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Ashlyn
“Baby, your eyes.” Mason said in awe.
“What are you talking about? Liz, what the hell just happened?” I asked her, confused. I turned my attention back to the older witch.
“We need to go to the lake.” She said, instead of answering my questions.
“Why are we going to the lake?” I asked her, following behind her. Everyone else was following us.
“I need you to repeat what you did last night,” she said.
“Why? I don’t understand. What does this all mean?” I asked her again, but she just kept walking.
We finally made it to the lake, and I followed her on to the dock.
“Now, do what you did last night.” She turned around to face me.
“I don’t know what I did. There was pressure in my chest and I took off running. I don’t even remember hitting the water or swimming out. Just putting my head under the water and let everything out with a scream.” I explained.
“And how were you feeling before this happened?” She asked me.
“Broken.” I answered.
“Your emotions are fueling your magic, and you need to learn how to control it. It’s the only way we can win the upcoming war.” She told me.
“What war? Haven’t I done enough? I’m not fighting anymore.” I told her. The next words stopped me dead in my tracks as I was about to walk away.
“They will just come after you, you and your son, until you are both dead.”
“What the fuck are you talking about?” I growled out, turning around to face her.
“There have already been threats made on both of your lives. Don’t you want to live in peace?” She asked me and I was furious.
“Who the hell dares to threaten my son?” I yelled out. I was beyond pissed. As my fury took over, I was about to see red.
People want to threaten me, fine, but no one threatens my child. I will rip this entire world apart if anything happens to him.
“This isn’t the first time this magic has been needed. Ashlyn, you need to step up and take control or your life will come crashing down around you.” She told me.
“Did you know about the threats?” I turned and screamed at my mates.
“Babygirl, we are handling them.” Derek told me. I was trying to control my breathing. The pressure was back, and I felt like I was about to explode.
“Everyone needs to back up.” Liz called out.
“What the fuck is happening?” I gasped out, my body glowing white.
“Focus the energy, the magic on the surrounding water. Walk toward the end of the dock and throw your magic into the water.”, Liz told me, and my mind was racing and I was finding it hard to focus on anything but the pressure building in my chest.
I moved around Liz and walked until my feet hit the end of the long wooden dock. I moved my hands out in front of me, closed my eyes and focused on the movements of the water. The sun was rising in the sky and it was a beautiful, cloudless spring day.
I didn’t need to scream to focus the pressure out of my chest and into my hands. I threw my hands out and gasps behind me, pulled me from my focus. The water was out of the lake when I opened my eyes. It was still moving as if I hadn’t just moved it off the ground. I could see fish, swimming and all the algae and plants.
I gasped, losing my footing and I felt back onto the dock, landing on my ass. The water shook the ground as it came crashing down. Large waves crashed against the shoreline and onto the dock.
“That was fantastic, Ashlyn.” Liz praised me. I was looking out at the lake, too stunned to move. Derek and Mason rushed to my side, helping me to stand.
“Baby, are you okay?” Mason rushed out.
“What the hell just happened?” I whispered.
“You are an elemental witch. I’ve never seen one and the only one I’ve ever heard of was about three hundred years ago. It was during the Great War. Hybrids are nothing new. During the war, it was pure blood vs hybrids. The hybrids lost because they just didn’t have the numbers. That’s when our kingdoms separated and hybrids outlawed.” Liz explained.
“And why haven’t we learned this?” I asked her and she sighed.
“Memory spell. Only royalty has access to the actual documents of those events.” She answered.
Pulling away from Derek and Mason, I headed toward the house. This was all too much. I think I’ve done enough and risked enough. And now they want me to continue to fight. And fighting for people who had threatened my son. Nope. They could kill each other.
“Babygirl, where are you going?” Derek called out.
“Home, to our son. I’m not doing this again. I’ve lost too much to keep fighting. If they want to kill themselves, then let them.” I told them before I continued to walk back.
“Baby, I know you’re upset. I can feel it, but I think you should listen to Liz. This magic can help you protect James and yourself.” Mason said, running up beside me. I stopped to look at him before I sighed.
“I can’t lose anymore. This is just too much for one person to deal with. What’s next, you or Derek or both of you? I can not and will not live without both of you.” I told him. He stepped towards me, wrapping me in his arms.
“And you will never have too, Baby. But this can help you protect James. I don’t want to force you to do anything you don’t want to do, but I think you should at least consider it.” He said.
