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
"Hey, guys. So glad that you could make it." I say smiling as we go out to join the others.Amora, Elle, Hazel, Scarlett, Quin and Ulfred are all joining us for dinner tonight. We have agreed that it is about time we all get together for something other than business. If Kevin and Julia were here it would be the entire Council but this is a night that they have been working towards for quite a while now. "Oh this smells amazing. You were right that this is going to be a great dinner idea." Amora says as she walks forward to envelope Dante in a motherly hug."Uh, actually, about that. We are going to have to do something else for dinner." I say sheepishly. Just the smell that is still lingering is enough to make me feel slightly nauseous again."Why is that, did Dante burn it?" Quin chuckles."How dare you accuse me of such a thing. From now on, everything that you eat here is going to be burnt." Dante says offended.Quin acts offended at the idea of Dante burning his food. We all kno
Dante and I ended up staying up fairly late that night. Partially because we were hanging out with friends and thinking about our future as parents. It does not feel real that I have a baby growing in my stomach but it is nonetheless the truth. The other reason we stayed up later, that we did not mention to ourselves, was that we were waiting on word from Kevin and Julia. Still, no word. I am a little more leary for breakfast than I was for dinner last night. I always thought that morning sickness would be in the morning and would not completely make me sick unless I let it. Turns out that was false. So, now here I am, trying to figure out what I should make for breakfast. Funny enough, my witch side seems to be winning out as I am leaning more towards oatmeal and less towards bacon."So, what are your plans today?" Dante asks me as he begins to make his own breakfast."Well, I need to go check on Rojo today. I want to make sure that he is one of the first ones that know about this c