The Alpha & Beta's Regret
The Alpha & Beta’s Regret – Chapter 130

Luci POV

She stopped walking as she felt a pack wide mind-link from her Alpha connecting to her, and even knew she was the last to be connected to it. Sighed, he was trying to make her stay connected and not disconnect herself. Stood and listened to him tell the entire pack that not only had he and Jack rejected their Mates but had banished them as well. That it had come to his attention no one in the pack had felt the Luna sever from the pack. The reason being for this, they were traitors who had tried to kill her and her entire family.

It was clear from his statement that not even he understood why the pack hadn’t felt her sever from them, sighed and shook her head, cut Jack clean off, when he mind-linked to her less than a minute later. She needed a minute to herself. Had all day, in fact, to be by herself and ponder. The boys were in school here inside the pack for the first time. Focused on them and felt them, happy as they normally were, they did like school.

Shook it off. What kid liked school? She’d liked the friendship aspect of it but not the homework. Her boys loved school, didn’t mind doing their homework either, likely going to be the top of their classes, till they found girls that was. Goddess, that was going to be a handful and she knew it.

Let it go, was years away from that happening, might just let their fathers deal with that one. Heard both Kali and Alari snort, fully amused by her thought. She’d never been shy about s*x. That was how she ended up in this mess. Pushed it aside, didn’t even have needs anymore. They died long ago with the breaking of her heart, she supposed.

Walked on in the woods, was following a trail that wound itself through the woods, didn’t even know where she was going, just trying to clear her head and being out in the woods helped. She stopped walking as she came to a large clearing, it was so bright under the sunlight compared to the darkness of the forest.

Didn’t know there was a massive clearing in the middle of the forest, knew it couldn’t possibly be recent, there was a very well established and massive garden right in the middle of it, and a log cabin on the other side of the clearing.

She’d only been wandering, she’d not had a destination in mind, and now looking at this place, knew it had to be where Hannah and her sisters lived. Though she had run all over this place, in both human and wolfen form, had lived here for a year, she’d never once come across it in all that time, and no one had ever mentioned this place to her. It was very pretty, so full of life and colour, she could almost feel it, how alive the place was.

Moved her eyes around the clearing, to really look at the place, it was more than pretty. It was utterly stunning to her, she could see practically half the plants in here glowing under the sun’s rays.

Tilted her head up as she heard that helicopter of West and Terence’s come back, didn’t see it but felt Allen himself up there somewhere. Moved her attention back to the garden and found Hannah standing on the front veranda, waved her into the garden and smiled at her. That was going to take some getting used to.

Luci stepped from the edge of the forest and into the light of the sun, and nearly sagged with the warmth that suddenly spread throughout her entire body, a calmness rolled right through her with that warmth. Aalyiah, who she’d not seen previously when looking at the garden, stood up from between some of the plants to her left and smiled at her. “It’s comforting to come home.” She said softly.

Luci nodded, “I guess it is.”

“Come in, we’ll make you some tea.” She motioned for Luci to walk through the garden, and she got a tingly sensation as she walked through it, reached out and slid her hand along a few of the plants as she went. They felt soft under her touch, really liked it, she realised.

Luci was invited inside and smiled at the portrait of Allen and Cosmos up on the wall. “Got yourself a handsome Mate, and a cheeky wolf I see.”

Watched all three of them turn and look at the portrait themselves and all of them smile up at it. Could actually see the love they had for Allen right at that moment. It practically radiated off of the three of them, she thought as she sank down on the lounge. “Tailored your cabin to his colouring.”

“We did.” Giannah chuckled, we’d miss him much more if we didn’t, always off in the packhouse.

She smiled couldn’t argue with that, that’s where a Gamma was needed most of the time, as part of the leadership of a pack, and responsible for the Luna. Looked around the cabin and realised she didn’t even feel uncomfortable there inside their home. Was inside a witch’s house and felt completely relaxed. “I’ve never seen this place before,” Luci stated, making herself comfortable on the couch.

“Only those we want to see it, get to.” Hannah told her “You are always welcome here Luci, anytime you need guidance or just for tea.”

“Thank you,” she nodded, might just take her up on that.

Watched as Hannah moved about making tea, she had a lovely glass tea pot, which she placed in many things, all fresh ingredients, Luci noted. Watched her stand and place cubed apple in there, a half dozen fresh raspberries, along with a small piece of cinnamon, half a vanilla bean and then sprinkled in what looked like ordinary black loose leaf tea about half a teaspoon.

Watched as Hannah poured water into the tea pot and she got to see all the ingredients start to infuse, brought it over to them and place it on the coffee table, there were four pretty glass teacups all with gold handles, had a pretty bunch of tiny blue flowers coming from the top of the handle and fell down the side of the cup with two green leaves on the bottom of the handle and two more tiny blue flowers as well.

She smiled at them. They were lovely, “It’ll need to steep for several minutes.”

Luci just nodded, she could already see the ingredients starting to change the colour of the water and swirl about slowly in there as they blended together. It was nice to watch.

