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
I immediately head up to my room to grab a change of clothes before we all sit down to dinner. I might be used to being in the nude being a werewolf but I do prefer my clothes on me. Especially when I eat food.I open up my door and I am immediately engulfed in a huge wolfy hug. Dante wraps his arms around me and holds me while the strength goes out of my legs. Picking me up, he walks me over to the bed and sits the both of us down on it."I thought you could use a hug after that. You were absolutely amazing. I know that you did not want me here but I could not leave you completely alone to face them down that way. It was too much fun to watch from that far away." He tells me while stroking my hair.Smiling, I trace his jaw with my finger and say, "I am glad that you came. What they are doing to those wolves must be horrible if they are breaking them from acting like a wolf anymore. That is not normal. It is extremely difficult to break a wolf's spirit like that.""I know. You will fi
"Laina, we would like to run some tests with you. We do believe that you are a hybrid at this point but we would also like to see proof that you talk to our Goddess the way that you say you do. That is not something that we can just believe without proof." Safiya says."I really do not see why you need any more proof. The fact that I am even alive should be proof enough. What I did to Morden is even more proof. I can fetch her if you would like to ask her yourself." I offer them.I can tell that all of the way down the table the Coven is listening to what is going on between the Council and myself. They are trying to pretend to be preoccupied with their food but in reality they are almost all leaning closer to us to hear better."Morden is still here? Normally when somebody takes down a Wiccan they are outcasted. Why did you keep her here? Aren't you afraid that she is going to try and retaliate?" Viola asks flabbergasted."Not at all. Once you talk to her you will understand that wha
After the Council members make their exit I turn to Elle with a brow raised. She watches the door for a while before turning back to me. We both take a look at the rest of the Coven watching us closely before continuing. I do not want the wrong Coven members to gain information that could be used against me in any way. "You handled that very well. It is quite shocking that they did not attack you the moment that you said you are a hybrid. That is certainly what I had been expecting. I will take this though. This way we have a chance. A chance to prove to them that you are blessed as you are." Elle says. "That is true. I think I might have shocked them too much for them to respond right away. If I allow them to get their bearings then they might change the way that they are handling things. We will just have to try to keep them on their toes at all times." I tell her. She nods at that and does not say any more. I am sure that once I head up to bed she will meet me and we can talk som
"What happened to you Morden?" Simonetta asks sounding outraged."The Moon Goddess took away my ability to use magic. I can feel it but I cannot use it any more." Morden admits with her head bowed.The Council members all exchange glances with each other. They seem completely confounded on how this happened. Nobody has ever had their ability to use magic taken from them before. Not in living memory that is. It is certainly unheard of for it to have happened in some Coven that has been tucked away and left alone for hundreds of years."How did she take away your magic? I have never heard of such a thing." Viola asks."Through Laina. She found that the way that I was running the Coven was not the way that the Moon Goddess wanted it run. She was trained by the Goddess herself and shown how to do it. It happened in the middle of the night after Laina managed to use some of the power bestowed on her to blast through all of our defenses and take on the entire Coven in the middle of the nig
"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