The Briar Witch

Verity

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'Yes, I can.' I push through my mind and almost want to laugh out loud when the wolf whined back.

A scent infiltrates my nose. Pine and mint swirls around my senses and makes an inner voice cry out, 'Mate' but I had no idea what that meant nor where the voice came from as it was different than the wolfs voice.

It was female as the wolfs voice was male.

I look to my left to see Kelly breathless and on the verge of crying, 'What is Kelly doing here?' I ask out at the wolf.

'She-'

Kelly bursts out laughing and her laughter echoes off the walls of the otherwise quiet cabin.

"You know I can hear what you say to each other, right? Alpha Moon I'm not a regular witch I'm a dark witch by birth and a light witch by choice, I'm both. I can access the power of light and dark and I am the last surviving member of my clan." Kelly turns her head towards me with a sadness that irks me. "My real name is Kelliandra Shadowsoul and I'm the last member of the Briar Clan..." She pauses as I give out an involuntary low growl.

'Easy Verity.' The wolf's voice in my ear echo.

"We witches lived in Lockincester years ago, I was given the task once I became a powerful enough witch to help you go through your maturity and help you understand your lineage Verity. The Witches and Vampire hunters have lived on the same side for many generations but now they're switching sides. Alpha Moon, I am your sister." Kelly says as she turns towards the wolf.

'What the...' The wolf starts to growl but turns to a soft bark every so often.

"It is true. Your father, the Alpha had an affair long before you were born with Lockincesters dark witch, my mother; Camille Shadowsoul, a witch born from vampire blood, and werewolf bone marrow. She was made when her maturity hit and the werewolves thought they could take her to make her a weapon. Use her. Alpha Moon at the time had broken her free and they hid out together and we all know what happens to people who hole themselves up together. Ta-da, they made me."

I was completely lost. All of everything Kelly was saying made absolutely no sense.

Vampires. Werewolves. Witches. Light. Dark.

All of this was nonsense that doesn't make any sense and I could feel my heart increase in tempo the more my mind freaks out on every single detail that Kelly is telling me.

'Where do I fit into all of this?' I ask out not really sure if she would hear me. I was mostly testing her.

"Verity, you were never a human, you were a vampire. You weren't going to find out until you hit your maturity age at age twenty-five. Vampires are not like they are in the movies and books, you age just very slowly. Now that you were bit by a rogue wolf on a full moon, your blood has changed but accepted both types of creature. Now, I really don't know why both blood types fused your blood with the purest wolf blood of all; Lycanthrope. You are a wolf, a vampire and a half man half beast creature which is a Lycan. You can change into all three creatures at on time but must choose which form to be in at the moment. I know all of this because my mother once saved a soul with all three supernatural parts inside of them and they lived for a very very long time." Kelly rushes out.

I heard what Kelly said, but my mind refused to think. My brain stops dead in its tracks and refuses to continue working as I just stare between Kelly and the wolf.

The wolf....Why does it suddenly smell heavenly?

"The wolf has a name Verity." Kelly says and just as she says that a name floats around my mind.

'I am Alpha Alex Moon.' The wolf says and barks at me.

'How do I change back?' I ignore the introduction and turn my attention back to Kelly but a sudden smell makes my nostrils flare.

'You just have to will it and you will be able to change forms' The wolf-or Alex I should say says.

I straightened my stance and concentrated.

At firs tI felt nothing but a tiny itch. But then the itch turns into my bones breaking and rearranging themselves once again as I drop to all fours. I lift up my head and let out a heartbreaking howl that ends in my screams when I fully change back to human form.

But something was wrong. My fur changed to skin, my long legs and paws receeded to hands feet and legs and my head turned back to a humans head, but I had long fangs. The fangs I had when I first changed.

Long teeth that ends in sharp points protrude from my gums and I move my mouth up and down feeling the points slice open my lips as I clamp my mouth shut quickly.

"What the hell!" I screech and almost didn't recognize my voice.

My voice was a tone deeper, my voice no longer held the same tiny note and instead held more power to it, almost pushing me physically with the sheer weight of my voice every word I spoke.

"Welcome to your vampire form Verity. This will be your form permanently as you change from wolf to human shape." Kelly says from her position on the floor.

"You might need to cover up. Mate." An unknown deep male voice rumbles the quiet cabin and my eyes shoot wide open upon hearing the sudden musical tune.

The inner voice shouts inside my head and for some reason I had the most intense urge to run into the stranger standing inside my livingroom.

"Who the hell are you!"