Chapter 20 - Total trust and a bit of evasion

JUST AS REBECCA INFORMED THEM, they soon figured out that she was right. The fact that wolves thought they could reject their destined mate was just an illusion. Their wolves were in pain because the union was destined by a goddess and the pain was a way of trying to show them they couldn’t just reject each other.

There were two recorded cases of wolves dying because they rejected their mate, and in both cases, the humans died soon after. It was too big a risk and Argus informed Alaric as soon as he found out. He didn’t want the boy to die just because the world didn’t agree with what the moon goddess decided. Argus would never admit it out loud, but deep down, he had a feeling that this union was put there to reconcile everyone after the incredible pain they had all been through because of the war.

However, all of this had brought something else to the council’s attention. There was a young werewolf female in the community that possessed incredible power. Magical power. It was very possible since the first witch that created the werewolves was the mother of those wolves she created. Magic didn’t just run through their wolves, but also through their bloodline.

It might have been diluted over the generations, but if they were honest with themselves, nobody truly understood magic. Nobody could really explain scientifically where it came from. That was why they could so easily explain things away whenever the human world found out about their existence. Until Argus was more sure about what powers the young girl possessed, he didn’t want to alert the council.

He didn’t want to put her through the rigorous testing until he was sure that she was in fact a half-blood, or that she did in fact possess some kind of magical power. Since she seemed to be so protective over her mother’s library, and he needed to spend some time with her to test her power, he decided that he would take the opportunity to study the library himself. He could use the blood witch as an excuse why he wanted to go to the pack territory on his own. With his plan all worked out, he called his assistant to make the necessary arrangements, and Alaric seemed happy to have him there as a guest for a couple of days.

REBECCA FROWNED WHEN Alaric told her that old councillor Argus would be coming to look at her library. She never really liked the old man, or his stupid council’s ideas, but since she revealed her knowledge and that of the library, she had no other choice.

Alaric still hadn’t made any decisions about Lena, and Rebecca hadn’t gone to see Lena again since her last visit a couple of days ago. She still couldn’t see Lena’s future, or her brother’s future for that matter, which made Rebecca incredibly nervous. Now she was going to have to deal with that old man touching her mother’s things and going through her mother’s books.

Rebecca had spent so much time in that library whenever she was hiding that she read through all of the books. She knew each word by heart and she knew that they wouldn’t be able to find the solution they were all so desperately looking for. Her kind, and that included all magical creatures, had become way too dependent on their powers. She sighed as she cleaned up the library a little before the old man arrived. A knock on the door drew her attention from her thoughts as she looked up to see Alaric walking in.

“I brought Max and a couple of guys, as you requested, with a desk and chair.” Alaric frowned, walking into the room and she knew why. He was surprised that it was so clean. Her brother had no idea that she had found the room a couple of years ago after finding the special key in her mother’s jewellery box. The beautiful antique key was the master key of the entire pack house.

As soon as Rebecca found it, she wanted to know what it unlocked and she tried it on literally every single lock in their home and it worked on every single lock. She never told Alaric because she wanted to be able to move about without them finding her, and in the beginning it had more to do with being able to hide from people than anything else.

That was until she found her mother’s library … After that day, all she wanted to do was protect the library. It taught her who she was and what her power was all about when she started to read through her mother’s diaries. Her mother was able to do the same kind of magic and that was what made her so incredibly special and strong.

It felt as if her mother was talking to her through the diaries. As if she knew she wouldn’t be here to teach Rebecca and her diaries were her way of ensuring her daughter grew up to be strong and kind, just like she was. Rebecca had carefully hidden the diaries in her room the night before to make sure nobody else could get their hands on them, but she knew she couldn’t keep them there for long.

She wondered if she could trust Alaric with them, but she wasn’t ready to reveal that she knew what her power was just yet. She wasn’t ready to share her secret just yet. Not even with her brother. After showing the men where they could set up the table for the old man, she made sure they all left the library and she asked Alaric to lock up. He frowned for a moment and she turned away from him so he couldn’t see the enormous smile on her face. She knew that her brother wanted to know how the hell she opened that door, but she wasn’t going to tell him that either. Not yet, at least.

He had to figure out what he was going to do about Lena and Rebecca needed him to focus on only that. He shouldn’t have been wondering what she was up to at all.

“Have you made any decisions yet?” She sighed as she walked to his office with him. She was thinking of going to see Lena when he shook his head. “I thought I would go and visit her if that is okay with you?” She smiled at his amazement that she actually asked for once and he nodded.

“Rebecca, something is going on that you aren’t telling me and I don’t like it. I also don’t like that you shut me up in front of the councillor and Max. It doesn’t look good for an Alpha to be silenced by a pack member.” She could see how difficult it was for him to say that to her and she felt really guilty, but at the time, she had no other choice. If she hadn’t acted when she did and the way she did, these stupid adults would have allowed their stupid preconceptions to override their better damn judgement.

“Alaric, please trust me. I apologize if I overstepped. I didn’t mean to make you look bad.” She hoped that apologizing would distract him, but it didn’t. He pulled her into his office and sat her down to talk, but she kept evading any and all questions about how she did what she did. It wasn’t that she didn’t trust her brother. She just didn’t trust that he would keep certain things secret.

He wasn’t a blabbermouth or anything, but there were things that her natural instincts as well as her mother’s diaries had told her to keep secret. Things her mother through her diaries told her she hadn’t shared with anyone, and she hoped that when Rebecca read the diaries, she would keep them to herself as well. That made her decide not to give Alaric the diaries.

There was only one person she could trust with those. One person she knew would keep her secret. Lena. Deep down, Rebecca knew that Lena wouldn’t betray her again. Even if Lena felt she had to, she wouldn’t. After what happened to them before, Rebecca knew she could now trust Lena completely and as soon as she left Alaric’s office, she went straight to her bedroom to grab the diaries.

Hiding them under her jacket, she smiled at the guards as they unlocked the door to Lena’s room and Rebecca rushed in, looking around frantically. She didn’t want to put the diaries within Lena’s reach. She didn’t trust her that much, but she knew if she hid them in this room somewhere they would be safe. Lena looked surprised when Rebecca didn’t say anything at first, but when she asked her what was going on, Rebecca quickly explained.

“It’s been loose this entire time and it has been bugging me to no end.” Lena smiled at the sweet little girl as she shifted and lifted one of the floor planks. Rebecca hesitated for a second, then trusted her instincts as her mother told her to in the diaries and handed them over to Lena.

She didn’t ask her not to read them, as Lena tucked them underneath the plank and closed the hiding place. All Rebecca could do was hope she had done the right thing as she rushed out of the room again. At least, nobody would ask any questions as to why she was there with Lena, and her diaries were safely packed away from any prying councillor’s eyes.