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
Now that the lake is finished I have to find something else for the witches to do to stay busy. They need to have a full schedule and plenty of training. I have never fully been trained so I have no idea what type of schedule would work out best for each of them."Laina, I finally got the school area finished. Would you like to check it out?" Elle asks as she walks up to me.I nod at her and follow her to where the temporary schooling is going to be located. It is not much just a few class rooms but for now it will do. Each class has its own purpose that is related to training. There is nothing that I can think of that the Council would disapprove of. Still, we need to start working on our permanent one as well."This is good Elle. Thank you for taking care of this recently. I have been drug through the mud lately with the Council here so thank you for finishing this for me." I tell her earnestly."No problem. I actually enjoyed it. It felt good to do something for some students again