The Witch and The Hybrid

Chapter 15-6 Years Later

 Emilia's P.O.V

It's been two months since graduation, now we're driving up to Michael's cabin. The whole gang is coming up for our two week getaway, I'm driving up with Emmett, Rachel, Kim, Robert and Eric. Darren is driving up with Sean, Terry, Jerry and Jose, Hannah decided to travel by hoof since she can't travel by car. Michael went up there a couple days ago to open up the cabin and air it out and set up the rooms. I text him to let him know we were almost there, I can't wait to get there I miss him so much.

"So how come Sarah didn't come this time?" Kim asks.

"She went to Waverton early this year, Elder Mason had deal with some issues at the school and it's Adam's first year so she went along to help him settle in" Eric explained.

"Oh" Kim replied.

"I bet Darren's really upset about that" Rachel chuckles a bit.

"Everybody needs to leave him alone about it, he's really pissed and antsy about her being on the other side of the country" Emmett said authoritatively.

When we all came up the first time 6 years ago Darren found out that Sarah was his mate, because she was only 16 he didn't say anything to anybody except Emmett. When she turned 18 she had her soulmate vision and let me tell you how shocked she was, everyone was shocked. Darren waited a couple weeks for the shock to die down before he went to talk with my uncle Jonathan, he was extremely shock when the future Moon Creek Alpha told him he was Sarah's mate. Darren was welcomed with open arms but my uncle made him promise to wait until she graduated to perform the mating ritual. I feel bad for him when Sarah's away at school, he told Emmett that his wolf is a complete baby when she's gone.

We pull onto the dirt road that leads to the cabin, the road runs about 6 miles before reaching the driveway of the cabin. We finally pull up the driveway and park, I see Michael standing on the porch waiting for us. I jump out of the car as he starts stepping off the porch, I run up to him and jump into his arms. He wraps his arms around me lifting up and pulling me close to his body, I wrap my arms around his neck and bury my face into his neck. He buried his face in my neck and squeezed me tight against him.

"I missed you so much" he whispers into my neck.

"I missed you too" I whisper back.

"Seriously guys! You just saw each other four days ago" Sean said shaking his head as he walked passed us towards the house.

"You'll understand when you find your soulmate " I tell him.

"Nope" he said popping the p as he turned around to look at us as Michael but me down and loosened his grip on me. "I don't want one, I'm happy by myself" he said then continued walking to the porch, Michael and I just shake our heads and smirk. From what I understand vampires and werewolves are alike when it comes to their soulmates, when they turn 18 they can sense their mates by their smell. Poor Sean has been 18 for more than 200 years and he still hasn't found his soulmate.

"Are you two going to stand there all night or what?" Eric walked past us towards the cabin.

"Yeah yeah, we're coming" I said annoyingly, Michael and I went to the car and grabbed my bags then headed into the house.

Everybody was bunking with someone, Michael and I were in his room on the second floor as usual. Emmett and Rachel were in the room across from us, Kim and Robert were in the other room on our floor. Kim and Robert found out they were soulmates about a week after we left the cabin 6 years ago, they are the second mating of an Elf and Fairy. Darren and Eric were bunking in a room on the third floor, Sean and Jose were in another room and Terry and Jerry were in the other room. Three summers ago Michael had a barn-like house built next to the cabin for Hannah, Hannah is a centauress. She stands at 6'6 from head down to her front hooves and 8 feet to her tail, she has long brown hair and hazel eyes. Her humanoid skin is fair and a little tanned, her horse body is light brown with white spots and her tail is brown like her hair.

Everybody was getting settled into their rooms as Michael and Darren went out front to set up the firepit and wood. After I done putting my stuff away I went downstairs to start prepping for dinner, I walked into the kitchen to find Kim and Rachel already getting things started. I walk over to the sink and wash my hands before I dug into the meat to make burgers.

"When's Hannah supposed to get here?" Rachel asked as she chopped up some lettuce for a salad.

"Last I talked to her she was about 60 miles away" I said adding seasoning to the ground up vegetable mix.

