"Where do you think she is then? Surely you could track her?" Isabella asks, if this threat was still out there and as was Dominic, it must be better to be one step ahead of them
"I could track her but I'm not going to dear, it's like inviting her back in to invade my mind. I have not thought about Daphne and a number of years. Now, let's talk about you" Daisy grins taking Isabella's cold hands into her warm ones - as if by magic, Isabella's hands started to warm up
Oh wait... yes by magic.
Isabella looked down bewildered wondering whether she truly did have any magical skills to do things like this.
"No you don't understand, we are all in danger. I just know I am on a journey and I need to be prepared for the ending" Isabella said, she knew she was talking in riddles but if anyone was going to understand her it would be her grandmother.
"There isn't much to say that you haven't already found out for yourself but be warned now that you are Queen and everyone knows who you are, it won't be long before she makes a reappearance to take back what she feels she is owed" Daisy warns sending a shiver throughout Isabella's body
"Will she come and try and hurt me?" Isabella whispered, she almost didn't care about herself, if giving herself up to ensure the safety of those she cared for and loved then it would be worth it
"I don't know what she will do but she doesn't like to be beaten and will not take to finding out about you lightly" Daisy replies, she almost appears nonchalant like this isn't a real threat which infuriates Isabella.
"We have kept my... condition a secret so she might not know" Isabella replies niavely to which Daisy lets out a bark of a laugh
"You are the creation of her control, she will know you anywhere and Dominic is also still alive, if he knows about you he will be no doubt regrouping to take over - if anyone knows where Daphne is then he will" Daisy nods
A large thud at the door makes both Isabella and Daisy jump from the seats they had sat themselves in, the door bursts open to reveal a red faced Catherine. Daisy's eyes widen as she shoves Isabella behind her, her hands started to twirl as she whispers an incantation, a ball of purple light shines in between her hands. At the threat, Catherine starts to growl at Daisy, her teeth and claws extending in warning.
"NO!" Isabella shouts, she knew that Daisy perceived Catherine as a threat and although Isabella wasn't truly sure how safe she was around Catherine that didn't mean she needed attacking with magic
"Just stay back Isabella" Daisy shouts clearly not understanding.
In a panic, Isabella is unsure of what to do, she feels her whole body tingling, pins and needles seem to shoot their way around her body and her hands and fingers feel red hot. Isabella looks down at her hands that are almost glowing, she can feel the panic rising from her toes to her head, she is unsure what to do but lets her body take over.
"I SAID STOP" a voice shouts out, Isabella isn't even sure where it had came from, she certainly didn't recognize it as her own voice but when a ball of light hit the corner of the cottage and burst into flames that quickly died out and disappeared leaving no mark that it had ever happened, Isabella knew it had come from her own hands.
Both Catherine and Daisy turned to look at her with their eyes wide and jaws practically dropped to the floor, Isabella looked from her hands to the two women unsure of what had happened, how was this even possible? This had never happened before.
"W...what happened" Isabella cried looking back down at her hands which now felt and looked completely normal
"You did magic dear" Daisy says with an excited clap and the biggest smile on her face
"But I've never done that before, why now?" Isabella questioned, according to Daisy, Isabella had always had the ability to do this and it would've been extremely useless in her old pack so why now?
"Sometimes we just need someone to tell us what we are capable of to unlock it in ourselves, with some training I have no doubt you could be an extremely good witch" Daisy grins rubbing Isabella's arm as she shook
"What the hell" Catherine yelled from the door, Isabella had forgotten she had missed the whole conversation previous to this, nobody else knew that Isabella had a magical grandmother so Isabella quickly filled her in with what she knew.
