The Alpha, The Luna and The Warrior

8. Abominations and Monsters

Michelle appeared in her room in the early hours of the morning. She quickly changed her clothed and got in to bed. She had a mission today. She was going to find out how her parents feel about inter-species mating and based on their answereaction she will decide if she is going to tell them about her pregnancy and mating or not.

She could not just blindly put her faith in her parents anymore. She was not just a witch who was mated to a Beta wolf, but she was an expectant mother now. And she had a responsibility to take care of and protect her child. She was not going to make any mistakes when it came to the safety of her child. From now on her actions/steps with be thoroughly calculated and well thought of. She has toa act like a responsible mother and not as a young girl. With this conviction in mind Michelle closed her eyes and went to sleep for the few hours that she had before her maids come in her room to wake her up and get ready for school and training.

Michelle woke up to the sound of her maid calling her name and shaking her awake. When Michelle opened her eyes, she was hit directly in the eyes by the sunlight coming from the opened window. She immediately closed her eyes again and squinted them to adjust to the bright light. After a few minutes she opened her eyes again and ask the maid about the time, to which the maid reply that it was 7 in the morning and she must wake up and get ready as she only has half an hour to get ready for school.

Michelle quickly woke up and ran to the adjoined bathroom to get ready. When she got out of the bathroom after a quick shower and brushing her teeth, she found her clothes for the day already laid out on the bed. She quickly put them on, brushed her hair, picked up her school bag and rushed downstairs.

She wanted to talk to her parents at breakfast table about the inter-species mating but because she was already late for school, she decided to have that chat during dinner when she will have plenty of time. She grabbed an apple and quickly rushed outside where her best friend was waiting in the car already. She hopped in and said hello to her best friend Charlie. After their greeting Charlie sped the car out of the driveway towards school. Their school was only ten minutes by car so, it did not take them long to reach there. They arrived a few minutes before the final bell went off. Both Charlie and Michelle quickly ran towards their lockers to exchange the books for the day after parking their car.

The school day passed slower than Michelle would have liked as she was anxious about the talk she was going to have with her family. The only consolation that she had was that Grayson was continuously in touch with her through messages and phone calls in between classes and lunch break. Still, it was not enough, but Grayson could not see her today as he had to attend an important meeting together with his alpha with another pack. The pack had requested for help because they are facing vampire attacks. Grayson will be out of town with his Alpha assisting the other pack with their vampire problem.

When the school ended Charlie and Michelle drove home in Charlie’s car. Charlie decided to stay at Michelle’s house until dinner so that they could finish their homework together and have afternoon training of their magic and physical combat skills. They usually train in the afternoons with either Michelle’s father or her mother. The picked some snacks from the kitchen and went upstairs to Michelle’s room.

Soon, it was dinner time and Michelle, and Charlie were called downstairs to have dinner. Michelle was really anxious about this dinner. Her heart was hammering in her chest and mouth was going dry.

She was scared and anxious is an understatement. This was her whole life. Her parents, her best friends, and her people that she was supposed to lead one day but if her parent’s aversion to inter-species mating is extreme, she will have to leave everything she know and loves behind and that thought alone brought pain in her heart that was indescribable.

There is no doubt that she loves her mate and pup more than she can ever express in words, but it does not mean that she loves her parents or coven any less. It was a choice of a lifetime that she did not wish even upon her enemies.

Her thoughts suddenly lead her to the story of mating between a fae girl and a vampire Prince. There story was shared among people as a lesson to never fall in love or accept another species as mates. It was said that the fae girl was a light fae and mated a vampire prince, it happened decades ago. There secret was revealed when the girl fell pregnant and started showing. Their people killed both the girl and the prince when they tried to run away. No one knows what happened to the child. There are many rumors surrounding the first ever hybrid child. But no one knows for sure.

Suddenly Michelle hand flew over her stomach in fierce protectiveness. She will never let any harm come to her child even if she has to fight the whole world alone. With that renewed determination she descended the stairs with newfound confidence and energy.

Charlie and she reached the dining room and took their usual seats. Soon the dinner was served, and everybody started talking happily. Michelle took a deep breath and started the story about the lost hybrid prince. She thought that talking about the prince was a good way to start talking about inter-species mating as it will bring less suspicion on her as to why she is suddenly interested in such abhorrent matings. She asked her mother if anyone heard about what happened to the vampire/fae prince after his parents were killed. But her mother told her that non one knows. Its’ like the child vanished from the face of the earth. Both the Fae kingdom and the vampire kingdom tried to find the child but to no avail. They wanted such abomination destroyed. Both kingdoms wanted no trace of such repugnant act on the face of the earth.

After listening to her mother’s words, a chill of fear rocked Michelle’s body. But she held herself together and gave a small smile to her mother. She then asked her mother how they would handle if anything like that happened in their coven. Her father was quick to answer, the bond is to be rejected by both parties involved quickly. If they are not ready to do that, they will be held captive for the rest of their lives in the dungeons as they are the light witches, and it is frowned upon in their community killing your own coven members.

If the mating has resulted in the pregnancy such monstrosity will be gotten rid of as soon as possible. His father continued and Michelle felt sick to her stomach.

