Chapter 67
Making it to a door I had never seen before an odd feeling of Deja vu falls over me. Odd. Trusting my feet to take me where I need to go finding the door in the back of the room hidden among the plants in the room. Going through I find stairs leading down. As I descend it's like the earth is welcoming me. “awe it seems you have a special relationship with the earth my dear.” a sweet older voice croaks from behind me. Turned to see a sweet-looking older she-wolf. How old I couldn’t tell you we tend to have two looks young and old. Not a whole lot between I am afraid. My theory is that our bodies spend so much time healing and keeping us young for years that at some point it's time to rest. Not all wolves make it to the age where your skin sags and you need a cane to help stay up. But when we do the pack makes sure they are well taken care of.
“I know why you are here and I can't help you my dear as I don’t know the answers. The answers are in you a puzzle you must figure out. Only you have the key to the puzzle my dear.” she tells me as she waves me into the room with her. We talked for hours going over everything I remembered from my vision dream. We also talked about the attack that happened the other day with the witch Edith. Having remembered halfway through tea what had happened. Lady Kathrine and I decided to put my fae magic to use and hide the sunroom and the oracle chambers. Only the alpha, Luna, and oracle of the pack can see the rooms. After I cast this spell not even I or Rhett will be able to find this room. The night bloom is too important to all wolves having damaged the steam that had released some of the darkness the bloom lives on. Sadly I know all too well what that had done. I can see the beginning of the corruption of the packs and wolves.
The pack will always have an oracle tasked to live and care for the bloom hidden from the pack even while they live among the pack. This chosen oracle will be born with a birthmark of the bloom. It will first look like a seed slowly growing into the bloom. When it reached full bud it will be time to train the wolf. The goddess chooses the bloom's guardian no one knows who the next one will be. At birth, all pups are checked for markings and then they are added to the files. Before computers and alerts, I am sure they are gonna have a fun time checking pups all the time for that mark. I know you wondering well won't others notice the odd changing birthmark? If it was a normal mark then I would say yes. But it's a goddess-given so by age five the birthmark like many will look to have faded away. The oracle will be able to see the mark the whole time.
We should have talked to the alpha about what we are about to do but like my father says it's easier to ask for forgiveness than for permission. Walking up to the ground floor in the sunroom I call all the elements to me asking them to hide these two rooms from all but the three. Glancing at lady Kathrine I add and whip the memory of these rooms to all but the three. Only the death of the moon goddess shall this be broken. Spilling my blood her blood and a scale from my wings. Once my scale landed on the small puddle of blood on the dirt floor the energy flows through me down into the earth granting me my wish. A large blast leaves me rushing over the land. Closing my eyes at the brightness I hear lady Kathrine whisper “thank you” as a gust of wind knocks me down. Falling to my knees coughing.
Rhett rushes to me confused “where did you come from?” shaking my head to clear away the fog “I don’t know I don’t feel so good.” a barely get out before I am emptying my stomach all over the floor. Looking around I see the alpha looking at a wall confused then asking one of his wolves something my mind still not catching up to what happened. Slowly standing I look at the alpha and ask him again “do you have an oracle or do you know where I can find one?” looking at me like I lost my mind I look around. Only the alpha seems to find this amusing. “alpha Adam I don’t know what you find funny as this is important I need to speak to a seer of some sort.” “I believe that three settlements down the rock river there's a small coven of witches with a seer.” looking him over for any signs of a lie and only truth I nod and turn around to head out of the house and head to the river. If I remember my geography right the rock river is to the northwest of green lake and between here and green lake there are two towns both small human tun towns with close ties to the wolves as it's a highly wooded area.
I use to wish telephoning was a power I could have until the whole mess. The land does not look the same as it does for me in my time. Even since I have been here I have felt the earth shift twice and change landscapes at least once. I now understand why there are still map makers in the world. Because I should have reached the damn river by now it was not that far off the northwest border. But no things just can't be that easy for me can then? No, I have been stuck in a time where I can't just get on a bus or plane and nap while I travel to find what I need to find. Or who for that matter. Now to top it off I can't find my fucking way how the hell did I get lost? Stopping frozen in place.
I am lost.
