It does not take long for us to figure out that I am not actually in labor yet. I expected as much but when the contractions almost completely stopped in an hour I was more than ready to find a way back to the pack house."Are you really going to stay there until you have the baby?" Hazel asks as she joins me in my room."Yes, maybe a little after as well. I have been thinking about having a few witches stay in Elle's house to help Chelsea with her training and to be closer for when I do go into labor. I do not need the entire Coven but it would not hurt to have a few close by at all times." I explain."I am sure that there will be plenty of volunteers. Did you have anyone in mind that you want there?" She asks."I think that we should have shifts of witches. That way nobody is away from their normal life for too long. I know that I want Fiona there for the first couple of days since she has been bonding with Chelsea so much. As the only other shapeshifter she will also be able to he
Elle has finally relented enough to allow me to walk to the lake to speak with Rojo before we head back to the pack house. She still insists on helping me during the walk to the pack house since it is so much longer but it feels good to be able to walk to the lake. Rojo is nowhere in sight when I arrive at the water's edge but as soon as I place my toe in the water he begins swimming up towards the surface. As his back breaches the water I find a smile forming on my face. I have not had as much time to spend with him as I would like in recent months. I move slowly through the water so that I can run my hand along his back. He swims in circles around me once I get deep enough in the lake. The water is nice and warm today. I debate on swimming for a while but Dante is waiting on me to go back to the pack house. "So, I hope that you remember Chelsea. I brought her and her friend to meet you not long ago." I begin our conversation.He sends me back a picture of her in his head to let m
"I am so happy to have you back here. I was worried about you." Dante says when we finally make it back to the pack house. Most of the trip I floated with Elle's help but I did walk once I reached the edge of the pack's territory as well as as we were leave the Witch's territory. It was nice walking but It was also nice not to have to make the entire walk. My legs are beginning to tire and my stomach cramps a little more after I walk a while."I am glad to be back once again. It will be nice to relax. I just do not want to be stuck in the bedroom until I have the baby." I admit to him."I have a surprise for you. You will not have to be stuck in the bedroom. You will not be able to go up the steps nonstop but we can make sure that you are resting plenty without giving up your life." Dante says.I look at him in curiousity as he leads me towards the rec room. Once we reach it my eyes are immediately drawn towards a large bed in the middle of the floor facing the television set. I can
Frank and Chelsea arrive just as Dante begins to carry out plates full of pork chops, baked macaroni and cheese, and green beans. It all smells fantastic and I cannot wait to dig in. I just do not know how I am supposed to act around my father now that I know his memories are back I am no longer as sure of how I am supposed to greet him."Laina, you had us worried." Frank says walking towards me.Chelsea is walking at his side and gives him a look that says he was the only one really worrying. She is all but skipping as she walks up to me and jumps on the bed to hug me. I let out a grunt as I pull her close. Frank looks as if he wants to pull her off of me but I wave him off. I love that she felt comfortable enough to jump on my bed and hug me after how our day went."I am sorry. I guess it was just a little too much excitement for one day. My body did not know what to do." I admit."I did not mean to put that much stress on you. The memories came out of nowhere and I could not help b
"What do you mean the first time that she transformed into her wolf? Most pups do that from inside the womb." Dante asks confused. "If you have not noticed, your mate is a little different than other wolves. She still has all of the traits that the werewolves have but she was much different than the other pups. At first, we feared that she might not be able to transform into her wolf at all. Even with the promises that the Moon Goddess gave we were finding it hard to keep our hopes up. One day, we went out to the woods. We made sure to always teach her basic survival skills for the outdoors in case anybody attacked us. Hopefully, it managed to serve her well in the future. Anyways, we took her out to the woods to work on some basic skills. When we got outside we immediately went to the creek in the woods. We were planning to teach her how to catch fish and prepare them for a meal. Everything that we had taught her up to this point had been how to survive as a human. Not a werewolf
I cannot help but blush a little at Frank's praise of me. It still seems odd coming from him after everything that we went through recently. To know that he no longer feels any type of resentment towards me and that he remembers everything is a huge relief. At least now I can finally have some of my childhood back. Even if it is all tainted. "So, back to the story of Laina and the hunters, I feel as if I could almost picture her doing that. Now, she would not have to run at them as she could use her powers but even before she knew that she was a witch she was feisty." Dante says with a chuckle to lighten the mood. I share a smile with him and then glance over at Chelsea and Frank. She seems to be contemplating what we said to her now that we have changed the subject. Keeping it lighthearted might help her work through whatever all it is that she is going through. Everything in her life is changing and she is going to get the time that I never had to work through it. "Feisty does n
The next morning for training Chelse and I leave right before breakfast to eat with all of the witches that are staying in Elle's house. For the first time since learning she is a witch, Chelsea will be able to use her powers to help make breakfast. She is thrilled while me, I am a little concerned."Okay, we are going to start by heating up some water for the oatmeal. I want you to take your time on this part. You will create a small flame to set under the water. Be careful though, you do not want the flame to get too big or it will cook the oatmeal too fast. Too low and it will not cook fast enough. Then, I will show you how to use air as a knife to cut up the fruits." Elle explains.As soon as Chelsea begins trying to make the flame to cook over and the flame immediately rages high Elle rushes over to help her calm it down. Chelsea looks like she is trying hard not to panic as the flames shoot up over her head. I jump up and instantly get a dirty look from Elle. She is only allowi
Chelsea was able to absolutely dominate breakfast. After a few small hiccups of course. Still, the breakfast was fantastic. She even managed to get the fruits chopped decently. Now we just need to work on her cooking skills and not so much her technique. "What were you planning for her training today?" I ask Elle. Even with the other witches here to help with training Elle is still the one in charge of it overall. She is the only one to have dealt with a hybrid in the past and she is the main one that has worked with Chelsea so far. She is pushing her even if it is not quite as hard as she pushed me when I was training. Then again, why rush something when you do not have to. "I want to work on plants and herbs with her again for sure. I would like to try out a potion or two as well. Did you have any other suggestions?" She asks me. "I was thinking about taking her into the garden. Sage and I already helped part of it but there is an entire section out there that needs cared for.
"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