After Rosa leaves, nobody else stops to visit for a few days. In fact, I am beginning to wonder if anybody is going to come and see me before Elle gets here. That is too easy of course, and Morden comes to see me before long."I see that you are getting further with your little hovel of a house. Planning to stay for a while I take it?" She asks me snidely."Just figured that as long as I am here I might as well be comfortable. You seem to be rather content to just leave me in here. If I am going to be here I will relax while I can. I am sure you agree that running a group of people can be rather exhausting. At least, I do not expect that running a coven is any easier than running a pack of wolves. Maybe not quite as rambunctious but still not easy." I say conversationally."If you keep talking to me this way I will begin to think that you are getting lonely. Do I need to send someone here to talk to you each day?" She says with mock sincerity."Nah, that's alright. You do not seem to
That night, I did in fact dream of the Moon Goddess once again. I am in the woods this time, standing in the middle of a clearing. All around me are wildflowers and a few large boulders that I can sit on if I wish. Before I get the chance to move to one, I hear her voice once again, "Welcome, child. Are you ready to learn the last bit about unlocking your power?" So, this is it then. This is the last lesson before I am expected to take on the Coven? "I guess." I answer unsure."No, yes or no. Not I guess. You need to be sure. Are you ready to do what needs to be done to keep your pack, your family safe? Are you ready to ensure that all others like you are able to survive in the future?" She asks once again."Yes." I say without hesitation. When she says it that way it is all but impossible to deny. I have been wanting to be able to create a peaceful future for my family since my parents were killed. If this is the only way that that will ever happen then yes, I am ready."Good. If
Looking around in awe at the devastation that I caused in my sleep, I find that even the wards that kept me locked in are no longer here. I can move about completely on my own now. If I wanted to just leave and go to my pack then I would have no issues getting away before they noticed.But, then I would not be able to do what I have been instructed to do. I would not be able to secure a future for me and my family if I leave now. I have to make a statement. I have to prove that I belong here. That my family is better than whatever these witches are making us out to be. Now, how do I want to go about my next steps? I did not plan on my cage being obliterated in the middle of the night. I could go back downstairs and wait for somebody to come and find the cage. I could also hide in a tree and take them by surprise when they come looking for me.Then again, I think I know what I want to do. I keep getting told that it is time that I take the fight to them so that is exactly what I am go
"You did not answer how you got in here." Morden points out rather bravely."No, I did not. I was getting to that actually. You know how you have always been terrified of me being a hybrid. Saying that I am an abomination to hide the fact that you really are just scared of me and what I stand for. Well, that fear led to an incredible realization. Well, that fear and a little help from our wonderful Moon Goddess." I admit."The Moon Goddess would not help someone like you." She spits at me."Really? Well, have you ever stopped to think that the wolves worship a Moon Goddess as well. Maybe you thought that they were sisters or something, but just like there is only one moon, there is only one Moon Goddess. She created both species. Not to fight nonstop but to live in peace. To be able to take care of and nourish the land. The witches have stopped doing that for years now. They have been letting wolves die and sometimes even killing them. Well, I stand here as proof that our wonderful G
"What do you mean, Laina is in charge? Just yesterday you were talking about how we were going to get rid of her." One of the witches in the back says."Well, what she means is, I have beaten her fair and square. She will not be trying to retaliate in any way. If you do not believe me, here." I say as I wave a hand towards Morden and release her completely.All she does once released is move a little farther back on the bed. She manages to look downright terrified of me as she watches me and looks back towards the witches again."What she says is true. I concede. I have nothing left in me to fight with if I even wanted to." She admits."What is that supposed to mean?" Another one of the witches asks sounding fearful."It means that I cannot use my magic anymore. If you want to keep control of your own, I would suggest that you do not fight her on this." Morden says sadly.All of the witches turn back towards me in a mixture of fear and awe. I can hear the mumbling begin between them a
My sleep is without dreams for the first time in a long time. It feels like since I accomplished what the Moon Goddess has asked me to do, I can finally take a short rest before the rest of the work begins. I still have to learn how to use the rest of my new powers that she gifted me. Sure, I have already used them to an extent when I blocked Morden's ability to use her own powers but there are more that I have not even begun to tap into. I can feel it there, coiled and just waiting to strike.The next morning, I find that the witches have been hard at work making sure that when my grandmother arrives she will be welcomed into a Coven instead of fighting for her life. They have removed many of the pictures of Morden and instead replaced them with pictures of Elle and I. Most of the pictures of me look like they got them by spying on me as a child but there is one in a place of honor almost as soon as you walk into the foyer that is more recent. Somebody painted a portrait of me on t
"What do you mean you took over the Coven? I thought that you were their prisoner." Elle stammers at me while Dante just watches in shock."I was. The Moon Goddess helped me out. She taught me some things that helped me break out and gain the control I needed to take over. Now, the Coven answers to me. Come, you can help me figure out some things back at the house." I tell them before turning back towards the Coven's house.As we make the long trip back to the house, I try my hardest to answer everyone's questions about what happened. They are all so amazed by what I went through that I do not think they fully believe me. Elle especially seems flabbergasted over the events. Dante just keeps touching me in any way possible, whether it is just a hand on my back or running a finger down my arm as we walk. It is like he has to keep convincing himself that I am really here with him after being imprisoned so long. Smiling at him, I cannot help but be excited about the idea of spending anot
"So, we are just expected to pick up and leave this house already?" Rosa says to me later that afternoon."Yes, yes you are. I know that it seems really fast for you but the vision that the Moon Goddess gifted me with cannot be accomplished if we just stay here. I expect everybody to do as I say and get ready to come with me to a new house. Each witch can design their own room and even have a say in the rest of the house. What else could you all ask for?" I tell her."Well, for one, I know that in the pack you are used to explaining all of your decision fully but with witches you just have to tell us. If you give the witches a long explanation like that then they will think that you are still talking yourself into that decision. Just tell them. If someone wants to know a reason then they can ask without an audience. You do not HAVE to explain everything. Remember, less is more." She tells me."She is right for once. Witches are a little more like soldiers while wolves are more like fa
"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