June 22nd
(Kaiden's POV)
"Hi, sorry I couldn't talk when you called yesterday. I got caught up with work and completely forgot to call back." Liz says answering the phone.
"It's fine. I just wanted to ask something that has to do with Addison." I tell her as I sit on the front steps of the house.
"I haven't talked to her in over two decades."
"I just wanted to know if she was possibly pregnant when she left."
"I don't know. If was she didn't tell me which is not surprising given we weren't close. Why?" She asks curiously.
"Do you think she would she told your parents?"
"Not likely. They would've tried to stop her from leaving. If she was pregnant and planned to put the child up for adoption they would have taken the child in. Hell I would have and if the child was Kyle's knowing him he would have. Have you asked him?"
"He knows nothing. You right he would have taken her in a heartbeat even knowing it would be hard being a single dad and new alpha." I say as I watch pack members walking around.
"You said her. You believe Addison had a daughter and that she's Kyle's." She says picking up on my slip up.
"There is a shifter visiting the Winter Moon Pack. She looks a lot like Kyle and a bit like Addison. From what I gathered she was adopted as a baby and didn't know she was shifter until she was 13." Ella just mentioned what could be useful and not much else.
"I'll talk to my parents. They got a letter about a year after Addison left saying she was safe and happy. I don't actually know what was in the letter."
"Okay. If you learn anything just text me. Andy talked me into helping with those who have recently started shifting." I say standing up.
"Will do. Bye." She says before hanging up. Slipping my phone in my pocket I head over to the training grounds. Dealing with newly shifter shifters is always interesting.
(Luca's POV)
"Your hair is so soft." Timmy says breaking the silence as he runs his fingers through my hair. We are sitting outside, well he is sitting and I'm laying down with my head in his lap. We really haven't been talking, just enjoying each others company. It's not often we see each other in person. Maybe one day that will change. "What's on your mind?"
"What?" I ask opening my eyes to look up at him.
"I can tell you are thinking about something."
"What would you say if I told you I was thinking about moving to the Amethyst Pack one day?" I ask a bit nervous.
"I would be happy, but are you sure?" He asks looking down at me as he pauses running his fingers through my hair.
"Yes. I've been thinking about it for awhile. It most likely won't be for awhile though."
"That's fine. Would you want to move in with me when you do move or have your own place first?" He asks as he starts running his fingers through my hair again.
"You don't even have your place." I point out the obvious.
"I will soon. About a dozen or so small houses are in the final stages of being built. With my parents help I will be moving into one. Sky and Garrett also plan to move into one. Half are two bedrooms and half are three bedrooms."
"Which one are you going for?"
"Probably a two bedroom. There is space to add on in future if needed."
"Let's not talk that far ahead just yet."
"Don't want to talk about possible kids?" He asks laughing as I raise an eyebrow.
"I want kids just not anytime soon. One day though."
"Same."
We end up falling back into comfortable silence. I try not to doze off as Timmy continues to play with my hair.
(Ella's POV)
As I sit with Carter on the front steps after training I get a text from Zachery sending a photo of Patch covered in mud. Patch is his familiar, she's a Dalmatian. She's a total sweetheart and loves playing in dirt. I show the photo to him before putting my phone back in my pocket as a girl walks over. She has long curled blonde hair and a fair complexion with freckles across her nose and cheeks. She is a few inches taller than me.
"I hope I'm not interrupting anything." She's coming to a stop next to us.
"Not at all. Rose, meet Ella. She is a wolf shifter is currently staying with us for the time being. Ella, this is Rose, my ex." Carter says introducing us as we stand up.
"I heard we had someone staying with us. Wasn't told that you were so pretty." Rose tells me with a smile, "I'm not coming onto you just so you know. I say that to anyone that doesn't know me well when I compliment them. I've had a few people think I was coming onto them."
"It's fine. Carter mentioned you a little."
"I hope it was only good things."
"He just told me that y'all dated and that you have found your soulmate. Didn't mention your name though." I say looking up at him.
"You didn't tell me your ex's name."
