The Hidden Wolf

Chapter 10

POV Miracle

As we sat waiting for Andre and Ronny to start the slideshow, I was only thinking of my dream from the night before. I knew I had to keep it a secret, but I wanted to know how Ezra was able to enter my dream. Being around him gave me that warm fuzzy feeling of wanting to break out in song and dance. I pulled out my phone to Google "Dreamscape". It was a long shot. All that came up was something about some old movie. Maybe I could ask during this slide show.

Andre stood up in front of everyone and cleared his throat to get everyone’s attention. “The information that we are about to go over in this PowerPoint is for Mira’s benefit more than anything, if anyone has any information to add please speak up.” “Now if everyone is settled let’s begin,” Andre said and nodded to Ronny.

The first slide showed a family tree. The first row of the chart was just Moon Goddess, with no name listed next to her name. The next line listed Lucia the maker, and Marie. “Our Moon Goddess had an affair with a mortal and gave birth to twin girls. Lucia and Marie are the twin sisters and the first witches born.” “We don’t have much history of Marie, other than she created a parallel world to keep herself and her children safe from Lucia’s creations. Or at least that is the story that I have been told. Lucia is the only one that could give us more information on her sister. But no one was brave enough to ask, as it had made her very upset in the past when it had been brought up. And we do not wish to upset Lucia”, Andre said as he made eye contact with me. I nodded to him, to let him know that I understood.

“Both sisters had a happy childhood with both parents in the home. The moon goddess taught them how to harvest and channel their magic in a positive way. But she never prepared them for how to handle themselves when the pain and grief were brought into their hearts. The sisters grew up and married and were starting to have families of their own when things changed. Lucia was pregnant with twin sons, who both died during childbirth. During the time that Lucia was grieving the loss of her sons, she was scorned by her husband’s infidelity, which led to him fathering a child with another woman. That is when her witchcraft turned dark, and she created Annastacia, Leilah, and Eziah.”

“Lucia’s first creation was Eziah, who was named after her eldest son that she lost”. Andre looked at me to see if I was putting the names together, but I kept a poker face. “The written history is that a born witch can only be female. Eziah was the first male witch created, and Lucia called him her “Warlock”. Lucia trained Eziah on how to bring war upon her husband and the world. There were reasons why men were not witches. They could not harness and control their power. Men have always been greedy for power, and with greed came death”. Andre nodded to Ronny to click to the next slide. The slide showed some maps. I didn’t recognize them from any of my history classes. “Eziah is the one responsible for cooking up the bubonic plague, it was never meant to spread as far as it did or kill so many. This is a map showing just how many were infected with a spell that was only supposed to harm a small family”, Andre said as he pointed at the map. I raised my hand to ask a question like I was in class. Andre chucked at me, “Yes Mira, you don’t have to raise your hand”. “Where is Eziah now? Is he a relative of my mate?” I asked Andre. Everyone’s eyes were on Andre, waiting for his reply to my second question. Andre’s eyes got big; I didn’t think he was going to answer me at first. “We are not 100% certain, but there is speculation,” he said with a half-smile. “And as to Eziah’s whereabouts, that is unknown. There are different rumors, and none have been proven. At least no one has laid eyes on him in over 800 years.” I didn’t like Andre’s answers. I felt like he was holding something back. Maybe he was not supposed to tell me, but I was not going to let this go. I wanted to know whether I would have to search for the answers myself.

Andre clapped his hands, a few of the warriors were falling asleep. “All right let’s take a break, everyone gets up and walks around outside, to get some fresh air”. I wasn’t going to object to Andre giving us a break. My butt was starting to fall asleep in that chair. Besides, I thought maybe I could ask Jen if she knew anything about dreamscapes. She was the only one that I thought would be safe to ask without being drilled why I was asking.

We all made our way to the stairwell to exit the parking lot. I looped my arm and through Jen’s “Hey want to walk with me? I need some girl time away from the guys” I said. “Oh sure, anything you need your majesty” she replied with a smile. This may be easier than I thought to get information without Andre, Sam, and Ronny worrying about me. “So, when I was taking a class in high school, they talked about dreamscapes. Can you tell me what a dreamscape is, and who can create it”, I asked. Jen stopped walking in her tracks and looked at me. Oh no, was she going to know, did I just ask something wrong? “Only a conjuror can create a dreamscape, it is a parallel world that can only be entered from a dream if invited,” she said.