The witch and the wolf

ch3

I finally make it home, mom's car isn't here.

I chill out in my room just lazing about in my bed for the past hour and half until I hear the front door open, I quickly get up and pretend I'm reading one of my school books. I hear footsteps getting closer to my room, my mom stands in front of my door with her arms crossed and her face has a disappointing expression.

"I'm making a snack, do you want a sandwich?" She asked me, I nod my head. She turns away from me and walks towards the kitchen.

I feel anxious, I'm waiting for the storm of her wrath to come at me. A few minutes later I put down my book and walk to the kitchen, she was cutting the lettuce in a aggressive way, she's obviously angry.

She finishes the sandwiches and puts her hands on the counter and leans her weight in to them. I get closer to her.

"Mo-" I started but she was quick and grabbed the kitchen knife and my arm, she cuts my cheek. I stumble back after she let me go, I put pressure on my cheek. I know her punishments are ruthless and I was expecting her to yell and beat me but not cut me. I have my back against the wall not daring to move again especially not run from her.

"You have no idea....of how much trouble you are in Jazmine." Mom speaks in a calm scary tone, I can see her veins turning black on her hands working it's way up her arm.

"M-mom I'm sorr-" I tried to apologize but she lifts her hand up and I quickly shut my mouth.

"I didn't say for you to speak child! I do not want to hear another word from your mouth, nod if you understand." Her veins were back to being normal. I nod my head slowly.

"Good now go and practice your magic for Sunday, I do not need you embarrassing me again like you did today when I got a phone call from your school." She tosses my sandwich in the garbage and turns her back to me. I walk out of the kitchen and out the front door, I wait until I'm a few feet away from the house to let a few tears fall from my eyes. I go towards the woods close to our house and start to chant working my hands in a circular motion.

After walking a while I look around to see where I am and I feel completely lost, f*ck I time walked again but I'm not sure where I'm at, I noticed it's almost time for the sun to set.

I drop to my knees and dig my fingers in to the dirt, I feel sad and angry so I use this energy to channel in to my magic. I start to chant without moving my hands, I can see the veins in my arms darken and I let a bellowing scream out making the ground shake the trees around me, I see birds flying out of the trees. I make the air around me start to swirl making the leaves around me go in circles looking like a turnado form, I stop, feeling the energy radiating off of me, I pull my hands out of the dirt and wipe my eyes. I focus on a tree in front of me and watch the leaves start to smoke slowly setting the tree on fire and keep the fire in control not letting it spread but in the tree itself and watch it turn in to ash. I focus on the next tree and start doing the same thing as I did to the first one but I stop when I realized I was crying again.

"I'd appreciate it if you would stop burning my tree's" He chuckled out.

That voice... Eli. I get up off my knees and wipe my eyes before turning to face him. When I do face him his smile he just had went to a angry expression, he moves to me so fast that I nearly fall backwards but he catches me, he holds my face turning my head to the side. I forgot about my face!

"I'm going to f*cking kill Danny and his pack!"

"It wasn't him..." I tell him averting my eyes anywhere else but his.

"Who did this?"

Would he try and kill my mom if I told it was her? How would he feel it was my mom?

"Tell me please, I can't think straight right now Jaz."

The way he's making me feel is better than just crying it out, just his hands on my face makes the cut feel better. He makes me feel better.

"My mom..."

His face went from angry to worried to sad and back to angry, wolves are emotional creatures but I wish I could read his thoughts right now.

"Why would she hurt you?"

"You ever disappointed your parents before? You ever used magic at school even though it's not allowed? You ever feel like a disappointment to your family name?" I try to cover the sadness in my voice with a weak smile.

He pulls me in close to him hugging me tight, I take this time to relax in to him and breath him in calming my nerves.

"I'm sorry about the trees...where am I? Am I on your land?"

"Don't worry about the trees and yeah you are actually close to the pack house...how did you get here? How did you get past my patrol team?"

"I...uh when I get lost in thought I time walk and I usually end up somewhere more familiar...I am really sorry about trespassing."

"Don't be sorry...I'm actually glad your here I'm just surprised haha, that's pretty cool you can do that even though it was an accident."

We stayed quiet for the next few minutes until I pull away from him and he doesn't fight me.

"I should get back home my mom....is probably wondering where I'm at..."

He shakes his head no, "Your not going back there, I'm sorry but I can't let you." He grabs my arm and looks at my cheek again.

"I have to or I'll be in even more trouble.."

"Sorry but nope. Come back with me and let me clean that cut please."

My mom knows I get lost when I time walk so she probably won't care if I come back late.

"Okay lead the way" I tell him and he gives me a big smile. He pulls me in the direction of the burnt trees.

"Let me grow the trees back first, I feel bad about it."

I start to chant and revive the partially burnt tree, Eli looks amazed by it. I get close to the next one but he stops me before I start my chant.

"You can fix this one by planting a seed instead of using your magic."

He smiles at me and what a beautiful smile it is. I just nod not trusting what would come out of my mouth.

He grabs me by the hand and we start to walk again in the same direction.

We see a few kids run past us running in to the pack house but the kids stop and turn around, I assume they could smell that I was different from them. They stare at me and then quickly look at Eli after he clears his throat, they bow slightly to him and take off running towards the pack house again.

"Kids huh so sharp nowadays." Eli tells me as we keep a slower pace than before.

"Yup...You know what I really think I should get going..." I tell him as I try to get my hand free from his but he won't let go.

"Nope sorry your not leaving tonight Jaz. Come with me I want to show you something."

I follow his pull. We walk past the pack house going a few yards away from it, we come to a beautiful house, it's small but cute and simple with a big tree in front of it and a swing. He walks over to the swing and sits down and pats a the spot next to him. By this time the sun is already setting and the moon is out, I sit down staring at the moon thinking what the hell am I going to do.

"Lost in thought?"

I turn to look at him with a shy smile on my face.

"Yeah I have a few things on my mind..."

"Oh yeah? Like what?" He smirks at me.

"Well...my mom and what to expect when I get home...and I have a big test in my mom's coven on Sunday and we'll school isn't anything to me..." And obviously I'm thinking about my mate. He must know...right? I don't even know when his birthday is! The alphas around here like to keep it a secret usually to stop anyone from claiming them as theirs.

"Hmmm I have the solution to all of those problems." He wiggles his eyebrows at me in a goofy way, okay I'll bite.

"Oh really?" I raise a brow at him in amusement.

"Well you should stay here and practice until Sunday, I mean I've been told that witches are connected to the earth. And that takes care of the first two problems and school well it seems like your handling well....and you should really be asking me what's really on your mind."

...he's kidding right?