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“So, my mother is an orc not a witch?” I ask.
Owa shakes her head. “Your mother isn’t a witch as humans know witches, but she is a Soko sorcerer…” she drifts.
“Like you…” my mother finishes for her.
The puzzle comes together, slowly. “You are a Soko, Owa?”
She nods.
“But…you don’t look…”
“What appears is an illusion. Your mother speaks truth.”
Something clicks. “Are you the daughter of the princess?”
She nods again, with a little pain this time.
“Why did you never go back?” I ask.
Her eyes dart behind me, and I turn to see Jani and Igor are now in the room. I don’t know when they joined us. I didn’t even hear them walk in. But Igor doesn’t come close. He is giving me a moment with the women in my family.
I have women in my family.
“The Ring was the princesses?”
Owa nods.
“Is it passed down to blood?” I ask, curious about this one event that shaped a thousand years of a whole realm.
“Yes and no. Though it is blood, but only one is chosen every thousand years. Oga, is the one who has it now, but it was never meant to be hers. But she bore it to try and salvage what she could. But she is too old to bear the weight of the ring and her bones grow weary. She is barely holding on.”
I open my mouth to ask more questions, but nothing comes out. I bite my lower lip instead before I blow a breath.
And in all that time, I almost forgot about Luna who is sitting next to me. I try to bring back my focus on what is important. And the state of my sister is important to me. Those are the answers I need more.
“Why is she a wolf? How did that happen?” I ask.
That question makes my mother wipe a rolling tear. Owa shifts uncomfortably before clearing her throat.
“It was the Goddess. She is not a natural wolf but she was…she had a role. She has played it. And she will be turned human. If that’s what she wants.” Owa dances around the question.
“Mother…” I say, hoping she can explain better. And why my sister has been used as a pawn.
“You might be too young to remember but when I found out I was pregnant with your sister, I disappeared for a week. Your father was furious but that’s when I had stumbled in limbo. The spirits brought me there.” My mother looks at me.
“I didn’t know who I was, what I was, and one day a portal appeared and when I stepped in it, I found Owa. She had been expecting me. She told me I was carrying a wolf in my belly and they had a great destiny. She told me about both of you being chosen for greatness.
“I knew your father would have never understood how I gave birth to a wolf. So, I left. You and your brother. But how could I choose between my children?” She sniffles.
“I never chose myself or your sister over you and your brother but I did all I could. I was coming back for you once you were old enough to understand. Then…I lost you when your father married you off and everything became worse.
“We couldn’t get to you. We tried. But that vile man had you watched like a prisoner. And your father was power hungry. Luna went without telling me that night she found you. She has always had a connection to you.” My mother breathes.
“I know you may hate me; I have been inadequate, but I would have taken you had I a chance. But a life in the wilderness…you and your brother, I thought I was leaving you with more…normal.”
Luna lays her head on my lap and her low purrs feel like they are for us both as she stares at me. My blurry eyes are weary of crying.
“Change her back. She deserves a life. It is over now. She doesn’t have to suffer for this destiny.”
