I try to mingle with the witches while they are eating their pizza. Considering that I am the only one that is not full witch and that eats meat I got a supreme pizza for just me but for some reason some pieces keep coming up missing. Seems odd when I am surrounded by witches but I guess that it is possible that one of them likes meat. After all, Elle did have some jerky hiding in her closet at her old cottage.I walk over to the group that has the pond that I have been eyeballing the most. It is the group with Rosa's granddaughter in it. I still have not officially met her and the others do not know that we have any history at all so I make sure that I do not give anything away as I walk up to her group."Hello, is the pizza okay for everyone? I did not get to ask everybody what they wanted so I just went ahead and ordered pizza." I tell them all. They all nod to me with their mouths full instead of replying. "I hope you are all enjoying this little competition that we have going on
Moving on to the other three ponds. They all have some aspects that I am looking for but are missing others. One is the perfect picture of functionality. It has the right plant life and room for plent of fish. The water is crystal clear and perfect as well. This one is just missing the majestic, picturesque aspect that I would like to see as well. The next one would by all means favor wildlife but the plant life is not quite where I would hope it to be. It is decent to look at as it has some boulders that are placed rather strategically but it is definitely not as pretty as I would like. The last one has this gorgeous black sand that makes the water look darker. There is a decent amount of plant life and a few small boulders surrounding it but still missing something. Overall each team seems to have done a decent job but none of them have quite gotten to the mark. It is going to be difficult to pick a winner as none of them have fulfilled all of the tasks that I set before them. On
"What do you mean I can claim a room? I am staying with Kevin now." She tells me like I have offended her."I know you are but you never know when you either want some time apart or you might find yourself craving the company of some witches. You are a member of my family and you are always welcome here. Even if you only use the room once a year it is yours." I tell her. "I will think on it if you don't mind. I definitely had not planned on staying a single night here ever. I understand what you are saying. It is just that after everything that happened between the witches and me I do not see myself spending much time here ever. There were a few witches that were in training with me that I thought were rather decent though." She tells me.After thinking for a moment I ask, "Those witches that were decent, they don't happen to be Hazel, Jade and Sage do they?"Looking bewildered at my comment she says, "Yes, actually, they are. How did you know that though?""Just had a feeling after
The witches are all distracted with gossip when I leave the kitchen again. I have no idea what else I could do with the witches to keep them busy for the rest of the day so I guess it is time to head back to the pack for a while. I smile and wave to a few of the witches as I pass by. Some of them seem to actually want me to stay while I can tell that Rosa and her crew are more than happy to see me leave for the afternoon.Rushing back to the packhouse, I realize that it is already about dinner time. I slept in so late after my night that the day is just flying by. I am really excited to see Dante after spending the night apart and practically the entire day today as well. I have so many things to tell him after the day that I had today.All of the boys will be done with training tomorrow except for the one that has to stay an extra day. So far, they are all doing well besides the two that are still behind. The one that got caught sneaking around last night is actually doing better tha
"What do you mean, witch's council? I did not realize that they had one." I tell her in shock."Of course we do. Somebody has to be able to make sure that all of the Covens are falling the rules that keep us witches safe. They must have learned that you took over the Coven. Hopefully they do not know of your other heritage yet." She tells me."I take it that that would be bad?" I say to her."Yes, very. They will try to determine if you are a threat or not or if you really are blessed by the Moon Goddess. You will not be able to take them all on the way that you did with Morden. They are much stronger than the entire Coven combined. "That sounds rather ominous. I guess that would explain how it got into my bathroom without anybody noticing. I thought it was rather strange but now I know how it happened." I tell her.She nods her head at me and motions for me to sit at one of the chairs that she created for her room. She sits in one right next to me and I create a small light to hover
"You seemed pretty distracted all throughout dinner. Everything okay?" Dante asks me later on as we are getting into bed."More bad news. More possible threats. Just another day at this point I guess." I say tiredly."What happened this time?" He asks hesitantly."Did you know that there is such a thing as a witch's council?" I ask. When he shakes his head no I continue, "Well there is. It is a governing body of witches that keeps track of all of the witch Covens. Apparently they have heard of me." "What do you mean, they have heard of you?" He asks sounding more nervous."I mean that they have heard about me taking over the Coven and they would like to come and meet me. We have no idea how they learned this information but it seems like somebody has informed them of me taking over. Now, they said that they will be here in the next week sometime to meet me. They made a comment about my heritage but at this point it is unknown if they know that I am a werewolf or not." I tell him."O
Preparing for the Witch Council to visit is not an easy task. I have to make sure that they have accomodations, a private kitchen and I have to make sure that the witches are all ready for their visit as well. We want to prove that we are a completely competent Coven so we also want to make sure that we have classrooms ready for our novice witches to practice in. There is a huge list of things to get done before they show up. It would be nice if we had a more set time than a week's window. Elle is working on making the classrooms with some of the girls while I am working on the quarters for the council. Seeing as how I have never been in a tradition witch's classroom it makes more sense for me to work on their living quarters. Plus, I can make all of their rooms in the same amount of time that it takes the others to make the classrooms.Not wanting to offend them by making too simple of bedrooms, I follow the pattern that we used through the rest of the house into their rooms. Everyt
Even though we went to the store with every intention of getting stuff for the Witch Council we somehow managed to spend just as much money on the baby. He might have all of the essentials but I definitely went on a spending spree for him. He has an entire wardrobe to grow into as well as tons of toys that he cannot even play with yet. Luckily Dante is loaded or else there is no way that this would have worked otherwise. Since the witches regard children differently than they do grown ups, I take Scarlett and Ulfred with me to unload all of the supplies. When I pull up Hazel and her group of friends walk out to help me but stop short when they see Scarlett get out and walk over to Ulfred. None of them move as she slings a wrap around her and places him in it gently. After she gets him situated Hazel approaches slowly. "Um...you are the one that we ambushed right?" She asks hesitantly. When Scarlett nods Hazel hangs her head and says, "I wanted to apologize for my part in it. I did n
"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