Now that we have a detailed plan ready for the lake, it is time to start trying to put it all into use. First off, we have to determine exactly how large we want the lake to be. I am thinking that I want it big enough that having the school house on the other side of the lake will give the girls plenty of space to not feel like they are being smothered by their family while they are training. Being able to venture forth and train on your own is something that most witches seem to excel at. They do not have their family pushing them to do things their way and instead can figure out who they are and what they want to do on their own. After we draw the boundaries on the lake we all walk towards the middle. Unlike most lakes, we want this one to have a bit of a gradual slope besides the pockets that are obviously going to be for fish nests. Catfish like to hide in the deep so we have to account for that as well.In order to make the lake as quickly as possible, I am going to do the intia
Sadly, the lake does not get finished by dinner time. I have never really noticed how much faster I am when I use my magic than other witches. I always just assumed that I was a smidge faster but after working with the others all day I have noticed that I am way more talented than I had thought. Still, the witches are doing a fantastic job on the lake. Even without the fish life in the lake yet it is beginning to take shape and look gorgeous. The color of the water and the plant life is just amazing. I love being able to see all of the way down to the bottom of the lake and watch the plants. Rojo has already moved himself into his new den while I am staying in the witch house. The Council was completely shocked to learn that I have a familiar as well. Apparently even they have not seen one for quite a while. I am quite enjoying watching them watch me. Even though they try to hide most of their emotions I can tell that they are begrudgingly impressed over what all I have been doing
"That sounds similar to what others have reported in the past. It has been so long since someone has spoken to her. Have you possibly been reading some of the old reports that mention speaking to her at all?" Katrin asks in awe."We have records of others speaking with her?" I ask in surprise. When the others confirm it I continue. "No, I have not read any others. I did not even know that there were others."The Council members share a look with each other that suggests they were hoping that they could have discredited me by learning that I had been reading some of these records. Seems like they will do whatever they can to make sure that I am not taken seriously. There is plenty more evidence that I have spoken to her though. From my extra powers all of the way to some of the knowledge that I have found. "It is quite astounding that you have described meeting her so vividly. Nobody has ever mentioned seeing any type of physical form and only hearing her voice. I wonder why she waite
Dante was in my room waiting for me long before I even made it up to my bedroom. As soon as I stepped inside, he all but tackled me into the door frame. I laugh lightly as I allow him to hold me for a while. Sometimes as part witch I forget how much contact werewolves have to have with their mates before they start to feel like they are missing a part of themselves. I laugh as he nuzzles into my shoulder and I lazily stroke his back. He holds me tight for a good five minutes before moving back and giving me a sheepish look that makes me laugh more. He sometimes seems to think that I get annoyed with all of the touchiness of werewolves. Even though I am not as touchy as other werewolves I do understand the need for werewolves to feel that connection. My parents were the same way so it has never bothered me as much as it would a full blood witch. "I am glad that you are here too." I tell him with a grin."You have no idea how happy I am to be here. I have missed you every second. Just
Even though Dante had come to see me so that we could both end up getting some good sleep, we stay up half of the night before finally collapsing in an exhausted heap. I manage to get the best sleep possible for the rest of the night so that I do still wake up feeling full of energy and ready to face the day. Rolling over, I see that Dante is still sleeping. Leaning in, I give him a small kiss that makes his eyes flutter open slowly. Pulling me down closer, he nuzzles into me as he begins to wake up. I chuckle as I hold him against me. I am dreading facing another day with the Council. They are going to try to prove that I do not care about my witches and that I care about the pack more. The pack may have been around longer but the more I learn about some of the witches, the more they begin to feel like family as well."Do I have to go back?" He asks me still sounding as if he is half asleep."Yes. You know that I will be there later for the pack dinner though. I have already warned
Taking a deep breath, I exit the family quarters and make my way down the stairs to where the witches are all having breakfast. It is much later than I normally get breakfast considering my nighttime shenanigans but I still join them for some simple eggs and toast. I recently spotted some chickens around here so I can only assume that they are perfectly okay with eating eggs as long as they remain unfertilized.I wolf down my food in record time before remembering that witches tend to take their time while eating. They believe that it helps them to feel full with a smaller amount of food if they eat faster. Werewolves on the other hand, they chow down as much food as they can as quickly as they can and rely on their advanced metabolism to keep them slim.Looking around, I notice that the other witches are all watching me finish my plate. Some seem absolutely shocked while others like Hazel and Elle seem entertained by it. They do not seem to mind me scarfing down my food like it is my
I am practically bursting with excitement as the time draws nearer for the pack dinner. I have not seen my cousin since I had to sneak her back to the pack when the Council showed up. Heck, most of the pack I have not come into contact with except in passing for what feels like months now. It will be nice to relax and hang out with my pack once more."So, be honest, how excited are you to go to that dinner tonight?" Hazel says walking up behind me. I had been inspecting her group's work and had not noticed her walking towards me. These girls really have been doing a fantastic job with all of the decorative boulders and chairs around the lake. They even added a few trees in strategic places so that we can always find shade if it is really hot out."Beyond excited actually. It has been far too long since I have been with my pack. I love staying here with the Coven but I like having time with the pack as well. I spent so long thinking that I was just a werewolf that it is taking me long
I manage to shut down the mind link just enough that Dante cannot tell which direction I am coming from. Before he knows it, I land on his shoulder still in my cardinal form. He jumps slightly but looks over at me and smiles. Of course he would know that it is me. Besides, how often do birds just land on someone's shoulder randomly?"I was starting to think that I was going to have to find a way to sprout a pair of wings and fly up there to get you. Everything okay?" He asks me.Hopping off of him, I shift back into myself in middair and hastily pull on the clothing that he brought out for me. He must have brought it out when he figured out that I was not flying through the air in my human form. Although, I am sure that there is a way that I can get that to happen as well."Yes, everything is okay. I just needed a minute for myself." I admit."I gathered as much. I am just glad that you are here now and feeling much more at peace than you have recently." He says as he pulls me closer
"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