It is finally time for us to head back to the pack. This week has drug on and on. It has been a real struggle focusing on anything that I am supposed to be learning but that should be much easier after today.
We are going to meet Dante and a few others from the pack right down the river from my childhood home. From there we will travel with them the rest of the way back to the pack house. I am finally going to go home again.
I am a little worried about Elle being in my pack though. I know that she is only going to be there for protection and training purposes but it is something that has not been done for hundreds of years. At one point in the distant past witches would sometimes live with wolves to offer their protection and healing powers. It has been a long time since that has happened but maybe it is something that we could bring back again.
We are leaving when it is still dark outside so that we can meet the guys at first light. The witches will
As I begin running down the side of the mountain to intercept the witches I rip off the glamour that Elle had placed on me before leaving the cottage. As the witches turn towards me their eyes widen a little in surprise. Pretty soon it will be in fear as well. They are not going to mess with my pack.I skid to a stop with the witches sandwiched between us and the wolves. They have nowhere to go right now without having to fight on both sides to get out. They are trapped with a running river on one side, a pack of wolves on another side, the mountain on the third side and me and my grandmother behind them.When they see Elle running behind me their eyes widen even farther in shock. According to Rosa, nobody has seen her since the attack on my family so they must not have expected to see her out here today. Shifting into my human form, I plant my hands on my hips in all my naked glory and look down at them."Do you think that you are
We do not make it back to the packhouse until night time so I take Elle to one of our spare rooms before we head to bed. I expect to fall into an instant sleep after the long day of fighting and travelling but after one look at Dante as he stares at me intently and I know that that is not going to happen for a few hours.I look over my shoulder at him as I head into the bathroom leaving a trail of clothes in my wake. He follows like he is in a trance as he begins to lose his clothes as well. I turn the water on in the garden tub right before he pounces on me. The water has not even filled the tub an entire inch before we are sinking onto the ground in front of the tub. He is rougher than normal after all of our time apart but we cannot keep our hands off of each other as we finish in a tangled mess before the tub is completely full.Slowly, I pull my sore body into the hot bath tub and let out a sigh as he settles in behind me. He starts to wash my hair as I rela
"So where am I staying if the room here is not where you planned? I would rather not be hidden away. If I am to stay here then I do not want to be hidden away. I plan on helping out and not being a secret." Elle says matter of factly."I would never dream of hiding you away. After we leave here I will take you to a small house that I think you would like. It is secluded but it is not to hide you away. You will have to see when we get there." Dante says mysteriously.I had not heard of any of his plans for her as of yet so I am rather curious as well. Where is he planning to have her stay at? As a witch she needs to be surrounded by nature if she is not with a coven but then again, as werewolves we really love our nature as well so that might not be difficult."Why does it feel like the witches are just messing with me? I have not had to fight any of them yet and after everything they did when I was a child it just seems hard to believe that they would just
We leave Elle for the rest of the afternoon to settle into her new house. Meanwhile, on our way back to the pack house to set up for the pack dinner later tonight, I am going to stop by and see my cousin. She seemed so excited to see me earlier that I felt bad not having time to stop by and say hi.As we approach her house, I see her still toiling away in the garden. I chuckle a little bit as I watch her sweat while working in the garden. It looks like hard work doing it this way. Maybe I should offer to help her out some?"Hey, do you need help with your garden? I might know a person that can make it way faster." I offer."You are a life saver. I have been out here for hours and I am not getting anywhere." She says to me.Walking into the garden, I let my connection to the earth flow. As it reaches each plant I coax more life into it while having the weeds relocate somewhere else. I used to think that the weeds all needed to be taken out but
Baking cookies with Scarlett definitely helped me to come back to my reality. I have been all witch for a while now so the simple act of baking cookies with a friend helps to ground me into remembering that I am both witch and werewolf. It feels weird to think that being a witch is starting to feel normal to me now but as I learn more about the craft, the more I feel like I am finding another part of myself. A part that I did not know I was missing in the first place.Scarlett is the perfect person to help center me too. She does not want to rip my clothes off the second that she sees me. It really helps me to feel a little more normal when I am not being mauled by an Alpha every hour. I am more than happy to be attacked by him but sometimes I need a friend that is a female as well. Even if I am finding it harder to relate to her due to her pregnancy.When I make it back to the pack house I have a nice and quiet lunch with Dante before we plan to break the
Now that we had gotten our little foray out of the way, it is time to actually get ready for the pack dinner tonight. The entire pack should be showing up now that I am back and Dante has warned everybody that we have an announcement to make tonight. Some of the pack members might be upset that we are going to have a witch living with us considering that we are currently going to battle with other witches but this might help us even out the playing field a little bit.Scarlett arrives early looking for Quin again. She apparently has not seen him at all since he left this morning for his scouting duties. She does not seem worried about him but I am a little worried about him and how this is going to affect her and the baby. They need him around so he is going to have to figure out what is going on with him so that he can be there for the baby."Have you seen Quin at all today?" I ask Dante."Not since he reported that everything looked clear during his run.
