I watch Simonetta's face turn bright red. She cannot hide her fury at the fact that everybody believes me. Instead, I can see the gears turning as she tries to figure out how to still end up on top after this argument. "I saw what you did to Morden. Are you telling me that the Moon Goddess really told you how to block a witch from her powers? She created us. All of us. Why would she keep any of us from accessing their powers?" Simonetta yells.I can see Katrin and Viola shift slightly like they are not sure who to believe. I understand where their thought process is coming from but there are too many signs showing what really happened."Yes, she did show me. Do you know why? Because she left witches with free will. Free will to make our own choices. Free will to follow our own paths. Free will to find happiness. If you cannot see how that could turn sour then you need to think harder about it. Morden was given the same opportunities as everyone else. She screwed it up. The power went
The room is absolutely silent at my confession. The only person that knew about this was Dante. Well, him and Elle of course. She is the one that kept it a secret though. Now, everybody knows. Everybody knows that my father is still alive. That I have allowed him to stay hidden all of this time.Now I am going to have to find him. He is no longer safe away from me like before. Before, I thought as long as he stayed where he was then nobody would ever find out that he is my father. If nobody knew then he would be safe. Now that others know he is alive, the best way to keep him safe would be for him to come and stay with the pack. I cannot help but let my heart soar a bit at the thought of once again seeing him."Is there any proof that this is not another fabrication that you have come up with?" Simonetta asks."Yes, there is. I am the one that found him. I sent him away. He was safe living an anonymous life. Safe from other witches like you. I just wanted to make sure that my only so
As Elle begins to bring up her memories, I mentally prepare myself for what I am about to watch. I have known that both parents are dead for years only to find out recently that my father is still alive. Now, I have to watch the night that everything happened as if I am living it. As if I am the one reliving it. Unable to stop what is about to happen. Elle shoots me an apologetic look as the memory begins to play.The wind is whipping past as she rushes down the mountain. She is running as fast as possible using the wind to speed her and the Earth to help her move faster. Even the trees are moving out of the way as she speeds past each one. "No, no, no." I hear her say softly as she runs."Faster, I can go faster. I have to go faster." She pleads.As the Earth moves by even faster than before, I can hear her sobs. She does not slow down once she reaches the base of the mountain. There are sounds of wolves fighting in the distance as well as crashes. When she looks up towards the cott
Once all of the witches are finally far enough away, Elle rushes over to my father. Taking his head in her arms, a few tears begin forming. He is still struggling to breath but once her illusion lifts it is easy to see that he is doing much better than before. He no longer looks as if he is on his last limb. Not far from it, but there is still hope. "Where is she? Where is my mate?" He says brokenly. At this, Elle begins to sob in earnest. I never thought that she would seem this broken. She has always been the strict, no nonsense teacher and leader. She never shows undo emotions except for on rare occasions. When Ulfred was born she jumped right in with no thoughts of herself. She threw herself into saving him that day. That was the most I have seen out of her until now. "I am so sorry. I did not make it in time." She sobs. He tries to push her away weakly but his strength still has not returned yet so he says, "Go. You never wanted us together anyways. I guess you got what you w
As soon as my father begins stirring, she rushes over to him again. At this point she has to be close to exhausted. She has had a major emotional roller coaster as well with everything that has happened but she does not seem to be letting that get to her. It might be the first time that Thatshe has ever put others before herself but she has not hesitated to help."What am I doing here?" He asks weakly when he sees her standing in the doorway."You do not remember anything?" She asks."No, why? What happened?" He asks sounding slightly hysterical."Do you remember what happened to your mate?" She asks worriedly."I just learned that I had a mate. How could something have happened to her already?" He asks confused.If he believes that he had just learned of having a mate then he would not remember me at all. He most likely does not remember much of anything about his life with my mother up until this point either. What if he does not remember talking to the Moon Goddess either?"There w
Simonetta glares at Elle for a while before schooling her face again. She had not expected that much detail to come from a memory from so long ago. It must have caught her off guard to get all of those facts at once. Of course, I do expect her to turn it around."How am I supposed to know that this is all authentic? That is an awful lot of detail for something that happened so long ago. We witches are fantastic when it comes to our memories but this seems to be stretching it a bit." Simonetta spits out finally.If that is the best retort she can think of when it comes to this memory then I know that we have finally gotten her. There is no way that she is going to be able to prove that this did not all happen. She is just stretching for something now to try to discredit us."After that night, I recorded my memories on this Amethyst slab. That way I could accurately remember everything that happened for the future. I knew that I would one day need this information for my granddaughter a
For the next couple of days I am over the moon ecstatic about the news from the Witch Council. It is going to take me a long time to get over the feeling of not watching my back. The Council did not stay long after our confrontation about Elle's memories. As soon as Simonetta realized that we have done everything we could to live by the Goddess's will, she packed her stuff and cleared out. Safiya was definitely a little more hesitant to leave. She might not have been in love with her werewolf fling but they still had an emotional reunion before they departed. She cried slightly and he seemed a little put out that she was leaving. Still, they did exchange numbers before she left. Hopefully, they will keep in touch and even if they do not end up together, they can enjoy a long friendship and learn from each other.Tonight, Dante and I are finally going to take the next step in our relationship while we wait for Elle to learn of my father's whereabouts. I have to admit that I am nervous
The very next month after Dante and I went to the den to ask for fertility, Julia and Kevin decide that they are ready to become mates as well. I have no doubts that the Moon Goddess will bestow a mate bond upon them after all of the trieals that they have had together. They have more than earned the bond with each other.Still, I am finding it difficult not to look into Kevin's mind to find out how it is going. I may not be able to see into Julia's since she is a witch but looking into Kevin's is no problem. Except, I do not want to break into that. I keep telling myself that even a peek into this moment is an invasion that I am not going to do. "So, do you think that you are pregnant yet?" Dante whispers in my ear from behind me.We are just about to sit down to dinner at the pack house. It is something that I still have not done since the Witch Council first showed up. Ever since the Moon Goddess agreed to bless us with our fertility, I have been finding it more and more difficult