Fated Truth (The True Witch Saga) (24 page)

“So what have you read about so far?” Jaxx
asked me as he reached across the bar to grab my hand in his.

It always surprised
me how affectionate he was with me. I didn’t grow up with that. So I was not used to it yet, but when he touched me in front of others like he couldn’t help it, It seriously makes me melt. “Werewolves,” I informed him with the sweet smile I only give him. He owned me. Totally. Forever.

“Gruesome beginnings
, but they aren’t all bad. None of the Supes are only good or bad. There is no black and white in our world. Some are more malicious than others. Just like with the humans.”

“That
is good to know. Do you boys need help cleaning up? If not, I’m going to go and read some more. I’m tired of playing catch up to the rest of you freaks.” I smiled to soften my name calling.

“Go be a good little scholar,”
Gavin laughed.

Jaxx pouted when I left the room and
I smiled to myself at him not wanting to be away from me. “I’m sure you boys can entertain yourselves while I study. Love you!” I called over my shoulder as I left the room.

When I go
t back to the front room, Seb hadn’t moved a muscle. He was still as a statue. Snoring like a bear on steroids.
Sheesh.
I flopped back onto the sofa trying to make enough noise to make Seb jump in his sleep, but he didn’t notice, just snored on. I picked the green book back up off the table and started to flip through the chapters.

The second chapter I read
was about the Fae. They were comprised of all kinds of little creepy things. There are the Fae Lords, Sprites, Goblins, Fairies, and Gnomes. There are so many different types of Fae I doubt I would ever be able to remember them all. The illustrations in the book were either frightening or gross. I wouldn’t want to meet most of them in a dark alley.

I read
on learning about Demons which were wraith like creatures that invaded living bodies. Daemons which were children born of a Demon occupied body, and Immortals that walked the world alone, which were more than likely Seers that could see the future and the past. I also learned the origins of Vampires.

Hekate once fell in love with
a beautiful mortal man. She peeked in on him often while he prayed to her over an altar. He was a learned witch, a human that learned to wield magic instead of being born with it like True Witches. She appeared to him one night and told him that she would grant him a boon if he would give himself to her completely. He rushed at the chance. So she made him immortal so she could always keep him by her side as her concubine. Her lover for always.

Things didn’t go as planned. Things with one sided love rarely
did. She discovered that her chosen mate was wasting his charms on many beautiful mortal females. Convincing them that he was a God and then taking their innocence as his due. She banished her mate from her realm and cursed him with a never ending thirst. She left him with his immortality intact, but Hekate bade that he would always thirst for the liquid that carried life. That he would not survive without it. He was banished to walk the world alone, but again, it didn’t work out that way. If he bit a human and left their life in tact he would have the chance to feed them his own blood before their last breath left their body, changing them into weak mimics of himself.

Vampires we
re stronger and faster than any other Supes. They were weaker during the day and thrive during the night. They could control the weak with their eyes. Mesmerize them into doing their bidding. The strongest of their kind could also sometimes fly when the moon was high. Hekate took pity on her once mate’s children and gave onto them a kindred. Their one true mate, deciding they should not suffer for their father’s mistakes.

I was just
closing the book, finished reading, when Seb jumped up out of his seat like he had been struck by a live wire. He looked so perplexed that I couldn’t help but laugh at his astonished face.

“Tired?” I ask
ed him.

“More than you know. The sun
is setting. I think that it is time we tried out your gifts and see how far they reach. Don’t you?”

I sigh
ed and stretched the kinks out of my arms and legs. “Whatever you say. You’re the teacher,” I simpered at his frowning face.

“I prefer Professor, thank you!” He stomped
out of the room.

I
was assuming he was going in search of the boys.
Looks like I am going to get someone else to play with while testing my powers,
I thought.

“Meet me out front
in the clearing in ten minutes,” he called back before he quit the room totally.

Chapter Eighteen

She Made My Ass Sizzle

We all me
t in the clearing out in front of Gavin’s cabin, all of us looking at Seb wondering what he wanted us to do.

“Okay kiddies we are going to test Ella to
see what exactly she can do. Once we get an idea of her span of gifts. Each of us can work with her on controlling them. Using them at will instead of just when she is scared or angry.”

“Sounds delightful,
” I smirked to tease Seb. He was so damn serious all the time. I couldn’t help it.

“
Hell, no way is she firing her light at me again!” Gavin burst out. “The last time she used me for target practice, she made my ass sizzle!”

Everyone busted
out laughing at this except for me and Gavin. I walked over and hugged him hard in apology. Sometimes it was hard for me to control my temper. That was one of my many goals.

“So what’
s first?” I asked turning to Seb.

“I want you to s
hoot an energy bolt at the dying Oak Tree standing over there.” He pointed to the left at an ashen Oak.

I shrug
ged, pushed my palms out and shot an energy beam straight at the Oak. It turned the entire tree to ash in seconds. I swallowed hard and looked down at my palms.
Damn!

“So we can mark down energy blasts. How
about mind walking?” Seb started to explain what mind walking was, but I stopped him.

“I think I have that down. I made a connection with Celian when he was an ass to Gavin
, before Jaxx returned. I skimmed his mind through a connection that I forced upon him. His shit seriously skeeved me out. He is utterly evil.” I shuddered just thinking about my grandfather.

