For dinner Dante decides to make a taco bar with a few different proteins. There are steak, chicken and ground beef tacos for us all to choose from along with a variety of toppings. Somehow, he managed to get all of this ready in just over an hour for Scarlett and Quin to come over for dinner.Quin still has not said anything to Scarlett about moving to another pack so we are going to have to broach the topic very carefully. We do not want her to think that we want to get rid of her but that we are just worried about the safety of her and her pup."Laina, I am so happy to be here for dinner again. I love when our wonderful Alpha cooks for us. You got lucky with that one." Scarlett says to me."That I did. He is a decent cook isn't he." I say happily.We talk a little bit about how the pregnancy is going while we wait for the men to sit down at the table with us. I try to make subtle hints at needing to be careful of the pup when it is born. Sh
For some reason, I had expected more of an argument out of Scarlett so the fact that she does not argue much has me a little taken aback. Maybe now that she is thinking of a little one she realizes that she has to put her safety first for a while. Whatever the reason, I am a little relieved that she saw the sense in moving.The rest of dinner passed in a melancholy silence with the knowledge that some of our pack members were going to be leaving for the forseeable future. No matter how well thought out the reasoning is, the thought of them leaving has me on the verge of tears for the rest of dinner and looking at Scarlett I can tell that she is as well."I am really going to miss you guys. I hope that you know that. Scarlett, not only were you the first family member that I have met after all of these years but you are also the first friend that I have ever made. Even before my parents were killed I did not have friends but you were somehow so easy to talk
Even though I have known for a few days now that Scarlett and Quin will be leaving the pack for a while, it still catches me off guard when the time finally comes just a few days later. Even though with my classes that I teach and the witch lessons that I take, I am completely booked at all times, I still managed to take her shopping before she leaves.As the closest relative still alive I take it upon myself to buy all kinds of baby items and gifts to decorate their new place. This way even when I am not there they can still think of me. Not knowing if the baby is a boy or girl really made shopping difficult but I somehow managed to find quite a few items that I would love to see for her child to grow up with.Overall, we spent every spare moment together leading up to them heading out. I even went so far this morning as to help them pack up their truck. The feeling is bittersweet watching them get ready to leave but I am thrilled that their baby is going to be given
"Morden!" I yell as I skid to a stop a few feet away. She turns towards me looking shocked at my obvious speed to get here before they could try anything. As my anger at her targeting my pack and family grows, the clouds in the sky start to darken. Elle always warned me that my anger could effect the weather since I have such control over the elements. Maybe today they will learn what all I am capable of. "Laina, how nice to see you. I was under the impression that you left the pack." Morden says spitefully. "No, you knew fully well that I was back. You sent some of your witches after me the day that I came back here. I know that they told you that I was heading back home. What do you want?" I ask her as the wind picks up. Her eyes widen as she looks around at the weather and then back at me. "I want just what I told you the last time that I saw you. I want you in my Coven. I need you to help me establish peace amongst the wolf packs." She says. Huh, I almost believe her. Sadly fo
Morden struggles to fight me off but I caught her slightly off guard by landing on her the way that I did. She has a shield up that I have no idea how to get around but since she has not yet managed to regain her confidence I might have a chance of finding a way around it. "Laina, her shield will not hold forever. Just keep going and it will break. It is air." Elle yells from behind me. Just air? I can handle that. Heck, I can make one of my own. At the thought of it I wrap myself in my own shield of air as I swing my knife towards her. She manages to block it in time as she regains her composure. Throwing me off of her with a blast of air, I manage to land only a couple of feet away on my feet. "I see that you have been practicing using the elements. That is smart since you can do almost anything you want with them. Still, I have been practicing for much longer so you might have to work a little harder if you want to be able to beat me." Morden snarls. "I do not want to beat you
While she had watched the fight out of the corner of her eyes she did not take the time to test for illusions. She failed to realize that we could have been tricking her this entire time. Elle was more than capable of helping me and we communicated this plan through another wolf as I ran here ahead of the others.My wolves never even came out of the woods to fight anyone. While all of her witches thought that they were fighting real wolves only one had even come close to touching a wolf. When Dante had grabbed the witch's arm it had really been him there as they would have been too difficult to fake but he backed off after that and all of the rest was just a ruse.Her witches are now exhausted as they realize that they have been taking on fake wolves this entire time. The rest of my pack walks out with wolfy smiles as they surround the witches. Not just a few wolves that were in the illusion but the entire pack, a few hundred strong, walk out and surround the witches w
"Elle, Elle, what is it? Who is she?" I ask in confusion. Elle just turns to me blankly for a minute before answer. "Christina is or was my sister." I just continue to stare at her in confusion. I never thought to ask Elle if she had had any other children but I guess that when you live as long as she has you cannot be expected to only have one. Does that mean that I have other family members out there? "Are you saying that this girl here is related to us?" I ask her dumbfounded. "Yes, if what she says is true then yes she is related to us. She would be my niece and your distant cousin. I never knew that she had a child though. She can't be dead either. There is no way that she would die during childbirth. Not a witch. That is almost unheard of." She says while still having that blank look on her face. Well, not sure how far we are going to get with Elle when she is looking this shocked so I turn to look at Julia once again. "Are you going to cause us any problems Julia? I do not
Julia seems to be sweet and meek when we finally get back to the club house. I try to keep her close to me since she was one of the witches that was attacking us before. Even though the pack is good at listening to my requests, I cannot imagine that they would be nice to her after what happened before. Instead, I have her sit next to me while we order enough pizza to feed the entire pack. From more than one pizza place since there are so many of us."So, you are truly not upset that I kept you from leaving with the witches?" I ask her uncertainly."No, does it really matter though. You have every right after what we did to you earlier. That was really ingenius how you beat us though. I can't imagine that Morden ever expected you were capable of something like that. So far all she has taught me is how to fight but none of the other important aspects of being a witch." She says sadly.If that is true then she is missing out on an entire chunk of training. She most
"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