Chapter 4

I continued to pull the white patch of paper, and I saw that it covered another name, and by the time I pulled it all of my name was revealed. Huh?, My name?. it's in here too, even in more bold letters glaring back at me on the brown coloured page with black text. It read "Phoebe Nueva-seth" , but I knew my surname to only be Seth. How did I end up with a Nueva?. That aside, I'm on a family tree of witches when I'm a werewolf. What is happening here?

I put the book down on my bed and walked out of my room, intending to go question my mom, but then I recall that Gaia told me to come to her with any questions that I might have and my mom is not really in a good state for my questioning right now. So I moved to the attic again and she was still there. She was chanting some words which sounded very old and it was as if I could feel the power behind those words. When she noticed my presence, she stopped, put down the bowl she was chanting into and looked at me.." Do you have any questions for me Phoebe?". She said, and it was as if she was already expecting me. "Yes, infact I have a lot of them, because I saw something very odd and confusing in one of the books". I explained to her what I saw and where I saw it..

And she smiled and said " oh ... Phoebe I think you have to listen to a story about how your mom met your father, what she went through to be with him, and why she's in the state that she's in right now. Come on in, take a seat it's going to be a while.

I walked in , had my seat and then she began the story of my mom. she said, my mom was 18 when she met my dad, they met when the war between witches and werewolves was very intense that werewolves would seek out covens of witches and attack them, burn their houses and take them as prisoners. It was said then that the werewolves were looking for the chosen one who was related to one of their prophecies, a girl who could put an end to werewolves and make them cease to exist. She said that my mom was the youngest daughter of the Nueva-seth coven leader, and that she was taken captive by the Moon Stone pack which was second only to the pack of the Alpha king's, that is the pack of the first born wolves, they were called the Moon Howlers pack. As at then, any witch that was captured would either be enslaved, or auctioned off for money after their powers have been spell bound..but my mom's case was different, she encountered her mate while she was being transported to the auction house, and he was of alpha blood. The heir to the Red claws pack. He was a volunteer in the raiding, to prove himself worthy and loyal to the crown like many others and unfortunately or fortunately for him, he's mate was one of those captured. According to Aunt Gaia, the mate pull was too strong to be resisted, even among different species.

She said my father tried to ignore the fact that my mom was his mate, but he just couldn't bring himself to reject her, to him he had fallen in love with her without even knowing her. Coupled with the fact that him having a witch as the Luna of his pack would make them stronger, that was the reason why they persecuted them anyways, they feared the powers the witches had .

He prevented her from being spellbound and freed her, after gaining her promise that she would come back to him. My mom found her way back to the coven and told her parents the news of her finding her mate and that he was a werewolf.They were alarmed and disgusted by the fact that she would even want to go back or accept him as her mate, but my mom being grateful that he saved her life and happy that she had found her mate --because witches rarely have mates-- turned her back to their words. She wanted to be loved by someone that the moon goddess chose for her. Then with great anger, her parents spellbound her powers, because they didn't want their blood to be tarnished by a wolf, neither did they want my mom's powers to be passed unto me.

That led to where we are today, my dad saw that the powerful hybrid pup that he was expecting with wolf strength, agility and witches powers did not come into existence and then the beating started. He always came home angry and would pass that anger unto my mom; and my mom maybe feeling that all of it was her fault, quietly took the beating while trying to keep me safe at the same time till it escalated to the point that she killed him in a moment of impulse to protect me. I was overwhelmed by the whole story, and to think that my mother kept this from me. "Why?" I asked Gaia, "Why would she keep this whole burden and truth to her self?"..."Well, you would have to ask your mother that question Phoebe, she is the only one that can give you a reason for that. and I want you to know that regardless of her actions, she would always love you," . She replied

After the story, I still couldn't help but wonder why my name was written inside the book since I don't even have the powers to show for it, but then again I remembered that there are still a lot of things and truths for me to uncover, and Aunt Gaia explained that the book knew a lot more than we all did, and that I could not rule off the fact that I have witch blood in me.

After she left, I could not shake of the feeling that she was still hiding a lot from me, but I would uncover it all no matter how long it takes me.....