Chapter 33
Alessia Claw ~
“Frederick!!!” I ran towards Frederick when I noticed that Cassius was gone and so was the flower he had sought after.
Clearly, our plan to put an end to Cassius had failed. As soon as the flower was plucked out of the Tree of Magic, a powerful wave of dark energy ran through this earth and I assume the human world also.
With that flower, Cassius could do unspeakable things, things that the elder witches can only but dream of, things that can affect the balance of the human world and ours too, things that could change the fate of supernaturals’ everywhere.
I got to where Frederick laid unconscious and held him by his hands trying to use my powers to revive him.
It was of no use.
Without doubt, whatever happened to him was far beyond his natural healing. My skin made contact with his and his recent memories flashed before my eyes right away. Unfortunately, Frederick was the one who had taken
Chapter 34Alessia Claw ~Fortuitously, I, Hendrix and Frederick’s corpse got off the island right on time to watch it all go poof!“My Lady, they are waiting!” Hendrix said bringing me out of my thoughts. “You can’t keep thinking about this. The people would need a leader while Frederick is gone. I know that by marriage, you are the lycan queen but right now, a part of you belongs here, where it was born, belongs to the dynasty of the deceased king Alaric, your father.”“You share the same blood with Frederick so you are the perfect match for the throne.” Hendrix added looking at me straight in the eyes.“Don’t worry about the throne, Hendrix. I’ll be able to handle things while Frederick is gone but that excludes taking his throne. We may be siblings and share the same blood coursing through our veins but Frederick was the one that was born to be king and not me! I have to respect
Chapter 35Alessia Claw ~Our best chance is breaking into the lycan lands and using Cassius’ doorway. That way, I can get to her and still have my powers to defend her plus that would enable me to bring her home. Although, that would not be easy as it stands because of the fact that even to her, we do not exist.At least not any more.“The first tasks would be to break down that barrier that keeps those lands impenetrable.” I said to the four supernaturals’ that gathered beside me. “I know that we’ve tried using the powers of even the elder practitioners of magic and it was all to no avail but this time, we are going to do what we should have done a long time ago.” I added with all seriousness written on my face.“Surely, you don’t make reference to the…”“Yes! That’s the only way! Only a Galvan of her talent can help us!” I said putting a witch of track. &
Chapter 36Alessia Claw ~The portal brought us back to where we were before we got to the dimension where Jessie was imprisoned and all eyes were on her- The Galvan.By nature, she took the form of a huge grizzly bear with white fur and eyes that glowed in a shade of red. It was impossible to have sight on her eye balls because they were made of light.She has been in a place with very little magic for so long that though she had grown in size, the pigmentation of her fur had changed from white to black. I walked up to her and placed my hand on her forehead. The feeling of our skin having contact was enough to trigger in memories of our past to me and her.For some reason, even when her powers were back, she didn’t attack me or do anything of the sort. All she did was close her eyes and after a few seconds, opened them.Surprisingly, she released a tear.‘I’m sorry!’ I said in thought. “I shouldn’t
Chapter 37Alessia Claw ~“Who is the ‘we’? From what I could make out on, your father passed on about six centuries right after he had me locked up and at present, Frederick who has been ruling the kingdom ever since is now in the underworld so who do you refer to be the ‘we’?”“Not just me, this entire world.” I said raising my eyes to meet hers. “I and my daughter!”“I must’ve skipped the part where you became a witch and got yourself married to the late lycan king and the most important detail, Cassius Rein.” “I can only offer you a favor as… let’s just say as a token of appreciation from my past self so what would it be?” she alleged.“We need your ability of teleportation to get past a very very powerful barrier made by….”“Cassius! You know I can hear your thoughts and read through your memories right before
Chapter 38Garfield West ~Great! Its seven minutes until six O’clock. I better head down to Red’s to pick her up for her special night with a musical superstar.“Off to school for the Halloween festivities?” Mr. West asked fixing up the bag of treats that he usually gives to the trick-or-treating youngsters every year.“Yes. Mind telling me where you kept the keys to the cars? I can’t seem to find the one I intend to use.” I asked with an arched brow.“They’re over there!” “But remember,….”“No Scratches and Drive Safe! Yeah, I know. You don’t have to tell me that every single time I intend on taking a car out for a drive.” I asked walking to the casement where the keys hung under a hook.“Yes, I do. The fact that I’m rich doesn’t mean you get to do whatever nonsense you like with things just because you know that I can
Chapter 39Garfield West ~“Nice! The lycan costume looks pretty great on you. If you were a lycan, you’ll sure make a handsome one.” Red said teasingly with a slight chuckle followed by a broad smile.“You think I’m handsome in this? You ought to look at yourself at a mirror. You’re gorgeous.” “All these for Ryan McFlame?” I asked sparing her a quick glance.“You keep saying that but I don’t think I did anything special besides putting on the witch costume and having a mild make-over.” “Hurry up, will you? The festivities start in about fifteen minutes or less.” Red added persuasively.“I take it that you’ve got your songs ready for Ryan?” I asked.“Just you wait and see Gar, they’re perfect for Halloween.” she replied. “Charlie and I have been working on it all day.”At the invitation of Charlie’s
Chapter 40Garfield West ~Red got out of the car and in what I felt were tears, she walked away making a few short runs along the way using her witch cap to hide it from prying eyes.“What did you just do?” a voice said to me in my head. “That wasn’t meant to happen. Not at this point, at least. You have to go after her before she exposes herself!” the voice kept on speaking in my head and for a moment there, I began to think myself insane.“Who the hell are you?” I looked into the driver’s mirror of the car and saw a different face that is naturally and scientifically meant to show up when I look at it.“I’m you!”The face looked identical to mine in some ways but the accent of the voice and the hairy and somewhat lycan-ic nature of the bearer assured me that someone else was somehow, talking inside my head and I’m certainly not going nuts.
Chapter 41Red Adamson ~“Thanks a lot, Garfield!” I said before leaning beside him and got my door unlocked using the central lock.I gave Gar a slap on his face and got out of the car in tears. That was the first time in forever that I called him ‘Garfield’. I always enjoyed calling him ‘Gar’ but that was then. When I thought that I could trust him with all that I had.Ever since I got down the stairs of my house and he had seen me, he has been acting very off towards me. It was as if he had become someone else on the spur of the moment. If I didn’t know any better, I would have concluded that he is head over heels in love with me.Barely thinking about how he betrayed our friendship by at first, telling me that I belonged to him and again, planting a kiss on my lips just like that, made me regret ever agreeing to let him take me to tonight’s festivities.All because of Charlie and Gar’