Before he can continue on with his story I hear from my wonderful Beta and his mate about the werewolves that were being kept prisoner. "Can you have Julia and Hazel along with maybe Jade and one other witch that is fully trained bring them here? I am a little concerned that I have not heard from my grandmother as of yet so they will need to be stealthy. They will have to conceal their trip here so that the other Coven does not spot them." I tell them."They can do that. I will have them on the way first thing in the morning." He assures me."Thank you. Is everything else going alright with the pack?" I ask him."Yes, everybody seems to be getting along better than ever. I never thought this day would actually come." He informs me.I smile back as I send my reply, "Good. I look forward to seeing everybody when I get back."Turning towards Frank, I cannot help but smile excitedly at him. I am sure that he could tell that I was using my mind link to speak to my pack so he did not inter
When the children all begin waking up, they file directly into the kitchen. Without instruction they all line up at the sink to begin washing their hands. They do it quickly and quietly. I cannot help but be impressed by how well they are all behaved given that there are so many of them stuck here together."Which ones had mothers that were taken?" I whisper to Frank."Just the two over there. The rest of them have lost their parents to the witches in irreversible ways. They are not coming back." He tells me sadly."What is going to happen to all of them when you move back above ground? Will they find homes with other families?" I ask him."I will most likely stay with all of them in a home similar to this one. These are the children that do not have any relatives left to claim them. The ones that nobody will be able to take care of for the forseeable future. It is not fair to them to have to take care of themselves or others so I will take care of them. The way that I was not able t
Dante and I worked on final details for my trip to meet with my Coven before dinner. It is imperative that we get them here safely and quickly. If Simonetta were to find out that I was trying to get the girls back to their pack then she would absolutely try to find a way to step in. Even if it was by using the Coven to do her dirty work. There is a good chance that she already has witches watching since I have shown up here. She has most likely known about my father for years. Ever since the witches began their attack on the pack she had to have known about him. That also means that she was just waiting on me to show up to learn more about me. She was studying me the entire time she was staying with my Coven and I never knew it. "Are you sure that they will be safe to get halfway here before you meet them?" He asks me worriedly. "No, I am not. If they attack though I will be able to get there in time. That is why I want Julia with them. Since she is mated to a werewolf now, she wil
We ended up being so late for dinner that we just skipped it altogether. Might have also been because once we were done I passed out out of sheer exhaustion. Luckily, Amora was there to make excuses for us. I would rather them not think that we were doing what we were actually doing. I wake up with an uneasy feeling in my stomach. Something about the witches leaving to come this way is just not settling well with me. I feel the need to get to them quickly. I let Kevin know that I want the witches to wait for my arrival before leaving but he informs me that they left over an hour ago. He assures me that he will let Julia know what about my feeling as I rush off to find Dante. It does not take long to find him using our bond. He is in the main area with half of the pack. Rand is there talking to him while Amora is still in bed and my father is in the discussion with the other two guys. Walking up to them quickly, I bid them a fast hello before getting to the point."Dante, I woke up w
"Wow, that was fast. I had not expected you to find us for at least another hour." Julia says as she rushes forward to hug me. "There are witches lining the route from here to the pack. I took out a couple of pockets of them but we have to move fast." I say looking between Julia and Hazel."I guess we will have to be swift. Any chance that you can get us all to move even faster?" Hazel says as she walks towards me."I am not sure. I would rather not risk it unless I have to. More stress on this baby cannot be a good thing. Otherwise, I would transform into something large and fly us all." I tell her.Julia gives me a small pat on the back before turning back to the others. In total there are 5 witches as well as the werewolves that are being transported. The wolves are all in the middle of the circle of witches for protection but I do not like it. For one, they look almost like prisoners once again and I never want them to feel like that again."I have another idea as well. I will ma
As we approach the area the witches are over, I sense some type of disturbance so I have everybody stop. Reaching down to the ground, I run my fingers through the dirt. It is not as packed down as it was before we got here. Either the ground composition is changing, or the witches did something to make sure that we did not try this option. Since I am not a big believer in coincidences when it suits somebody against me, I spread my awareness out further to check for any traps."What is it Laina?" Hazel asks as her and Julia walk up and join me."I am not sure. I think that the witches were being preemptive and did something to the Earth in this area. It is not the same as before." I say worriedly.They both reach out and touch opposite walls of the tunnel that I have been digging. Slowly, we join our awarenesses together as we look into the mystery of what exactly is going on here. We dive down farther but there is nothing that we should have to worry about for hundreds more feet. Mov
At the last moment, I slow down to a stop. I do not want to worry the werewolves with the fact that we are close to being surrounded but there is no way through without facing the witches that are waiting for us. As soon as we stop, the witches begin to close rank. They do not know that I am here as they seem to be measuring us the way that they would average witches. Even Aurora is there with them. This could get entertaining."Alright, everybody stay in formation. We are going to make it to the pack shortly. I just have to take care of these witches here really fast." I tell them all.I have to hand it to our former captive werewolves, they do not so much as show any nerves as they hold their places on the outside of our formation. Hazel and Jade stay in the center pretending to look scared as four of the witches walk out of the trees surrounding the path that we are on. "Well, well, what do we have here? These do not look like the werewolves that I am looking for. Maybe you could
"Do you really think that you are going to be able to intimidate me into just letting you pass?" Aurora snears."No, I just wanted you to know that you do have the option. You are not a robot. You have a voice. If you want it heard then you have to make sure that you are heard. Nobody is going to do it for you." I tell her.The witches in my Coven were all turned into machines by Morden. They did not know how to become their own people. They did not even get to learn every aspect of magic that they wanted to. Instead, they only learned what she allowed them to and had to deal with not knowing any more about their powers. It took quite a few trust exercises, competitions and extra training sessions for them to begin opening up more. Now, it is almost laughable to think that any of them were willilng to go along with everything that Morden had made them do. If I were to ask them to do some of the stuff that she had told them to do then they would openly revolt. "You do not know what yo
"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