"That's because I want nothing to do with her. I want to forget the bitch's name," I reply.
"Sound like it didn't end well." Rose comments.
"No, but my future in dating looks pretty good," I say glancing at Carter smiling.
"Oh. Anything you want to tell me Carter?" Rose asks noticing my glance.
"Ella and me are soulmates, but we are taking things slow and getting to know each other."
"That reminds me. Nicholas and me started dating last week." She says as she gets a bit of a dreamy look talking about her soulmate.
"I'm surprised you waited so long. Have you told him that you are a shifter?"
"We wanted to get to know each other first. Not yet. He knows about the supernatural world though as his older sister married a witch."
"Have your moms met him yet?"
"No, but we are all getting together tomorrow for lunch. His sister and her wife are even visiting. They are moving to a coven that's close. I think the town it's located in is the one your father and Beta Jack passed through to go to the Amethyst Pack." She says pausing for a moment, "I can't remember its name off the top of my head. Nicholas's fathers are both very good cooks. I might even say they are better than your mom's cooking, but only slightly. Nothing will ever beat your mom's cookies though."
"Moonstone?" I ask curious.
"Yes. Is there a coven there?"
"The Moonstar Coven. It's where I'm from."
"Really? Lexie and Alison should be arriving there by the end of the month."
We talk with Rose for a few more minutes before she heads off. After she is gone Carter goes to see if his father needs any help while I go talk to Dr. Ryker finally. I have been putting it off.
———
"Umm, hello. I'm looking for the Alpha of the pack." A voice says causing me to look to my left as I get closer to the pack house. Walking towards me are two girls. One has black hair with blonde bangs and elf ears. The other has long red hair and round glasses. Both are on the tall side.
"I think he's inside. I'm not positive though as he might be out and about around the pack." I tell them as Emily walks out of the house.
"He's over at the training grounds watching some of the younger shifters train." Emily says, "I can help you though. I'm Emily, the pack's Luna."
"Emery and this is my girlfriend, Haley. My mother was from here. I was hoping to see if she had any family still here."
"What's her name?"
"Paige Winters. She left almost three decades ago."
"Winters?"
"Yes. Is there no one here anymore with that last name?" Emery asks looking a little worried.
"The opposite actually. My last name is Winters through my husband, Jared. He has a sister named Paige that moved away just about three decades ago." Emily says smiling kindly as the two girls.
"I don't know if my mother had a sibling. She never talked her family or the pack. The name of the pack was the only piece of info she ever gave me."
"Let's head inside and we can talk in the office more." Emily says before leading them inside. As they head inside Carter comes up beside me. "Who are they?"
"From what I gathered listening, I think your cousin and her girlfriend. Don't ask me more as I don't know. Your mom is taking them into the office to talk more."
"I'll ask later. For now I have patrol duty."
"Have fun."
"I'll attempt." He says before heading off around to the back of the house. I head inside where I find Melody in the hallway. We decided head to the living room to talk. The others all busy at the moment.
(Kyle's POV)
"Have you seen the paint for Jasper's room?" Cody asks walking into the office. It's suppose to be mine and Aurora's, but Cody uses it more than her.
"I think it's in the shed." I say as my computer alerts me to a new email.
"Work is never done." Cody comments as he walks over the couch to sit down.
"Unfortunately no." I reply opening up the new email.
"If you had the opportunity to go back in time and not become the next Alpha would you?" Cody asks form where is sitting on the couch instead of helping. Not that he can do much with a broken hand as he is left handed.
"Being the Beta would be easier, but no. Growing up I didn't look forward to being the Beta as I didn't want to have any part of running the pack. Now, I wouldn't change anything about my life."
"Will the opinion change if Ella turns out to be your daughter?"
"I don't know." I say truly unsure. When I met Aurora I had already been Alpha for three years. By the time we had Marie I had been the Alpha for seven years, so it wasn't hard to spilt my time. It also did help that Peter is seven years older than Marie, so he helped babysit when he became a teen.
