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I head back to the house that Tanya and I share. Tatiana is with John as much as humanly possible, and the pack has started to warm to her. Well, somewhat. Most of the women despise her, but luckily the men accept John’s choice.
“You ran off to scream at the sky again?” Melvon is standing there, and I stop in my tracks. I poke my tongue out at him, which makes him chuckle and keep walking. Melvon wasn’t welcome here, but John let that slide since he helped save our lives. He tends to stay away from all the other wolves and does his own thing out near the boundary.
Bronik comes and goes. He shows up to train, thenpoof. Gone.
“Talia.” I stop as Tatiana approaches me. She grips my wrist and starts pulling me hard.
“Hey, that hurts.” I attempt to tug free, but she’s not having it.
She keeps pulling until we approach the tree line, and then she sits on the ground, her hands sinking into the earth–her being an Earth witch and all.
“Tatiana?” I squat down, so I am at her level. Her eyes are closed, and she’s humming something. “Tatiana,” I try again.
“Ohhh, Wings, how I have missed you.”
I stand quickly and spin to Valefar, who's now standing before me. He probes me with his black eyes before they fall to my sister on the ground. “You called?”
Shocked, I whip my head to look down at her.
“You didn’t call him, did you?” I ask.There’s no way.
“Oh, but she did. Sister dearest is in a predicament,” Valefar says.
My eyes shift to hers once more.
“I’ve tried everything, and nothing has worked,” Tatiana states with a grimace.
“What are you talking about?”
“I’m pregnant,” she replies, dropping a bomb that has my mouth agape before I right myself. “I don’t want to be,” she adds. “But I can’t tell John that.”
“So why is Valefar here? You know he’s a demon, right? I mean, you can still think straight?”
Tatiana stands and rolls her eyes. “Yes, it’s new. The baby doesn’t even have a heartbeat yet, but I guess I conceived last week.”
“The perks of being a witch,” Valefar comments.
We tend to know when we’re pregnant, and John will know the minute he can hear a second heartbeat.
“You want an elixir,” Valefar states.
“Nope, no way. Speak to John first,” I tell her as tears run down her cheeks.
“Viper is almost at the castle. You know as well as I do that he’s powerful enough to get in. Do you really think he will let you live? Only the person with ultimate power holds the throne, and you are that person.”
“So you’re saying you don’t want a baby because of me?” I ask, my hand raising to my chest as I step back, horrified at the thought.
She shakes her head. “No, I want to protect you, and I can’t do that if I’m fat!” she screams.
Valefar laughs at her outburst.
“John!” I shout as loudly as I can, calling him to our side.
Valefar disappears, leaving Tatiana and me.
“Why did you do that?”
“Because you'll make an excellent mother. Don’t let me stop you. That’s not something I would ever want on my conscience.”
