We all sat in the living room of my parents home. It was cosy and felt so homely. There was a forest green three seater sofa with a matching love seat to the side of it. There was a cosy white rug in the middle of the room that felt so soft on your feet with a antique brown coffee table in the middle. The walls where all white except for one which was a grey feature wall.
Me and Carlos were sat on the love seat with Jordon sat on my lap. He was cutely playing with my hair which was unintentionally relaxing my nerves. I already loved him with all i had and i knew I'd protect him at all costs. I was telling my parents about what was going on through the past eight years of my life and I even explained to them about my powers that I just discovered. My dad suddenly became uncomfortable when I mentioned this.
"You're a witch," he sighed. He knew about the subject which shocked me. He glanced at my mother as if he was asking her permission to carry on his explanation. She nodded and took over.
"Your great, great grandmother was a witch too. It was something that travelled through our family and many others. One day though, werewolves felt threatened by them. They didn't like the fact that there were more powerful beings than wolves in the world so they hunted them down until only a few remained. Witches now live in hiding as some wolves still feel threatened by them. The same goes for warlocks." My mother explained.
I frowned. "But that doesn't make any sense. How are you and Poppy werewolves and I am a witch?"
My mother sighed. "Some witches hid their powers and mated with werewolves to dilute their bloodline. These children took the stronger gene, werewolf, and the witch side was either so diluted that it was unusable or only limited, such as a healer. They cursed their children to all have at least one witch in their offspring who was supposed to live in hiding. As the bloodline became more diluted, less people cursed their children until pretty much no one did. They just wanted their children to be like their siblings, werewolves. However, when your grandmother was told the stories she was determined to have her bloodline running strong so she cursed me. She was the last cursed child until you"
I absorbed the information and glanced at Carlos. "She's right" he nodded."I've read all of the wolf history books required for my alpha training. I remember reading about it and I also remember my father telling me a similar story."
I stood up and Jordon climbed onto Carlos who ruffled his hair. I smiled. I knew he was going to be a good father one day. I started pacing the room. "So now what?" I frowned. "What am I supposed to do from here? If everyone is going to want to kill me than I can't use these powers at all, but I don't have any control over when I do use them"
My mother shook her head. "That's not necessarily true. None of the witches had made it to Luna level before you. You are a Luna so you have the chance to make the world safe for witches again" My mother looked at me with a hopeful gaze.
Something suddenly dawned on me. Keegan. "Alpha Keegan is a Warlock. That's why he wants to mate with me? He wants to make the world a safe place for witches again."
Carlos snorted. "That is not what he wants. He only cares for power. He wants to become unstoppable. He's a problem"
My mother nodded. "What do you suggest we do from here alpha?"
It was his turn to pace now. "Well of course the main priority is to keep Eva safe. I'm going to call a meeting with my army and my fellow leaders. You are all of course welcome to attend."
Poppy interrupted. "Surely the priority here is to help her get a hold of her powers? She needs to learn how to control them so that she can protect herself. What if she has a rage fit again and reveals herself?" She directed her question to Carlos. She wasn't just being a protective sister, she was being a beta. Max, who was sat beside her pulled her hand into his and looked proud of her.
Carlos nodded. "You're right, I totally agree that she needs help controlling them but we need to make sure she's safe first and the pack are in the loop."
I gulped. "Carlos, they might reject me as Luna."
He shook his head. "I really don't believe they will. My pack have needed and wanted a Luna for years, I think they'd be overjoyed to know how strong she is" He held my hand in his. "Everything will be okay. I promise you"
I smiled at his gesture.
"Poppy, you mentioned you know a witch. Can you arrange for us to meet with her?" I asked, hopefully.
She nodded. "I will call her tomorrow."
Carlos nodded. "Max? I want to arrange this pack meeting for tomorrow after your mate has spoken to this witch."
Max nodded. "I'll get right on that, Alpha" he stood up and pulled poppy to her feet and they both left.
Me and Carlos went home then too after tucking Jordon up in bed. He kept protesting about me leaving but i promised him I would visit him again soon. It was getting late and I needed a fresh brain to handle the predicament we were in. Talking about it while I was tired was only making me feel more exhausted.
I sighed as I climbed into bed. I tried hard to forget about myself being a witch so I could sleep but even when I did finally fall into a deep sleep, it only appeared in my dreams. Well, nightmares.
I was in a dark forest that definitely wasn't within our pack boarders, i didn't recognise anything. It was so dark I could barely see my hand in front of my face. The trees looked gnarled and shaped like people. I shivered. I felt like I was being watched.
I heard twigs snapping around me but I couldn't pin point where it was coming from. Suddenly, my feet were knocked out from underneath me. I screamed in shock as my body hit the dirt. I frantically looked around for who was attacking me but I couldn't see anyone. All I could see was the creepy trees.
I gulped. Something about this forest was alive. There was someone here. My thoughts were confirmed when I was dragged through the dirt by my feet. I tried to kick my attacker off me but there was no one there when I looked up.
My body came to a sudden stop and the forest stilled. I lay down and breathed out in relief but it was short lived.
"BOO!" I screamed in freight and pulled myself onto my feet, ready to attack.
"Keegan!" I growled.
He chuckled. "Sorry dear it's just so fun seeing that frightful look in your eyes. You look like a scared deer"
I glared at him as he started to circle me like his prey.
"I told you, you would be mine, Evangeline. I gave you the opportunity to come willingly but you ignored my warnings. Do you know how hurtful that is to me, my dear?"
I stepped towards him. "I will never go willingly with you."
He laughed. "Alright then, have it your way."
He cackled and suddenly the tree branches wrapped around my legs and arms, suspending me in the air, completely vulnerable and no matter how hard I tried to escape, I couldn't. As I struggled, the branches grew tighter. Another branch snaked around my neck, squeezing the air from my lungs.
"If I can't have you, no one will!"
I gasped and shot up in bed, my hands instinctively going to my neck. That dream, it felt so real. It felt like a warning.
Carlos stirred and looked up at me. "Are you alright love?" He sat up, looking at me with concern.
I nodded and tried to control my laboured breathing. "It was just a nightmare" I told him, but I was also trying to convince myself.
Hie face softened. "Hey, it's okay. Come here."
He pulled me into a tight hug. I was shaking as he tried to calm me down.
"It felt so real" I frowned. "Like a warning"
He frowned too. "Honey, I think you're just stressed."
I nodded. "You're probably right"
We lay back down and I lay on his chest for comfort. He wrapped his arm loosely around me and rubbed my arm, trying to soothe me.
No matter how hard I tried to ignore the dream, I just couldn't. It felt too real to just be a simply nightmare.
I grabbed my phone and searched the Internet about the dream. I then researched witches, trying to see if they could tap into your dreams. I was thinking that maybe it really was a warning from Keegan.
No matter how hard I searched though, nothing came up. I put my phone down and snuggled into Carlos, trying to fall back asleep. As I slowly fell into slumber, Keegan's words haunted my mind.
"I will have you"