The Change of Time

CHAPTER 8

Elizabeth P.O.V

It has been two weeks of reading Journal after Journal and our families certainly did not get along. I have found out that the firstborn of each Hunter family has the Hunter gene and now I know why my aunt was so bitter towards my mother. I haven’t spoken to her since I asked her for my necklace. Maybe I need to phone her and tell her what I know. Maybe it will revive our once so strong bond. “What you thinking about?” Eric asked. “Not much, thanks for the caffeine.” “It’s my pleasure. Found anything interesting in you Grandfathers Journal.” “Ya, listen to this.”

25 April 1835

My son came back from Black Woods and it excited me to learn how he took care of the Warlock until he mentioned her name. They are a family that we are supposed to hate. That family is an abomination to the Hunter communities, and I must have slaughtered them when I had the chance. They are protecting those… those animals, and they needed to be dealt with. My son needs to understand the principle of who they really are. Then we can work out a plan to wipe out that b***h and her sorry excuse for a family.

“Wow... he certainly did not like you mother's family.” “No, he did not. I wonder...” “What is it Beautiful?” “You don’t maybe think it was him... you know.” “How could it have been? Your parents told you that your grandparents on both sides had passed away.” “Ya... you right, I’m overreacting.” “Is there more?”

05 March 1835

How can he be so shortsighted? I showed him everything and still he went and married that... that thing. I will not tolerate this, and he is no longer my son. We will go after her family. She will have no one left and then I will get her. But first... I need to train my other son. He may not have the gift, but he will become the toughest there ever was.

25 March 1835

What the f**k just happened. How can the council over through me... me of all people and let Henry and that… that thing take over? They will be overrun with creature in no time. If not so, then I will make them pay, mark my words... Jhon has agreed to be trained and together we will be ruthless. I already worked out how to get to the b***h’s parents. They will not see it coming.

“And that is it. He wrote nothing more. Well…, nothing we know about.” “It’s tragic really, he going all crazy like that. I mean, some of us really just prefer to live in peace.” “I know... I know. You don’t think that maybe that is how my grandparents died, do you?” “It could be... I mean, if he went after your mother’s parents, I’m sure they did not just remain still and let him kill them.” “Ya... this is getting very depressing. I don’t think that I want to study these anymore.” “Well, we studied most of them already and you know by now of all things creeping in the shadow’s. Maybe we must do something physical.” “Physically you say...” “Yes Elizabeth, like training maybe, but I love the way you think...” “I was thinking about running, Eric, nothing ells.” “Ya... I believe you.” Erick said with that stupid, but o so sexy smirk. “We can start tomorrow. Now I just want to lie on the couch and watch a movie.” “Sure what movie you want to watch?” “Seriously Eric.” “What... what did I do.” “You know what you did speaking in that o I crave you voice.” “Ha ha ha, if you say so, but I know you love it.” “Whatever...”

So the next day, Eric met me outside in the garden and we started sparring with each other. He never expected that I will be capable of kicking his ass the way I did. We exchanged a few punches and kicks. Suddenly, he tried to come from behind and grab me. Stupid... he failed to remember that I can anticipate his every move. I took him by the arm, throwing him over my shoulder and he somehow got hold of my legs and in an instant I was falling on top of him and knocking his breath out. We both started chuckling and I’m not sure what happened, but I just could not stop myself. I kissed him... heavily... “I’m so, so sorry, I...” “You look so quiet when you’re blushing.” “I’m not blushing.” “Yes, you are.” “Whatever.” I said as I was trying to get up, but his grasp just got tighter. I looked down at him, and then his lips took mine. There is nothing I can do but give into him. I was totally addicted already. He tastes like melted creamy chocolate and he smelled like freshly cut grass. I can’t think about a day that I was happier than right now. I don’t think I can ever get enough of him until the bell ranged. We both pulled away, looking in the direction. “You expecting someone?” “Not that I know of.” “I will go and see who it is… don’t you move.” He said and winked at me. All red, my face was as red as a ripe tomato, I could feel it.

As I laid there on the grass, until I heard my aunt’s voice. What is she doing here? I got up and rushed into the house. “Aunt Marie, what a pleasant surprise.” I hugged her and gave Eric an I’m so sorry look, but he just smiled, being the gentleman he is. “Aunt Marie, I would like you to meet...” “I already met your dashing boyfriend over hear and I must say you have quite the taste, Sweetheart.” “My boyfriend... yes, he is quite something.” Eric was now the one redder that a tomato. “Well, lady’s I have some matters to take care of in town, so I will leave you two to catch up. I will see you later... Babe.” “Sure thing... Babe.” At that, he gave me a smile and said his goodbye to my aunt and left.

