The walk to the pack territory goes rather smootly after all. We do not encounter any more witches as the next few hours pass. The walk itself goes quickly without being stopped by any others. When we get within a mile of the territory, I feel the Earth responding to a group walking towards us.As they get closer, I prepare myself for who all it could be. It is most likely witches coming to stop us before we get too close to the pack's territory. There is a chance that they were just luring us into a false sense of security so that we would let our guard down before we finally made it to safety.Hurriedly, I cast the illusions back on all of the rescuees so that they are once again hidden in plain sight. If it is the witches I do not want them to be able to see who they are looking for right away. As soon as the illusions are in place, the rest of the group seems to realize exactly what is going on and they prepare for company.We keep walking at a measured pace. I have no way of kno
When I finally begin to wake up we are already back underground with the pack. It takes me a while to gather what is going on as there are so many voices around me. Finally, I am able to pry my eyes open just a crack. There is a hand holding onto mine and without even looking I know exactly who it is. What I did not expect, is that my father is sitting next to me on the other side as well. I seem to be in some type of hospital room underground."What is going on?" I ask groggily.It feels like there are razorblades in my throat as I try to talk. I am not quite sure that my words were easily discernable without proper lubrication but Dante seems to have no troubles figuring out what I need most. He grabs a cup that is sitting on a table close to the bed that I am laying on and moves it towards me. I want to guzzle down the ice cold water that is in the cup but as soon as I swallow the first sip I realize that that is not really an option. The cold water might feel good but it is also
That night, I can hear the party going from my bedroom but so far I have managed to keep myself away from everyone. Not necessarily because I do not want to see them all but because I can still feel the exhaustion coursing through my body. It is not for quite a few hours before I finally see somebody."Nice to see you sitting up. I take it you are starting to get hungry?" Elle asks as she carries food in.The smell of the food causes my mouth to water and my stomach to grumble loudly. Whatever it is that she is carrying in smells absolutely divine. It is definitely not the vegetable medley that she normally brings for me. There is some meat mixed in there. Hopefully of the red variety."More than hungry." I groan as I swing my legs over the bed so that I can sit at the table.Dante is laying down next to me in bed. He is just as tired as I am after watching my trip back but being unable to help. The stress of the situation was far too much for him to just sit there and be unable to do
I already know from the way that Elle looks at me that things did not go quite as smoothly with her son as she had hoped. He has so much anger from the past that it is hard for him to get to know either of us at this point. If he has problems letting me in then I can only imagine how hard it must be for him to talk to her since he has to blame her for the death of his mate."He was not exactly thrilled to see me. He did not tell me that I had to leave immediately either though." She says with a knowing smile."I take it you heard about my less than enthusiastic first meeting with him then. I really expected a little more out of him but getting to know him better has helped. He really is just worried about this pack. They have turned into his family and he has thrown himself into saving any of the orphans he can out of some sense of obligation that he has towards me. We are working on getting to know each other slowly though. He has not tried to kick me out since I first got here." I t
"What is that noise?" I ask sleepily sometime later.From outside I can hear a bunch of yelling. Earlier I would have said that it was from everybody having a party but this sounds different. It sounds rowdier and not in a good way. Voices are raised and have some anger attached to them. What could have caused all of this to happen?"I will go and check. You just stay here and continue resting." Dante says to me."Only if you agree to keep our mind link open. I do not want to sit here in suspense waiting to hear from you. If that is the case then I will just get up and go with you now." I inform him."I would not dream of keeping you out. I know better by now." Dante says leaning down to kiss my cheek.I cannot help but give him a worried smile as he gets up to check on everything. The voices have not quieted down at all since I woke back up. Are we under attack again? If so then I have to get up. It might not be something that serious either. Still, I do not like the thought of some
Elle, Julia and Hazel ended up all sleeping in the pack house with all of the rescuees to keep them from having another panic attack. They were able to keep in contact with us by having Eric stay up there to keep Rand informed of everything that is going on. From what I gather, Eric and Savannah once had a thing together. Eric only became head of security for the pack once she was taken and he proved his worth by doing everything possible to try to find her and keep the rest of the pack safe. Even though I never had a doubt, they were completely safe above ground for the night. During the day, my witches are going to all be switching duty so that they can all get some sleep while we determine the best way to get the pack moved. It will have to be done quickly and without much fuss so that we can make sure that we get them there before the Coven decides that they might want to change their minds once again. It most likely will not happen after how Simonetta treated them but it is stil
It took hours for anybody to come to a concrete decision on location for the pack. Eventually, the decision was made for them to move to where they thought that the pack would feel safest at. It is the same area that I had proposed as being the easiest to protect them from. Figuring out how long to wait to move there, that was yet another issue. Turns out, even though the pack has been living underground for the past few years, Rand still has a rather large sum of money set aside for further emergencies. He does not however, have enough for both the land and rebuilding. That is what we are currently trying to figure out."We have plenty of money to loan you until you are able to pay us back if you need us to. It will not bother us in any way. Besides, it is like helping family." Dante tells Rand with a pointed look in my father's direction.Frank does not seem too impressed with taking that sum of money from his daughter's mate though. Instead, it almost seems to spur him on more whe
Frank is speechless for just a moment as he stares at me. I know that it must be quite a shock to find out that I care for her after everything that happened to my family but she has been there for me in the last few months more than many others have. Without her, my pack and I would not be safe right now. I would have fallen prey to the witches and never gotten free. I most likely would not be alive right now if it were not for everything that she has done for me."I did not kick her out though. It could not have been that rude." He says hesitantly.I cannot help the laugh that escapes at that. I believe that Elle and I made that same joke when she told me what was going on. She might not be on his VIP list but he definitely did not want her to stay either. I, on the other hand, got kicked out when I first made it here. Not that he could have forced me to leave but the blow to my confidence was quite hurtful."I know that. I believe she made sure to tell me. I just wanted to see if y
"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