Her thoughts went to her own child and she thought in ferocity that she did not know she possessed that her child is not a monster. It is the result of love between herself and her mate and such child can never be a monster. If anything, it is a gift from the goddess, its an angel that has brought immense amount of happiness and content in her and Grayson’s life.

Her mother’s voice brought Michelle out of her musing when Michelle’s mother Leonie asked her about what she is thinking. Michelle gave her a smile and told her that she was just thinking how she would handle something like this. Because she does not think that she could ever kill a child or order for such a thing to be done. To which her father told her that as a leader she will have to make such hard decisions to ensure the survival and purity of our bloodline. Which honestly made Michelle’s blood boil, but she held her tongue because she could not give herself away and it would be unwise to act rashly according to unstable emotions.

Rest of the dinner went quite with a certain tension in the air. Even Charlie was tense and quite which Michelle found odd but said nothing.

After dinner Charlie went to her house and Michelle went back to her own room. After reaching her room she called Grayson and told him everything that she discussed with her parents and what she learned from them. Grayson also said that he talked to his father too and had the same reaction. Grayson’s said that his pack will never trust someone from another species. So, they had no choice but to run away and hide to protect themselves and their child.

Unbeknownst to Michelle, Grayson had another worry looming over him. He knew he is strong and so is Michelle. But no matter how strong they both are, they could never fight a pack of wolves and a witch coven on their own. Especially one of the strongest packs and coven. Everyone knows that Michelle’s family is the descendant of the royal family and their force is to be reckoned with. There are also rumours that Michelle’s father is an expert in dark magic too. Even if he is a light witch. Which makes him extremely powerful. He decided that they should not talk about such grave matters on the phone and decided to hide his worries from Michelle for the time being.

They talked some more on the phone, talking about how their day went and how much they missed each other. Grayson told Michelle that he will be back on the next three days. Which made Michelle really sad and depressed because the baby and her already missed Grayson terribly. Especially after learning the news that her own family might try to kill her child. Which made Michelle anxious and restless. She just wanted Grayson’s arms around her, making her feel safe.

Their chat was disturbed by a knock on Michelle’s door. She quickly said bye to Grayson and disconnected the call and jumped from the bed. She opened her door to see her mother standing there with two glasses of milk and cookies.

Leonie gave a big smile to her daughter and asked permission to enter. Michelle moved to the side and allowed her mother to enter. Her mother left the tray with milk glasses and cookies on the side table and sat on the bed, she opened her arms for Michelle, and she jumped in her mother’s embrace. She did not realise how much she missed her mother’s hugs. Since meeting Grayson, she had distanced herself from everyone in the fear of spilling her secret unintentionally, she felt really bad about it but there was nothing much she could do. It was either her parents or her mate and child. As much as she will miss her parents, she knows that they will be safe. But her mate and child will not be. So, with a broken heavy heart she chose her mate and child over her parents and decided to enjoy her mother’s heavenly smell and embrace as much as she can for now.

Her mother started talking about what happened at dinner.

I know you are a bit shaken about what your father said, Leonie starts. And I also know how soft hearted you are, and how difficult it will be for you to take such actions. But you have to keep reminding yourself that you are doing it to protect your coven, Leonie continues talking while stroking her daughter’s back lovingly.

You never know which way such disgusting abomination will turn. We don’t know what powers the child will possess. It might be un-tameable, a monster. That might end up killing the whole coven. Leonie keeps justifying her mate and husband’s words without realizing that her words were driving knives through her daughter’s heart.

Michelle on the other hand did not even realize that she was crying. Both mother and daughter realized that Michelle was crying when Leonie felt wetness on her night gown. She raised Michelle’s face from her chest and wiped her tears with a sympathetic smile.

She told Michelle that being a leader tough decisions have to be made and sometimes we have to do things that are against our principles and values. After that she gave Michelle a glass of milk and a cookie. She told Michelle that she might never be in such a situation, so there really was no need to feel sad that hasn’t even happened yet. But little did Leonie know how wrong she was, and soon she was going to lose her daughter and a grandchild she did not even know about.

Michelle on the other hand drank her glass of milk with a lump in her throat and her heart trying to jump out of her chest. She still fought hard against her emotions and tried to keep the tears and hiccups at bay that wanted to escape her.

Reading on her daughter’s heavy emotions Leonie tried to change the topic about Michelle’s coronation. Which would be done next year. Michelle was Leonie’s pride and joy; she was destined to be one of the strongest witches of all time and Leonie could not hide her joy.

Seeing her mother so happy about her coronation brought even more sadness to Michelle. She was going to break her mother’s beautiful heart intentionally in the worst way possible. But she still tried to share her mother’s happiness about the coronation and started making plans about the dress she will wear, or what kind of food she wants for the guests and such. Her mother left Michelle alone after talking to her for few more minutes and left her room with the empty dishes.

Michelle decided to take a quick shower and brush her teeth before bed. She also made sure that the poultice around her waist with the enchanted herbs to hide her change in scent is also intact.

After making sure that the poultice is still intact, and the door is properly locked she lay in her bed trying to come up with a perfect escape plan that will ensure safety of her child and mate.

While thinking about different scenarios and plans about escaping without anyone getting hurt Michelle drifted off to sleep.