“It’s sweet and delicious,” Giannah told her. “You’ll like it.”

“Is it relaxing?” she asked.

“Not really, a little on the invigorating side, but it will be good for you, help you to learn and retain new things. After tea, I can sit with you, help you practice your craft.” Hannah told her.

Luci thought about that, “I’d like that.” She nodded, “Though what if…”

“Don’t worry about that, you were distracted is all and here everything can be contained by us. You’ll hurt no one, Luci.”

She nodded, it would be nice to know she could learn how to use that power within her, “Luna Jo-anne?” she asked, knowing that woman was also a witch.

“Our coven leader, she’s more of a healer, is all light witch, you will be…” she seemed to think about it, “more like us, but mostly due to having Sirens’ b***d in your veins. Don’t concern yourself with it, and you may be any kind of Witch you like in reality. The choice is yours, after all. We’re also not bad, Luci, we just tend to let fate take its course instead of intervening. Let things play out as they need to.”

“What things?” she asked curiously.

“Many things actually, but if we intervene, the truly good things won’t happen in the future. So sometimes, we have to let not-so nice things happen to those around us, in order for true good to come from it.”

“Like what?”

“That’s harder to explain.”

“Can you try?”

“Hmm…Luna Jo-anne’s conception. Hideous and horrid for her mother to experience, but Jo-anne is all heart, good and light. What a true light witch is all about. Though her father was a monster, Jo-anne is not. Her mother suffered terribly for years at the hands of a true monster, and we had to let her, so that Jo-anne could be born.”

Luci stared right at her now, “My mother?”

“We know, but here you are. Perfect in our eyes, as you should be. Your own path had many deviations. We could not see which it would take for you to get Alari.” Heard the three of them sigh, “Everything happens for a reason Luci, please do believe that.”

“It hurts.” She murmured as she watched Giannah pour the tea and then hand her a cup.

“Hmm, but the Goddess smiles on you. You felt no pain all these years, attached to those two as you are. She did not want that for you, are special even to her,” Hannah told her.

“I don’t feel special.” Luci muttered.

All three of them chuckled softly “No one, ever feels special Luci, that is something you have to figure out and believe yourself.”

“Who does that?”

“Luna Jo-anne, she always believed in the Goddess, prayed to her for all, got to meet her once to we heard. Not many get that privilege, only the most devout.”

“Ain’t going to be me then?” she sipped her tea. “This is lovely.”

“Yes it is.” All three of them stated, “Our favourite tea.”

Luci got to spend the morning sitting out in the garden with not just Hannah but Aalyiah and Giannah as well, learning how to produce that ball of light at will. Make it disappear when she wanted to, and how to move it about and around her.

Was smiling and happy sitting there learning from them all. At one point it was almost like they were sitting playing a game of catch, the witch’s light being passed around between them like it was a ball.

She was happy, Kali and Alari were also happy right that minute, it was an odd feeling to have all three of them feeling happy at the same time. Most of the time, they were only ever happy when watching their boys or interacting with them. Never when they were on their own. Mostly just closed off to everything, and just went through the motions of the day, if on their own.

Practicing her newly found craft, she was happy, knew it was just her as well, not a wolf or siren thing. This was who she was, honestly couldn’t wait to go home and show her boys, or her mother when she came back.

“My mother?” she asked.

“Is where she needs to be. Safe.” Hannah told her, “Don’t worry so much about Addison, she is more powerful than she lets on, like you are.”

“Is that because of her witch’s b***d line?”

“Yes and no, before all of this is over Luci, you and your mother, Jo-anne even, will all be…”

“What?” Luci prompted.

“Better able to access your witchcraft, we’ll all share a unique ability, which will make life more interesting,” she chuckled softly.

Luci looked right at her, “You see a lot, don’t you?”

“Yes, it comes with age and experience.”

“How old are you?” Luci asked out of sheer curiosity.

“Now, now, that’s not polite, young one.”

Luci chuckled softly to herself “My apologies, I was just curious about Allen and…”

“We’ve not discussed it, likely not though, he is aware of that.”

Luci sighed a little heavily, as she nodded, bid them farewell. It was after lunch and she was hungry. She thought Allen would make a good dad, was kind and caring. It could well be that those three were just too old to bare him children. ‘Comes with age’, Hannah had stated. It was likely they were very old, could well be ancient.

Wondered how there would be a continuation of the Gamma bloodline if there were no children. She shook it off, it was not up to her only they and Allen could make that decision. Walked on through the forest, and produced a ball of witch’s light to light her way ahead, smiled to herself.

Now she understood how to create it and move it, she could do it at will, and without fear of it exploding like the other night. That was a nice feeling to have, strolled along at her own pace and smiled a few times at plants, they just seemed to glow up at her, almost like she could see their life force.

She had also liked hearing that her mother was safe and where she needed to be, was probably enjoying her time up at the lake then, wondered when she’d get to go there herself. If the twins would like it there too, feel a connection to the place, Alari had no doubt that they would. It was their father’s lake, so there would be a connection to it. She was certain of it.