Chapter 135
Stephanie’s POV
We finished out the ceremony smoothly, despite the appearance of the Witches Council representative, Warlock Augustus
Moonguard. He was an old friend of my mothers, to have him come here, and voice the Council’s acceptance of me adopting
Alora, and my kinship with her Pack, meant something. There had to be a reason he had shown up like this.
My thoughts were spinning around and around in my head, questions forming one after another with no answers appearing. After
all the guests said their farewells, the only beings to remain were, my mate, all my children, that included Alora now, and their
mates. The Alpha and Luna with their youngest son and his mate. Bulma and her mates, Damien’s Beta and Gamma and Alora’s
Beta and
“It’s been awhile since I’ve last seen you Stephanie.” he said, his voice tranquil, giving away nothing.
“Why are you here Augustus?” I asked him, making an effort to keep my emotions from my voice.
“I have news about your mother.” he tells me.
I’m shocked, I can’t answer for a moment, I have so many mixed emotions when it came to my mother. “What news?” I
demanded.
“It’s also about your father.” He says, this time his tone is hard.
mother was a Council Witch and he a Warlock of the Witches Council. I had never liked my father either, neither had my sister.
To say we didn’t have great memories of that Warlock….was an understatement. 2
Alora suddenly put her hand in mine, my mate wrapped an arm around my shoulders, and my children surrounded me. They
were protecting me…and giving me support. I felt tears sting my eyes at the
tions now filling me. I felt their love, and it helped me stay strong, I kept my head held high, my shoulders back, and my spine
straight…because I’m a Queen, I’m a wife, and I’m a mother.
Alora’s POV
When the Council Warlock had mentioned mom’s mother, I was worried, I could sense her upset, but when he mentioned her
father, I sensed another emotion from her, she seemed to go still and a storm started to gather in her eyes. I grabbed her hand,
and Dad put an arm around her while my siblings were surrounding us.
I immediately felt her determination to weather this new event with pride and grace. I admired my new mom so much, she was a
really strong woman, an elegant and beautiful lady, and I was glad I was now her daughter.
“Is there a place here we can comfortably discuss the information I have for you?” the Council Warlock asked my mother. Q
My mother looked at me, asking the question with her eyes, I nod at her and we both face the Warlock. “I have a place.” I tell
him, then letting go of mom’s hand I step out in front of everyone, “Follow me.” I say and head to the doorway leading into the
Willow Tree Library. 2
All of my family had been inside the Willow tree in the last week, as had Bulma and her mates. The
ibrary could only be accessed by Damien and I, so I wasn’t worried about inviting the Warlock inside. When he stepped inside he
did what everyone else had done, including me, and looked around with a stunned and amazed expression on his face, turning
in a full circle trying to take everything in.
The Willow Tree Library was in tune with Damien and I and provided accordingly. The chairs and couches were rearranged in a
circle, surrounding the Trees magic circle in the center. Mates took over the couches, my brothers and the Warlock sat in the
chairs. My mom and dad were seated on a couch that was conveniently located across from the Warlocks chair.
Kass and Kian were sitting on a couch to mom’s left, Damien and I were sitting on a couch to my dad’s right. We all looked at the
Warlock, waiting for him to begin, but he doesn’t say anything at first, just looks around at all of us curiously. Finally his gaze
settles on my mom, he seemed to contemplate what he was about to say before he spoke. O
“Are you sure you want everyone here present for this conversation?” he askes her in a gentle tone.
Mom nods her head “Yes, go on Augustus, you can talk openly here with everyone that is present.” she tells him, her voice was
soft.
The Warlock takes a deep breath then lets it out in a gush of air that could almost be called a frustrated sigh. “Where to begin..?”
he mutters the question.
“Try the beginning.” Bella drawled, getting a few quiet but amused chuckles.
Vas
The Warlock gives her a narrow eyed look for a moment, then he just nods and turns his attention back onto my mom. “To start
at the beginning is to say…I never liked the man your mother was married off to at your grandfathers insistence… after she was
rejected by her fated mate.” Augustus said to my mom in a solemn tone.
Everyone was stunned into silence for a moment, even my mother “I didn’t know mother had been rejected.” Mom finally said,
her voice had a husky quality to it.
Augustus sighed sadly and nodded his head “The one who rejected your mother….was a Vampire Witch Hybrid.” there were
several gasps at that information.
“Mother had said back then, that my mate would reject me….and when she found out I was pregnant with Kass…..she called her
an abomination.” mom said to Augustus quietly.
“Yes….she told me all about it….and has agonized over everything she did….to you, your sister, your mate, and most
especially….what she said about her granddaughter and grandsons.” He tells her, his
voice sad.
Mom had a frown on her face now, her brow furrowed, my father was still, almost like stone, keeping what he was feeling from
showing. I look at my sister and I could see she was feeling complicated emotions with her continuously changing expressions.
“What are you saying to me Augustus?” mom asked him.
“From the moment your mother was born, a plan was formed….your mother….and her fated mate….fell victim to the plans of the
Black Magic Coven.” He said in a serious tone, there was anger there, just barely heard, but it was there.
“What?” was all my mom was able to ask in a faint voice.
We were all more than a little stunned now, all of us in various stages of shock over his words, looking at each other, our looks
turning from shock to confusion, then, intense curiosity.
“You mother’s fated mate….had never wanted to reject your mother….he had been told that if he didn’t reject her, with the
excuse they gave him….they would kill your mother.” he said, his voice had grown a little hoarse with this explanation.
“You grandfather, not being a Goldlight was targeted through hypnosis after being drugged, that was why he convinced your
mother to marry the Warlock of their choosing….your father….was really a Black Magic Coven Warlock.” His anger appearing
more in his tone with his last words.
“Wait….I was told the reason my mother was married to that Warlock was because he was a respected Council Warlock.” she
said.
Augustus shakes his head “The only claim to the Council your father had was through your mother, and because he was not her
fated mate, the rest of the Council didn’t acknowledge his claim to that position, not until after you were born.” Augustus told her.
“My father hated that both me and my sisters were female, he constantly disparaged us for being born female, he would tell us
we would never amount to anything, that we were worthless to him.” She tells Augustus.
The look on his face was equal parts fury and horror. “The Goldlight’s Council seat has always been held by a daughter of the
Goldlight’s, son’s were rarely born in your line, you have produced more son’s than any of your ancestors ever did.” he tells her.
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“He would never say those things in front of my mother, the one time she had walked in on him saying those things to me and my
sister, she flew into a rage. She made us leave his office, and all we could hear was a lot of screaming and yelling after that.”
She paused a moment, then said. ” He died not long after that.”
“The heart attack that killed him, was because he never recovered from the blast of magic your mother hit him with in her anger
over his words to you and your sister….it was actually very good that he died, or the Black magic Coven’s plans for you and your
sister would have been carried out.” he said.
“Plans?….What plans?” my mother asked Augustus, she looked confused and upset, my father
wrapped an arm around her and pulled her close into his side, his stony mask falling, his emotions for his mate now plain to see
on his face. .