Seb and Gavin stared
at me astonished. Jaxx was smiling softly, because he already knew what I could do with my mind. He never underestimated me. I smiled back at him and blew him a kiss.
Damn I love that man.

“Any other secrets you are keeping from us
, dearest?” Seb sneered at me.

I ble
w him a kiss also. “I can feel others emotions and intention. Like if they want to cause me harm or not. I don’t know what else. I thought that was the reason we were out here, to find that out.”

Jaxx pulled
me into him from behind and kissed my temple.

I could
feel my temper cool from the contact. I looked at Seb. “What other things might I be able to do?”

“Well
, can you flash?” When I looked at him like he was speaking Chinese, he explained. “Can you move really fast from one point to another? Most Supes wouldn’t be able to see you move.”

“I don’t know. I can
try, though. How do I do it?”

“Close your eyes and concentrate on wanting to b
e in the spot that the old Oak tree used to stand. Jaxx let her go and step back so you aren’t distracting her.”

I fe
lt Jaxx step away. I closed my eyes and concentrated. I really wanted to show him up, so I concentrated really hard on moving myself to the spot where the remains of the old Oak were. I felt an instant wind in my hair and I felt like I was moving at hyper speed. I slammed to a stop and opened my eyes. I could see that I was closer to the forest surrounding us than I was before. I turned around and saw that the guys were gaping at me.

“Guess I can flash after all,
” I mumbled to myself as I slowly walked back to the clearing.

“Well I’ll be damned. It
is abnormal for a True Witch to possess more than one or two gifts at the most. You are truly blessed.” Seb was gushing at me now. “Do you think that you might be able to do anything else?” Seb asked me, like he highly doubted it.

“Seb, seriously I have no fucking clue. Do me a favor and list something? Tell me how it
is done and I will try it, okay?”

“Okay, little niece, l
et’s try teleporting. This is different from flashing because you actually leave this place and pop into another with just a thought. It is not moving yourself in a straight line. It is moving into another space entirely.”

“Umm, l
ike Jaxx’s misting?”

“Not exactly, w
hen Jaxx mists, he becomes one with the mist. He can move where there is mist, but he can’t when there is none about.”

“Okay so what
do I do?”

“Picture someplace close
by. Close your eyes and picture yourself lying in your bed.”

I close
d my eyes and imagined my room in detail.

“Good now remember what it feels like to be cocooned in your bed. Comfortable and safe.”

I didn’t hear what he said next because I was suddenly on my back, on a soft mattress surrounded by my pillows. I let out a loud WHOOP! Then close my eyes and imagine the clearing and being in Jaxx’s arms. What it felt like to be surrounded by his strength. Suddenly I heard a grunt and my knees hit the dirt hard. I opened my eyes and stared up into ice blue ones. “Hi, baby!” I chirped and planted a long deep kiss on him. He pulled me back up and started laughing.

“
Myyyyy...Ffffuck!” Seb breathed out. “She is Goddess touched! She has to be.”

“
I’m not a demigod, Seb! I’m an ordinary person. Well as ordinary as a True Witch can be.” I stomped my foot to get my point across.

“Do you have any birth marks
, Ella?” Seb asked suddenly very calm.

“Yeah, I have a half circle on my inner thigh. It’s one of the reasons that my douches
of adopted parents thought I came from Satan.” I blew out a breath.

Jaxx
was studying me with that quiet way of his. Gavin just stared at me with bug eyes.
WTF?

“Ella when a baby
is born Hekate can bless them. When she does this, she bestows upon them great power. She marks them with a crescent moon. She blesses them for a reason, she fates them with a task to complete during their lifetime. Being a Celios is both a blessing and a curse at times.”

There we
re so many things weighing down on me suddenly. I felt like an elephant was standing on my chest and dancing a jig. I couldn’t breathe. What was wrong with me? I started to shake and my vision tunneled out, graying around the edges.

“She
is going to faint. Someone shove her head between her knees!”

I hear
d Gavin shout and then everything went black.
Fuck I never faint!
When I could once again open my eyes, I felt all floaty.
Someone must have given me some damn good drugs,
I thought. I wondered why they shot me up with such powerful stuff. I looked around and the ground I was lying on was covered in green tinged mist. It seemed familiar for some reason. I must have cracked my head pretty good when I blacked out if I was having this fucked up dream. I continued to look around me. I couldn’t see anything but the green fog.

“T
his isn’t a mere dream my child,” a soft voice that sounded like a melody said out of nowhere and everywhere at the same time.

I sa
t up and tried to figure out who was stuck in the fog with me. I saw someone in the distance moving slowly toward me. I fired up my palms incase it was an enemy bent on my destruction. Knowing my luck that’s what it was going to be.

“
I’m not your enemy child,” the melodic voice spoke again as a tall lithe woman parted the fog like curtains and stepped into view. She looked familiar. She had raven hair that fell to her waist. She was wearing a white gauzy dress and golden sandals that were laced to her knees. Her skin had a pearlescent glow to it.

I
was struck speechless when my eyes reached her face. My face was staring back at me through her. She was my twin or I was hers. “I made you in my image, my child. My babe.”

“You’
re my mother? How is that possible?”

“I blessed you when you were nothing more than ligh
t. I gave you to a True Witch, for her to carry in her womb. I made you in my image, so that all that looked upon your face would know that you are made of me.”

I bow
ed my head and felt tears stream down my cold cheeks.