Her Hybrid Alpha (book 2)

Chapter 9 Anya POV

How many times could our lives be hit by someone or something new in this case? I was sitting in the library with the girls trying to find something about these legendary warlocks. Tiron and Fero had disappeared and said they were going to go check their books and journals for anything that could be useful, plus check in with some friends to see if they could help them. " I'm getting exhausted by this already. We've only been witches a few months, and already I've had enough of the drama " Lisa sighs as she throws another book to one side.

Emily smiles at her, it was lovely to see her so content now that she and Micheal are fully mated. She had carried sadness around her before, but she couldn't be blamed for what had happened to her and her husband. "There will be quiet moments where you must enjoy peace. But I'm afraid your life will be alot more interesting from now on. Speaking of we have to go to the witch lands soon" she said softly. Standing up, I stretched out my back. " Let's go now. I want to get back and get in bed. Don't know about you guys, but I'm beat" I say yawning.

" I'll let Dante know where we are going " Sophie says. She's quiet for a minute, lost in her conversation. She seems to scowl and then huff, " He doesn't want us going alone, he wants us to take Micheal, Charlotte and Kristophe. He's sending the guys up". Charlotte goes over and hugs her. " You know he's just wanting to keep you guys safe " she grins at a playfully scowling Sophie. It's only a minute later when Kristophe and Michael arrive.

They came close so we could touch them, Charlotte keeping her arm around Sophie. We seemed to be getting quicker at moving ourselves around. In seconds, we were there. We were greeted with chaos. Everyone had already gathered for our arrival. But it wasn't like it usually was, everyone hanging around laughing and joking. No, there was shouting and arguments. People even get physical by pushing. Looking at the girls, they are just as shocked. " What the hell's going on ?" Hailey says. " I don't know but where about to find out", I say.

Stepping forward, I cup my hands over my mouth and shout as loudly as I can. " Quiet " a few heads turns and notice. They tap someone else, and it goes on like that until. The field becomes quiet. " Does anyone want to tell us what's happening?" I shout to the crowd. People all start to look around, and then an elderly female puts her hand up in the middle of the crowd. People move and part ways as she begins to make her way forward. She smiles at us all " Royalties " she bows and I still find that weird.

Sophie speaks to her." What's happening here ?" . The old lady sighs, her face turning from joy to worry really fast. " Your Royal . . . " Sophie interrupts her. " Please use our names, none of this your royalty business". Sophie pulls a face at the thought and the old lady laughs.

" OK Sophie, we have felt a shift in the earth's magic. You see you get your magic from the fates and us. But we enhance our powers using the earth. Well, it's been weaker, like something is taking it all. Della can talk to our ancestors, and they've been silent too. She's tried everything to reach them and nothing ". She looked back at a woman who was nearby and hiding among the crowd. She waves her forward, but the woman doesn't move.

" You'll have to excuse her, she spends so much time with the dead. She's shy around the living ". Stepping down and off of the stage, I made my way over to the girl. Out of all four of us, this should probably be Hailey or Sophie. They were the soft touches. But the girl didn't look freaked. She looked at us like she didn't trust us. Coming to a stop, I looked at her oddly colored eyes, green and brown, almost spiraled, her hair was tied up in a bun and black. She had black make-up around her eyes. She looked straight at me, eyes assessing and distant. " Della, right ?" I said, and she nodded just once, sharply, abruptly.

" Well Della, I see you don't trust us. Why would you we are new and the way you met us wasn't pleasant. But do the ancestors say anything bad of us? When they did speak, that is ". Her lips turned up in a sinister grin.

" They do not ". I grinned back. Her voice was smokey, like a gravel-deep one you'd expect more from a man than a female. " Well then, what makes you distrust us ?" I asked. She lets out a small chuckle. " I do not distrust you, I just believe my loyalty is earned, and I do not know you" she says, looking at the four of us.

Crossing my arms over my chest, I raised a brow at her. " Then you are not stupid, we do still need to prove ourselves to you, all of you, we get that ". She looked at her own people, then behind me where I knew the other girls were standing. " They just stopped talking, they came to me and said they needed to shut the doors. Someone or something was trying to access them. They have not left, they've simply retreated. When they do so, their magic will also they supply to the earth. For them to leave means something big is coming. All past royalties are with the dead. You gained royal powers here on earth, but they still feed the earth for us. Someone hacks that they hack a bomb, let's just say".