“I’m glad to see that you are not alone Elizabeth and now I know why you haven't called. I’m won’t even be out of bed… if I had him.” “Aunt Marie...!” “What... he is handsome and I’m only a woman.” I just shook my head and smiled as I passed her to the kitchen. “Do you want something to drink?” “A cup of coffee will be nice thank you dear.” “So why did you come visit.” “O came now dear, do I have to have a reason to want to see my favorite niece?” “I’m your only niece, aunt Marie.” “All the more to come and visit. So what have you been doing except your boyfriend.” “Arg... aunt Marie... seriously.” “Aw... how I missed that blush of yours.” Must I tell her...? “Come now, spit it out. I can see you want to tell me something.” “Well, I have been… sort of training.” “Training for what. O don’t tell me you are going back to being a detective.” “Well, you might put it that way.” “Elizabeth, no, I forbid it.” “You forbid what, aunt Marie.” “You will not be one of them. Is Eric one of them.” “No, aunt Marie, he is not a Hunter, but he knows about the life.” “And he is okay with it.” “Yes aunt Marie he is more than okay with it.” “I shouldn’t have come...” “Why do you always do this?” “Do what?” “This... every time something gets hard or not to you’re liking, you run.” “I’m not running Elizabeth, but you do not know what is going on out there. It is dangerous and cruel and I did not raise you to be cruel.” “Aunt Marie, I’m not blind to what this life has in store for me, but this is who I am. This is my life now.” “So your life is killing innocents now?” “Aunt Marie, I can’t believe you even think that I can hurt an innocent.” “That is what Hunters do, that is what they were born to do. They don’t care about the lives they destroy, they only have one mission and that is to kill people of the shadows.”

I went to my aunt, and I hugged her as tightly as I could. “Please, aunt Marie, tell me what happened?” She held her cup a little tighter as she peered out into the distance. “I once had a lot of friends… a family and I was also in love. He was an amazing man with the most mesmerizing grey eyes. I loved him so much, but... they took him from me…” She went silent and I waited for her to continue. “You know he was a wolf... a Werewolf. He was my fated mate, and we were so happy… always by each other’s side. His pack took me in, even though I was human. They did not care. All they cared about was that I was the Beta of the pack’s mate and that made me one of them. We were busy planning a minor event for the youngsters that was about to shift for the first time and he was always saying that he couldn’t wait for us to have a pup. I wanted to tell him when we were in bed… I’m pregnant, but… The night of the full moon, when the youngsters would have shifted for the first time, Hunters attached us. He fought so hard… they all did, but they were nothing against a hundred Hunters. They were a small pack. They only had sixty-four members. I remember it as if it had happened yesterday. It was a m******e… they did not even bat an eye when they killed children and woman. It was nothing to them. They grabbed me, they knew who I was, and he came after them, trying to protect me. They killed him... shot him like an animal right in front of me. I saw how his eyes went dull and how his breathing stopped. They said they won’t kill me because of who I was, but this was my last warning. If they ever find me between them again, they will kill me. Elizabeth, I wish till this day that they would have killed me, believe me Sweetheart, it would have been so much easier to die than to live with this hole in my life. That night I did not just lose him… I lost our child as well. That is why I broke all ties with my family. I hated them all, all the Hunters and now you want to be the one thing I can not stand.”

I wiped the tears from my eyes and hugged her so tight; thinking that I would never let her go. “I’m sorry aunt Marie, I didn’t know.” “How could you? I told no one.” “But aunt Marie, my parents, they made the rules...” “O please, those rules meant nothing. Only about fifty of the Hunters follow them, the rest well they do as they were raised, killing...” “I will make a change aunt Marie, no one Hunter or otherwise will harm an innocent again.” “You were always so determined once you make a choice, no one can change your mind. But this will be the end of you if you go on this path. They have not and will not listen to anyone that is not like them. You know they killed your grandparents?” “I know, I have read grandpa Jack’s journal, and he made it kind of clear what he was going to do.” “Jack... you know all Hunters in my eyes are monsters, but Jack he was the worst. He did not care if there were humans between the people of the shadows. He will just kill them all. There was a rumor that someone from the shadows killed him, but no one could ever find his body. Until today we don’t really know what happened to him.” “You don’t think that maybe he is still alive, do you?” “With him, anything is possible. Evil like that doesn’t die. I think I need to go lay down for a while.” “Sure aunt Marie, you can sleep here in the guest room.” “Thank you, Sweetheart and please think carefully of about your position.” “Rest well aunt Marie.” Is all I said as I closed her door and went to the living room.

