Chapter 24
My anger spikes as he rambles on. “You are wrong about my mother about me and about this pack.” “I'm not. Do tell me child do they respect you? No. Do they fear your anger? No do you know why?”
Turning around I head for the door. His chuckle is like nails on the chalkboard. making it to the door I slowly shut it and set the locks. “Talk or that little vial might spill on the canvas.” Glaring at him. His evil smile almost glows. “What do you want to know child” “why do you call my mother soulless?” “Easy she lost her soul at three. You see the winters have to bond with the soul of a god or goddess at the age of three. They use a gift from the gods called the soul orb. It’s golden and only seen when a Winters turn three.”
“why?” “It's the naming ceremony of the Winters pup. A Winters is not named until they touch the orb. A symbol is burned into their palm revealing their name.” looking at my palms, free of any marks. “I have a soul and no mark.” “correct because your not a winter. You’re, whatever your father was before he took winters as his name. The orb went missing at some point. No one knew for a long time. So when Eos didn’t bond to a soul there was nothing for her wolf to bond with so your mother’s was barely even a wolf.”
“Where did the orb go?” “the black rose pack stole it. They wanted all the power for themselves. So when they stole Artemis they stole the orb. They found a way to use it for them. So they now have the magic of the winters. They stole it all from you”
The shock goes through me realizing I have been trying to generate a bond with the pack that stole everything from my family. “I want it back. Tell me what I need to do to get it back.” “bring me that book.”
Walking over to the shelf I grab for a book “no the red and black one to the left, left. no, my left, how the hell we are facing the same way? I said fucking left. oh sorry right.” I swear if I could strangle this annoying asshole. “what's in this?” pulling the heavy book down.
“If I’m right it’s all Azazel's strongest spells and incantations. Be careful I don’t know what’s in those jars. Well I mean those, there are eyes and those fingers.” He says looking at the jars staring back at me. “why do they all look like the same eyes?”
“bring it here let me see.” Gross, I think as I pick up the jar. Walking over with them I swear I see life in the eyes. Setting them down he looks at the jar. “yes they are all the same. They have one donor. Looks like master was working on something big. Those my dear are alpha wolf eyes.” “who’s?” I choke out. “wrens. Did you find the boy I want Renee, wren, and whatever that is with them here?” “no. I have emailed all the local packs nothing the black rose has yet to reply. I even sent an email to the snowpack but the alpha said no on there is on the list.” “kai snow? No no, he mates with Enoy of the black rose. There is no snow pack it was wiped out when Wren killed the alpha and his two older sons.”
“No not Lune Kai Skadi his heir is Hades Skadi.” I tell him as I watch the girl in the monitor care for the other female. “who?” looking at him “you are speaking of the Lune to the black rose, correct?” “yes. The alpha line is Samuels, not Skadi.” “oh well, I was told they changed it to Skadi. The story we got was snow is for the alpha line so Kai was meant to change his to whoever he was mates with. Enoy being a she-wolf was meant to give up her name as well. They didn’t have to but decided to change it anyways. Maybe they are hiding something.” I shrug.
“Stupid or smart still too early to tell. Open the book.” As the big gray wolf rubs against his leg. Absently he strokes the wolf’s ear. “so what’s with the wolf?” cocking his head to the side “what do you mean?” so I point to the gray wolf. “do you not have a wolf?” “I do.” “as do I.” “bit wouldn’t your wolf be with your body?” “awe I see you are confused. my soul is bonded to my wolf soul. When the master switched souls my wolf followed my soul. So my body was just an enhanced witch's body” “witch?”
His eyes snap from the book to me. “you do know what a witch is right?” “yes but I still don’t get how he was a witch not human if your wolf is with you?” looking at me like I lost my mind. “you really don’t know do you?” “know what?” “that I’m part witch my mother is a half-witch.” “what? Isn’t that Forbidden?” “oh, sweet child what have they done? Go grab the green book and read while I look at this page I’ll let you know when I need the page turned.” “what are you looking for.” “something to find lost things. I need one that doesn’t need my blood just magical blood. Something even you can do.” Annoyed I walk over pull the book out reading the cover. “a guide to a new world” grabbing it I pull a chair over to the table. Settling down to read about the new world or whatever with the occasional “page” for the next well I don’t know how long. What I learned was shocking. The lines between races have been erased and more are finding mates within different races. I don’t get how we will stay a strong breed if we muddy our blood. Hoping to have that answered I continue to read.
