Chapter 74:
Pythia POV:
It has been a crazy few days but the weekend is here and today is the day we are having the party to show our appreciation for everyone. I've pushed back on some things so that I can dedicate two hours each day to work with Beth. She has made amazing progress in a short time, she even moved in so her and Jasper can live together. I wished Jenson would let me help him find his mate, he has been drowning himself in training that he forgets to put himself first but, something in me tells me he won't be lonely for much longer. We have more packs coming to visit that we haven't met before so maybe, just maybe his mate will come along. Tyes mom went all out for this party, she went around gathering information on the most popular snacks, meats and drinks and that is what she stocked up on.
She also brought in tables, chairs and canopies and decorated everything. We greeted everyone that passed us, we all dressed comfortably because this isn't a fancy event like the wolf ball that will be held at the end of the year, Tye was telling me about it and I have to admit I am pretty excited about it. That is something I have never attended before. Well no one but wolves attended it so this will be new to all of us. We just needed to get through all the bullshit first. "Do you need any help mom?" I asked walking up. "No my dear it is alright, we are just about done." She replied. "Just let me know. I can do whatever is needed." I said before walking off. "Pythia, I think I have finally figured out how they gained control of an entire coven." Lillith said jogging up to me. "Good! What happened to them?" I asked pulling her away from everyone.
"It's a simple spell but the more that hold it the harder it is to break. It's very similar to the one Bosch had on Leia except they seem to have mixed things to make them killing machines." Lillith said. "How do we break it?" I asked. "Well that's the thing. It is a lot worse than what we did with Leia. It will be more painful. we have to cleanse their souls. It'll be like separating a person from their wolf." Lillith whispered. Well shit. This was not what I wanted to hear but at least there is something that can be done. "Alright so we need to find them." I replied. "Tye I need you and the boys." I said through the link. "After the party I need you to gather up what is needed and keep it on stand by. We may not be able to find them before anything so we need to come up with a plan to fight them but not kill them." I said. "I can do that, it seems like easy stuff to find but we need to make sure everyone knows not to kill them." Lillith replied. "Is everything alright?" Tye asked as he and the boys walked up to us.
"Yes, Lillith has figured out what is wrong with that coven and also the process to break it which won't be easy at all." I replied. "Alright well what is it?" Jenson asked. "It's a spell similar to what Bosch had on Leia. Only thing is they are strong elders which makes the spell much harder to break. To break it we have to cleanse their souls which is like pulling a wolf from one of you and we have seen how painful that is." I replied. They all grimaced at the memory, "We need to get a plan in place to capture them somehow and not kill them. We must remember that they are not willingly fighting." Lillith said sternly. "We can come up with a plan, won't be easy since there is a lot of them but we will figure it out." Tye replied. "Have we found their location yet? Or any rumors about who they have teamed up with?" I asked. "No location just yet but word has it that the wolves from over seas have allied with them." Jasper replied.
Well shit, I heard those wolves are more savage than our rogues once were. "They are more on the lines of beasts. They have fully taken over the area they reside in." Tye said. "I'm sorry what? What about the humans?" I asked. "They are treated worse than omegas. They do things a lot differently over there." Jenson replied. "Absolutely not. Are you kidding me? Human or not they deserve respect. Whatever wolves come here to fight will all die. I will not allow them to return and mistreat other people." I said angrily. "Anyone that decides to fight aside from the witches will die but, we don't have much authority over seas." Tye said softly. "Bullshit we don't! We can't allow that to happen Tye. Those are innocent people." I replied. "What's going on ?" Alley asked. "Do you know what is happening overseas?" I asked. Alley looked confused as she looked at us. "I'm sorry I don't, what is happening?" Alley asked.
"Those savages have enslaved the humans." I replied bitterly. "Excuse me? How do we know this to be true?" Alley asked. "Word is starting to get around over here but we don't have much pull over there." Tye replied. "Like hell we don't. I will be bringing this up to the council. We will look in to this I promise." Alley said before she stormed off. "For now let's enjoy the night okay?" Tye said as he took my hand. As mad as I was to hear about crap overseas I couldn't stay mad when he held me so gently. I took a deep breath before exhaling, I nodded my head and walked forward. "We will have a meeting and discus the new changes." Tye whispered. So much was going through my mind and I needed to do more research to make sure that I knew exactly how the process to cleanse their souls was going to work so that I didn't mess anything up.