———
June 26th
(Ella's POV)
"Knowing my car is fixed kind of makes me sad." I say as Luca and me lay in grass in the backyard.
"Not ready to leave I see. Does it happen to do with a certain pink haired shifter?" He asks me with a knowing look.
"Partly. I'm going to miss all of y'all and this place. I feel more at home here then I do at well home."
"We have a group chat for a reason. Plus you can always visit."
"Ember has already asked me what I want my name to be." More accurately she bugged me until I came up with one.
"What did you decide on?"
"Not telling."
Luca and me talk about random little things which ends up going from talking about books to random marine life facts. Nether of us know how we really ended up on the topic. It's odd to say the least and how we know these random facts is even more odd.
"Do I even want to know what the two of you are talking about?" Carter asks standing above us before sitting down with a slight look of pain on his face.
"Sperm whales sleeping vertically. Don't ask. Are you okay?" I ask as both Luca and me sit up.
"I will be."
"What happened?" I ask concerned.
"Encountered some rouges on patrol. Got a couple of fractured ribs, but mostly bruising. One head butted my side pushing me hard into a tree. I have taken something for pain, it just hasn't fully taken effect. Some of the others are worse since the rogues took us by surprise."
"Anything we should worry about?" Luca asks.
"They took off when the other patrol shifters arrived, so at the moment no. The patrols are going to keep an eye out just in case they come back." Carter says laying down in the grass before looking up at me, "What time do you leave tomorrow?"
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"About 11. My siblings don't know I'm returning tomorrow. They usually get home between 3:30 and 4, except Hazel. She usually works 1-8pm as she's a tattoo apprentice. She's very close to finishing it though. Zachery is currently at the Dawson Coven and won't be home until about 5 tomorrow. I've never been able to surprise them, mainly Zach and Hazel." I say playing with Carter's hair which is still pink. He plans on just letting it grow out to get rid of the color. I think he suits the pink, but I'm curious to see what he looks like with his natural brunette hair.
"I know the feeling. Bri usually knows when Alex and me are up to something when we try to surprise her for her birthday. Speaking of birthdays Ember's is in two weeks."
"Emily told me. Nina commissioned me to make a painting for her. I've been sworn to secrecy and can't tell anyone what the idea is. I can say though that it's very cute and sweet."
"Like what Alex did?" Luca asks as he lays back down in the grass.
"Yes."
"Can you tell about one you have been working on recently?"
"It's one of the biggest I've done recently and has all wolves in it. I think in total I'm painting twelve wolves. It's an anniversary gift. From what I've gathered the wolves represent both of their families. Two of the wolves are being painted as ghosts to represent her parents who have passed away."
"That sounds like what Alex told me she was planning on commissioning."
"It sounds like it because it's what I got commissioned. The artist hasn't been able to work on it." Alex says as she stops behind Luca before asking, "Are you the artist behind Moonstar Art?"
"Yes." I never decided if I was going to say anything or not.
"This is a surprise." She says laughing.
"Very. To save on shipping I can bring it with me when I return for Em's birthday."
"That's fine as mine and Isaac's anniversary isn't until the end of next month." Alex says sitting down beside Luca.
The four of us talk while I braid random pieces of Carter's hair. The two of us went into town the other day just to walk around. We came across Rose and I got to meet Nicholas. He has black hair and is a little shorter than Rose. They are cute together.
"What happened to your hair, Carter?" Ember asks as her and Nina join the group.
"I don't know what Ella has been doing to it." Carter replies as I work on undoing all the random little braids I've done, "There have been a few times I've almost fallen asleep though."
These five plus everyone else I've meet in the pack have really made me feel welcomed. These past few days have been fun getting to know some of the Amethyst Pack members. Emery and Haley have also been very nice. It turns out they are related to Carter. Emery is a half elf half shifter and Haley is a half born vampire half witch. Her clan is actually the one that passes through Moonstar a couple of times year. That was a surprise. I don't usually interact with them, so I never met them before now.
———
June 27th
"How was the drive?" Dad asks as soon as I get out of my car and pulls me into a hug.
