"Why did you help my men? That is something you didn't have to do," he questioned me, never taking those dark eyes off my face. Watching every expression that passed over it. Looking for any lies, I might be telling him. OH shit!! I started praying. Please don't tell me that he'd realised I was helping to speed his men's healing. Yes, it was a chance, but it was one I was willing to take and one I'd do again. I knew after tending to the vampire Jaden, and after that little bombshell, he'd delivered that he had known what I was. I'd been in so much shock I haven't really said a word to him. I couldn't get away from him fast enough. The rest of the night, I'd been waiting for heavy hands to land on my shoulder and drag me away. To my shock, it hadn't happened. I had healed as many men as I could without anyone noticing and then exhausted, I'd dragged myself to bed.
I tried to keep my face free of any emotion that would let him know much I was panicking. I couldn't let him know; it would be a complete disaster. I sat there with a shrug as if I hadn't a worry in the world. I'm not going to lie about why I did it, what's the point. As far as I'm aware, I didn't do any harm. I'm just going to leave out the bit of helping them heal. "I don't care who that person is. Human or Natural personally, I don't give a damn. They needed help, which I could give. I'm not going to leave men, women, or children who have been injured lying on the floor bleeding out. If I can help, I will," I hold my breath, waiting for his reaction.
Lucien silently sits there for a few minutes, just staring at me. Considering me for a moment. The silence was choking. As if weighing up his options and then coming to a decision. "It was appreciated," he tells me, "more of my men could have died if you hadn't stepped in,"
"I'd do it again. Although I hope that never happens," I reply with a small smile, a sense of relief coming over me.
"So, the Soul Keeper," he tells me, running his inked hand over his dark hair, 'from what I've gathered from the Intel that's already come in. It definitely doesn't seem that he's working on his own, I'll know more when my men bring him in, and he's questioned," he paused as if thinking about how to word what he wants to tell me, "you'll be updated as much as possible, you can inform your sisters on what's happening. As you've heard about the meeting already, which intrigues me on how you found out. It's taking place in the next few days. I've decided its best that you all attend. The leaders of the other territories will be attending as well as both councils. I'm warning you now, it won't be pleasant. Especially if they get even a whiff of the fact that you're witches."
Go to the meeting! Surround by other naturals. Everyone knew who the leaders of the territories were. It wasn't a secret. It would be bad enough to be in Lucien's company without the rest of them being there. If any of them even got a clue of what we were. Shit would hit the fan. It would be a complete disaster, was the first thought that popped into my head. I sink back into the chair, trying to take everything in "I don't know if they'll agree on this meeting. We have managed to stay hidden for so many years. I can't see them saying yes." I was telling him the truth, coming here thinking they would only be in Lucien's company was one thing, and they were not happy about that, but other naturals. I couldn't see them agreeing to it, the thought of it even made me shit scared." I can't see them agreeing to it. The very thought …." I say to him shaking my head, "I'll speak to them. I can only see one way that they would agree to be there. You'd have to be willing for us to use some sort of concealment spell. Hopefully, it will stop any of them sensing what we really are,"
He sat there going over my proposal, I could see he was not too happy about the concealment spell. He still had a massive problem with us. I could see it in his eyes. The mere thought of having witches in his own locality, he wasn't happy about.
"The spell didn’t work on me. So there’s a chance it wouldn’t work on the other Naturals. How have you managed to even hide? You're witches for fuck sake," he demanded, "I could sense you the minute I got close to you."
I knew that question would come up at some point. Hiding in plain sight wasn't hard to do. Plus, if we kept control of our Witch, then it was easier to hide.
I wondered how much I should give away. We needed Lucien’s trust. He knew we were human and Witch, so giving more information on how we can control that part of us, I didn't think wouldn't make much difference. He just didn't need to know just how powerful we were "you forget we're part human. The human part of us can control the Witch,"
"How the fuck can you control that thing inside of you?" he demands, never tearing his eyes off me, fixing me with a hard look.
I sat there looking at him, trying to think how I could explain it to him without him freaking the fuck out. I feel the nerves bubbling up inside me. I hated being nervous. How was he going to react, knowing that humans had stepped up and helped the Witches? I wasn't going to tell him about the Naturals who had helped. Yes, it was long ago. We knew some of those naturals were still alive, we even knew a handful of them and the others that had passed we knew their descendants. Some had just disappeared after they had helped us. I'm sure Jaden is one of those who help our ancestors.
"It wasn't easy. It's taken years, generations to get to where we are now. I can control my Witch. As can the rest of my family. If I need her, I call her forth, but I'm always in control." I tell him, trying my best to get him to understand, that no one will come to any harm. "No matter how close she's to the surface," I could see the battle inside of him, trying to accept that I have control of the one thing that has caused so much destruction in the past, "you have a Demon inside you. You're not human. Are you? Not really. Oh, you look the part I grant you that. In all intents and purposes, you're not. So how do you control him? Is it possible he could gain control and take over?"
"No, hes part of me. I am the Beast and the Demon. We are one," he tells me.
"Then basically in a way, I'm the same as you. As are my family," I tell him a matter factually with a shrug of my shoulders, indicating between us, "The difference between us is I'm also human, you're not. My Witch, when it’s necessary, can protect me. You're powerful enough on your own. We. Are. Not!"
"How powerful are you?" he asks with a glint in his eyes.
Really did he think I was going to tell him that? That wasn't something I was willing to share, I'd already warned him and Aria. Whom I now know is basically his partner; I was kindly informed by one of his employees that they been together for years. I had told them both that I could and would project myself. But to say to him just how strong we were, that's not going to happen. Not until I or rest of us were ready to do so. "As I said. If need be, I can protect myself up to a certain extent. I've warned. That warning still stands. If she tries to harm me or any of my family, I will not hold my Witch back. Nor will they."
"I see someone's been talking out of turn,"
God, is that all he to say? After just what I told him? Bloody hell. I shrug, "what can I say. You are the hot topic of conversation. There are a few women who just love to gossip. You and your lady love are the top subjects of conversation whether I want to sit there as they bark on and on about your love life or not,"