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
As one all of the doors on the vehicles open up and feet slide out. Even though they required 5 rooms there are more than that number of occupants. Each one has an elegant shoe followed by an equally elegant persona. They all have matching black closed toed shoes that look recently polished but that is where the similarities end.The first lady steps out slowly wearing a pencil skirt suit and looking all business. Her hair is a raven black, she has high cheek bones and forest green eyes. Something about her demeanor and the way that she moves tells me that she is in charge. The other four girls form a V behind her as they join her.The next witch has red hair and blue eyes. She looks almost the opposite from the first witch did. Something about her makes me want to fall asleep listening to her talk. Her eyes are almost dull which I hope is not an indication to her personality. She is wearing a pant suit combo where everybody else is wearing some type of dress or skirt.There is also a
For dinner I decide that I will order some Italian food from the restaurant that Dante and I have enjoyed so much. We will make our own salads for each person with vegetables out of our now thriving garden. Each of the witches in the Coven come in to help me prepare all of the food that we are going to be eating. They also make sure to set the table with dishes so that everything is ready and as close to formal as I have ever eaten.Dante is still not too thrilled about not joining us for dinner since I have not broken the news to the Council yet. While I am not exactly hiding the fact that I am a werewolf as well, I did not think that was something that I should have blurted out the minute that we all met. That could have been akin to starting a war right away. "Laina, I got everything clean for you. Do you want me to deliver it all to the Council or is that something that you want to do?" Elle says walking up to me."I will do it. I do not want them to think that I am afraid of t
There is a shocked silence in the room after I reveal my heritage. It is almost deafening just looking around at all of them staring at me in silence. Nobody says anything for what feels like an hour even though it is most likely only a couple of minutes before finally..... "Excuse me, are you saying that you are a werewolf and a witch?" Katrin asks me slowly. I nod my head mutely but make sure to hold their eye contact so that they know that I am not afraid of them. This might not quite be the way that I wanted to tell them but it sure is how it happened and there is no taking it back. Now that it is out I have to deal with the consequences. I do make sure to keep the mind link open to Dante in case they need to make a run for it at all. "Is this why you are located so close to a pack of wolves?" Simonetta asks with a deadly quiet. Raising my chin slightly I answer, "Yes, it is. That is my pack as well. I recently met my mate and he is the one that convinced me that it is time to