"Long." I reply hugging him back.
"Have you heard back from the doctor in the Amethyst Pack?" He asks after letting me go and stepping back to let me close my door.
"Before I left Dr. Ryker gave me an envelope before I left. Haven't opened it." I say grabbing my bag and suitcase out of the back seat.
"As I've said before we will support you no matter what." He says taking my suitcase from me.
"I know. I love you, dad."
"I love you too, little moon."
"You haven't called me that since mom died."
"I know. Do you know how she came up for that nickname for you?" He asks as we head into the house.
"No."
"You have always loved the moon and stars. On nights you wouldn't sleep she would sit on the balcony with you to look at the stars. You had this little crescent moon pillow that you would not sleep without. Stripes and it were the two things we always had to make sure we packed if we were going somewhere. It got lost and you were so upset. Kat felt so bad that we couldn't find it and bought a blanket covered in crescent moons and stars. The one that lives at the foot of your bed." Stripes is my stuff black cat plush I've had since I was a baby. It's been repaired more times than I can remember over the years. It now lives on a shelf to keep it safe. No one to this day knows why I decided on the name Stripes of all things.
"I still have a love of moons. My soulband fits me perfectly with having a black crescent moon in the middle of the light purple band."
"Yes it does. The others should be home shortly."
After slipping off my shoes I greet Nathan and take my suitcase back from my dad. It's not a rule, but you never catch anyone wearing shoes in the house unless they are slippers. Patch and Raven sniff me as I try to get around them to head upstairs. They aren't use to me being gone for days. Pumpkin doesn't really care as she lays on her back sound asleep on her cat tree. Pumpkin only cares if there is food that she can attempt to steal or she wants treats. Once in my room I decide to enter the group chat finally.
Winter Moon Chat
Moony has enter the chat
Moony: I made it home.
Blueberry: I love your name, but I also want to know the reason behind it
Moony: I love moons. My parents also used to call my little moon. Remus is also my favorite Marauder
EnergizerBunny: that's sweet. Remus is my favorite one as well. Can you guess who all of us are?
Moony: I know Blueberry is Alex since Luca said it was her group chat name when I first met yall
GirlOnFire: glad you made it home
Moony: @GirlOnFire hi, Em
TheLesbian: she's good. My name probably gives me away
Moony: yes it does, Nina. Ember also told me hers when she was helping me figure out a name
Panda: :)
Pinkie: @Panda ?
Panda: I have nothing really to say, but wanted to interact in the chat. @Moony you still haven't guess us guys.
Moony: @Pinky is 100% Carter since Ember mentioned she was thinking about changing his chat name to it. @Panda is Luca which leaves @EnergizerBunny as Isaac. Luca, why panda? I'm not even going to ask Isaac
Panda: I'm pan and Ember wouldn't let me be PanDuh
EnergizerBunny: I'm still going to explain. I had a lot of energy as a kid and my dad once compared to the energizer bunny. Alex was the one who thought it should be my chat name.
I stay in the group chat a few minutes before heading back downstairs. While talking with Luca one day I learned he has a love for pandas. As I walk over to the office I hear my dad talking to someone. Since the door is open I figure he is talking to Ezra or Pierce. As I walk into the office I realize I am wrong. My dad looks up upon hearing me.
"Ella, I want you to meet the two newest members of the coven. Lexie and Alison Gray. Ella is one of my four daughters."
"Nice to meet you, Ella." Lexie tells me. She has long curly ginger hair while Alison has short brunette hair with red streaks framing her tan face. Lexie is slightly darker in complexion. I'm assuming one is Nicholas's sister as the timing adds up.
"You too. What coven are you originally from?"
"I'm from the Starr Coven." Alison replies.
"I'm completely human. We decided to move here since it's the closest coven to my family. Still three and a half hours away, but better than eight. I'm from the town of Charlotte. My brother, Nicholas, one day will be joining the shifter pack outside of the town since his girlfriend, Rose, is a wolf shifter."
