The pack dinner lasted late into the night and ended with all of us in the rec area playing games. Dante and I won all of the team games that we played. Overall, we all ended up having a fantastic night even if we did all get to bed extremely late.
Now, it is time to get back to our lessons and making sure that the pack is prepared for attacks by either wolves or witches. Granted, we have not told them that we are preparing for witches as well but hopefully some of the training that we have been giving them will help with that as well. So far, Lovette is still not cleared to come back here as the therapist thinks that it might trigger her to back slide to where she started but I am waiting impatiently for the day that she can attend classes again. She was a natural and I am sure that without the distraction caused by Akela she will thrive even more than before.
While I am teaching combat style lessons to the females and younger wolves, Dante is also increasing
True to her word, Natalie told Kiba of her intentions to go with him back to his back after the pack dinner. Today is the day that she is planning to leave and the entire pack has turned out to help her pack up and move. It is raining slightly but that does not dampen everybody's mood. We are all thrilled for Natalie and the chance at a good life for her and her pup. Some still have reservations on Kiba's demeanor but as they spend more time with him, watching him interact with her, most of those reservations seem to be going away. Scarlett and the other women that grew up with Natalie are shocked to see her leaving and are not actually much help to the packing and moving process. They keep breaking down into tears and fits of hugging that are nowhere near productive.Besides that, most of the pack is happy to see her going somewhere where her pup will be well taken care of and they can have the life that they should have had if her mate hadn't died so early. Amora is here to
We are not entirely sure when the witch is going to show up or which one it even is. In order to prepare we are trying to find different things that might hint to who I am and cover them up. The photos of me and my parents that were in the pack house are going to storage as is the correspondence that I received from my grandmother. Thankfully, there is not much else that might hint at who I actually am.The wait to find out when a witch is going to come and visit is absolutely brutal. I find myself jumping at every noise and completely unable to relax no matter what. Poor Dante is not sure what to do for me as he has to be nervous himself at the prospect of meeting one of the witches. Our biggest worry is which witch will it be? Will it be Morden herself, or will it be another of the witches that we do not have the distinct pleasure of knowing.Even though we were trying to prepare ourselves to wait a few days for the witch to show up but surprisingly she shows up the
Rosa meant what she said about trying to get as much training done as she could before she had to head back to the other witches. We showed her to her room and then went to make lunch. As soon as we all sat down for lunch the questions began. "So, what kind of abilities do you have?" Rosa asked. "Um, I am not sure. What do you mean?" I ask confused. "Well, each witch has one area that they specialize in even though you should be able to dabble a little bit in each area of witch studies. The fact that you are also a werewolf means that your abilities might differ slightly or maybe you even have less abilities. Some witches have an elemental affinity, some have almost skinwalker tendencies while others mostly focus on herbs and potions. Have you noticed anything unique about you that might hint at any of these abilities?" She asks sweetly. Thinking of how I can turn into different animals I nod slightly. Before answering though I also remember a few oth
After we finish our lunch, Rosa and I head outside to start training. She immediately takes off into the woods like she knows the way around already. I guess if she has been keeping an eye on me for a while now then there is a chance that she knows where she is going. I am not quite sure where we are heading yet though.She keeps striding purposely through the undergrowth and after a few minutes I start to get a sense of where she is taking me. Keeping my mind link with Dante open I tell him that I think we are heading to my old den. He is to inform the patrols to stay away from there while we are out and warns me to be careful. He is just as nervous as I am about me being alone with a witch but Rosa insisted that our craft is supposed to stay between women only and no man can be present. Luckily for her, I still have the note from my grandmother stating that she could never tell her own son about her being a witch so I do believe this part."As we are walking, I
With Rosa's help, I quickly learn different herbs and plants that are used for potions as well as how to store them. She makes sure that I write down different uses as well as the ones that are not to be mixed at all. I even have to keep track of different side effects of the ones that are not to be mixed so I know what to expect. Some combinations cause a deadly gas, some explode and others will turn to cement. I cannot imagine having all of this memorized the way that she does but she just keeps rambling off facts about different ingredients that I am expected to remember. By the time dinner rolls around my mind is so exhausted that I can barely think straight anymore. Rosa told me that she was going to teach me how to make protections spells and potions but ever since we started with potions we have not gotten past learning ingredients. There is a lot more to this than I thought there would be. How much am I going to be able to learn before she has to leave?
Rosa had some very valid points concerning the future of both witches and werewolves. We do need to find a way for both races to work together and find some semblance of peace. If there were more hybrids like myself we could find a way to be mediums between the two races but as it is Rosa still insists that I am the only one she knows of.As Dante finishes up cooking, I stand next to him in thoughtful silence. He seems to be just as lost in thought as I am as he has not tried to talk to me either. The silence is a little comforting as we each have time to work through our thoughts before we talk about things together. Rosa has been inside ever since she left us with the bombshell thoughts about someone taking over the Coven and changing the way things are run. How are we supposed to find a witch strong enough to take on Morden?Once Dante finishes up the food, I follow him inside and begin to set the table. We make our plates and sit down before Rosa shows
When we go to bed that night Dante and I are still oddly quiet after the day's events. Not sure where to start on the entire subject, I, instead, sit in quiet contemplation for a while. How are we supposed to get the entire pack to let me put protection spells on them? I am not sure about the potions but I do not think that there is a way to slip them all a protection potion without them knowing what is going on. I would really rather not worry the entire pack about the situation with the witches but it is beginning to look like we will not have a choice."Sweetheart, you have been quiet all evening. I know this is a lot to handle but is there anything that I can do to help you out?" Dante offers."Not unless you know exactly how we should slip these potions to the entire pack?" I ask him hopefully."Well, we can ask but there might be a way to put the potion into a big punch bowl along with some other drinks during the next pack dinner. I am starting to worry t
The last morning with Rosa I decided it best to get a head start. After our experiment in the woods that resulted in me opening my senses to nature more, I feel like I have a hyper awareness of my surroundings. Before, just my 5 main senses were enhanced from being a werewolf. Now, it feels like they are almost secondary to the awareness that I receive from being a witch. I canfeel what is going on around me instead of just hearing, smelling, or seeing it. I can feel each breath that Dante takes from beside me, I can feel Rosa already awake and waiting for me. I can evenfeela sense of danger in the air for the future.Now that I know that Rosa is to leave today, I cannot help but wonder if we have been right to trust her all along. Is she really leaving so that she does not draw more attention to me, or is she leaving before I learn more than she wants me to learn? I want to believe that she really is trying to help