“Hey babe.” “s**t! Eric, you are going to give me a heart attach.” “Sorry, I thought you knew I was here.” “No... I have been a little distracted. How long have you been here?” “I just got in... why.” “I thought you may have heard what my aunt told me.” “No, I haven’t. You maybe want to talk about it. Come sit here with me and you tell me what is weighing on your mind.” I went and sat next to him as he held me tight and I could not help but take in his scent. It was truly addictive. “My aunt was mated to a wolf.” “Say what, but she is...” “I know right, but she was and they were happy until Hunters came and killed them all. The whole pack, they just left her because of who she was.” “I’m so sorry beautiful, there are those who think little of the rules made.” “I know that is why it needs to change. I will not stand for this. We need to go to the council and I need to tell them who I am and take my place. I will enforce the rules and anyone who dears to defy me will pay the price.” “Wow... please think carefully now. You are not ready. We have more training to do and you need to learn all the family trees of all Hunters out there. You need to be prepared for an uprising and you need to know how to be cruel and heartless. They need to fear you or they will never follow you.” “Why do they need to fear me? That is not the way I work.” “Elizabeth, there are Hunters out there that use fear and if they fear them more than you, they will never listen.” “Okay, I hear you, I can do that.” “Ha ha ha, sure you can Babe.” “I’ll show you and what is with this Babe thing, since when are we a couple.” “Well, since the first time you kissed me. You made me yours, whether you like it or not.” “Ha ha ha, Eric, what are you doing.” “I thought that will be obvious. Beautiful.” At that, his lips locked once again with mine and I was drowning in his touch and smell. He was driving my senses wild, and I loved it. His hands went to my hair as he tangled his fingers in it and my hands were all over him as if this were their first time touching a man. His hand went to my middle as he was tickling it lightly with his finger tips and I was going crazy underneath him. “Love, you are making this very difficult for me. I really want you, but it is not the right time.” He said, half out of breath and I just wanted to kick him in this moment. “You just had to say that.” “Sorry Love.” He said as he gave me a last kiss. “I’m hungry. Do you mind if I use your kitchen.” “No, as long as you make something for me as well.” “Of course and you are going to love it.”

He busied himself in the kitchen as I took a seat at the kitchen island. “So what you making.” “Now that will be a surprise.” “You know by now I don’t like surprises, my quota is filled.” “Aww, are we pouting?” “No...” “Have I ever told you, you are adorable.” “Ya, why too much... and look who is pouting now. Ha ha ha. Tell me where did you learn to cook?” “My mother, she was the best cook in town. Just don’t tell Pam she always hated when my mother would win the baking contests.” “There is baking contest?” “Ya, we have one every year on spring day.” “O I remember, I will always stuff myself with the treats and then cry because of a stomachache.” “Ha ha ha, I bet your father would have warned you at least a hundred times that, that will happen.” “He did, but I never listened. I have never seen you there or your father.” “We were always there thou I also never saw you. Strange...” “Maybe it was because of what Prue said if I would have been near you your senses would have become stronger and that is why they kept us apart even at an event like that.” “Maybe... Now tell me what did you do for fun in the big city?” “I wasn’t one for fun, really. It was always about the job. Catching bad people doing horrible things.” “You had to do something when you weren’t working.” “Well, I loved to go running in the park on the Weekends. It was always busy with people walking, talking or having a picnic and all the dogs running and playing. That was my Zen.” “I would love to see that once. I have never even been outside the town.” “You are joking, right?” “Nope...” “Wow, we need to get you out of here for a bit. Maybe we can go on a road trip. That will be fun. We can do it wail I’m training a bit more.” “No...no...no... you need to be fully trained and have to have the protection of the council before any of that can happen.” “I can protect myself, you know.” “I’m sorry Babe, but you cannot protect yourself against thirty Hunters. There is no why I’m risking that.” “O come on, they don’t even know I exist.” “But they do Elizabeth. They were always monitoring you.” “Aunt Marie, I didn’t even know you were up and what do you mean?” “You need to work a little on your senses to detect humans, Sweetheart. I mean, they were always watching. I didn’t want you to get scared, so I never told you about it.” “But I would have noticed if Hunters were looking at me.” “No, they used normal humans, well, not totally normal. They used people with power to watch over you, like your Captain.” “No... there is no why he would have lied to me about that.” “He had no choice, they were threatening his family.” “How? Why did you keep all this from me? I know how you feel about us but this is my life we are talking about.” “I was hoping you would live a normal life.” “Normal... you call the why I lived normal!” “I’m sorry.” “You are sorry! Is that all!” “Elizabeth...” “Not now Eric...” “Babe, just put yourself in your aunt’s shoes. What would you have done to protect the one you love?” I sat down and thought about what Eric said and it is true I would have done anything to protect the people I love. “I’m sorry aunt Marie, I’m sure it wasn’t easy for you, but you need to remember that I’m not like the other Hunters and I will do right by everyone. It will not be easy, I know that, but if I have the people I love standing behind me, anything is possible.” “O Sweetheart, I will always support you, you know that. But I cannot go with you on this journey. Please understand.” “That's okay aunt Marie. As long as you support me, that will be enough.” She came and gave me a hug and we stood like that for almost ten minutes until Eric cleared his trout and announced that dinner was ready.