"I met them a few days ago I recently got back from the Winter Moon Pack. They are both very nice."
"Ella, did you need something?" My dad asks.
"I was going to ask you something, but it can wait."
"We are actually done here. Just waiting on Pierce to get over here to show them to their new house." Dad tells me just as we hear the front door open.
"Hey, Della and me are home." I hear Becca call out.
"I'm in the office and Nathan is most likely in the kitchen." Dad calls back.
"Is that Ella's car in the drive?" Della asks walking into the office, "Why didn't you tell us you were returning today?"
"Where is the fun in that?" I reply as she hugs me.
While Della and me were hugging Becca walks into the office with Raven following after her trying to sniff her feet. At the same time Alison and Lexie follow our dad out to go meet up with Pierce.
"How was your stay with the pack?" Becca asks hugging me and whispering, "I can see in your eyes that you aren't completely happy being home. What's wrong?"
"Later." I reply before she lets me go.
Even though I'm closest to Zachery I find it easier to talk to Becca about how I'm feeling. She was the one who was with me when I learned my ex was cheating on me. Becca sat with me as I cried, got mad and finally decided my ex wasn't worth my tears or anger. She made her choice and now I'm finding happiness again. Becca had a friend, Darren, that got cheated on. The person his ex was cheating with turned out to be his soulmate, so the ex got neither of them in the end. Axel didn't know the ex was in a relationship and when he found out he told Darren. They are now living happily together in their clan and are engaged.
"I'll hold you to it." She says letting me go.
"If I'm being honest I didn't really want to leave. Even though I was only there a week I made some amazing friends. I felt like I belonged there and not just because my soulmate is there." I say before realizing what I said.
"Oh? Who's this mysterious soulmate of yours?" Della asks.
"Anyone home?" We hear Violet call out as the front door shuts.
"We are in the office." Della calls out to her as both her and Becca still watch me waiting for me to tell them who my soulmate is.
"I'm not saying."
"Not saying what?" Violet asks walking into the office.
"Ella met her soulmate and won't tell us who it is." Della supplies while I give them an annoyed look.
"Leave her be. If Ella doesn't want to tell us who her soulmate is right now then it's her choice." She tells them before hugging me.
We decided to move to the living where there is more space.
(Simon's POV)
"I see Ella is home." Pierce comments as we head back to my house after showing Lexie and Alison their's, "Bet you are glad she's home."
"I am, but I don't think she really is."
"What do you mean?"
"When she called to tell me that her car was finally fixed she didn't sound overly happy about it. The few times we talked over the phone she sounded happier then she did when she left. I think being able to learn about being a shifter and just getting away from the coven helped."
"If she wanted to return to the pack permanently, how would you feel about it?"
"I want her to be happy just like I want all the kids to be happy. If she wants to move to the pack than I'll support her." I say as we stop at the bottom of the steps leading to my house.
"Damien is returning tomorrow."
"I bet you are happy to have him back."
"Probably not as much as my mother. Violet doesn't know yet as Damien to surprise her. I think he believes she is still upset with him."
"Is she?"
"She's sad that he hasn't really visited much over the last six years, but she realizes why he left. My only hope is that he doesn't still blame himself for what happened to Melissa eight years ago. Knowing my sister she would have done that for any of the children in the coven." Pierce says before looking a little sad at the mention of his younger sister. During an attack by rogue vampires and shifters she got between Damien and one of the vampires. She didn't survive her injuries. Damien left as soon as he was old enough to become an apprentice. He blamed himself for her death when it wasn't his fault.
"Melissa was very protective and a little scary at times." I say as we head up the steps. Melissa took after her mother. Everyone knows not to piss off Glinda. Most think air and fire witches are dangerous when pissed off, but Glinda is a nature witch.
"Yes she was. If she was here she would 100% be mentoring Violet instead of our dad." Pierce says as I open the door. Violet is a fire witch and Edison is a fire warlock. It's not an easy power to control or learn.
