Chapter 38 Chapter 38
Edina shepherd's POV.
A light, night breeze blew up causing the burning candle I tried to keep alight to flicker dimly. I quickly folded a piece of paper and shielded the candle from going off...
The Moonlight shone in the darkness while I chanted a prayer in a deep trance. casting a spell toward my worst enemy, Mistress Elizabeth Black of the witches' realm.
"He, who Crosses paths with Edina shepherd, must come on his knees and bowed down before me." I hissed believing in the magic. I felt ethereal and powerful, imagining my silhouette casting against the dark sky. It’s the night that gives the magic power because the night is fundamentally intertwined with magic and the supernatural: the witching hour, black capes, hats and cats, Halloween parties, and graveyard visits, as the new generation would call it, gave me joyful goosebumps.
"Mistress, I bring news to share with you." katana my trusted right-hand witchress whispered to my ear.
"Can't it wait?" I cringed my eyes tighter...hoping she would walk away.
"No, mistress. It's about Alpha Jacob, your grandson. He has found another wolf mate." She declared nervously...
"What!" I instantly stopped the incantations with my eyes widened.
"That's impossible." I toiled to get up from the floor and looked straight into katana's eyes and she immediately evaded my gaze and bowed her head submissively.
"It's the truth, mistress. I would never lie to you." She answered back with hooded calculative eyes…and it was her calculativeness that I loved most.
I heaved a sigh and strolled out of my forbidden room…only katana was allowed entry, otherwise everyone else was out of bounds.
From a young age, I’ve been fascinated and enthralled by witchcraft and magic, hence I grew up, like many people of my generation, and openly practiced it without fear until a law was passed out stating that any werewolf found practicing witchcraft shall be slayed by a silver sword and burned… That terrified me as a young naive witch hence I stopped practicing it publicly and continued discreetly...
Years later, I discovered that I was a hybrid, half-witch, and wolf and that prompted me to challenge the council of elders so that I could freely practice, but they refused me and banished me from the pack. I left my husband to care for my small baby boy as they were both spared because my husband at the time was the Alpha to the pack and my son was the strong heir the pack dearly yearned for.
My poor son, Alpha Jacob's father was cleansed of any witch's blood in him and that's how the witches' lineage ended with me. I wanted my son so badly to have magical abilities, and be fond memories of concocting potions and performing spells with his mother and father but that was a short-lived lifestyle I dearly yearned for...
"Tell me more about the girl, Jacob is fated to?"
"Mistress, I only know of her name and the pack hails from." She replied while holding onto my dark spells book of life.
I stopped midway and glanced at her. "Tell me her name."
"Her name is Bella wood of the moonstone pack.
"Ummm, get the car ready, it's high time I paid my grandson a visit."
"Right away mistress." katana quickly walked away to arrange for our agent voyage.
A day and a half later, I and katana arrived at the midnight pack seconds after midnight.
Home sweet home. An evil smirk radiated on my face.
"Get the bags into the mansion, I'm going to find my grandson." I hurriedly sauntered straight in the direction where the loud howling came from.
I wonder what the howling is all about? I sniffed the nasty stink of dogs...and I immediately spit out, because I hated the stench.
And what I found was very disappointing. Jacob and the strange girl Bella were locked up in a kiss before he broke off the kiss and merrily howled out loud.
This is nonsense! I need to stop this immediately. I glanced around with worry. of how to stop everything from escalating further.
"I object to this union." I hissed out loud then everyone stopped bowling and veered around to face me.
Yes you little stinky dogs, I'm back. Bigger and stronger, not that little Edina shepherd you chased out of the pack. I darted at everyone with a vengeful spit deep down my heart.
"Grandma?" Jacob jumped off the highest step of the main and quickly ran to me with a beaming proud face.
"Hey, my sweet little boy." I stretched out her hands to Jacob's face and pinched his cheeks as if he were a little boy.
Jacob was the only last hope I had to have an heir of witches' blood but he needed to marry a witch not this mate bond nonsense they still practiced.
The Bella girl got closer to me and Jacob foolishly.
This naive girl is asking for a quick easy death.
"Nana, I did not know that you were coming to the pack?" Alpha Jacob replied.
"I wanted to surprise you, but clearly, I'm the one who is surprised. What is going on here?" I menacingly grinned while glancing around the quiet people, who were now chatting indistinctly.
"We are having a blood bond initiation ceremony for my second chance mate Bella wood of the moonstone pack," Jacob spoke rapidly then veered around to face the said girl.
"I can see that." I peeked at the little timid girl who had a strange aura emitting from her.
"What's your name, little girl?" I pulled a face because she disgusted me unknowingly. I strolled in circles around her, while I examined every part of her body…and nothing seemed to impress me.
"My name is Bella Wood, the new Luna of the midnight pack." She reached out for my hand to handshake her but I did not want to touch her skin.
"Edina shepherd." I flickered my tongue to sense how fearful she was.
I circled her some more with an inquisitive stare. "Your aura? There is something about it" I sniffed her while standing behind her...
"You are an omega." I hissed out loud then walked in front of her.
She bowed her head after hearing my declaration because I was right.
"Nana!" Jacob snapped. "She was an Omega, but now is the Luna of the midnight pack." he added.
"Umm…I don't like her." I said and quickly walked into the mansion.
Watching Jacob treat this Bella with so much care, infuriated me to the core.
How was I to get my witchcraft lineage to continue if he kept mating with the wrong women?
Then a lightbulb lit up in my head and I knew just what medicine to give to this naive girl and get rid of her once and for all.
"katana, get this herb to be served in lady Bella's drink." I reached into my handbag and handed her a black bottle with a harmful concoction if drank by any wolf.
I kept an eye on Bella rove aimlessly after Jacob walked away from her on the terrace.
Hurry, katana strike now.
A few minutes later, katana returned back to me with an evil smirk.
"It's done, mistress."
"Good, now let's see how long our lady Bella will last in the pack." I chuckled evilly.