The lake is absolutely beautiful. I can't believe that I have never ran into it before. It is not overly large but it is surrounded by large boulders and plants. There is even a tree off to one side that has a swing on it for the younger generations. Heck probably for the men too since Dante's eyes lit up when he saw it. "Wow this is gorgeous. The water is absolutely clear. How have I never been here before?" I say looking at Dante."I could only assume it is because it is the opposite direction from your den. You just never thought to come this far passed the pack house. Too afraid that I would catch you and keep you." He jokes."Well, considering that is exactly what happened, I think that I was right to stay away as long as I did." I joke back.He turns and chases me closer to the water. I run, jumping over boulders like they aren't even there so he has to go around them. I just laugh as I get halfway across the pond from him and he cannot manage to get any closer."What are you d
Laying on our towels on the side of the lake is quite refreshing. Dante packed us a picnic lunch that we have not gotten to quite yet. Instead, we are laying on our towels just soaking up some much needed sunlight. Soon, it is going to be getting colder out and we will not be able to do this."The lake is quite beautiful. Thanks for bringing me here." I say turning towards him."It is even more beautiful now. Not only because you are here but you did such a great job of cleaning it up. I never would have guessed that all of that trash was down there." He says."Well sometimes it happens. Sometimes on accident, and sometimes somebody is a jerk and does it on purpose. What all types of fish live down there anyways? I swear something really large brushed against my leg before coming up. Did not get a chance to see it though." I admit."Just what you saw when we were down there. There are some gar which should be the largest, although, some of the catfish that are living inside the rock f
Elle is completely flabbergasted when I tell her what we found. She wants to go back immediately to see if she can see the fish but I manage to talk her out of it. We can go back on Monday after all of our classes. Dante is going to take the teenagers to clean up the trash and make sure that the lake is blocked off before then. Even with the discovery of the lake monster, we managed to have a fantastic Friday evening and Saturday. Now, we are going to split up and make sure that everything is ready for Monday. It is much harder to get back to our usual life than I had thought it would be after only two days off with Dante."I am going to have Kevin meet me at the lake with the teenagers. I want backup in case we need to distract them from the gigantic fish swimming around in there." Dante tells me before we leave for the day."I really think that it was just attracted to me but it is really hard to say. I just see no reason why the only time it has been seen that anybody can remember
Scarlett manages to remain quiet for most of the recap of my dream. There are a few times that she tries to interject but I just hold up a hand so she waits. It is much easier to get it all out at once than it is to have to keep restarting my rehash."So, you are telling me that you are going to be our Luna and take over the Coven? That is amazing! At least you know that you already have the skills for both positions." She says sounding excited."But I do not want to be in charge of the Coven. I would rather not have to deal with all of those witches at all. They have done nothing but hunt me and my family since I was born. Why would I want to be in their Coven?" I ask her.It feels strange asking it out loud even though everybody knew how I felt about it. Dante and Elle both know why I do not want to be in charge of the Coven. I know that it has been deemed necessary but that does not mean that I have to like it. I have not been in a Coven before but it seems like a place where you c
"So how was Scarlett when you stopped by to see her today?" Dante asks me when we finally meet back up for dinner."She was doing pretty well over all. Going a little stir crazy. Apparently since the doctor put her on bed rest and Quin is gone all of the time it is only adding to her stress." I inform him."I did not know that she was on bed rest. If I had then I would have given him some more time off. I will have to tell him tomorrow first thing. Is there anything else that she is stressed about?" He asks me worriedly."Just getting stuff around for the baby. She showed me the room and there is nothing in there that is ready for the baby to be born. She has not even been able to get it painted. It won't be too much longer and she will be up trying to get it all done no matter what the doctor says." I tell him.He thinks for a little while and I can tell that he is talking to some of the other pack members through their mind link. I continue to eat in silence. We have not yet brought
Getting back to reality is extremely difficult after the weekend that we had alone. Now, the need to get back into our routine and all of our training seems depressing. We have so much to accomplish and we have no idea how long we actually have to get it done. That is all up to the witches and whenever they decide to attack again. As I head to Scarlett's house before classes start, I cannot help but enjoy the wonderful day while planning out everything that I still have to get done for the day. The sun is shining brightly which will help when we head to the lake. Will the fish show up today? Even though Dante is afraid of the connection, I cannot help but feel as if it was there for me the last time. Scarlett calls me in sounding annoyed before I even manage to knock on the door. Uh oh, what is going on with her already? She is once again on the couch and looking even less excited than the last time I was here. What could have happened already that caused her mood to turn more sour?
"Hello again Morden, I did not expect to see you again so soon." I say with false friendliness."Aw why not? I was so looking forward to this meeting. It is about time that something goes my way for once when it comes to you." She sneers back. "Oh yeah, and what might that be?" I ask her."Just what you have been refusing to do the entire time that you have been living with this pack. You are going to come with me and stay with my Coven for a few days. It is time that you learn who, exactly, I am." She says victoriously."And just how do you expect to get me to agree to something like this?" I ask her."Do you want me to have one of my sisters go and grab your pregnant little friend in there? You might be able to take some of us out but I highly doubt that you can do that while protecting her. If you want to keep her safe, then you will come with us right now." She tells me matter-of-factly.If she is right then I really do not have much of a choice. I know that I can do everything i
They keep my sense dulled to where I cannot see where they are taking me until we finally pull to a stop. It feels like we have been driving for hours but with nothing to keep my mind occupied it might not have been anywhere near that long. Heck, they might have driven in circles for quite a while before we got here just to throw me off.When they finally pull to a stop, hands grab my and guide me out of the vehicle. I expected them to be rough but they are surprisingly gentle as they lead me on. I can smell pine trees and the air seems to be a bit thinner so I would expect that I am on a mountain of some sort. Maybe the ones that were by my old house but I am not sure without more information to go on.We come to a stop for a while and I can sense what seems to be some sort of arguement going on next to me. I cannot hear or see it but I can feel what seems to be a disagreement lingering in the air before I am escorted forward once more. I keep expecting to walk into a building and f
"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