Chapter 32 ELDER WITCH
Sianna's POV
I slept peacefully and wished that I could stay like this, in my alpha's arms and away from everybody. I peeked in the kitchen to watch him around the stove frying up those slices of bacon that I love so much. He went to the fridge and took out apples and bananas. He peeled and sliced them up. He walked with his sexy ass to the table to place a jug of milk and the fruits in the middle. "Breakfast is ready, or would you rather keep watching your handsome mate being a kitchen guru?"
Giggling at the comment, I hugged him from behind and pressed my body against him so that my hardened nipples teased his back through the thin shirt.
"I must feed you before we play, my love." With a suave smirk, he took my hand and led me to sit in the chair opposite him. " Your mom will be stopping by."
"Okay, did she tell you about the results?"
"Yes, but she will tell us more when she gets here." His gleeful smile tried to lessen my fears.
I analyzed that his mood was good so perhaps the result wasn't anything bad. "Did you ask her about healers being in our bloodline?"
"No, the elder witch will assess your blood and tell us what we need to know."
The breakfast tasted heavenly. I licked my lips from the savory taste. Vance growled and his eyes were pitch black. "Easy Alpha." I hinted at him to control his lustful wolf. I was hungry and eating food was my top priority. His eyes slowly went back to normal.
The chiming sound of the doorbell interrupted us and I let him go to accept the visitor. The old woman was beautiful with her caramel skin, silver grey eyes, and white hair. I sat to finish my meal as she greeted me.
"Good morning Luna Sianna." She bowed with a nice smile.
Vance guided her to the breakfast table. "Thanks for coming on such short notice. Have you eaten? I could prepare for you a plate or some tea."
She waves her hand to reject the offer. She turned to give me her full attention. "Don't worry my child. This won't take long?" Vance stood behind me with his hand on my shoulder. "This is Miriam, the elder witch for our pack. She has collaborated with my family forever. Her line of descendants protects our pack in many ways. She is like family to me."
I smiled through chewing my food. I covered my mouth as I tried to swallow and said, "Nice to meet you, Miriam. Are you sure we can't help you to anything?"
"No, that's okay, my child." She placed her small purse on the table and took out a small lancet to conduct the finger-prick. But before proceeding, she asked a few questions.
"Have you ever noticed that after dealing with the sick or injured that they felt better? Or look healthier afterward?"
"No." I shook my head while managing my food.
"And no one has ever mentioned to you the possibilities of being healed by you?"
"No, not that I can recall," I answered honestly.
"Have you ever felt drained like your energy was depleted after touching someone?"
I thought and Curtis came to mind when he was in the hospital. But If I mentioned him Vance might get angry again. I wasn't afraid of him, I was just fearful of the harm he might inflict on poor Curtis.
"No." I lied.
Almost as if she could tell that I fibbed she asked with a raised brow, "Are you sure?"
"I'm sure."
She pulled out a vial with a liquid in it. Then held a small volumetric flask and poured the liquid into it. She took up the lancet and held my left middle finger. A little blood oozed out and she used the blade to wipe it off and drop it into the liquid which sizzled. She took it to her mouth and chanted a spell. Words that I could not make out, must be an old language.
The liquid began to sizzle again with large bubbling which eventually gave out smoke that escape the open flask. Her silver grey eyes glowed and she held my hand to channel my energy as she chanted. Vance rubbed my back to comfort me.
The smoke disappeared and she released my hand. "Did I scare you, dear?"
"Not at all." I bravely told her. Today, I am such a liar.
"Well?" Vance asked. He was very quiet while she did her work on me. I learned that he is most dangerous when he goes quiet because he is always calculating.
The doorbell rang and I knew it was my mom this time. Vance allowed her inside. "Hi Jade, they are in the kitchen."
Mom appeared and greeted us. "Miriam, good to see you."
"Dr. Stone, Sianna is all grown up and became a wonderful young woman. She will be an exceptional leader."
My mom kissed my cheek. "I am proud of her."
