Chapter 18

He dialed Melissa’s number,

“Hello,” 

“Hay, Melissa it is Kane….” 

“Hay Kane,” 

“Listen Melissa, do you have Divina’s number I need to speak with her…” 

“I haven’t seen Divina since the party,” Melissa hung up. Great, he couldn’t exactly rock up at her house. 

What the hell was he to do? 

Plus, he was fairly sure he had just thrown a spanner into Melissa’s and Divina’s relationship. He knew that Melissa had a thing for him, but he still rang and asked for Divina’s number. Running his hand through his hair he pushed the thought aside. Who cares if the girls have a fall out? He had more pressing matters to attend too. 

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“They killed each witch before they clocked that age” He responded slowly.

“Now, my life is on the line?” Divina asked calmly. It was a dream come true and a nightmare gone wrong. This was expected to be her best birthday, if not the best, the second best. She was twenty-one for goodness’s sake, how could all this just pop out from the blue. She was meant to finally be classed as an adult. Legally able to buy alcohol and party hard. 

Aiden walked up to her. Traced her hair with his seemingly rough tender hands. 

“Nothing is going to happen to you, we are here for you,”

Amy couldn’t get over it. 

“I thought you had this,” she began to lament.

“Yes, I got this all figured out,” Aiden responded.

“I can see, you are doing just that-”

“Don’t put this on me! It was your idea to keep all this from her and we are doing just that,”

Amy began nodding her head intermittently. She closed her eyes drawing Divina close to herself, hugging her tightly. 

“Mom, what are we going to do? Where we going to go now?”

“We are going nowhere,” determination wrecked Aiden’s voice. 

“Definitely, we are just going to give her to them, right?” Amy asked sarcastically. She knew as soon as the supernatural world got wind of Divina that Blackclaw would have men looking for her. 

“You know what to do. You just keep running away from it. This is our fate; we have to face it.”

At that moment, the truth became inevitable. Amy would have to teach her little daughter how to defend herself or face the possibility of losing her daughter to the werewolves and the vampires. 

’Oh no’ she quipped, as the thought of general Blackclaw holding Divina hostage swept through her mind. It was time for action she concluded. Amy would need the help of her divorced husband Aiden in order to defeat those who pose a threat to her daughter’s life.

She knew the future they all faced was dark and bleak. Full of uncertainty. Yet she would have to stay strong and protect her daughter at all costs. 

“Divina my dear, I have a little truth to tell you,’’ Amy continued

‘’Oh mum, there is more isn’t they?’’ Divina raised her eyebrows. 

‘’What could be more terrible than everything you and dad has withheld from me all through these years?’’ Divina said as tears welled up in her eyes. The situation finally hit home. She wasn’t who she thought she was. Hell, her parents were supernatural beings. 

Aiden on his part had been preparing for this day for an exceptionally long time. He knew his daughter was special and he tried convincing his wife to allow him to teach her some tricks in order to defend herself which Amy continually turned down. That continual rejection led to a strain on their relationship and then eventually divorce five years ago. He had tried teaching Divina some tricks without Amy knowing and that had led to multiple bruises on Divina’s body which she knew was Aiden’s fault.

“I should have insisted,’’ Aiden thought out loud. “If I had then, we would be having a much easier discussion than what we are having now,’’ he concluded. Aiden was still in the business of blaming himself when Amy blurted out.

“Aiden, I should have told you this a long time ago,’’ Amy said looking dejected.

‘’tell me what huh? ‘’ Aiden was tired of being pushed out.

‘’A-m-y’’ Aiden called out with a perplexing look on his face, he was eager to hear what his ex-wife had in stock for him, but he feared the worst at this stage.

Amy turned slowly turned towards her ex-husband and daughter, looking at them squarely in the eyes she said ‘’she is a dream-walker,’’

‘’I know I should have told you Aiden but I- was- 

‘’What? Dream- walker? Divina shot a glance at her father.

Aiden responded by giving her a “I-am-just-hearing-about-it-now look.”

“Why didn’t you tell me?’’ 

“You just didn’t trust me enough after everything we have been through?’’ she said sadly. She had known awhile when Divina was a small child, she had entered her dream and scared Amy to death. After that she had bounded her powers so that no other occasion could arise with Divina’s rare gift. 

‘’Wow this is unbelievable, what else should Divina and I know about? Aiden said with scorn on his face.

‘’Am so sorry, I love both of you so much but I-’’

‘’Mum don’t call that love,’’ Divina interjected. She was sad that even her dad didn’t know about this dream-walking thing. 

Amy continued.

“I found out about this dream-walker thing late because it is exceedingly rare in my family,’’

‘’my twin sister has been the only dream-walker in my family for decades,’’ Amy said with a sullen face. 

“Wait what? You have a twin sister?” Divina’s eyes nearly popped out of her head remembering the mom lookalike in her dream. 

“Yes, I am afraid she let the dark magic tar her heart and soul. She is lossed to us now.” Amy said lowering her head, but Divina could see the unshed tear glitter in her eyes. 

Divina on her own part was getting more confused than she was before, all these secrets and then the dreams. Maybe she should book herself into the nut house. Clearly, she was going insane. But she knew she wasn’t, and it was all true.  She woke up on her Twenty first birthday expecting to have fun but only to discover that there is a moon and star on her shoulder and her parents just confirmed that she wasn’t crazy and somehow a supernatural being and in fact a great one at that. Now she just learnt her mum had a twin sister she never mentioned before.