The Mideia

She was in her bedroom packing her things. Zion came with her and talked to her aunt. Amaris thought that she would not agree with her living with Zion, but for some reason she easily agreed.

"Ari, are you really sure about this?" It was Maxine who asked.

Her cousin was helping her but her face looked so worried. Zion offered her aunt to move to Verlice Castle but it's far from the place she worked so she declined. Maxine, on the other hand, was given a free will to decide on her own.

"Max, I am very grateful to you and your mom. I wanted to be with you, I swear. But I felt like there was really something missing in me. There are a lot of questions in my mind and I feel like I can get the answers when I'm with Zion." She answered.

Maxine sighed and nodded at her. She held her hands and smiled, still with a worried face.

"What if you are not her? I mean Zion's long lost lover." Maxine asked in a serious tone.

She bit her lips and took a deep breath. She knew if someone learned about Zion's missing lover, they wouldn't easily believe that she was her. But she already accepted all the facts before deciding to live with him.

"For now, I would like to enjoy the times I am with him. I want to cherish the days I spent and will spend with him. But regardless of what I am to Zion's life in the past or in the future, I want to know who I really am." She explained in a soft voice.

Maxine saw that her cousin was really serious about her decision and that she won't change her mind.

They continued to pack Amaris' things and when they were done, her aunt came into her bedroom and asked them to sit on the bed. Amaris and Maxine glanced at each other, both with a frown face.

"Max, I would like you to go with your cousin." Her aunt started.

Maxine was confused and so did she. Amaris couldn't understand why her aunt suddenly wanted her own daughter to live in Velice Castle with her.

"Mom, what do you mean? I haven't decided yet. I can't leave you here alone." Max exclaimed.

Amaris' aunt sighed and handed her a necklace, while she handed her daughter a book. The book's cover and pages were already torn on the sides. It was dusty and discolored, a sign that it was old.

"Max, listen to me. You cannot leave your cousin alone. You should be with her to protect her. I cannot tell you all the details, but that book will give you some answers. Now, you have to hurry. They already know that the Alpha found her." Her aunt said, looking at her.

"Aunt, I can't understand. What are you saying? You are making us confused." Amaris asked.

Her aunt's face was different as if she was suddenly afraid of someone. She crouched down in front of her daughter and her niece.

"Listen! Max, you are a protector, a guardian. You need to protect your cousin, not only you. There are five of you, find the rest and together you'll be invincible." Then she turned to Amaris.

"Ari, wear that necklace at all times. Do not take them off. It will also protect you and help you go wherever you want to go. I'm sorry I cannot help what you wanted to know. I am here to keep you safe until the right time comes. And this is the right time."

Zion suddenly came inside her bedroom with a worried face.

"We have to hurry. Zoila said they'll be here any minute. Just bring anything. Let's go!"

They wanted to ask more questions to her aunt, but she almost pushed both of them outside the house. Amaris and her cousin were shocked when her aunt suddenly whispered that they thought it was an incantation.

Zion pulled them inside the car where Zoila and his Betas were waiting. Both of them were still stunned and couldn't say a word. They didn't even notice that they had arrived in Verlice Castle.

Maxine suddenly swayed and was about to fall but it was a good thing that Cole, Zion's beta, has good reflexes and caught her.

"Are you okay?" He asked Maxine.

Maxine shook her head and without a word, Cole carried her princess style. Amaris saw her cousin blushed. She knew she was more affected from what happened earlier since they both felt that her mom was in danger.

"Can we go somewhere so we can read what's in this book? Mom said we will get some answers here." Maxine whispered.

They went to Zion's office to talk about what Maxine's mom told them. Zion pulled Amaris to sit on his lap while Maxine sat beside them and opened the book.

They frowned when they saw what was written in it. It was handwritten in a different language. There were six of them who glanced at the book. Amaris and Maxine were the first ones to look but Zion grabbed it when he saw their confused faces. Then he gave it to Zoila, Cole and Xavier.

"Is it Latin?" Xavier asked.

"I don't think so." Cole answered.

"It's the Verrecian language." It was Zoila.

Amaris looked at Maxine. They didn't hear anything about that language, so again, they were confused.

"The Verrecian language was only used by mythical creatures who lived around three hundred years ago. It's a dead language." Zion explained.

Amaris felt a throbbing pain on her head. She leaned on the couch and started massaging her temple. Zion saw her and wrapped his arms around his waist.

"Are you okay?" He asked.

She nodded before asking another question.

"Do you know how to read it?"

Zion nodded then looked at Zoila.

"Zoila could read it. She's better than me in that language." He answered.

Zoila straightened and checked on the book again. They waited for her to read it out loud. She sighed and frowned before she started reading.

"This is a mideia. A diary and not a book." Zoila started. 

Then she looked at the bottom of the first page.

"Lorelle Custos. I think this is the owner's name." She continued.

Amaris eyes widened and so did Maxine. They couldn't believe who the owner was.

"That's my mother's name." Maxine murmured.

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Readers' Guide:

Mideia - a diary or a journal

Verrecian - an old language used by mythical creatures; a dead language.