Chapter 80 - Mirror

**Ambrogios pov**

I almost run down the hallway towards the conference room. Her voice still echoes in my head. I haven’t heard it since she asked me to stop hurting her in the cave, she always gave me the silent treatment even though I felt the connection when I reached out to her in front of the mirror. Her voice is as beautiful as I remembered it. The melody of it that plays on every string of my heart. I open the door and kick it shut behind me in the same step. The conference room is divided into two parts. One with a large table with matching chairs, a wall adorned with six television screens for remote meetings. A minibar that is not so mini, a kitchenette with a fridge and a coffee maker.
A glass wall with a glass door divides the room and on the other side is my office. It has a large desk with a comfortable leather chair. Two chairs on the other side. There is also a minibar here. A couch and two armchairs in leather. A large TV and above the couch a large mirror. I step up in front of the mirror..I look good I think but I still run my hands through my hair and make sure it’s perfectly laid before I relax and look myself deep in the eyes.
“ Zandra?.” I speak to the mirror..at first nothing happens and I try to relax some more but my heart is pounding so hard and fast in my chest, after a few seconds the image of me starts to dissolve..reshape..and suddenly she is there.
She is, if possible, more beautiful than I remember her. The girlishness was gone, replaced by femininity, experience and knowledge. I can still see a glimmer of the hatred I saw on the battlefield the day she shot me..but most of it is gone. Her beautiful gray eyes is almost as I remember them..she has the gold streaks from me, which makes me feel a little proud..she also has green streaks which I suspect is from Luna but the beautiful gray shade is still dominant.
“ Zandra..it’s good to see you..” My voice comes out shaky..I feel the frustration of having her in front of me yet she is so far away.
“Ambrogio..The years have been kind..you look healthy..” I have a hard time deciphering the expression on her face..I have been fantasizing about this day..the day when I will finally see my beloved witch again. In my fantasies she has always been full of hatred and contempt as she screamed curses at me. But now..she speaks calmly and politely. My face breaks into a smile at her words..I don’t know if I’m imagining it but I think the corners of her mouth twitch a little too..
“ Zandra..I have wanted to talk to you so many times..there are no excuses..” She interrupts me hastily.
“ I have not summoned you to talk about old memories..maybe there is time and opportunity for that in the future..but this concerns more important things.”
“ Just so you know, there has never been anyone or anything more important than you to me Zandra.” I tried to give her my most charming smile
“The charm hasn’t left you over the years..but we both know there were and still are more important things than me..The hunters have taken Hope..they know who she is and what her blood can do..”
“I suspected it..I was with Zara when she heard Hope’s cry.” I think I see a shadow of pain in her eyes when I mention her granddaughter’s name.
“Zandra..I did not plan this..you did..you asked the Gods to bring me a mate..they did and I feel strongly for her..still..it dosen’t make me love you any less..I just want you to know that.” I see a tear leave one of her eyes and out of pure reflex I reach out to the mirror to wipe it away. She closes her eyes as if imagining just that. She takes two deep breaths before opening them again and all traces of vulnerability are gone.
“ Hope and Alpha Callum wanted me to reach out and warn you.”
“They have my gratitude..and I am at their disposal if they need. Have you identified the phalanx?”
“ Yes, I think their original name was The Sons of the Sun.” She paused and watched my reaction. The Sons of the Sun were the worst of the hunter groups..the oldest too. We had crossed paths far too many times.
“I know who they are..” I say clenching my teeth.
“ Thats not all..one of them is Hopes biological father..we still don’t know if that’s good or bad.”
“ Wow..poor girl..like i said..whatever you need..just tell me”
“ Thank you, I will do that. I’ll tell Alpha Callum. Well then..”
“ Zandra..please don’t leave..not yet..I know I don’t have the right to ask you for anything..I won’t even ask for your forgiveness because I never even forgave myself..To regret what I did..to you..in the cave..that is regretting my own existence..and the existence of my children..yet I do just that..if I could go back in time I would continue to kiss you outside the cave, then I would accompany you home to your house before I kissed you good night.” I hold my breath and wait for her reply.
“ This might be true..for a small part of you..But we both know that a big part of you lives for the blood..for the battlefield..I’m glad to see that Zara has lifted the stone from your heart so you can feel more, but only time can tell what the future will look like.” Her eyes contains so much wisdom..she would never allow herself to be charmed so easily again. I can’t help but smile..she’s right..of course she’s right..my wise little witch..she knows me and my desires. I must be living in the rush of new love right now..I feel taste and closeness to a person for the first time in hundreds of years..but when it settles down?..What happens then?..A monster will always be a monster and I’m the worst monster of them all.. She knows it and I do to.
“ It was really good to see you and to hear your voice Zandra..I hope I see you soon again.” She nods and gives me a weak smile before her image disappears form the mirror. God I love her..
A knock on the door tells me my sons has arrived. Tony enters first, behind him the other four, all with their heads lowered in shame. They have been cleaned and fed and regained their health by the looks of it.
“ Sit.” I say and they all walk over to me and sits down. Tony is taking one of the armchairs, Fredrick the other and the rest of them place them selves on the couch. I walk over to the minibar and grab a bottle of whiskey and six glasses and put it on the table in front of them. Tony dosen’t waist any time and starts pouring the amber liquor. I take a glass and holds it up, waiting for the others to to the same, and they do. We toast in silence and empty our glasses. I walk around my desk and sit down in my chair. Clasping my hands and watching the five men in front of me. My trueborns..the strongest I have. They are not all born in my cluster, but as soon as I have heard of one being born, I have moved the parents and the child here to have them close. Tony is the most loyal of them and the one I will choose as my successor if and when that day comes. Even the others are loyal but they are also careerists..they want to secure their positions even though they don’t need to. They do idiotic things to impress me..like attacking a forbidden pack of wolves.. or meddling with rogue ones. I take a deep sigh before speaking.
“In this short time that you have been under punishment, much has changed and things will continue to change.” I don’t miss the smile that plays on the corners of Tony’s mouth when he hears what I say.
“You were punished for the attack on The Great Falls pack. An attack I would never approve of. Do you know why?” They look first at each other and then back at me, shaking their heads in a silent no.
“ In that pack lives a witch..a beautiful old witch..she is the reason you all exists..without her sacrifice it would not have been possible.”
“Master..Father..we did not know..we wanted to try the new turned..see how they did in a fight with a warrior pack.” Claus says.
“It doesn’t matter..as of now, we are no longer at war with the wolves”




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