. 

The fourth child was Lewis, he controlled fire magic. The red haired man was quite hot tempered and rebellious but he did not have enough nerve to defy the eldest brother’s order. He  was physically strong as well, but he lacked the ability to think properly and one of the least sharp member of the family.

And last but not least, the youngest member of the Vichell family. The beloved daughter who was only a young child when her parents’ died. Emmeline Vichell.

“Wait, now that we’ve talked about this, where is Emmeline?” It was true, the youngest sibling was not there at the gathering with them. They looked around but there was no sign of her anywhere. They thought she would be late like usual, but she actually did not arrive at all. Mila quickly used her power to track her but looked like she had blocked all magic attempt on her.

Josephine sighed and shook her head. That child was truly something. The free spirited golden haired Emmeline was a bit different from her older siblings. Because she had never truly grasped what happened to her parents, she did not bear the same kind of hatred her older siblings did. Besides, they had always protected her and kept her sheltered, which was why she never truly understood what was actually going on.

However, her free spirit had brought a few issues to her siblings, just like that one. Sometimes she would go outside on her own and never told anyone where she went, then she would return back in the evening acting like nothing happened while her siblings were worried if something had happened to her. All of those acts were based solely on one reason.

The eighteen years old Emmeline bore no great magic power. Despite being a member of the Vichell family, she was only able to do low ranking magic which could be done by nearly any witches, hence why they thought she definitely would not survive if she was attacked by a pack of wolf, that was why they always tried to keep her in the house, but the clever girl always found her ways out and it was starting to irritate them.

“All of you should stay here, I will be going out to find Emmeline.” Josephine stated as she changed into her proper attire using magic. They stared at her and sighed. Jospehine just could not leave the girl alone, after all the two of them were quite close to each other.

Before she managed to step out, the door opened and Emmeline walked into the room, completely unharmed. She removed her hood and walked toward her siblings. Josephine quickly rushed to her side and nagged her for leaving the place without any guards around.

“I’m sorry. I was bored in this place. There is nothing for me to do every single day except practicing my magic. I just went to the forest to take a stroll, however, I managed to find something interested.” She stated with a smile.

"What is it?" Her brothers and sister raised their brows.

“Alpha Maximilllian is alive.” Most of the siblings were surprised except for Herod who had expected it. He already had a hunch that it would not be that easy to kill him off.

"How do you know that?" Mila questioned.

"I was wondering around the forest and I saw him from afar, he was with a woman, a human, not sure who she was but it was none of my business." She snuffed.

The rest of them turned to Herod asking for his advice on what they should do next.

"I guess I'll just give that human a visit later."