Chapter 71 DALIA
DALIA
“Dalia….Dalia,” I hear a persistent voice in my head. I jerk up from sleep, panting. I try to move but can't. I'm wrapped in Ezekiel's arms. His intoxicating scent fills my senses. I smile as last night's event fills my memories. That was the best moment of my life.
“Dalia, Dalia,” the voice comes again. It's coming from my head. Someone is calling out to me. “It's Sarah. Please answer if you can't hear me.”
I'm able to calm down knowing it's Sarah. This is a magic she performed yesterday so that we will be able to speak to each other whenever we want without us meeting. She said it's something we will definitely need. We actually did the magic together, but she contributed the most.
“Yes I can hear you.”
“Lena. She's going somewhere. I want to trail her,” she says. We plan on keeping an eye on Lena. I know she will make a move after the meeting. Maybe to alert her accomplice, about our plan.
“No…no, don't go. Let me do it myself.”
“What if Alpha Ezekiel looks for you?”
“I can handle it. Just be with Samara.”
“Be careful. The witches are very cunning and Lena is a witch.” She adds. She sounds worried.
“I will. No matter how cunning they are, I know how to handle them,” I say before cutting the link. I look at Ezekiel. He's still sleeping. I will have to sneak out without waking him up. If he wakes up, my plan will fail because he will definitely want to know where I'm going and I can't tell him. And if doesn't know, he certainly won't let me go.
Gently, I pry myself out from his arms. And slowly climb down from the bed. I pick my dress from the floor and put it on. I gently tiptoe out from the room. I go back to my room and quickly put on fresh clothes and head out.
“Sarah, do you know where she is now?” I opened the link once again.
“Close to the pack's border.”
“Thanks. I will take it from here.”
I use my power to teleport myself to the pack's border. To me, teleporting is a fifty-fifty gamble and I'm glad I won. I'm able to find myself in the location I want. I see Lena walking through the woods. It's still early in the morning so everywhere is dark. I wonder where she's going. To Tudor? Or to the witches?
I want to catch Lena in the act. That's the only way Ezekiel will believe me
I hide my scent, and carefully follow her. Well, it's hard for someone to pick my scent whether I hide it or not, but I decided to be careful here.
I know how to train someone without them noticing my presence. It's something I'm very good at, that's why I told Sarah to leave it to me. If anything happens, I don't think Lena or anyone she's meeting will keep Sarah alive.
I don't know why she decides to walk instead of using a car. Maybe she will meet someone outside the woods. We are deep inside the woods when suddenly everywhere is filled with fog. I can no longer see Lena. In fact, I can't see anything.
What's going on? Why do I feel that this is a trap? Suddenly I heard a movement from behind. Before I can react, I feel something heavy hit my head so hard. I fall down as I hold my head which is already dripping with blood. My vision becomes blurry and soon I pass out.
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LENA
After I find out the truth. I hate myself everyday for forgetting. I hate myself for forgetting how my mother was brutally murdered in front of me. How my father died from the pain. I was ten when Ezekiel found out that my mother was a witch. And the werewolves and lycans law says that any witch that is found must be killed. That's because they believe that witches are a threat and want to wipe out their existence.
For years, they believed that witches don't exist until my mother. Despite my father's plead– a man who was so loyal to him and would die for him– he still killed my mother. I was traumatized by the event, thus losing my memory. And he took advantage of my memory loss. He lied to me about my parent's death. He told me a different story. He made me believe that he was an angel who was sent to love and protect me.
I lived all my life being grateful to him for raising me and loving me as a sister. I even fell in love with him in the process. He was everything to me until a few months ago when I went to the human world. The witches found me. They told me the truth, but I refused to believe it. I even fought them. But they went into my mind and revived my lost memory.
I was shattered after learning the truth. After learning the true nature of the man I thought that loved me. He's nothing but a monster who has lied and deceived me for years. But unfortunately, my poor heart has fallen in love with him. I was ready to turn a blind eye to the truth if he will be mine.
The witches hold a deep grudge against the werewolves and lycans. They want me to join them and avenge the death of our loved ones. I refused because I love Ezekiel. I also refused to unlock my witch power which Ezekiel locked years ago because I want to be by his side.
I chose him, but he didn't choose me. He never loved me. He kept me alive and pretended to love me because of the guilt of what he did. He was guilty for being the reason my father died.
I loved him first, but he chose Dalia over me. He announced her as his mate and Luna. It made me furious. He took my love for granted. I was ready to overlook everything he did and be with him but he ruined it all when he chose Dalia. Now I'm going to make him pay for what he did.