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
"Looks like you are ready for a nice, juicy hamburger." Dante whispers in my ear.I let out a visible shiver and say back to him, "Careful now, if you keep up this bedroom talk then I might not be able to help myself.It takes him a second for that to sink in before he starts laughing. Not even gonna lie, at this point if he were to show up in the bedroom with a big burger or a nice T-bone then I would never let him leave the room. Until I ended up hungry again that is."If that is all that it takes I will grab the entire table filled with burgers right now and race you up the stairs." He whispers in my ear jokingly.I let out another laugh as we reach the food table and I begin to pile my plate high with everything meat or meat related on the table. The lack of meat around witches really is a tragedy. I understand why they eat the way that they do but it is not something that I could survive off of for long.Once my plate is so full that it is in danger of collapsing from the weight
I lost track of time rather quickly while spending time with the pack. It was easy to get roped back into goofing off with them and catching up. The first batch of survivalists all made it through their weekend so I need to start figuring out which will be the second batch. Of course, now is not exactly the best time for me to be leaving werewolf teenagers alone in the woods while there are a bunch of rogue Witch Council members wandering about."I know that you were not gone with them for too long but I really missed having you where I can see you. And touch you." Dante says as he walks up behind me and wraps his arms around me.I sigh as I lean back into his embrace. Everything is so much easier with the pack. I do not have to keep fighting for or earning my place here. We are all family. With the Coven I am constantly worrying if somebody is going to overthrow me. Or, at least try to since I sincerely doubt that any of them actually can."It is nice to be back. Hopefully I will be
This movie is completely different from the first. For one, some of my favorite characters are not in it at all. Instead, I have to meet an almost entirely different cast. It takes a while to get used to not seeing the more familiar faces. If they were real then they definitely would have been werewolves with how close they were as a family."How do you like it so far?" Dante asks in my ear as I lay with my head on his lap on the couch. Everybody that was still at the pack house has come in to join us with the movies. It is not long before we decide to go ahead and move onto the next movie as well. Once again, I do not any of the characters. It almost reminds me of seeing the Marvel movies and getting each character's origin story as it's own movie.This time though, I do not make it through the entire movie before the peace that I am feeling has me falling asleep on the couch. I am more relaxed than I have been since the Council has shown up making this an amazingly deep sleep. I do
When I get back to the Witch house I immediately notice how quiet everything is. There are no witches gathered in the main room and nobody in the kitchen either. Where are they all at? There is nowhere close by for them to go. Where could they all be at? Walking up the stairs to head towards the family quarters, I am shocked to see that everybody is in the library. There are hardly any books in here so I am not sure what they are all doing here. That is until I see that every shelf is full of books. There are books about everything that has to do with being a witch. Some are full of spells, other potions, some are even how to books. Heck, some are fantasy books that star witches as main characters. Where did they all come from?"Laina! Come here!" I hear Hazel yell from the opposite corner of the room. Walking over, I see her staring at several older books that look like they contain some official manuscripts. There are no titles on the books so without opening them up I have no way
As I approach the Council they all look up at me with mild surprise. Simonetta does not bother to hide her look of disdain when I approach. I am slightly aware of the faint odor that I am emitting after my run this morning. I guess that I could have used a shower before coming out here to work with the witches. I can only hope that since they do not have the heightened sense of smell that werewolves do that they do not notice my scent. Judging by the upturned noses though, they most definitely can smell me."I just wanted to come over to thank all of you for the books. We have been busy ever since we got here with building the new house and getting to know each other so I have not gotten around to finding books. I was even honestly at a loss as to where to find the books at so you have saved me much trouble. Thank you all." I tell them."We did not have the books brought here. It was all her." Simonetta says and points towards Safiya.Safiya just shrugs slightly like it was no big de
"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