Undefeated Mother

25. New Power and Purple Eyes

25. Felicity POV

I woke up the smell of coffee, I didn’t even know what time it was, heck I didn’t even know where I was. I lifted my head and left immediate pain my neck. I realised I slept with my head down on the desk.

“Morning Mother” Poppy’s voice rang in my head. I used to miss the days I could wake up in the morning and go training, now my life involved paperwork and training other people, with the hell of a lot of caffeine.

“Morning Poppy, what’s on today’s agenda?” I asked stretching my limbs.

“Well, some of the Dark Shade Daughters are coming back today for an exchange. The Stonecross Daughters are also exchanging. The new recruits need to be trained alongside the new pack warriors” she was talking to me but I wasn’t listening. This whole talk about packs and training was going over my head.

“Come on get ready, we need to fight” I said walking out of  the room.

“Mother, but the plans. Urghhh you frustrate me” I heard her shout behind me.

In the arena Poppy was trying to get the best of me but every advancement she made failed. Since splitting my soul with Estrid my senses have increased. I heard every step she took, ever deep breath before her advancement. She was a strong warrior and she wasn’t giving up so easily, I always wondered what it would be like if she was a wolf.

“Poppy protect your left side” I was getting slowly agitated with her, she was getting slower by the second and I could see that her emotions were getting to her.

“FURY STOP!” she screamed, stopping me before delivering another blow.

“What is it?” I approached her. “Have I hurt you?” I asked concerned.

“Are you being serious? Did you hurt me? You delivered about 50 blows to my ribs, and you moved like a cheetah” she bent over in pain and was taking in deep breaths.

“What?” I couldn’t believe what she said, I delivered about five blows not fifty.

“You didn’t see it? Fury I couldn’t punch you”.

“You’re telling me that not only I can split my soul but now I can move ten times as fast as normal people?” I was shocked and stepped back away from Poppy.

“Like you were ever a normal person” she stood up and started laughing at me. I walked over to her and slapped her on the arm, I wasn’t finding this situation funny.

We walked back into the house as the young Daughters were walking out to train, they all ran up to hug me but I saw Cassidy’s face and I immediately knew something was wrong. I told all of them to go and set up but I pulled Cassidy back by her arm. I crouched down and looked at her sweet little face.

“Good morning sweetie, is everything okay?” I asked.

“Yes Mother” she said in a monotone voice.

“Cassidy who do I hate the most in the world?” I sked coldly.

“Liars” she let out a massive sigh and looked up at me. “Mommy, what’s wrong with me?”. I was stunned she only called me mommy when she was younger or afraid.

“There’s nothing wrong with you” I answered bringing her in closer for a hug. As her head sat perfectly in the crook of my neck I heard her whimper. “Sweetie what’s wrong?”.

“I can hear someone in my head and she keeps talking to me. I don’t like it, I want her to leave me alone. I don’t want to be crazy”. Her wolf was coming out, she just turned 4 and it was too young for her. I knew she could mindlike me but I thought it was because I was her  blood mother.

“Okay listen to me, that voice is your best friend, you need to listen to that voice because that is your instinct. That little voice might save your life. You two will be best friends, in training today I want you to listen to that voice and I promise you, you will be the best fighter. You see I have a voice as well and it is the reason why I am the Mother” I kissed her on her head and patted her bum as she ran towards her friends. I felt like I needed to read some more about Royal children.

I spent all afternoon in the library before Francis knocked on the door. His eyes were tired and I knew he was missing his mate. I wasn’t going to mention it but I had a feeling her Name was going to pop up soon.

“Naomi said there is going to be a war” there it was, I didn’t have to wait long.

“Yeah you said yesterday, Francis do you feel stronger?” I asked staring at him. “It’s just that in this book it says the more Royals there are the stronger they will get. With Levi getting his full power I think Cassidy can feel her wolf, which is crazy because wolves are not supposed to come out until the human is 18” I let out a long breath.

I heard Poppy coming down the corridor and I knew Francis’ hearing improved as well as he turned towards the door. I was worried as he didn’t answer my question.

“Oh hey you guys, some of the Daughters have come back so I thought I would let you know. Francis…” she stopped talking. “What’s wrong with you?” she came into my office and put her hands on either side of his face. He stood there frozen and in shock, he didn’t know if he should be scared of her or fight her off. She turned his face towards the lamp and that’s when I saw them, his canines were hanging past his lips.

“Francis what the hell, Poppy close the door. You have to retract them, you can’t be walking around with your canines hanging out. They are weapons you know and we have young children here” he focused on them and after a minute he sat down on the sofa in the office with his head in his palms.

“I need her, my wolf needs her, no amount of sleep or runs will replace her. Do you know how hard it is, to know she is surrounded by the Elders? You have no idea the pain I am in?” he stood up and punched the wall.

“I have no idea? I have been kept prisoner by a f*****g Vampire king! I have been chained and poisoned, whilst Kilian was at home with a witch. So don’t bullshit me about your mate, you chose to mark her, you knew you were going to leave her yet you still marked her. I gave birth to a child through the pain of rejection and there is someone who caused all of that, yet I am sitting here alone and confused. WHILE HE IS GETTING MARRIED TO VIOLET, I AM HERE… ALONE!” I didn’t realise I started shouting and Poppy came further into the room. “Sorry I didn’t mean to shout”. I went back to my desk and sat behind it.

“Fury did you say Violet? Who’s Violet and Kilian is getting married?” Poppy asked  confused. I didn’t get a chance to tell her since Francis informed me about the wedding last night.

“Kilian needs to protect his Pack and the only way to make them stronger is to marry a wolf from another Pack and  make her the Luna. She’s a little bit weird purple hair and purple eyes. I guess the name matches her” Francis explained the situation to Poppy as her face only got more confused.

“But Fury, you told me that the rejection was a witches curse so therefore you are still the Luna” Poppy seemed to be piecing something together.

“When he marries she will be the official Castor Luna and they will have lovely pups with purple eyes and…”

“PURPLE EYES” Poppy shouted at the top of her lungs jumping out of the chair she was sitting in. Immediately Estrid and Levi were ready to jump out and their claws were coming out.

“What the hell is wrong with you?!” Francis shouted grabbing her by the shoulder.

“Fury I’m so sorry I never told you but I didn’t think it was important. When Cassius was born and we were at the hospital, you know me and Kilian, well not like me and him together like you two were together but me and him were there looking at the babies and”.

“Goddess help me if you don’t get to the point!”

“My point is when I was leaving he was still madly in love with you. It was only after I left the mate bond broke, or we thought it broke because now we know it’s a curse. When I was walking out of the NICU a panicked woman stormed in and looked for ‘someone’ I thought she meant ababy but she meant Kilian.” She took a deep breath in I looked at Francis who didn’t know what was happening.

“How do you know it was her?”.

“Because of her eyes, she had purple eyes and purple hair. She was the same woman who came in looking for Cassius when we were in Kilian’s office. I was stupid not to notice her before. Fury, she is the witch that tired to break the bond and now she is marrying Kilian”.

I grabbed her shaking hands in mine and looked in her eyes, she was telling the truth.

“She’s not marrying him, she’s killing him, she’s killing the Marble Pack”.