Chapter 19

“Well Mum, I think you are the most secretive person I have ever met,’’ she said half-heartedly.

‘’You never mentioned that you had a twin sister, you just keep hiding things from me-all these secrets are just-’’

“Pumpkin I was only trying to protect you from the past. Who we were before we had you? But I think you have to do that yourself,’’ she said clenching her fist.

“We will teach you,” Amy continued, “how to fight,” Aiden concluded as both gave each other a wink.

Amy and Aiden were notorious for finishing each other’s sentences and it gave both much pleasure to know that they could still to do so after several years of being apart. Divina was excited about the notion of being taught how to fight. She had always been picked on in her pre-school and it was indeed refreshing news to Divina.

‘’Of course, I won’t hurt people,’’ she said happily. 

‘’At least not the people who don’t deserve it,’’

Amy and Aiden knew that the burden of teaching their daughter how to fight would have to be shared equally between them. Amy would be in charge of teaching Divina the witches’ spells and intimating her about her progenitors, while Aiden would be in charge of the fighting part, he was quite good at it. Amy and Aiden both knew that teaching Divina would draw the attention of the witch-hunters and most importantly general Blackclaw but that is the risk they were willing to take as long as their daughter was safe and could keep herself safe.

‘’Divina pumpkin,’’ Amy called out as she sauntered towards the table to pick up the book of spells Aiden had brought.

“Listen to me carefully,’’ she said, “being a witch is no small joke and by the virtue of who you are, evil people will want to attack you. They will stop at nothing until you are dead,”

“Don’t worry mum,’’ Divina said reassuringly ‘’I will learn hard to defend myself from them,’’

Amy couldn’t hold back the tears in her eyes now she allowed them to roll over as she hoped freeing them would give some comfort. She wasn’t prepared despite the warnings from her husband. She quickly cleaned up and kissed Divina on the forehead and continued.

“Dad and mum loves you so much, but the only thing we can do now is to teach you how to protect yourself,’’ Amy said controlling her emotions.

“Mum I love you too,’’ Divina said as she gave her mum a full hug.

“You must always remember that every spell cast would demand an equally balanced opposite reaction, so you must be incredibly careful. Every time you use magic. It will be like a beacon for the witch hunters,’’

‘’I will leave you to it now, call me if you need any help,’’ she concluded

Unable to hold her emotions together again she burst into some uncontrollable tears as Aiden rushed towards her leading her out of Divina’s room.

‘’She will be fine,’’ he said reassuring his ex-wife but doubted the sincerity of those words. Divina was a twenty-one-year-old supernatural who had major evil perpetrators on her heels, and she didn’t even know the simplest spells. She was barely an adult with the weight of so many hardships. 

Divina took a moment to digest everything her parents had told her. A lot of things were now making sense to her. She had always been treated specially by her parents even though she didn’t have other siblings. There was always the sense of reverence her parents had always given her. Now that she knew who she was, she was determined to live up to every expectation. 

Divina took a deep breath and opened the heirloom her mother had thrust into her hands.

“Hmm quite heavy,’’ she said as she tried muttering the first spell that caught her attention.

“Bal ba arisa- krikum’’ she struggled.

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Aiden woke up with a strain in his back. He had slept on the couch the previous night thinking about the troubles that had brought him to town. The sun shimmered in through the see-through curtains. He breathed heavily and rolled over. He had been in town for three days and he had yet to see Vanir whom he owed a favor. By now his off springs were most likely dead and Vanir would be off on a killing spree. He prayed that was not the case and that he would understand he had his own family to protect. 

He stood up, glanced at his wristwatch it was some minutes after nine am. He picked up his phone and made a call to Vanir

‘’Hello, Vanir, how are you?’’ he asked knowing full well that the words he used just weren’t right for the situation. 

‘’Aiden am confused,’’ Vanir replied coarsely.

Aiden could sense the emotion in Vanir’s voice. Aiden could identify with his problems he knew how tough it was when Blackclaw got to you.




“They have my girls Aiden, my girls,’’

“It’s all right Vanir, I will help you,’’

Dropping the call, he made his way upstairs to check on his daughter and ex-wife. He met both of them reciting some spells and he left them to it.

“Am going to town, I need to see a friend, and call to see Pa,’’

“Ok dad doesn’t belong,’’ Divina replied barely looking up from the giant book that she had been studying since it was given to her.

“Curious one,’’ he muttered to himself as he saw himself out of the building.

Aiden and Vanir had arranged to meet at a popular coffee shop downtown and Aiden had been waiting for almost ten minutes for Vanir. 

He entered the coffee shop with little or no noise. He was a middle-aged man who had a bitter look about him. He had lost his wife to cancer at a younger age and Blackclaw now had his daughters. That was nothing to be happy about.

‘’Hello Aiden, it’s good to see you,’’ Vanir said as he took a seat opposite him.

“Am sorry to hear about your daughter’s man, how can I help?’’

Vanir took his time to divulge all his ordeals to Aiden. He had helped Aiden when he was wounded one time and Aiden at that time told him he owed him one. Now was the time to repay the favor. If Aiden had known that Vanir would want his debt paid when his own family was at risk, then those words would never have left his lips. 

“My girls are the most important things in my life now, I don’t want to lose them,’’ Vanir bowed his head to hide a stray tear. 

“Blackclaw won’t touch them,’’ Aiden said with a sympathetic look.

“Blackclaw said I should bring him a girl who is a Lycan god mother and a . . .’’

Hearing the world Lycan- God mother, Aiden’s face tightened up and he tried to keep himself calm. Blackclaw was already in motion sending his friend to get her.

‘’Vanir, it’s my girl,’’ Aiden blurted out with his eyes closed. He had stopped by to see his Pa before he had met up with the man. Pa had done nothing but shut Divi Lycan-godmother. He could not believe it. Is daughter being the chosen one. The one in the prophecy.