Chapter 51: Simon

“Now that I have some food in me, what has been going on with you?” Violet looked at Greta. “Catch me up.”

“Not too much to tell really. After the last time we saw you, my mom got pregnant again and gave birth to twins. So that makes a total of six kids. All of which do not hold a light to me.” She batted her eyes at Violet. “I became a guard for my other pack, that’s how I met Jared. He came to do a perimeter check and then we met. When you meet your mate, everything else around you fades away and it’s just you and your mate together. Then Si here let me move to this pack and here we are.”

“Damn six kids. That’s crazy. You were a handful enough. I couldn’t imagine having six of you running around.” Violet laughed. Her laugh was like a bell. It was beautiful. Everything about her was beautiful.

“Yeah, but she has help. A lot of the omegas come and babysit when she’s about to kill us. So that was helpful.”

“Omegas?” Violet looked at me.

“Omegas are the lower-level wolves. Usually, they don’t have status and just help out in the pack where they can.” I told her. “Everyone in the pack can’t have a high ranking. It wouldn’t work out.”

“Oh. So, your dad was Beta, right?” She pointed at Greta.

“Right.” Greta smiled at Violet. “And Jared is Si’s Beta. And when Si gets a Luna, I’ll be her Beta.”

Violet’s face changed quickly, almost as if she was in pain.

“Are you ok?” I said, I took her hand in mine again.

“Yeah. Fine.” She looked down at her hand, the look in her eyes looked concerned. She cleared her throat. “And how about you?” She looked at Jared, it was her attempt to get him to say something.

“Uh, what do you want to know?” His eyes shifted from me, to her, to Greta, then back to Violet.

“Come on babe. She’s an old friend. She’s not going to cook and eat you. She’s probably the best person you will ever know. Even better than me.” She pulled him close and kissed him on the cheek.

“We could start with that. Why are you afraid of witches?” Violet said and leaned closer to him.

I looked at her and laughed. She was really going to pull it out of him. I pulled her hand to my mouth and kissed it. I could feel the electricity greet my lips. I could feel her shiver slightly. “Yes, Jared, why are you so afraid of witches?”

“This is going to be good.” Greta turned her chair slightly, leaned back and stared at Jared.

“Well…” He paused. “When I was a kid, like little kid, I would visit my grandma and she would tell me stores of witches and what they would do to little kids. And how she was being truthful. About how she knew of families who lost children to the witches in the forests and the only thing you would find was their fingers.”

I looked over to Violet. She just sat there and stared at Jared. “You think witches kidnapped children and used them for spells and then left their fingers?”

Jared nodded at her.

“First, if a witch is going to kidnap and use a child, they are going to use the whole thing. Leave no evidence.” Violet said, in a matter-of-fact tone.

Jared sat there and stared at her with his mouth open. I looked at her too, not sure if she was kidding.

“Oh, come on guys. Children haven’t been used in centuries. It’s not needed. We found our blood has higher magic potential than some random kid. And if we need to sacrifice, we do birds or something.”

Greta started to howl with laughter. “Vi, I don’t think that’s helping your case.”

“What? I can’t help what my ancestors did. It’s history. Other than the psycho who took over my coven, we haven’t had a human sacrifice done in over a century. There isn’t a need.” Violet shrugged her shoulders. “I’m not that type of witch. I promise to not kill and sacrifice you.” She put three fingers up. “Witches honor.”

Jared sat there looking at Violet. I could feel how unsure he was. He was already uptight but having a witch in his presence was not helping him relax.

“Ok, Jared?” I said, that was my attempt to get him to respond.

“Ok.” He looked down at his half full bowl of soup. I didn’t notice that he barely touched it, while everyone else ate their entire bowl.

“Really, I wouldn’t intentionally hurt anyone. I’m more concerned about saving the lives of my coven than taking any.” She gave him a small smile.

“Ok.” Jared said again.

“I think that’s the best you are gonna get.” Greta said.

“I’ll take what I can get.” Violet’s smile widened.

“Ready for round two?” Stella came out with two kitchen helpers. One grabbed the bowls in front of us and the other sat down the steaming plates of food. “In this course, I have made chicken with white sauce, bacon wrapped asparagus and baked macaroni and cheese. I hope you enjoy.”

The food looked amazing. Violet stared down at the plate as if it walked in front of her on its own. “Oh my god, I hope you didn’t go to too much trouble just because of me.” She looked up to Stella.

“Of course not. Nothing can be too good for the Lu…” Stella stopped herself before she finished her sentence.

“For the what?” Violet didn’t miss a beat.

“Oh, uh, I was going to say for the guest of honor.” Stella tried to finish weakly.

I stared at her. Stella looked at me quickly and then looked down at the floor. “Please enjoy.” She backed away from the table with her kitchen hands.

“What just happened?” Violet said. “I feel like I’m missing some important information that you are intentionally leaving me out of.” She looked at me and then at Greta.

“Don’t worry about it, Vi. It’s just wolf business. Eventually, you’ll be in the loop.” Greta grabbed her fork, stuck it into the chicken and brought it up to her mouth, whole.

“You know I don’t like to be left out. I’ll figure it out sooner or later.”

“Shut up and eat your chicken.” I said to her and laughed. My pack was making it really difficult to slowly win her over to stay. If anyone let anything slip, I don’t think she would give up until we tell her that she was my mate.

“You know I could turn you into a chicken, right?” She grabbed her fork and looked at me.

“Could you really?” I asked.

“Probably.” She shrugged her shoulders and laughed. “I’d like to think I could.”

“If you did, would you eat me?”

Greta spit out the bite of food that was in her mouth across the table at me and started to cough. “Sorry, Alpha.” She tried to control her laughter.

“Nah, I’d keep you around as a pet.”

“I’d enjoy that.”

She took a bite of her food, and it was as if she melted into her chair. “Holy shit this is amazing. It just melts in my mouth.” She took another bite and moaned slightly. The noise made my dick twitch. I focused on my food, I used all of my energy to contain Remus who was trying to burst from his inner cage.

Within minutes, the entire table ate every last bite on their plates. If no one was here, I’m sure Violet would have licked her plate clean.

“I have never had cooking like that before.” Violet leaned back, full from the meal.

“I’m glad you enjoyed it.” Stella came out of the kitchen. “Are you ready for dessert?” She grabbed the plates from in front of us.

“Oh my god, I didn’t even think about dessert. I may burst.” Violet laughed. “Just to torture me, what did you make?”

“Apple pie with homemade ice cream.” Stella said with a smile.

“You’re killing me Stells.” Greta yelled. “Ok, I can eat it.” She yelled. “I’ll be miserable, but I’ll eat it.”