So we went to the table as he brought the food. It looked delicious and smelled like heaven. It was Chicken Fried Steak with a Pepper Mushroom sauce, with roast Potato, Green Beans and corn bread. “Please dig in, I hope you love it.” “We will defiantly young man. This looks delicious. Now tell me, what are you?” Eric spit out half of the drink in his mouth when my aunt asked him and then looked at me for an answer. “Don’t worry so much. I was mated to a wolf, remember. I’m sure Elizabeth told you that.” “O ya, sorry, just took me by surprise. I’m a Black Panther.” “Really... wow, I haven’t seen one of you yet.” “Ya we kind of roam alone the hole pack thing doesn’t work for us.” “So aunt Marie, how have things been in the city?” I had to change the subject as soon as he said pack. I could see the tears shining at the brim of her eyes. “It’s been busy. Jake has been around asking about you and if I think… that you will mind if he visited.” “Who is Jake Love?” I could see one of his eyes turning darker. He was so easily jealous. “O... hm... he... was my partner.” “Your police partner, right?” I just surge my shoulders as I took another bite from my food. I could see in the corner of my eyes that Eric was about to have a heart attach and my aunt just laughed. “Elizabeth, shame on you, you’re going to kill him.” At that, we both started laughing and Eric just looking down and played with the food on his plate. “Sorry Babe, you make it so easy. Yes, he was my police partner, and that is all. Don’t worry about it. I am glad that he is still in one peace thou, I thought he wouldn’t last there when I left.” “He is doing great, the Captain took him under the wing when you left.” “I’m happy to hear that, but I don’t think it will be wise for him to visit, especially with everything going on.” “I agree, I will tell him it is not the right time when I see him again. Well, lovelies the food was amazing, but it is time for this old lady to get some rest. It’s a long road home.” “You leaving tomorrow, why?” “Sweetheart, you are busy with your own things right now and besides, there is way too much going on here that brings back memories. It’s best if I go, but we will stay in contact you hear me. I want a phone call at least once a week.” “Yes aunt Marie, I hear you.” “Okay, sleep well you two.” “Sleep well aunt Marie.” “Good night Marie.”

“Well, for a human, she made me quite easily.” “Well, there ain’t any humans that I know of that looks like they were cut out of Marble.” “O so... you think I’m gorgeous.” “You are such an airhead.” I said as I stood up from the table. “Airhead, you say.” He said as he jumped up and started running towards me and I took off through the house, trying to get away from his grip, but he caught me and tickled me all over. “Stop... stop... okay... you... are... not an Airhead.” “Now that is what I like to hear.” He said wail, throwing me over his shoulder and smacking me on the ass. “What now? Are you a cave man now?” He smacked me on the ass again, saying nothing, and laying me down on the couch. “I’m only one man and that is your man.” Then he bent down and started to kiss and nibble his way down my neck, making a moan escape my lips. Then his lips crashed into mine and he kissed me... hard. Once we pulled away from each other to catch our breaths, he gave me a small kiss on my head and said, “Good night, Beautiful.” “What you leaving?” “Well, I have things to do and you need your rest. We have a few busy days ahead.” “I hate you.” “Aww, I love you too. Goodnight Love” “Goodnight Eric.” He just laughed and then… he was gone, like a cat in the night.