After a brief, yet awkward pause the pack slowly begins to clap for Elle. She does not seem upset about the lack of enthusiasm and just inclines her head slightly to everybody. The clapping tapers off rather quickly and everybody looks towards Dante as if they are expecting more news."Well, our Luna is finally back so let's celebrate her return. Please, take the time to get to know Elle before you judge her. Remember that your own Luna is half witch so just because Elle is a witch does not mean that she is going to be like some of the others that you have met. Keep an open mind and let's celebrate the small victories." He says as if we had already earned our peace from the other witches.The crowd disperses and starts to converse in hushed tones. Dante makes his way over to where Elle and I are standing. He gives me a small smile and says, "Well, that went well."I let out a chuckle. To think that that went well is downright laughable. Still, they could have be
When the movie reaches about the halfway point, I see Scarlett slowly dozing off on the couch. I take her plate away and cover her up with a small blanket. She can rest here as long as she needs while we figure out what is going on with her mate.Walking outside, I spy Dante talking to Quin on the side of the house where nobody else is at. I head in that direction to see if I can help at any way. Quin is looking at his shoes rather ashamed as Dante lectures him. I cannot tell what they are talking about but judging by Dante's posture I would assume that he is not going easy on Quin."I just want to make sure that everything is ready for her when the baby is born. I want to make sure that everything is safe for our child." Quin says to Dante as I approach."Why wouldn't your child be safe? What are you trying to do to secure that. We are already doing everything that we can to keep them safe." Dante tells him."Well, you know that I love you guys and
"Wait, you can do that?" Frank asks shocked. "Yes, of course I can. It is not something that I have done often, actually only one other time but it is an option. It is one that terrifies her." I admit. "Who did you do it to before?" Rand asks me. "I did it to Morden. There was no other way to stop her from coming after my pack or my family." I answer simply. "Your grandmother said that Simonetta was behind that the entire time. That only makes it right that she gets the same punishment if not worse than what Morden received." Rand points out. I had not thought of it that way but it is true. Still, we need to have a system set up for something like this. Otherwise, there will always be somebody that takes advantage of the power and that is not something that I can condone. "That is very true. I had not thought of that but this is not a decision to be made lightly. There might be longer reaching consequences that even I am not aware of by using this ability. Still, I see no other o
It did not take long at all for the Hybrid Council to arrive. They all file in looking a little shocked to see Simonetta there, unable to use her magic as she floats slightly in the air. Quickly, they find their seats. Then, both Rand and Frank walk in as well. I had not thought of inviting them but I am glad that Dante did. With how long she terrorized their pack it is only fitting that they are here for this as well.I smile at them all as they whisper among themselves for a few moments. This is a bit of a shock for those that were not here to see Simonetta arrive. For Frank and Rand, they finally see their enemy tied up and floating in the air. They are not aware that I can take away her ability to use magic so this is going to be a shock to them when the meeting starts. "I take it you called us all here for a reason?" Elle says once everyone starts to calm down."Yes, I did. As everybody here knows, Simonetta has caused quite a few problems for us. She has terrorized werewolves,
Simonetta rushes towards me using wind to guide her speed. It is not enough to throw me off guard though and I shove a wall of dirt up in front of me. She almost crashes into it before she is able to skid to a stop at the last second. If she had prepared then she might have been able to use the air that was helping her speed up to me to jump over the wall but instead, she is used to using her other powers for combat and did not make the decision in time.As soon as she begins to stop, I tear down the wall and shift into werewolf form quickly to land on top of her with my teeth to her neck. Out of all of the forms that I could have turned into this was the only one that registered as an option. I would like for her to see the one thing that she thinks is beneath her be the thing that brings her down. For once, she surprises me when she throws me off of her with some air. I quickly flip over and land on my paws. I shift back and face her again. She is breathing hard and I find myself a
As soon as my illsuion drops I see Simonetta's face blanche. Chelsea drops to the ground and has it swallow her up as she falls through it to meet the others. I send her a brief thank you as she helps to keep them all safe from whatever back up plan Simonetta could have.She sends me a sad farewell. Apparently she is worried about whether or not I am going to make it out of this one. I might not have used much magic recently but I guarantee that there is no way I will let her get away with this threat. Today, she is going to go down and she is not going to be a threat to anybody with werewolf blood ever again."Wait, you had the baby? No! You can't have had it already!" She screams in rage."Actually, I can. There was nothing stopping me from having it. There is also nothing in the way of me putting a stop to you and your bullying once and for all" I say. She takes a few steps back as she steels herself for what we bothk now is going to happen next. It is a shame that the rest of the