"When was that?" Kim asked pouring elbow noodles into a pot of boiling water.

"About an hour ago" I said dumping breadcrumbs into the mixture then mixing everything together. "She should be hear in time for dinner" I said as I began forming patties and setting them on a plate.

"Okay" Kim said stirring the noodles, I pull out a frying pan and start making the veggie burgers.

"The fire is roaring" Darren says walking into the kitchen in a masculine way, Michael walks in behind him.

"Mmmm, smells good" Michael whispers in my ear as he wraps his arms around my waist.

"I thought you hated veggie burgers" I giggled

"Who said I was talking about the burgers" he kissed my neck.

"Please tell me there's going to be actual meat at dinner tonight" Darren whined.

"Don't worry, Eric's out back grilling all sorts of meat" I tell him as Michael continues to nuzzle into my neck.

"Thank the Goddess" Darren puts his hands together raising them in the air like he was praying. "No offense to you Kim" he said to her.

"None taken" she says back to him.

"I'm going to see if Eric needs help" Darren said heading out the back door.

"Maybe you should go help" I said to Michael.

"Ugh" he nuzzled deeper into my neck. "Do I have to?" he asked with his breath on my neck.

"No, but you have to go do something else so I can finish these burgers" I told him.

"Grrr" he groaned, "fine" he pulled away from me and went out the back door.

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Michael's P.O.V

I walked out the back door and onto the deck, I walked past Darren and Eric who were drinking a couple of beers while tending to the grill. I see Robert and Jose sitting at one of the patio tables laughing and drinking a couple beers, I head over to my brand new bar that I just finished building yesterday. I get to the bar and groan as I take a seat next to Jerry, Emmett is behind the bar and Terry is sitting next to Jerry.

"Hey guys" I said with a sigh, Emmett hands me a beer and I take a big gulp.

"Emily kick you out?" Emmett asks taking a sip of his beer trying not to laugh.

"Shut up" I sighed and glared at him.

"Wow, touchy" Jerry said taking a sip of his beer, Jerry and Terry are Genies and also my cousins. Jerry is 6'1 with long black hair that falls past his shoulders, he has black eyes and caramel colored skin. Terry is a splitting image of Jerry except he has short hair that falls to the middle of his neck. I glare at him than a big gulp of my beer, I swirl the half empty bottle in my hand and try not to think about the last three weeks.

~~~Flashback to three weeks ago~~~

"I don't know how much longer I'm going to be here" I tell Emma over the phone. I'm stuck in Cairo for some mandatory conference and Emma isn't happy about it.

"We're supposed to be planning our wedding and the group getaway right now" she whines angrily.

"I know that Emma but my hands are tied" I was trying to stay calm. "Once the conference is over I'll be home, I promise" I told her.

"They're doing this on purpose" she starts to sob.

"That's ridiculous" I told her. "Why would they do that?" I heard sobbing on the other end.

"I don't know, maybe because they don't really want us together" she started crying .

"Baby please don't cry" I told her. "Look, I'll sit down with Elder Grey and talk to about it" I promised her.

"It won't make a difference, she won't tell you anything" she cried harder.

"Baby please, just be patient okay" I beg her.

"You better get this sorted" she told me sternly through her sobs.

"I will, I promise" I said then the call disconnected, I hate this. I want to be home with her in my arms, kissing her lips and planning our wedding.

The Genies of the High Priests called a conference in Cairo just two weeks after graduation and I had to leave Emma to go to Egypt. The conference has been going on now for almost four weeks , it feels a lot longer though. I really hated leaving her so soon after getting back home, but I had no choice. I'm not really sure what the purpose of the conference is but they've been calling us in one by one since day one. There are so many of us here that it's taking a long time to get through the one on one meetings, I hope I can go home soon I need to be with Emma.

~~~End of Flashback~~~

"Earth to Michael" Terry waved his hands in front of my face bringing me back to reality, I blink a couple of times then gulp down the rest of my beer.

"You alright man?" Jerry asks me.

"No" I replied.

"What is it?" Emmett asked me.