Upon walking into the house we hear laugher from the living room. We don't have to walk far to see all the girls minus Hazel in the living room. At some point Violet, Amber and Sophia came over. Ezra, Pierce and me are all glad that the girls include Sophia as she is the youngest of them at 17. From the looks of it they are painting each other's nails. Ella is trying to glare at them while also blushing.
"What is going on here?" Pierce asks making our presence known to the girls.
"Just painting nails and asking Ella about her stay with the Winter Moon Pack." Violet replies innocently.
"More like they are trying to figure out who my soulmate is by how I talk about the people I met in the pack." Ella corrects as Becca paints her nails.
Pierce and me decide to leave the girls to their own thing and head into the office. We decide to shut the door so we don't hear them as much since my office is right behind the couches.
———
(Ella's POV)
"Dad?" I ask as I stand in the doorway of his office. The others are all off doing whatever before dinner, so I figure this was the perfect time to talk to him.
"What's wrong?" He asks sitting aside the paperwork he was working on as I go to sit the loveseat in the office. When I don't reply right way he walks over it sit next to me, "You can talk to me about anything. You know that, don't you?" He asks putting a hand on my back.
"I know dad."
"What's on your mind?"
"I was only with the pack for a week, but I felt like I belonged there. Ever since I shifted for the first time I haven't really felt like I belonged here anymore." I say as my eyes start to water, "The pack made me feel accepted even though I know very little about being a shifter or packs. It's barely been over a week, but I'm already finding happiness again thanks to meeting them. I feel like I can truly be myself around Carter unlike with Lilliana. Just being around him is comforting."
"If you want to move to the pack permanently I'll support you as I want you to be happy, Little Moon." My dad tells me wrapping an arm around my shoulders. At that I lay my head on his shoulder and let the tears fall.
"Emily and Jared told me that if I ever wanted to move there to just tell them. Ember's birthday is in two weeks. I was planning on going to it."
"Are you wanting to move there then or wait?" He asks rubbing my shoulder.
"I should be able to get all my stuff packed before than. I'll just put things on my shop as pre-order until I get my printer set up again."
"I don't think your car will make it."
"All my stuff won't fit in my car anyway. I can ask Keira if she'll be willingly to help me move. Her mother owns a truck."
"That doesn't help if you have to go other places." He points out before saying, "Glinda is talking about getting a truck to transport plants and gardening supplies easier. When she learned about your car she told me if you want her car she'll sign it over to you."
"Really?" I ask sitting up to look at him.
"Yes. If you don't believe me you can ask her."
"I believe you it's just surprising."
"You do know that she thinks of all you kids as grandkids."
"I know just like I know that Zach and Damien might be soulmates or at least together. Don't tell either that I said that."
"I won't let them know what you think. I do though want to know why you think that?"
"It's mostly how Zachery gets when he talks about Damien. He gets a similar look in his eye that you do when you talk about Nathaniel."
"If they are soulmates it's good that Pierce has already been teaching Violet what it takes to be the second in command just in case. It was more so done in case Damien decided to never return."
"Makes sense. I'm going to miss everyone here when I move to the pack, but I think it's a decision I'm not going to regret. The one thing that's going to take getting use to is that I'm going to be the Luna of said pack one day. In the far future."
"Please explain."
"Carter is Alpha Jared and Luna Emily's son. He is currently learning what it takes to be alpha as he takes over next year. Carter and me are soulmates. He knows I'm not looking to get into a relationship right now and have both agreed to take things slow. Right now we are just focusing on getting to know each other."
"I think you will make a great Luna one day as you do take charge sometimes." My day says pulling me into a side hug.
"From what I learned it has to do with my bloodline. I'm from a Beta bloodline. Don't really know what that means though."
"I'm guessing you finally read the results though I thought he's the Alpha."
"I did and Alpha Kyle is my biological father. The previous Alpha had no kids, so he took over as Alpha while his younger twin became the Beta. I don't know if he's been told about me being his daughter or if it's being left up to me."
"You can always reach out to him to find out."
"Maybe later."