"What could happen to the children? Could they be magical as well?" Catherine asked suddenly intrigued
"Possibly" Daisy replies not even looking at Catherine, there was clearly still a lot of anger between the two women "We won't know until they are older"
"This is just so much to take in" Isabella mutters laying her head on the table she was sat next to "and yet I feel there is so much more to learn"
"We need to know where Daphne is" Catherine says, Isabella thought she might want this information for her own gain but she was right, it was better to know where their enemies were
Daisy sat in silence staring between the two women in front of her before sighing deeply, she stood up and walked over to her cabinet, she began rustling around, the sound of glass bottles clinking as she did so before returning to the table with her arms full.
"What are you doing?" Isabella asks, interest piqued lifting her head up off of the table
"I am going to track my sister" Daisy replies not looking at her as she starts to set up the table with a map, she pours a small glass vial of black looking sand onto the middle of the map and picks up a hairbrush from beside her. Catherine looks at it and grimaces
"Now isn't the time to be doing your hair" she says with a smirk, once again Daisy refuses to even look at Catherine and also chooses not to respond to her
"To track someone, you must have something of theirs, I have had this hairbrush of Daphne's for many years so a simple stand of hair should do but I need your help Isabella. I haven't done this sort of magic for many years" Daisy explains
"I don't know what I'm doing, how can I help" Isabella shrugs suddenly terrified
"Just hold both of my hands, do not let go until I finish or it can be disastrous" Daisy warns to which Isabella nods and shakily stands up and joins hands with Daisy.
Almost immediately, Daisy starts saying words that Isabella didn't understand but they seemed to find themselves in a wind tunnel, papers around the room started to fly off of the sides and ornaments starting breaking, it even caused Daisy to look concerned.
"You are extremely powerful Isabella" Daisy mutters almost to herself but she continues with the spell anyway.
Isabella found herself with the pins and needles feeling again and her hands were getting warm, hot even. Daisy continued with the wards and when Isabella looked down she watched as the black sand started to move around the map trying to locate Daphne.
"You'll never find me"
A menacing voice calls out with a cackle behind Isabella, she tries to turn around but Daisy holds onto her hands tighter as a reminder not to let go. Isabella is sure she heard something so looks around the room but can only see Daisy in front her, Catherine can not longer be seen as the wind tunnel increases in it's velocity.
"Isabella, look to your right"
Despite being terrified, Isabella does as she voice asks and can't help the gasp that leaves her lips, in front of her is a young looking woman with raven black hair and almost bright white skin, she is almost illuminating. Without needing to ask, Isabella knew who this was but when she looked back over to Daisy she want continuing with the chant and seemed to be unable to see her sister.
"Leave us alone"
Isabella screams with all of her might, somehow despite being a short distance from Daisy she couldn't hear, it appeared to only be Isabella and Daphne.
"You came looking for me sweetie"
Daphne replies with a smirk that shouts pure evil, Isabella feels her whole body trembling but she tries to shake it away. The last thing she needed was to give this thing the satisfaction that she was scared.
"Because you're evil"
Isabella shouts, she feels the anger running through her veins, this woman was the reason she had grown up without a family, she had been denied the knowledge of her capabilities and now she was causing concern and a lack of safety for Isabella's mate and children, the most important people in her life.
Daphne started to cackle at Isabella, she didn't say anything for a couple of moments as both women looked at the other up and down. Isabella couldn't understand how Daphne appeared to look so young, she didn't like a day over 25-years-old, it took a couple of seconds and almost forehead slapping moment for Isabella to remember: magic, duh!
"YES! You're right, I am EVIL and there is nothing you can do about it. Those children of yours though, they appear very interesting"
Daphne raises her eyebrows at Isabella as a growl leaps from her throat, with all this information Isabella felt like every part of her body and abilities was starting to show itself , she would need all of it if she was going to overcome this threat and the thought of anyone harming a hair on either of her children's head filled her with such a rage that she almost scared herself and the limits she was willing to set to protect them.
"I'll kill you"
Isabella growled, her eyes shining brighter than they ever had before.
"You'll have to come find me first"
With one final cackle, Daphne appears from sight and Daisy finishes the incantation, the wind tunnel stops and Isabella falls to the floor.
"We need to go home" Isabella panics