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
"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