My dad doesn't say anything as he kisses the top of my head. We don't say anything as we just sit on the loveseat with his arm around my shoulders. I don't know long we sit in silence until Nathaniel gently taps on the door to get our attention to let us know that dinner is ready.
———
"Hey, can I come in?" Becca asks poking her head in my room as I clean up a painting mess.
"Yes." I say turning to look at her.
"Why did you look sad earlier?" She asks sitting on the foot of my bed.
"I felt like I belonged there more than here. Part of it might be because of Carter, but everyone made me feel very welcomed. I've talked to dad about moving there in two weeks."
Becca grabs the back of my chair and pulls it closer so she can hug before saying, "You seemed a lot happier while you were there. I can see it bothers you when others in the coven go out of their way to ignore you or talk about you behind you back. Maybe in a few months I'll be joining you at the pack."
I lay my head on her shoulder as I hug her back. Becca may only be a year older, but it's nice having an older sister to talk to about things.
"Carter is the one with pink hair, right?" Becca asks as we end the hug.
"Fuck."
"Don't let Nathan or Simon hear you." She says before we both laugh. Nether really care if we curse if it's not around younger coven member. Though Nathan will say language if he hears us.
———
(Simon's POV)
"Everything okay?" Nathaniel asks sitting down beside me on the couch as I close the folder of paperwork I've been trying to work on, "It looked like Ella has been crying earlier."
"It will be. She's decided to move to the Winter Moon Pack in two weeks." I say leaning against him.
Sometimes it hard to believe it's been a year since we got married. All the kids were very on board with the idea because we were happy. Neither of us thought we would find love again, after loosing our partners, let alone find our soulmate. That was a surprise, but a happy one in the end. I never regretted marrying Katharine and I know Nathan never regretted marrying Drew. While looking through old photos one time we realized Kat and Drew had matching soulbands, a light blue band with a simple black outline of a daisy in the middle. Kat's was in her right wrist and Drew's was on his left ankle. We had a laugh when we learned that. Who knows how our lives would have changed if they were alive and we all met. Maybe in another life they would be alive and together with us.
"Becca mentioned wanting to move out. Not leave the coven, but into a house of her own." Nathaniel says bringing me out of my thoughts.
"We have a few tiny houses not in use. I think Hazel and Violet have talked about moving into one together. Don't know how that would go."
"Roxy and Raven would probably be thrilled. The fox and the Pomeranian."
"If the girls decide that they can't stand living together it's not a big deal." I say as he rubs his hand up and down my arm.
"How do you think things would be if Katharine and Drew were alive?"
"More chaotic than our lives already are." It would be organized chaos, but still chaos.
"Can't deny that. What were you working before I interrupted?"
"Paperwork. Trying to figure out where we can put new houses since the coven keeps growing." I say rubbing my eyes, "Pierce has been trying to help, but it's still slow going. We might be able to fit a few more tiny houses, but nothing larger unless we cut down trees."
"How big was the clearing when the coven first moved here?"
"The size it is now. Our only two options are cutting down trees or finding a bigger area to move to."
"You don't like either option it sounds."
"Not really."
"What about splitting the coven into two?" A voice asks from behind us. I turn to see my dad, David, and step-dad, Luka.
"When did you arrive back?" I ask sitting up to look at them.
"A couple of minutes ago. Thought we stop by to say hello."
"Has a coven split into two before?" Nathan asks.
"Yes. Usually when they don't want to move, but need more space. The Starr Coven is an example. The Moonlight Coven four hours north was part of the Starr Coven until about five generations ago. A lot of the Starr Coven didn't want to move, so it was decided to split the coven into two." Luka answers.
"We would have to figure out who would lead the new coven and be the second in command."
"Ask the kids. Either way you get 3-4 years to plan where to locate the new coven and figure out who would want to be apart of it." My dad suggests.
"I will talk to them in the morning after talking with Pierce first. Who was your trip?"
"Good. It was nice to see my sister again."
Nathaniel and me spend about an hour talking to my dads. After they leave we decided to get go to bed earlier as it's been a long day and tomorrow will be another long day.