Why would this fish have the same colored scales as my hair and all of the forms that I can shift into? It can't really be a coincidence could it? Surely it has to mean something. As I watch it float at the top of the lake I am sure that there is something that is connecting the two of us. There has to be. What could it be though?Elle signals me that she has seen enough and is ready to get back down. We slowly make our way back down while keeping an eye on the creature. It does not move more than it has to to stay where it is at. It just keeps floating there as if it wanted me to get a good look at it.Back on the ground I am not sure what I should ask Elle first. I am sure that she has noticed that it had scales to match me. We are also sure that it is connected to me in some way. So, what does it mean? Coincidences do not just happen."I take it that you saw the scales?" I ask her nervously."Do you mean the fact that they somehow match your hair almost exactly in shade? Or the fac
The arapaima is even more massive underwater. it is solid muscle but it regards me in a way that I can only consider to be friendly. The last I knew the closest place to find an arapaima was in South America but maybe this one has just been forgotten here for years. The wolves would have never thought to hunt any fish so it would have been relatively safe. I get close enough to be able to touch it before I slow down. I am still underwater with my pocket of air but I am no longer afraid that it is going to drag me down. Instead, I slowly reach out a hand and lay it on it's side. If this were a normal fish then I would have either been attacked or else it would have fled to deeper water. With this one, I am able to run my hand all of the way down it's side as I feel ever muscle coiled and moving to keep it in one place. This is truly a wonderful experience."Laina, what are you doing!" I hear Dante shout in my head. I chuckle as I realize that I never told him what Elle and I were com
Dante is still understandably weary of the fact that I have a familiar that is a fish the size that it is. When I told him all that it would be able to do he is beyond shocked at it all. He does not want me going back unless either he or Elle are with me until we learn more about it. I have no doubts that I am safe with it but I still tell him that I will wait for one of them to accompany me before heading back.Today, I am going to start training the first batch of teenagers and their parents on some survival skills. I want to start working on getting them to be able to live on their own in the woods for a week as soon as possible. This is a necessary skill that they should have all been learning before now.The first group of teenagers are the ones that are going to be coming of age at the end of the month. The parents are going to be learning the information at the same time as the teenagers so that they know that their children are going to be safe in the woods. Each parent will w
For my private quarters, I am planning to have a nice sized chamber for my entire family to be able to use and then a few rooms connected to it. The largest will, of course, be for myself and Dante while the others will be for any children and grandchildren that we might one day have. Each bedroom will have a private bathroom as well so that there will be no squabbles later on.What I do not tell the witches is, there is also going to be a security room that the contractors are going to help me set up so that I can keep an eye on things even when I am not at the location. There will also be a lot of training areas that will specifically focus on things that only a witch/wolf hybrid is able to do. The library is going to be the first room up the stairs and then passed that is going to be our quarters. We are going to have it set up so that only blood relatives are able to walk through the first door without being invited. After that, each person will have the same thing for their priva
Planning our quarters and building them is another thing entirely. It takes almost a month before they are completed. A long month of training teenagers in survival skills, building our other home, and trying to spend plenty of time with my new familiar as well.Things are going fairly well with the fish. The more I go to see it the faster it seems to show up each time. I grow less and less weary of it and after a couple of visits even feel capable of having Dante join me in the water. He was no where near as trusting as I was but he still got in and was able to run a hand down its' side before it swam further away again.Ulfred is being just the cutest little baby as he shifts almost constantly from wolf to baby form everyday. He is going to wear out his parents when he starts running around as a wolf pup. They are definitely going to have their hands full with that child. If he keeps his sweetness then he will always have a get out of jail free card up his sleeve as well. Elle has
When I walk into the pack house, I find Dante in the kitchen finishing up making us some lunch. I walk in to help him and find him making a mountain of sandwiches and trying to carry one too many things to the counter which results in him dropping a few items. I chuckle as I walk over to him to pick up the items that fell."Looks like you could use some help with all of this stuff." I say to him still chuckling at watching him try to juggle everything."It is helpful sometimes. I always thought that I would have a mate that is around to help out but mine always seems to be busy." He says sarcastically with a brow raised."Well, it takes a lot of time to help run a pack and to run a Coven. Not to mention all of the extra classes that we are adding in and building an entire place for the coven. We still need to come up with a few more buildings on their land and something for both races to be able to do joint training. Right now neither will be willing to go to the other for training so
Showing up outside of the witch house the next morning is priceless. They had to have been trying to keep an eye on if I was still in the house or not because they are all beyond shocked that I used the front door instead of leaving my quarters. Next time I am going to have to leave at the end of the day and then use the pathway back to really throw them off."Laina?.....I did not expect you here....now." Rosa says to me as I walk into the house.She really did not hide the fact that I threw her off well. Could she end up being the one that tries to overthrow me first? I know for a fact that somebody is going to try it but I never expected that she would be the first one to try. "Well, I figured it would be nice to work on my quarters some more. It was not quite ready for me to stay last night but I am hoping that I will be able to soon." I tell her."Are you sure that you do not need help with anything up there? I would be more than happy to help you out." She offers once again."No
When I tell Dante about what Jade says to me he smiles while making the food. He does not seem surprised that any of the parents have come up to me to thank me for what I have been doing. He seems more surprised that it took them this long to finally say something."You do know that the things you have started in this pack are completely unheard of right? Nobody has ever done this kind of training with all of the members of the pack before. They have always just let things go as they are." Dante informs me."That may be true but I am not doing any more for them then I wish somebody had done for me. While I would not have been able to fight against the witches as a child, at least knowing how to survive on my own would have been helpful. My father had taught me a few things but that was only the things that he had picked up from Elle before he left. This stuff could have made my life way easier when I was younger if it was just taught to me the way I am teaching it to them." I explain.
"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