Chapter 135


    Stephanie’s POV


    We finished out the ceremony smoothly, despite the appearance of the Witches Council representative,


    Warlock Augustus Moonguard. He was an old friend of my mothers, to have hime here, and voice


    the Council’s eptance of me adopting Alora, and my kinship with her Pack, meant something. There


    had to be a reason he had shown up like this.


    My thoughts were spinning around and around in my head, questions forming one after another with no


    answers appearing. After all the guests said their farewells, the only beings to remain were, my mate,


    all my children, that included Alora now, and their mates. The Alpha and Luna with their youngest son


    and his mate. Bulma and her mates, Damien’s Beta and Gamma and Alora’s Beta and


    “It’s been awhile since I’vest seen you Stephanie.” he said, his voice tranquil, giving away nothing.


    “Why are you here Augustus?” I asked him, making an effort to keep my emotions from my voice.


    “I have news about your mother.” he tells me.


    I’m shocked, I can’t answer for a moment, I have so many mixed emotions when it came to my mother.


    “What news?” I demanded.


    “It’s also about your father.” He says, this time his tone is hard.


    mother was a Council Witch and he a Warlock of the Witches Council. I had never liked my father


    either, neither had my sister. To say we didn’t have great memories of that Warlock….was an


    understatement. 2


    Alora suddenly put her hand in mine, my mate wrapped an arm around my shoulders, and my children


    surrounded me. They were protecting me…and giving me support. I felt tears sting my eyes at the


    tions now filling me. I felt their love, and it helped me stay strong, I kept my head held high, my


    shoulders back, and my spine straight…because I’m a Queen, I’m a wife, and I’m a mother.


    Alora’s POV


    When the Council Warlock had mentioned mom’s mother, I was worried, I could sense her upset, but


    when he mentioned her father, I sensed another emotion from her, she seemed to go still and a storm


    started to gather in her eyes. I grabbed her hand, and Dad put an arm around her while my siblings


    were surrounding us.


    I immediately felt her determination to weather this new event with pride and grace. I admired my new


    mom so much, she was a really strong woman, an elegant and beautifuldy, and I was d I was now


    her daughter.


    “Is there a ce here we canfortably discuss the information I have for you?” the Council Warlock


    asked my mother. Q


    My mother looked at me, asking the question with her eyes, I nod at her and we both face the Warlock.


    “I have a ce.” I tell him, then letting go of mom’s hand I step out in front of everyone, “Follow me.” I


    say and head to the doorway leading into the Willow Tree Library. 2


    All of my family had been inside the Willow tree in thest week, as had Bulma and her mates. The


    ibrary could only be essed by Damien and I, so I wasn’t worried about inviting the Warlock inside.


    When he stepped inside he did what everyone else had done, including me, and looked around with a


    stunned and amazed expression on his face, turning in a full circle trying to take everything in.


    The Willow Tree Library was in tune with Damien and I and provided ordingly. The chairs and


    couches were rearranged in a circle, surrounding the Trees magic circle in the center. Mates took over


    the couches, my brothers and the Warlock sat in the chairs. My mom and dad were seated on a couch


    that was conveniently located across from the Warlocks chair.


    Kass and Kian were sitting on a couch to mom’s left, Damien and I were sitting on a couch to my dad’s


    right. We all looked at the Warlock, waiting for him to begin, but he doesn’t say anything at first, just


    looks around at all of us curiously. Finally his gaze settles on my mom, he seemed to contemte what


    he was about to say before he spoke. O


    “Are you sure you want everyone here present for this conversation?” he askes her in a gentle tone.


    Mom nods her head “Yes, go on Augustus, you can talk openly here with everyone that is present.” she


    tells him, her voice was soft.


    The Warlock takes a deep breath then lets it out in a gush of air that could almost be called a frustrated


    sigh. “Where to begin..?” he mutters the question.


    “Try the beginning.” Be drawled, getting a few quiet but amused chuckles.


    Vas


    The Warlock gives her a narrow eyed look for a moment, then he just nods and turns his attention back


    onto my mom. “To start at the beginning is to say…I never liked the man your mother was married off to


    at your grandfathers insistence… after she was rejected by her fated mate.” Augustus said to my mom


    in a solemn tone.


    Everyone was stunned into silence for a moment, even my mother “I didn’t know mother had been


    rejected.” Mom finally said, her voice had a husky quality to it.


    Augustus sighed sadly and nodded his head “The one who rejected your mother….was a Vampire


    Witch Hybrid.” there were several gasps at that information.


    “Mother had said back then, that my mate would reject me….and when she found out I was pregnant


    with Kass…..she called her an abomination.” mom said to Augustus quietly.


    “Yes….she told me all about it….and has agonized over everything she did….to you, your sister, your


    mate, and most especially….what she said about her granddaughter and grandsons.” He tells her, his


    voice sad.


    Mom had a frown on her face now, her brow furrowed, my father was still, almost like stone, keeping


    what he was feeling from showing. I look at my sister and I could see she was feelingplicated


    emotions with her continuously changing expressions.


    “What are you saying to me Augustus?” mom asked him.


    “From the moment your mother was born, a n was formed….your mother….and her fated


    mate….fell victim to the ns of the ck Magic Coven.” He said in a serious tone, there was anger


    there, just barely heard, but it was there.


    “What?” was all my mom was able to ask in a faint voice.


    We were all more than a little stunned now, all of us in various stages of shock over his words, looking


    at each other, our looks turning from shock to confusion, then, intense curiosity.


    “You mother’s fated mate….had never wanted to reject your mother….he had been told that if he didn’t


    reject her, with the excuse they gave him….they would kill your mother.” he said, his voice had grown a


    little hoarse with this exnation.


    “You grandfather, not being a Goldlight was targeted through hypnosis after being drugged, that was


    why he convinced your mother to marry the Warlock of their choosing….your father….was really a


    ck Magic Coven Warlock.” His anger appearing more in his tone with hisst words.


    “Wait….I was told the reason my mother was married to that Warlock was because he was a respected


    Council Warlock.” she said.


    Augustus shakes his head “The only im to the Council your father had was through your mother, and


    because he was not her fated mate, the rest of the Council didn’t acknowledge his im to that


    position, not until after you were born.” Augustus told her.


    “My father hated that both me and my sisters were female, he constantly disparaged us for being born


    female, he would tell us we would never amount to anything, that we were worthless to him.” She tells


    Augustus.


    The look on his face was equal parts fury and horror. “The Goldlight’s Council seat has always been


    held by a daughter of the Goldlight’s, son’s were rarely born in your line, you have produced more son’s


    than any of your ancestors ever did.” he tells her. O


    “He would never say those things in front of my mother, the one time she had walked in on him saying


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    those things to me and my sister, she flew into a rage. She made us leave his office, and all we could


    hear was a lot of screaming and yelling after that.” She paused a moment, then said. ” He died not long


    after that.”


    “The heart attack that killed him, was because he never recovered from the st of magic your mother


    hit him with in her anger over his words to you and your sister….it was actually very good that he died,


    or the ck magic Coven’s ns for you and your sister would have been carried out.” he said.


    “ns?….What ns?” my mother asked Augustus, she looked confused and upset, my father


    wrapped an arm around her and pulled her close into his side, his stony mask falling, his emotions for


    his mate now in to see on his face. .