"Why would she ever want to go with you?" I ask Simonetta in shock."I am sure that she can see the benefits when she realizes that if she doesn't then she will never get to meet the bundle of joy in your stomach. I will personally make sure that you are unable to deliever them. After all, the more powerful the babes the less the mother can use magic so I am sure that you are not able to defend yourself very well." Simonetta says triumphantly.I try my best to look worried. I really do. I find that it is difficult to be worried about her though. She has never really had a lot of sway over me. Even when I first realized how much stronger than her I am I had found it difficult to be scared of her. "You really think that I am afraid of you? Even without being able to use my powers you do not worry me. I have plenty of other witches that are able to come and help me." I say."Not before something bad happens to you. Chelsea, I would hate to see for anything bad to happen to Laina. I just
Each team splits up and gets ready to make their way through the obstacle course. They are all going to have to take turns trying to make it through safely. Each team has a designated amount of time before they get elminated. The one that makes it through the fastest and with the least amount of mistakes, will be the ones to win the competition. The course is very similar to the one that we did with the entire pack when we first started training. The one that really got the women moving faster as they fought to make good time through the course to beat the men. This one is just a little more geared towards children and not fully grown adults.Some of the obstacles are smaller to better accomodate their size, some things are closer together and they have even added some new obstacles that would have been difficult for the adults. There are also some obstacles that are going to require teamwork to make it through. If they do not work together then they have no hope of making it to the
It takes much longer than planned to get the babies ready for travel. I have never packed a diaper bag before but luckily Scarlett shows up to help me get them ready and squeal over the twins for a minute. Or more precisely, several minutes."I can't believe that they are finally here! I swear it felt like your pregnancy was never going to end. Every time that I thought you were going into labor and you never did. Yesterday, I had no idea that you were going into labor. How did you keep that from me?!" She says to me."It was not exactly on purpose. I did not even know that I was in labor until I spoke to Dante and then Elle confirmed it. It was a really odd day. We had a lot that happened that day so I thought that everything I was feeling was just from stress." I admit to her."Ha! For once, I could have answered that if you had just talked to me. Instead, you have me doing made up jobs with you to help me out." She says excitedly.I shake my head as she begins showing me exactly h
The first night with the babies was quite a bit of a learning curve. Whenever we put them in their bassinets they just started to cry nonstop until we picked them up again. It took a couple of hours to find out that if we put them into the same bassinet they were able to sleep peacefully and not wake us up. By the time we managed learning that, I was beyond exhausted and ready to sleep. Thankfully, there was more than enough people in the house to help us out throughout the night.When I wake up I find that Dante is already standing over their bassinet watching them sleep. They have managed a few hours of sleep straight which for me was quite shocking considering that they are newborns. "How are they?" I ask him sleepily.Chelsea decided to sleep on one of the loveseats last night as well. She was just too excited to go to sleep in her bedroom after I had the babies. I do not blame her but as she shifts when I start talking I do realize that that might have been a mistake. She is goi
Chelsea comes running in once the babies start to cry for food. Her face is filled with excitement as she rushes over to me. Even though they are hungry, I allow her to hold and rock Caterine while I first feed Archer. I might get good enough to be able to feed them both at once in the future but for now feeding just one is tricky. I never knew that it could be this hard to feed a baby."Hi Caterine, I am your Aunt Chelsea. We are going to be best friends. You are going to get to go to school with werewolf pups and use magic. It is going to be wonderful. I can't wait to teach you everything that I know." Chelsea coos to the baby making all of us smile.It is a good thing that she already has so much experience being around babies because she does a great job holding Caterine while Archer is feeding. She does sit down though as she looks at her. Even though Caterine was crying just a moment ago from hunger, she is now looking at Chelsea with wide eyes. Werewolf pups have much better ey