"Does it have to do with the conference?" Terry looked at me concerned, I look at him with look of agreement.

"Wow" Emmett had a look of shock on his face. "What happened at the conference?" he put his beer down and glared at me.

"It's nothing" I sighed.

"Well that's the biggest load of crap I've ever heard" Emmett sneered at me.

"I'm handling it" I told him.

"Handling what?" Sean asked as he came over to the bar taking a seat between Jerry and me.

"Nothing" Jerry and Terry said in unison.

"Oh now I know it's something" Emmett hissed.

I sighed and rubbed my hands over my face and then through my hair, "I'm gonna need something stronger than a beer for this" I sighed. Sean got up and walked around behind the bar by Emmett, he bent down and started searching through the cabinet before coming up with two bottles of vodka. He grabbed a bunch of shot glasses and set them down on the counter, he opened the bottle of vodka and poured it into the glasses.

"These should work" Sean said pushing the filled glasses towards us. "Let's take a few shots then Michael can tell us what he's keeping from us" he threw back a shot, after about four shots I started explaining what Elder Grey told me at the conference about why the High Priests called for the conference.

"So let me get this straight" Emmett threw back another shot, "they want to overturn the decision of the Gods and force you to have multiple wives" he threw back another shot.

"Pretty much" I threw back a shot.

"Can they do that?" Sean asked in disbelief.

"According to Elder Grey they can as long as they have evidence to prove it's what's best for genie community" I said taking another shot.

"That's f****d up" Sean said pouring more shots.

"Does Emily know?" Emmett asked me.

"NO" I said, "I don't want to worry her" I threw back another shot.

"Does Emily know what?" I turned to see Eric standing behind us. All five of us became worried and threw back another shot.

"Is the food ready?" Emmett asked Eric trying to change the subject.

"Answer my question" Eric crossed his arms across his chest and glared at us, I threw back two more shots then turned to face Eric.

"The High Priests are trying to overturn the soulmate decision of the Gods" I told him.

"Who's soulmate decision?" he asked sternly then glared at me, I lowered my head. "Are you f*****g serious" he gritted his teeth realizing it was about me and Emma. "You will not tell her about this" he told me sternly, "I'm going to speak to the Elders about this" he said then took a shot glass and threw it back in a big gulp.

"Okay guys, it's food" Rachel yelled walking out onto the deck with a big bowl of salad.

"Nobody speaks about this, am I clear" Eric ordered and we all agreed then went over to the patio tables and sat down.

I couldn't sleep , but that's how it's been every night for the past three weeks. Ever since Elder Grey informed me about what the Priests were up to I haven't been able to sleep, all I think about is Emma and how all this will affect her. I turn to look at her beautiful sleeping face, I run my hand over her head and lean down giving her forehead a kiss. "I will not lose you my love, I promise" I whisper. I got up off the bed and left the bedroom, I went downstairs and into the kitchen. I opened the frig and grabbed a beer then walked outside onto the deck, I sat down at one of the tables and opened my beer. I took a sip then sat the bottle on the table, I leaned back in the chair and ran my fingers through my hair and sighed.

"Couldn't sleep?" I dropped my hands and turned to see Darren standing by the table.

"What are you doing up?" I asked him pushing a chair out with my foot and nodded to him to sit.

"I'm a werewolf man, I've got superhuman hearing" he said taking a seat across from me. "I heard you go down the stairs and out the door" he said looking at me. "So" he folded his hands on the table in front of him, "what's up?" he glared at me.

"I'm sure you overheard what I told the guys earlier" I stated.

"I did" he replied.

I leaned forward placing my elbows on the table twisting my beer bottle in my hands, "I'm scared, I'm so f*****g afraid that I'm going to lose Emma and there's nothing I can do about it" I try not to let the tears escape my eyes. "I hate this man, I hate that they are doing this to us and I'm powerless to stop them" I lowered my head and placed my hands on the back of my neck.

"Screw them man" he threw his hands in the hair. "They won't win this, they can't undo what the Gods put in motion" he stated sternly.

"I hope you're right" I looked up at him.