VII - Marlowe

1703 - (Marlowe Age 176)

After years of searching I found the place mentioned in the letter I recieved 3 years ago. Though the letter was meant for someone else, there was a note saying that if someone else were to receive the letter to go to the place mentioned. The persons name was Beau and that was all I knew. Now I knew Beau to be a male name but I was not expecting to see a woman at the small cottage. She was just in the garden, working. She looked my way as I approached on my horse.

"Get off the horse, the Sprites will take care of her." She said, as she went back to pulling stuff out of the ground.

I listened and sure enough Sprites led my horse away.

"I received a letter meant for an Edward Bishop," I told her. "Are you Beau Oaklee?"

She got to her feet and nodded.

"My real name is Hecate Oadham, but I have disassociated myself from my family so I came up with a new name. I find that Beau fits me well."

And it did. I then helped her with her gardening since my mother had taught me before they both had died from a fire. She was planting seeds I didn't even recognize.

"What are these?" I asked with a frown.

"Chamomile seeds. I need them to make the pain go numb."

I just nodded even though I didn't really understand. She held out her hand to me and I frowned.

"I am a Skinwalker, but I am also a conduit to the fates. I would like to see your paths." She said, tilting her head. "Now you don't have to, most people don't tru-

I placed my hand in hers and her eyes turned black like a Demons. She then pulled away.

"Your path is unclear, it's a mess of black and white and in-color. But you are destined for great things. You are to be a Beta of whatever Stripe you end up getting accepted into." She replied. "Nothing on your mate though." Now I could sense that was a lie, but I wouldn't push it. I doubt she knew I liked men and if she did, and was keeping who my mate was it most likely meant that my mate was female. I would accept it, even if it meant not being true to myself. "But until it is time for you to go on your path, you may travel with me."

That was good. I was hiding from a nasty group of Skinwalkers that I had stolen from. She walked me to a large body of water and clothes appeared in her hands along with some glass bottles.

"I trust you know your way back to my home?" She asked, handing me the clothes and glass bottles.

"I do, what are these?"

"Scent blockers and stuff to make you smell nice. Use them, I have to go deal with our unwanted guests." She replied, before she turned into a dog and ran off.

How did she know about that? She did not mention that she knew I was hiding. I did use the bottles. The scent blocker one smelled like my mothers apple pie. I got changed and I looked like a pirate. Where the hell were we going?

I walked back to the cottage to find dead bodies all over and she was eating their hearts while she was still in dog form. She shifted back not caring that she was naked, because then clothes shimmered onto her, but I saw the scars.

"We're joining Blackbeards crew, he owes me for not letting him get caught." She said, before the Sprites brought back my horse and another.

What the hell did I get myself into?