"I just finished talking to Ena," Anna began settling down on the living room couch beside Abigail. She looked over at the Mother witch who was nose deep in a book.
"And?" Abigail replied glancing up from the black spellbook she was reading, hoping for the best news but her magi already warned her to not be hopeful.
Anna sighed pushing a strand of her chestnut hair behind her ear, "The Rebellion is becoming worse.”
“See, this is why when we first came into this world, I specifically asked Ena to cover up his aura, now too many people know about Azian" Abigail replied feeling like what seemed a migraine coming on. It was nothing she couldn’t fix with Anna’s herbal mix tea.
“Yes, I understand that, and if you remember well, we did, but our magic, as you know is not as great as Omegas and even with all our masking spells, his aura grows every day. It’s like he punches holes through our protection the bigger he gets. Soon our protection will mean nothing.”
Abigail placed the book beside her, “this arrangement we have going on will not last for long yes, but is there another way. The beast is great if not even my magic can keep him well protected."
Anna paused before humming on response.
“We really are running out of time, we just..." Abigail trailed off biting her bottom lip, "we just need Alpha," she finished with a sigh. She might as well make that herbal mix now.
Anna nodded, "Once he is able to shift, we are assured he is ready, and can actually lead a kingdom and of course...the war,"
There was a short silence.
They both knew the war was inevitable.
“The sooner he shifts, the better" Abigail concluded.
“Well...maybe...maybe, we can make him shift," Anna declared glancing at her best friend
"Make him shift?” Abigail echoed, thinking the suggestion over, “Only if it were possible, I mean how on earth we can make him shift? As if we haven’t tried already?" she huffed.
"Well, this might work but do you know when Alpha first spoke?"
Abigail thought back, "According to Azian, it was when we first entered the realm, he said he only spoke one word.” She paused looking up at Anna, “Beautiful.”
"Any ideas as to what he was describing?"
"I don't know, it could have been the subway, or another person,” Abigail explained, “Azian wasn't so specific," she replied still deep in thought
"Beautiful, mmm," Anna thought for a minute.
"Wait, I got it...” Abigail interrupted, "we don't know what he was referring to, but if it made his dragon talk, it means it was something special, and the second time he spoke was to his possession human girl."
"Yes, yes...I know all these things," Anna replied.
,"Then I think we have reason to believe that he will only shift when he finds something that's truly beautiful and belongs to him."
Anna paused staring at the mother witch, "you don't think...he is-"
"Waiting for his mate," Abigail finished.
Anna closed her eyes sighing, "then we will be waiting for a long time,”
Abigail nodded, "it’s just a theory. A theory that makes sense. What sucks is we need his dragon, but if his mate turns out to be something sinister, we will have lost both,” she sighed running a hand through her dark roots, “I say we are better off like this,"
"So we're back to square one?” Anna replied shaking her head, “it’s the billionth time but I’m still not used to it,” she huffed.
"Seems like it."
Anna sighed laying back into the chair while Abigail picked up the spellbook.
Just then the main door opened and both women groaned inwardly.
The 'kids' were back from school which meant no peace of mind, well mostly from Alessia. Anna couldn’t keep that girl in check. She had the rebellious spirit of her father that was for sure. The boys in themselves were a handful just by their very nature. Being Dragons that shouldn’t even exist.
Plus, it was training today.
The footsteps of the three teens were heard thudding their way on the grey tiles of the kitchen floor before they finally made it to the living room.
Abigail glanced at the three briefly before turning back to her book, “Welcome home, how was your day?” she asked as usual despite her eyes being trained back on her spellbook.
Some spells in it were quite challenging, even for the most powerful witch in both realms, she thought flipping to the next page.
"Abigail," Anna whispered lowly, her tone low and cold.
“Mm?” She hummed back in response not bothering to look up.
She had already calculated, she had at least thirty minutes, for the boys to go upstairs, change before training.
“Abigail!" Anna whispered louder and much harsher.
Abigail glanced up at her stern face, which slowly turned away from her to face the children.
She followed Anna's gaze back to the three in front of her, still wondering what the hell Anna was yapping about.
Only now they were four.
One extra.                                                                                 
A girl. Very pretty, blond hair, greenish eye color, model body, perfect height. She was wearing some dark jeans, a red top with some cute matching heels.
Lovely.
And also not human.
Powerful.
Very powerful. Her aura was captured around her easily.
She stood up slowly with Anna closely by.
"Who is this?" She asked slowly, her eyes drowning in the magnificent aura of the beautiful girl standing before her.
Definitely a Witch, maybe a third league, powerful, but her magic felt strangely familiar.
"This is Khloe," Azian began, his eyes steadfast on the witch.
Abigail tilted her head to the side, studying the girl before her carefully. There was something about this girl that seemed a little too familiar, her magic was masked.
My Mate" Azian finished his ocean blue irises lightening to a deep omega green color.
Abigail’s eyes widened, mouth open as did Anna.
"W-what?"
"Uhmm…What? H-how?" Where the stuttering responses.
No answer.
Abigail's widened eyes darted back to Edwin and Alessia who were focused on the floor.
"Khloe,” She repeated.
"Nice to meet you ma'am," she replied sweetly with a short wave.
"What are you?" Anna blurted out, her face revealing exactly how bewildered she was.
"I'm a hybrid, half Vampire, half-witch," she replied maintaining her smile.
"V-vampire" Anna echoed.
Above all things. A leech.
"I'm sorry I just need to...” Abigail staggered losing her balance, almost falling but being caught by Anna as both Alessia, Edwin, and Azian rushed by her side, guiding her to the couch.
Her eyes were closed tightly as she counted down from ten. Trying to soothe her shock.
Azian could have easily been mistaken like last time right?
She turned her head around facing Anna who was asking if she was okay.
Her eyes gave the question and Anna answered it with her own.
If Azian had indeed made a mistake then it wouldn't be with a hybrid.
Hybrids were rare, not extinct, mostly half-witch half-werewolf, humans, and vampires.
It is a known fact that Witches hate Vampires and so do Lycans, although their peace treaty says otherwise.
It was extremely rare for a Vampire Witch hybrid to exist and even rarer or if not impossible for a Lycan vampire.
And though hybrids were very powerful, the amount of power exiting her was a sure sign that her parent was not the average vampire or witch.
"Are you sure?"
"We are," Ultra replied.