I got it. They get to them. They have pure magic, and it's also never ending. They're already dead. They can't weaken and die, like if, for instance, you tapped me or my sisters. " Thank you, Della, can I ask if they speak to you again? You'll let us know ". She nods just once and walks back, getting lost in the crowd. " What will we do when we become weak? We will be sitting ducks" someone shouts from the crowd. The chaos erupts again, and I quickly get to the girls. " This isn't good" I say, and they all murmur their agreement. " Valerie, Emily, what do we do here ?" Lisa asks.

This was something we wouldn't know how to deal with. Things have been so chaotic and now again, that we haven't even got to be among our people. " Get them all to calm down and then reassure them you are all here. We need to somehow speak to the ancestors, they must know what it is. While we figure that out, they should all stay within the Witchlands, you girls need to be here more and create barriers. If wizards and other kinds alike find out we are weakening, they will try to wipe out our kind. You girls need to learn our history quickly " Valerie said, her usually softer self missing, understandable with her mate currently against us.

We are reminded again just how much our time is divided. How much we still had to learn and the responsibilities we now have. All our time has been spent protecting the kingdoms and now a hybrid pack. But what about the witches, what about our own people? Of course, we hadn't asked for this and kind of just got it thrust upon us. But we have been trusted with this and so far I'd say we were blowing it. The only thing we've done is use them to gain more power by tapping into them.

Valerie and Emily go into the crowd and start speaking to people. They do it with so much ease. They are hugged and kissed easily and welcomed because they know them. Us four are complete strangers. " Ever felt more like you were failing at something than you do right now ?" I ask quietly, so only the girls hear. Hailey lets out a rush of air like she'd been holding her breath. Lisa groans and Sophie replies with" Nope, this is pretty much it. Even my parents constant disappointment didn't feel this bad ".

Turning to Kristophe, Charlotte and Micheal, who were all watching the crowd. " We will be here a while. We are not in danger. You could always go back", I offered. They refuse to go point-blank. "Let's see if the Jinns will come too. They know alot about everything really, " I laugh.

" I'll speak with Dante " Sophie says, and I look back at all the eyes looking at us expectant. Even in a courtroom during my first ever trial as a junior law assistant when someone's freedom was on our shoulders, I didn't feel this much pressure. But then again, that was one person's life. This was a hundreds. I can understand how Dante felt trying to save the kingdoms and now Darius with the pack.

" Can we have your attention?" I shouted out, and those that had gone back to talking were now looking at us. " We understand all of your worries and fears.We also understand that we are new to all of this and don't know your ways. My sisters and I promise we will do everything we can to protect you and find out what is happening here ". Someone from the back, a young man shouts" You need to be among us for a while to really know us, to protect us. We know you all have mates, you saved the vampires. We helped you save the vampires. Now you need to save us".

They didn't know we now also had a hybrid problem now too, telling them all that now didn't seem appropriate. I turn to look at Sophie, Hailey and Lisa. " We stay " Sophie says, and Hailey and Lisa both say the same. Our mates wouldn't like this, but the kingdoms are now safe. Maybe it was time they now came to our kingdom for a bit. We could still help Darius with the Hybrids, who knows being here might give us answers regarding the legendary warlocks. They are magic users after all. Turning back around, I lifted my hands up. " We are staying for a while" I shouted, and rounds of applause came from everywhere.

" Show us where we can stay" I say, laughing. All the times we have been here to visit them, it was in this field. We had never been to the villages. That's what Emily and Valerie said. It is just a big village hidden within a realm.

" Dante says our mates are on the way. They all said they would stay here with us ". Hailey nods. Cole must have told her the same " What about the kingdom?" I asked, and I was answered by Darius, in my head. "It's now safe. Vincent has been told plus the head guards that we would be out for the night. We are coming to you, baby, the Jinns are fetching us soon ".

The crowd starts to move towards the tree line and, one by one, they walk in and disappear from sight. " Let's go lady's the Jinns know how to get in," Valerie says. We follow the crowd and when we step through the tree line. It's like the vampire kingdom. When you go from forest to civilization, it was more rustic, old-worldly but homely.

Buildings that looked new but designed to look old. The little old lady from before is standing looking at us, taking it all in. " It's designed to look a bit like New Orleans " she says, laughing. " It does " Sophie says. I remember that's where Arakas had taken her to. " Come this way I'll show you the Royaltie house " , I looked at Emily puzzled. " There was a house built specifically for the royalties. They'd been getting it ready, cleaning it all up and removing stuff from your predecessors. It's beautiful. You'll all love it " Emily says, smiling at my confusion.