Sometimes we are afraid of falling in love, mostly because it comes in a way we never expected.
Roman Rose.
Roman didn't know what to do, ofcourse he had a better relationship with Lex if you could call it that, he referred to it as a friendship really because they weren't there yet, and Lex really didn't know anything about him, just like now. "He sent you what?" Thalia shrieked at the mention of the present Roman had gotten from Lex this morning, apparently eating raw deer meat in the morning gave you good luck, so Lex had sent a slab of deer meat that he had caught and prepared himself to Roman, not wanting to seem ungrateful Roman ate a piece and the rest he put in the freezer so that Marc can deal with it.
"Yeah, you heard right, anyway I did eat it, it tasted like raw blood but hey, what could I do." The golden haired witch replied as he closed his locker with magic just as Thalia did so with her own locker and they walked side by side to their after lunch class. "Well love is compromise, and as much as I know you, you'll try meet him halfway, question is, will he?" Thalia asserted making Roman sigh yet again, he didn't know, Lex was still evasive, with everything that happened, they only had a few moments together before they were hurled into another crisis, they needed to talk, so Roman began to write a small letter in his notebook, once done he tore out the page. "Mesosilia egnus." He whispered and the page went up in flames but there was no ash, he had sent it to Lex. Now he had to worry about what to say when he meets him later.
"I think that will work, whatever it was, listen, has anything happened ever since I told you about my vision, I'm worried." Thalia mumbled lowly just as Roman shook his head in refusal. "Whatever it was, they are laying very low, we should be fine and this time, we are letting the grown ups or the actual coven and mystics of Halkrest deal with it." The response made both witches laugh, indeed they had gone through enough, let the others deal with the mess for once. "Well said." Thalia replied with a chortle as several new students passed by them and one of them handed them two fliers. "Festival Of Hecate." The two of them mumbled in unison as the one who had given them the fliers turned back to wave at them. "Is that, it can't be." Roman whispered as Thalia dragged him into their class before the bell rang. "What's wrong, you seem like you've seen the horrors of the world." Thalia chortled as Roman smacked her arm lightly. "Stop it Yaz, anyway that was Ember, she's Kev's sister, she was shipped off to boarding school when she was ten, and now she's here, I guess since Kev is gone she can finally be the heir to the coven, her mother always wanted her to lead since she wasn't unhinged like her brother and she inherited more power than her brother." Roman explained making Thalia realize that the coven had a new leader. "So I'm guessing she is the one who though of this festival, to bring peace, Goddess knows we need it after all that fighting." The girl with bewildering silver locks asserted and indeed Roman agreed, if this truly was a festival to restore order and peace then he wouldn't object to going, he would be on guard because tensions are still high but it was needed.
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Lex and Amon.
"What are we doing wrong?" Amon groaned as he sat down next to Lex who chuckled next to him. "I don't know, I've tried being a gentleman, sending gifts, its been a while since we even had a face to face conversation, I don't know, was it suppose to be this distant." Lex mumbled as he relaxed into the walkway bench which was in pack territory, this was his usual meeting point with Amon, somehow in the mix of having close mates, and fighting for them against a hoard of witches bent on killing them, they had grown closer, they shared almost everything, it was refreshing, for both of them. "She is hard to figure out, my father wants to do this in a diplomatic way, I've never had to actually court someone, this is complicated." As Amon said his words both of them broke into a laugh, they had a lot in common even foolishly loving their mates and being able to die for them. "How do we do this?" Amon mumbled as he tapped on the bench with his fingers and a blood portal appeared beneath them both, it moved them from the bench to the inviting lawn by one of the pack houses, neither they or the owner cared, it was meant to be appreciated
"What are your thoughts, we need to talk to them-." Lex paused as three fire messages appeared infront of them, Lex grabbed two as one had burnt Amon meaning it was for the wolf, when they looked they were surprised. "A festival, what are they planning?" Amon hissed as his friend was grinning like a fool next to him. "What?!" The vampire demanded. "Roman reached out, he wants to have dinner, at his house tonight." Lex explained making Amon cheer. "Yes, my boy is finally getting some!" He cheered making them both laugh. "How about you reach out to Thalia, invite her to dinner at your place, remember its a two way street, goddess I sound like my mother." Lex gagged as they both laughed again rolling on the lawn. As for Lex's mother, he couldn't even find the words to express his gratitude for how Roman saved her, its one of the reasons he loved him, not his mother but the fact that Roman would do all that he could to make sure the people he loved were happy, he brought Allysa back to life, if that wasn't beautiful, he didn't know what was.