As far as things overseas I know Alley will get a handle on things, if anyone understands my anger it is her because she is for equality and treating people how you would want to be treated. Even though we are not apart or their council we will always be there to help. Tye and I stood off to the side and watched as everyone ate and laughed, there was even an area where people were dancing. "Pythia my girl everything seems to be going very well." My dad said as he walked up to us. "It really is and honestly we all needed this." I replied. "Congratulations on the engagement by the way, I am looking forward to walking you down the aisle." My dad said, smiling at us. ''Thank you, we have lots of planning to do." I replied. "After all of this I want another grandchild. A girl would be nice, she could be a grandpas princess." My dad said with a wide smile. "Well after all of this is done we will work on that." Tye said laughing.
I forget how blunt parents are when they want more grandkids. He has been amazing with Apollo and that makes my heart happy seeing him be so involved the way he is. "Other packs are starting to arrive. They are waiting outside of the shield." Alcide said. "Alright lets go get Alley and Stephen and go greet them." I replied. I looked around and saw they were both looking in our direction so they must know. We casually made our way through the crowd, "How many are here?" I asked. "Not really sure but it seems like a lot." Alcide replied. "Good thing we have enough room to house everyone." Alley said. "I'm just surprised they have arrived." Stephen replied. "Why?" I asked curiously. "Usually we stay with our neighboring territories, we are all divided from the strongest to the weakest, biggest to smallest and wolves don't trust all that easily." Stephen replied. I can understand that, we are all like that in a way.
As we got closer the men moved a little closer to Alley and I kept us in the middle of them. There was a large crowd that was gathered around the front gates and judging by the crowd I would say they brought a decent amount of their packs with them. The closer I looked I could tell they were kind of separated and it looked like the alphas were in the front. Stephen and Tye stood in front of Alley and I while Jenson, Jasper, Jason, Jack, Sammie Alcide and Alex surrounded us. "Which one is the alpha?" The front man said. "That would be the two of us." Tye replied easily. "We came to aid, rumor has it that a few crazy dark witches are trying to spark a war. I knew those damned witches would act up sooner or later." The front one replied making Tye and the others growl, I placed my hand on his shoulder and squeezed between them. A few tilted their heads to the side as they looked at me. "Let me introduce myself, I am Pythia. Queen of the dark witches." I stated proudly taking them by surprise.
"To be very clear, if you would like to aid we won't mind, but do not be disrespectful towards my dark witches that are fighting. This isn't a choice we made. This was a choice our grand elders made when I along with the others made the decision to keep the peace with the vampires and wolves. It was also us that aided in the last war when you did not." I added narrowing my eyes. I watched as they lowered their heads. "My apologies, I did not know." He replied. "That is why you ask instead of insinuating things." Alley said beside me. I could hear whispers as they looked at her, "You are the great white witch?" One asked. "I am, you will also meet the queen of the vampires who is my sister in law like Pythia is." Alley replied with a smile. It finally clicked with them on what she had said. "We want to help in any way that we possibly can. We can not allow them to risk what we have worked towards. Especially if they have truly gathered the wolves from overseas." Another alpha stated.
"We would appreciate the help however, you will follow our rules, our schedules and never disrespect someone no matter the ranking. We treat our people with equality and pride." Stephen replied. "You are our council, we will always abide by your rules." A third alpha replied. "Should you not, you will be asked to leave in peace." Alley said. "Another thing is what energy you are feeling is a double shield, one that protects from dark magic and another that protects from ill intentions. If you have ill intentions towards anyone here you will die." Alley added. "Understood." The first alpha said. "We are hosting a party right now and they all know of y'alls arrival so I fully expect all of you to mingle with everyone and be polite." I said. I watched as Stephens eyes turned into what looked like a hurricane while Alleys turned a bright red. "You all may enter now, quickly." Stephen said. They all piled in at once and it was easily two hundred people that just walked through the gates.
I knew it was a lot but I didn't think it was that many. We will have to bring them up to date on who we are and what we are doing while also informing everyone of the new plan. For now we needed to get back to the party and see how they get along with everyone else.