Page 69 of Her Destined Alpha
I didn’t realise I had started crying; the pain of those memories as she pushed me to the brink of death to achieve the answers she wanted… I watched as I refused to answer her, only for her to torture me with a beating. The werewolves who were told to whip me, beating me relentlessly or the spells she used to punish me. My screams were shrill in the quiet room, the blood-curdling anguish in my cries that no one heard or cared for…
The memories became too much, and my chest tightened painfully. Her verbal and physical abuse was screaming in my head.
My escape… me telling Rayhan the time of her attack, me jumping to my death... waking up, the werewolf attack, being taken prisoner again. My heart was thumping,Stop, please stop!I didn’t realise I was screaming out loud.
“Enough!”
Everything was suddenly gone, and all I could hear was my heart pounding in my ears, my sobs choking in my throat. I looked up through my tears to see who had spoken. Elder Edward was standing there, his face pale, his lips pressed together.
“What is it?” Eldridge asked.
“She has suffered, it is a crime to make her relive that too,” he said curtly, and for the first time since I had entered this room, I saw a ray of hope.
“Elder Edward, you are siding with this thing?” Zelda asked.
“I am not siding with anyone, but let’s look at the bigger picture. What made her run away? We all know what we need… but we must also remember that she was not taught how to control her abilities. If we had given her the correct training from the start, perhaps she would never have resorted to this,” he stated.
The temperature was dropping in my small square, and I was beginning to shiver from the cold. My breath came out frosty. Who was controlling it? I looked at the three women, but all six were talking amongst themselves, and I could no longer hear them. One of them must have cast a spell…
I simply laid there thinking they had only seen parts of my life,If after this they still think I didn’t deserve any compassion, then they truly were all monsters…
I looked at Edward. He was an older man in his sixties. I hadn’t really seen him much back in Salem, only in passing once or twice, but he was said to be very wise. It seemed he was my only hope. Magdalene seemed to be wavering… Samson looked pale; was he worried they’d probe into the truth of how he and his family treated me?
The cold was biting into me, and it was hurting my head. Just as I was about to blackout from the biting cold, it was suddenly gone, and I gasped for air.
“The decision has been made,” Reginald said, his face emotionless. He approached me and I flinched, but to my surprise, he simply patted my head. “You have committed crimes, and you will answer for them. Yet we cannot overlook the fact that you have suffered more so. We have decided that you have, in a way, paid for the crimes you participated in. It is time to have a fresh start here with us, Delsanra Silver, time to show us that you are more than darkness. Prove to us that you are one of us and not what you were born to be.”
I couldn’t comprehend it, his words, his statement... was it true? After all these years of living in fear, were they truly going to allow me to live my life? It didn’t feel possible… how…
No, there was more to it. Perhaps I was too suspicious, but I learned early in life that everyone had their own hidden intentions.
“Of course, we cannot unseal all of your powers as of yet, until you have proven yourself. Endora has used a powerful spell, one that we will need to figure out how to lift,” Magdalene said quietly, “but you will learn to control your powers. I myself will help you. This is your chance to show us that you are more than what you have become.”
I lowered my head in a small nod before looking at my father. He was emotionless, but I didn’t miss the fire of hatred within his eyes that he masked quickly.
“Yes, High Witch Magdalene,” I replied quietly.
So, this is it? My new life?Would they really honour their words? Was that what I wanted? Wasn’t it my dream to just be treated as an equal?
Yes, once upon a time I would have jumped with happiness... but now, there was another life that I wanted… with someone else…
One I don’t think I’d ever be able to have.
Only by Blood
Rayhan
Raihana truly was smart; she had found two spells to help me. First, she had been able to conceal me completely. The spell would keep me hidden unless I wanted someone to see me. My heartbeat, my scent, and my presence were all masked. However, we all knew that if there were detection spells, there was a chance I could be discovered, but it was a risk I was going to take.
The spells would last around twenty-four hours. I needed to get to Delsanra before then, and I would. There was no way I was going to fail her. I just hoped she was okay.
The trees cleared up, and there it was, the large castle of the Coven elders. That was her second spell, a locator on Delsanra. Luckily, we had been able to find a hair of hers from her hairbrush, and that was what she had used in the spell. Luckily, again, Delsanra had had the crystals we needed for the spell.
Raihana and Chris still had tension between them, but I didn’t miss how Raihana was quieter. I hoped she took my words into account. I didn’t get to talk to Chris properly, but I thanked them both and told them to head home before anyone found out they were missing. I had brought one of the grimoires with me, one that Raihana said seemed to have the most useful spells that could help us, that I would give to Delsanra. I was going to find her and get her out of there.
I’m coming, my fiery snowflake... hold out for me…
The tracking spellhad led me straight to a mansion that sat amongst the trees, and to my relief, her scent lingered. I was following it along the side of the house silently when the sound of voices had made me stop dead in my tracks, hoping no one heard or sensed me already. Night had fallen, and it was past midnight. When did these people sleep?
