Tala HillI slowly opened my eyes. I could not see where I was. There was just a faint light in the room I was in. I was still groggy as if something hit my head hard. When I finally opened my eyes, I got up quickly because of what I saw. I was inside of some kind of a barrier. Even though I was not an expert when it comes to magic, I knew instantly that it was made of powerful magic. I scanned the room. I still feel groggy. I remembered what happened and how I got here. But only one thing clearly entered my mind. Mayari was gone. I held my head, I’m having a headache. My sister was taken and I did not even do anything to stop him. I closed my eyes again and did everything to try to contact Mayari through telepathy. But no matter how much I racked my brain, I still could not communicate with Mayari. I also wonder why she doesn’t try to talk to me either. I could only think of one possible reason. She was also probably unconscious.“I can’t do this, Maya. Please come back,” I pleaded.
Tala Hill“You are unbelievable, Kyndra. I should have known.” I heard the headmistress say. “You are the only one who had the courage to hide your nieces from the coven. If they’re witches, then they should have been in the safe confines of the coven. To help them control their magic. Look at the results of what you did, she can barely control her magic,” the headmistress added. Aunt Kyndra scoffed. “I will never entrust my nephews to the coven. They have done enough damage to me and my sister. I won't and will never let them even control my nieces,” Aunt Kyndra said.I could feel the underlying anger in my Aunt's words. I did not think that she had a deep hatred for the House of Hecate.“Then why did you hide them here? You forgot I'm one of them.”“Because I know they will be safe here. After all, you can cast one heck of a protection spell. What harm can you do if you don’t know who they are? It's just that, you really picked a bad time to have a vacation and you came back too la
Tala HillI was restless for a while. My mind was full of questions. About the moon goddess, the golden emperor, to the vampire who took Maya, and only one person can answer all of that. And that person was still not here. Everyone is back from running, we have drunk all the tea we can drink, but Aunt Kyndra is still not here. Is she still talking with the headmistress? “What’s taking her so long?” I asked myself, nervous that she might have gotten hurt.My question was answered when there was a sudden snap in the air. A portal suddenly appeared and Aunt Kyndra emerged in the middle of the living room. Parts of her clothes were charred, her pants became short shorts and the end of her short hair looked like it was burnt. “Oh, hey, guys!” She greeted us with a smile.“What happened to you?” I asked. “Simone and I just had a little catfight,” she scoffed, as if she was tired.Cat fight? It was more than that. It looks like she fought a war with a hundred soldiers, but she doesn't have
Tala Hill“Hey! Hey! One at a time. You are making me dizzy. All of you, just calm down,” Aunt Kyndra said to us.After she said the things that she said, the five of us started asking questions at the same time. Just what a vampire needs in a werewolf paradise. Aunt Kyndra stood up from sitting and stretched her body.“I am hungry,” she said suddenly before looking at the four men. “You, the four of you, go hunt some deer or a rabbit. Just whatever we can eat for lunch. And while you are at it, get some firewood,” she commanded. They were about to complain but Aunt Kyndra immediately raised her hand to silence them. “Hurry up!” she shouted.Chester shook his head and went out while Tyron followed, Ridge continued to complain but eventually went out as well.“I know you are letting us go so you and Tala can talk, but don't think that we already let you off the hook. You still have to answer our questions,” Shaun said before turning to me and smiled. “I will be back.” After saying that
Chapter 22Tala HillI was robbing my stomach as we had just eaten lunch. Shaun and the others brought in a deer and a rabbit. That was the first time I ate the meat of such animals. If Mayari was here with us she would definitely not allow us to eat the poor creatures. I even thought that the food they brought was too much for us, but we almost lacked. I did not think that they would eat so much food. They are big eaters, I guess. Well, they're men. But what else did I expect? They were werewolves, it was only natural that they eat a lot.We were back in the living room discussing our next plan of action. A world map lay before us. There are push pins placed in five different places around the world. They were all scattered on different continents. “What are push pins for?” Tyron asked, putting his index finger on his chin.“Hmm. This was the number of castles the Mintis clan have across the whole world,” Aunt Kyndra answered. She had already told the four men about Silvanus Mintis b
Tala Hill Aunt Kyndra took me to the storage room of her house after the small meeting in her living room. I was about to talk to Shaun about what I heard him say earlier when Aunt Kyndra suddenly pulled me. I just followed her because the conversation with Shaun could wait. I know, it's not my priority for now.“So, what are we going to do here?” I asked Aunt Kyndra.“I will give you something,” she answered, opening a chest box and taking a rectangular box from it. She turned to me and held it out in front of me. “Here,” she handed it to me.I accepted it. “What is this?” I asked, confused. Trying to think of something. I did not recognize it. “It’s not yet my birthday,” I whispered.“Open it,” she ordered.I opened it. Inside the box was a white wooden wand, three emerald jewels embroidered on its side. “What! Y-you're giving me a wand? But I do not know how to use any spells,” I said.“Emerald. A symbol of loyalty, new beginnings, peace, and security. It's not mine to give, actua
Shaun Smith Tala’s crackling laugh immediately caught my attention. I immediately looked at the girl sitting next to Ridge and Chester. She was laughing so hard that she started crying. That was the first time I saw and heard Tala laugh. I should be happy because despite what's going on, she somehow manages to laugh.But happiness was the last thing I was feeling. I was annoyed and irritated because I was not the reason for her laughter and somebody else managed to make her laugh. There was this inexplicable gut-clenching in my stomach, telling me that she should be next to me now, that I should be the one making her laugh and smile. I almost stopped myself from standing up and approaching them, pulling her away from the two. “You have an upset stomach?” Kyndra suddenly asked, sitting on my right. Tyron was sitting on my left and sleeping.I tried to take my eyes off of Tala and turned to Kyndra. “No, my stomach is fine,” I said.Kyndra sighed. “I can see the way you look at her, yo
Tala HillAfter a day's trip, we arrived in Shandong, the province where Roanoke Valdaz is. But we still have to climb the mountain that is in Jinan, the capital city of Shandong, before arriving at the very location of Roanoke. I was with Aunt Kyndra in the middle of the forest. For the time being, we left Shaun and the others in town to buy supplies we could use when climbing the mountain. Aunt Kyndra brought me here so she could start training me.Aunt Kyndra had been talking to me while we were walking into the forest but my attention was not on the other things. My mind was full of the conversation I had with Shaun yesterday. To this day, everything Shaun had said was still repeating in my mind. And each time, it always made me smile. Despite the fact that I still couldn't explain my feelings for him. The things he said to me still makes me smile.It felt so surreal, like a dream that never really happened. But it did. And I was happy that it happened. I really needed something t