“Mason, I need time to process all of this.” I said, pulling away.
“Prince Derek, blow out some fire breath.” Liz asked him and I looked at her.
“What are you doing?” I asked her.
“I’m showing you what you can do. I know you may not want this, but you have to do something. Our world will not survive another war like that one. They will kill our kind off. Do you want your son to grow up in a world full of destruction and chaos?” She asked me and I sighed. I looked at Derek and nodded to him.
Mason stepped away from me. And when everyone was safe, Derek let Magnus blow out his fire. The ball of heat and light consumed me, but I focused my magic on controlling how it moved around me. It didn’t take long before the flames were dancing. I threw my arms out, forcing the flames into the lake, where they sizzled before dying out.
Before the water had stopped sizzling, I was already walking back to the house again. If it’s not one thing, it’s another and I’m over it. I made it up to our room. First, I checked on James and then I went to run myself a bath.
I turned the water on and then checked myself in the mirror above the sink. I screamed out, looking at myself. My eyes were no longer green, deep purple ones were now staring back at me. What the hell is happening to me?
Derek and Mason rushed into the room. They must have heard me scream.
“Baby?” Mason called out from the bedroom.
“I’m in here.” I said, opening the door to the bathroom. They both made it into the bathroom while I shut off the water.
“Babygirl, what’s wrong? We heard you scream.” Derek rushed out, coming over to me.
“My eyes. They are purple.” I told them and they both looked at each other.
“What?” I asked them.
“The magic has consumed you. That’s what Liz explained, anyway. Most witches have green magic, good magic. When it’s tainted, it’s red, but once it consumes the user, their eyes will turn red. Your magic is apparently ancient magic, and once you’ve unlocked it, it consumes you. That’s what they think, anyway. No one really knows for sure,” Derek explained. And my head hurts.
“Can both of you watch James while I take a bath? I just need time for myself right now.” I asked them.
“Of course babygirl.” Derek said, pecking my lips.
“We’ll be downstairs if you need us.” Mason came over and gave me a kiss before they both left me to my raging thoughts.
I stripped down and stepped into the tub, enjoying the feel of the warmth as my body sunk below the hot water. It’s in moments like these that I really miss Tundra. I could trust her, but now I have to trust that I’m making the right decisions.
I laid my head back on the edge of the tub, trying to relax my overloaded mind. This seems like so much information and I still had so many questions about being a witch that I haven’t even asked yet. I know so little about myself now. Before, I at least had Tundra to explain things to me, but now I have to figure this out all by myself.
I sunk lower into the water, trying to drown my frustrations. My nose and above were the only parts of me out of the water. I knew what the right thing to do was, but why do I have to be the one to do it?
“What the fuck am I supposed to do?” I whispered into the water.
“Come find me.” A voice echoed. I screamed and jumped out of the tub, backing up, until my back hit the bathroom wall.
My arms curled around my legs as I sat staring at the tub when Mason and Derek stormed in. They were instantly on alert as they rushed over to me.
“Baby, what happened?” Mason asked, kneeling beside me.
“I heard a voice,” I whispered, resting my cheek on my knee. One of them placed a towel over me and both of them sat down on either side of me.
“You heard a voice?” Mason asked, and I nodded.
“Was it a scary voice?” Derek asked.
“It told me to come find them.” I mumbled on my knee.
“Are you sure you hear someone? You’ve been under a lot of stress and you’ve gone through something traumatic,” Mason asked, wrapping his arm around me.
“I asked the water what I was supposed to do. And the voice answered. I’m not crazy and I know what I heard.” I told them while I sat up.
“We never said you were,” Derek said defensively. But maybe I was crazy, and the voice was all in my head, but I wouldn’t know for sure unless I figured this shit out.
I wrapped the towel around me as I walked into the bedroom to get dressed. My mates were on my heels as I walked into the closet.
“Baby, are you sure about this? You can just sleep on it and we can always go tomorrow.” Mason asked me, leaning against the door frame.
“Mason, this needs to end. I can’t keep living like this. I have so much to do and learn, and it’s driving me crazy.” Pulling on a pair of jeans, I told him.
“What do you think you need to do?” Derek asked me. He was standing beside Mason.
“First, why the hell didn’t you tell me about the threats?” I scolded them.
“We didn’t want to worry you,” Mason sighed.
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