"She is a level one healer. Her healing essence is strong and powerful but she fainted because the baby is also pulling from her too." Miriam clasped her hands on the table. "The baby is powerful because both of you are from Alpha bloodlines. As this type of healer has the ability to regenerate your cells in seconds, it would be hard to truly cause great injury to you."
"Healer?" My mom's puzzled faced moved back and forth between the three of us.
"Yes, she healed the injured warrior yesterday," Vance informed sipping his coffee.
"I thought as much." But she was not surprised "Well, we have had healers in our bloodline but it skipped the last four generations so we all thought that the genes went dormant."
Shame on me. I guess I did not know my heritage very well. "Is that why we are all doctors?"
"Yes," Mom replied.
"Nevertheless, as an expected mother, you must still rest and eat well. Do not get stressed." Miriam further advised. "You can change the entire energy in a room just by imagining it."
I was confused as to why she mentioned a baby, now she's saying expectant mother. "I'm not pregnant." Perhaps Vance was in a hurry for me to bear him children but I wasn't ready. I wondered if I would even be good with kids.
Miriam looked sideways at Vance, but it was my mom who interjected. "Honey, have you been having unprotected sex?"
I hated having the sex talk with my parents. How embarrassing and weird. "Only with Vance." I took contraceptives while I was with Curtis but when all this drama started I forgot a few times to take them and now I don't remember the last time that I did. I'm always so engrossed when we got intimate.
"When last did you have your menses?"
"It was last.................two or three weeks.................." My left hand is in the air as I check with my fingers. Impossible, no way! My memories seemed jumbled up because I remembered that I had it early last month. I hadn't slept with Curtis for three months now. I held my index finger on my lips while deep in my recollection and calculating the timeline.
"Honey, the blood test results showed you positively pregnant for five weeks." Mom shows me the document on her phone
screen.
"But isn't it too soon?" It was too early for us to be parents. Panic started to fill my mind. "I don't know how to be a mom." That wasn't to be said out loud. I avoided looking at Vance for fear of seeing any hurt in his eyes.
"You have a nurturing nature. You will be a great mom." Miriam assured me.
"Plus an awesome mate by your side," Vance added feeling left out. "I will assist you in caring for our children." He twirls his finger in a few strands of my hair and it's nice to feel him close.
Children? He wants more than one. I was nervous with anxiety. So Vance moved to the side of my chair and lifted me, and then sat so I was in his lap. His arms were around me and he kissed my forehead.
"I'll get bloated and unattractive. My curve will disappear." I adored my figure, I was blessed with more than most women. We blink at each other and he rubs my thighs.
"Love, that would baby fat which goes away fast because we are werewolves." He pecks my cheek. "Besides, I will love you forever."
My mom beams seeing us so loving. I shrunk back into Vance, leaning my head n his shoulder.
"Vance, you need to be around each other as often as possible. Your pheromones will keep her calm and happy. The baby thrives from the positive energy between you two." Her instructions were to the point. "I will cast a spell so that the pack members will not be able to communicate anything about a healer to any outsider."
"You have a lot of people that care about you. Your mom, dad, Alpha, and the entire pack. There will be a celebration when you give birth. It's always a momentous occasion." She stood indicating that she was about to take her leave. "Alpha, may I speak with you privately?"
He gently carried me into the living room and laid me on the couch. It's a pleasant habit for him to carry me around the house when I am not an invalid person. Mom stayed with me to chat for a while. She said that dad knows about the baby and that the Alpha will announce my pregnancy at the Luna ceremony. Vance and Miriam went into his study and he closed the door.
I took the supplements and reviewed the diet she gave me. I had to promise with my soul that I would follow it strictly. Dad was at work, and both my parents were workaholics. Her two passions were her family and work. Once she knows that her family was good, then it becomes all about her work. I walked my mom to the door knowing how annoyed she'd become if I kept her from the hospital for too long.
I opened the door and a beautiful blonde stood on the porch and greeted us nervously. Mom bid her goodbye and left me standing there with this stranger. My wolf huffed.