out
onto the street.
“You were going all witchy in there against Guy.”
“I know. I know. I couldn’t control it.” She was so
angry at Guy for not claiming her friend when he clearly needed to. Lucy hadn’t
heard any tales of what happened to males if they didn’t claim their mates.
What would happen to Guy if she took Bianca away?
“You’re going to have to do better. It wouldn’t
exactly be good if you appeared on the evening news.”
Lucy nodded. Her parents had always told her to be
careful about her powers. Most of the time, she chanted or meditated in order
to stay calm, but whenever it came to Bianca, she was very protective of her.
“I know. I’m sorry. It was completely my fault.”
“What did you mean about Guy and me being mates?”
Bianca asked.
Pausing on the street, Lucy stared at her friend.
“It’s nothing, forget about it.”
“It would be completely crazy if we were mates,”
Bianca said.
They entered a shop specializing in lingerie.
“Why?” Lucy asked.
“It just wouldn’t happen. Guy and I, we’re polar
opposites. I mean, he’s cute and all, but that’s about it.” Bianca sighed.
“He’s always got most of the female pack women around him. Caleb is no better.
Together they’re both horn dogs.”
“So, what do you think about, er ,
coming on that little adventure with me?”
“Have you talked with your parents about that? Maybe
they know something about your real parents?” Bianca asked.
Her parents had actually told her before she hit
puberty that she wasn’t a pack female.
“You’d think if they were going to tell me something,
they would have done so already.”
“Not if they didn’t think you were ready. Your parents
love and care about you, Lucy.”
“I know.”
When she was first told that she was adopted, or at
least taken from being preyed upon when she was a baby, Lucy had felt betrayed.
How could she trust the two people who had lied to her? Talking with Bianca had
helped her to see that she was being silly. They were her parents.
Adele and Kyle Wolf had taken her in when no one else
would. Her mother, Adele, couldn’t have children. She had heard the cause had
been down to some damage done to Adele during her first ever transition, but it
didn’t actually explain why.
Lucy never asked questions. Instead she tried to be
the best daughter that she could be, which was hard.
Whenever they went on pack runs during the full moon,
she always felt left out. She wasn’t part of the pack, and could never leave
the house during the full moon.
Once her powers started to show at fifteen, she was
always locked within her home so no wolf tried to take out the witch within the
pack. She needed to leave Wolf Valley to find her place within the world, and
maybe find some other witches or warlocks.
****
“Lucy’s trying to leave Wolf Valley, and she wants to
take Bianca with her,” Caleb said. He looked around the table at his father,
mother, Adele, Kyle, and Guy.
“We can’t let that happen,” Adele said.
“What does she know about her situation?” Emma, his
mother, asked.
“She knows we found her near a lake, and we took her
in. We’ve not given her any more details.” Adele nibbled her lip. “Do you think
we should tell her the entire truth?”
“We were asked to protect her. They came to us,”
Matthew said. “If the coven ever discovered her—”
“They can’t. They would sacrifice her to take her
powers.”
“Wait, why?” Caleb asked. He knew that they had to
protect Lucy, and by protecting her only a select few of the pack knew the
truth.
Matthew, his father, rubbed his temple. “Lucy is the
child of a witch and a warlock, powerful for their time.”
“So? I thought witches and warlocks got it on all the
time?” Caleb asked.
His mother chuckled. “Not a chance, honey. Witches and
warlocks have been enemies for as long as I can remember.”
“What about Lucy?” Guy asked this time.
“We don’t know the