Chapter 27- Wicked Forest

Tears welled up in her eyes and spilled out. Levi drew her in and wrapped his arm around her. It was a rare occurrence between the two of them.
“My guess is that they wanted us to marry to make you stronger. Once we had bound our powers together, they would have used you to open the door. You girl, messed up their plans big time.”
Crystal looked up at Levi, there was so much she didn’t know, she didn’t want to believe him, but deep down she did.
“Each head of the six covens has a curse. Your family can only bore girls, therefore not producing an heir.”
“Crescent moons have nine lives, they can shift into cats, and Dawn can’t go out at night. Nightlife can’t go out in the day. Moonlight, can’t have children at all, which is why none of the covens really associate with them.”
“What about your coven, Midnight?”
“Every legend as some truth to them, you have the Crescent Moon coven who gave off the myths of witches and black cats.
You have the Nightlife coven that can’t go out in day light where the myths of vampires come in.” Crystal waited patiently for him to tell her his curse. After a few seconds of silence, she nudged him.
“Each full moon we turn into wolves,” Crystal gasped and jumped up. The Halloween party it was a full moon. The wolf had abnormal eyes. She knew something wasn’t right.
“Halloween?” Levi put his head down.
“Most of us can control our wolves. But some of us still have problems. I told Drake it wasn’t safe, but you know Drake, just as stubborn as you are.”
“The wolf was Drake?”
He nodded and stood. Levi held both Crystal’s hands in his, she didn’t want to look at him but the sparks that were running up her arms gave her no choice.
“Don’t blame him. He likes you, more than I have ever seen him interested in anyone before. We all have demons. Some of us can control them better than others.”
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She peaked up at him through half closed eyes and Levi had to take a deep breath. Her lips called to him. He wanted to press his lips against hers and feel the texture of her skin.
He leaned his head slightly.
“What was the spider lady?” she whispered reaching up and brushing his hair away from his face her hand lingered, and he wanted to push is face into her palm and feel the softness of her hand.

Swallowing the urge, he guided her to sit down.
“Arachne wasn’t always a spider, she used to be the daughter of a shepherd. She lived in a village just outside of this very forest,” Crystal leaned her head against his chest, and he put his arm around her.
“At an early age she began to weave. It was a talent like no other. Athena the goddess of wisdom, courage, arts and crafts and many more refused to acknowledge that Arachne’s skill was more profound than hers,”
“When Arachne began to brag that her skill was far better than Athena’s. She had insulted the gods with her words. Athena approached the bragging girl.
“You could never compare to any god, Athena is far better than you are,” Athena had said.
She warned her to plead to the gods for forgiveness. Arachne was young and held too much pride to do such a thing.
“I only speak the truth. If Athena thinks otherwise than she should come and challenge me,” that’s when Athena removed her disguise and appeared in all her glory.”
Levi stopped. Maybe she was bored of the story.
“What happened next?” she asked him with interest.
“Both of them began weaving. Athena’s work represented four contests between mortals and gods. It showed gods punishing mortals for classing themselves as equals against the gods.
Arachne’s work displayed the way that the gods had mislead and treated the mortals, Zeus was her main vocal point tricking and seducing women.
When Athena saw that she had not only insulted the gods but done so in a work of art more beautiful than her own she was enraged.
Within seconds Arachne’s work was destroyed within a burst of flames. Arachne terrified and afraid hanged herself, for she had insulated the gods and knew her punishment would be one of suffering. To Athena it wasn’t a punishment worthy for her sins. She cursed her dead body,
Arachne, woke up half spider and half woman, cursed to weave webs for all eternity,”
“She was cursed because of her pride,” Crystal whispered. “How terrible.” Levi smiled in awe at the young beauty. She had digested the moral of the story in away many couldn’t.
When she leaned her head against his chest, he felt his heartbeat faster. “Do you think we will make it home?” it was just a whisper of doubt from her lips.
“I will do everything in my power to see that we do.” Deep down he didn’t think they could make it. There were too many odds against them.