Brother’s Best Friends Are My Mates novel Chapter 44

Lia

Slowly, but surely I got back into the swing of things. Before I knew it, two weeks had passed since my unexpected heat. I was getting back to my normal life, going to school, and dealing with my four mates who weren’t hovering as much as they were before.

But they still hovered to quite an extent, much to my amusement and dismay.

I headed home that day with Simone. She dropped me off at an empty house which wasn’t surprising. The guys were officially starting on the rugby team today. It was exciting for them and, although I wouldn’t admit it, I was going to miss having them around all the time.

Once I was inside the house and settled, I headed upstairs to get some homework done, but thirty minutes later I heard a rap knocking at the door.

Sighing, I headed downstairs and peered out the window. This strange older woman was standing on the porch with long raven hair streaked with splotches of purple. Her wild, yellow eyes locked with mine, making me jerk away from the window.

I felt this powerful aura around her. It was unlike anything I had ever felt before.

“Lia, it’ll be easier to talk if we aren’t doing so through a door.”

I lifted the curtain again, glaring at the woman.

“Who are you?”

“Excellent question,” she cooed, smiling softly. “I would love to tell you but let’s speak in person. Open the door.”

“If you think I am about to open a door to a stranger then you must be mad.”

She sighed softly. “Fine, then I guess we have to do it the hard way.”

With a flick of the wrist, the door unlocked. I moved out of the way just as she flung the door open, stepping inside. “I never invited you in!” I shouted.

The woman laughed. “What do you think I am, a vampire? I don’t need to be invited inside to enter a house.”

“Who and what the fuck are you?” I hissed, not caring about the vulgarity that slipped into my language.

“A witch, honey.”

“And why is a witch breaking?”

“Because I have a bone to pick with you.”

I blinked. “Lady, I’ve never met you! How can you have a bone to pick with me if I’ve never met you?”

“It’s the blood that runs through you and your brother’s veins,” she said, her smile widening. “It was a blood feud started by your grandmother. She fled the coven, taking her unborn child with her. The child that was to become a part of our sisterhood. Yet, because she fell in love with a filthy beast she broke that blood oath.”

Having all of this knowledge thrust upon me was a lot. I didn’t know what to think or feel.

“And why are you here speaking to me about this?” I asked, taking a step back. “Are you here to make good on your blood feud?”

She laughed. “Oh, this is more of a warning Lia. As the last in your family, you and Michael must pay the price. It’s taken many years for us to track your bloodline down but now that we have, we will need one of you to come back with us to the coven. This is the only way to make it right.”

“I… no!”

The woman sighed and snapped her fingers, a card appearing out of nowhere.

“My name is Sinead and I belong to the Rosewater Coven. When you and your brother have come to a decision, reach out to us. But let me warn you that the longer you delay the more impatient we will become. We are not going to let this blood oath be unfulfilled for any longer.”

Tentatively I took the card, but before I could say anything she turned and left, vanishing in a puff of smoke!

Could she be any more stereotypical of a witch?

For a while, I sat there. Then I grabbed my phone to text Simone.

Simone, you’re not going to believe what just happened. -L

Okay, now you have to tell me. What’s going on? -S

Someone came to the house today. She said she’s from a coven. -L

A coven? Like witches? -S

Yeah. My mom was half-witch. -L

WHAT?! Lia, that’s huge. Are you sure? -S

That’s what she said. Mom’s dad was a wolf, but her mom was a witch. And here’s the kicker-Mom never told us because her mom was banished from the coven. -L

I hope so. I’ve never felt so lost, Simone. -L

You’re not lost, Lia. You’ve just found out something huge. Take a breath. One step at a time. We’ve got this. -S

My mates were going to have my back but the fact that this was happening at all was upsetting me! Things were finally getting back to normal after my sudden heat and now this!

***

The guys sensed something was wrong when they got back. I was sitting at the table, the card placed in the middle. Jesse spotted it first, a frown appearing on his face.

“What the hell is that?”

Rain blinked. “It’s a business card.”

“It’s a coven card,” I corrected.

Colby stared at me as if I had three heads. “What do you mean a coven card?”

“Oh come on, Colby. She means a witch’s coven is printing out cards!” Matt exclaimed, but I could tell he was being sarcastic. The thing was, I was completely serious. It was a business card for a coven… or a coven card for a witches coven. This was one of the strange things that happened to me over the past few months. Even stranger than finding out that I was going to have four mates!

“Matt, the thing is, it is a coven card.”

He gave me a strange look. “Lia, what the hell happened when we were gone?”

Slowly, I explained what happened while they were gone. I recounted everything that had happened and suddenly realized I had yet to talk to my brother. Michael had a right to know what was going on with our bloodline because it involved him!

To think that they had come after us after all this time. I mean, they hadn’t even stopped looking for us which was what terrified me the most.

What were Michael and I even going to do about this? I wracked my brain, trying to figure out how we could handle the fact that we were both witches.

“We’ll figure this out,” Colby said after a while, giving me a nervous look. “I don’t understand much about it, but like I said we’ll figure it out.”

At least I didn’t have to go through this alone.