"I think I will do that, on another note, can we really trust Ember to want peace, I know my father said that her mother had cut down and pulled out root and stem every witch that had been involved with Lena, along with all who were corrupt, I take it she was making the silver slate clean for her daughter, she's always favoured Ember." Amon recounted and Lex nodded in agreement, they knew her before she was shipped off and it was clear that one day, one way or the other, she would lead the coven, Lex hoped she didn't start another tirade against Roman and his coven, he'd hate to leave her mother with only three children left. "If the others are going along with Roman's coven then I believe it would be alright if we go aswell, we can't judge her based on her brother's track record, he had gone off the deep end." Amon exclaimed making Lex laugh again but it was true, Kev had gone mad but that was all in the past, his vampire best friend was right, they had to be optimistic about Ember if she was different, they would deal with her then. Just as the two relaxed again large tentacles wrapped around their legs, in seconds they were hurled to an invisible wall by the walkway which shattered on impact, both Lex and Amon were already on their feet ready to attack until they realized it was Vincent who had attacked them and was now laughing his ass off whilst rolling on the ground.
"You're slacking off." Marc mumbled behind them making them jump in a semi shriek. "How the hell-." Lex mouthed as Marc walked past them to his student who was now sitting on the ground lowly chuckles coming from his lips. "Hey shut up, we weren't ready." Amon called out making Marc facepalm. "No one is ever ready for battle, you two are disgraceful, today's exercise was seeing how much you've increased your attack time, combining your wolf will and your magic, you passed exceptionally, now go back to the green house study the spell I left for you." Marc instructed Vincent who in an instant was wrapped in yellow light before vanishing, Marc waved at the two with a snicker before vanishing aswell. "Does he ever take a break, he can now go toe to toe with my dad, I saw them training the other day." Lex commented as they settled down. "He's Marc, he has a mate to protect that's why he's getting stronger, and he's training Vincent to be just as deadly, your nephew will be a force not to be taken lightly." Amon replied as he praised Vincent for his progress, it made them both proud, maybe celebrating peace wasn't so bad, they surely had it.
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Allysa.
"Allysa wait up!" Kay yelled out as he stopped Allysa from catching up to Roman and the others by the parking lot. "Wait do you go to school here?" The boy nodded making the witch frown, that was awfully convenient. Allysa didn't mean to be suspicious but if you weren't someone her magic was used to or trusted you were the enemy and Kay was both of those things so she regarded him with caution. "I just wanted to ask- if you, that's if you-" He groaned and Allysa turned to walk away but he caught her. "Hang out with me sometime, I just want to get to know you, I'm new here and I could use a friend." Kay asserted and all she wanted to do was refuse, something in her was afraid, she liked Kay, she wanted to know him too, and that made her afraid.
"She will meet you at the cafe you first met, tomorrow after school." Allen replied next to his sister, she was hopeless in these situations. "Uh hey, I'm Kay-." The taller boy offered with a smile but Allen didn't return it only a cheeky response. "I know, we gotta go sis, bye Kay." Allen exclaimed as he dragged his sister away, she was grateful to have escaped the boy but for how long, tomorrow she had to meet him, because Allen set her up, but she couldn't be mad, if he hadnt intervened she would still be there, looking at him awkwardly unsure of herself, so she smiled, now she had to find a way not to be awkward when they hang out. "What was that?" Allen asked amused by his sisters lack of tact and confidence. "I don't know but thanks." She replied hugging him just as Roman began making noise with the car horn. "Let's go, we have to get you spruced up for your hangout session tomorrow, plus we need to unwind, Marc has been training us hard." Allen exclaimed making not only his sister happy but all his friends, though she was scared, with her friends, her family by her side she knew she could do it but for now. "Shopping!"
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