Chapter 101 Amalie
“Welcome my dear,” the female from my last dream says as she looks down at me. She stands over my bed.
“Hi, I say simply. I sit up
the bed I had been laying down. I look around Why was I laying
down? Where was Cal and Mark? “I’m sorry, I don’t remember your name.”
“That is quite alright,” she says with a smile. There is something in her smile that I can’t place, but it’s gone as quickly as it appeared. She then hands me a robe.
I look down to see myself in a thin nightgown. I take the robe from her and put it on. “Thank you.” I
say.
“Follow me,” she says. I know that it is a suggestion, but it feels like an order.
I simply nod my head. I get up to follow her, but my legs give out and I fall to the floor. “What’s wrong with my legs?” I ask as I look down.
The woman kneels down next to me. She looks at my legs. “You had a stressful day. Stress and pain. manifest in sleeping realm differently than in the waking realm, or the realm of the living. What you experienced earlier today, is attacking your legs here,” she explains.
“What do you mean?” I ask in confusion as I look at my legs.
“You are transversing the realm of sleep,” she explains as she puts a hand on my leg.
I try not to shiver at how frigid her touch is. Her hand is worse than ice as she runs it over my leg. “What are you looking for?” I ask, trying to distract myself from her cold hand.
“Your wolf slumbers as you are here, so she is unable to heal you,” she continues to explain.
I nod as if that explains everything and made total sense.
‘But, here, if you are powerful enough, you can manipulate the realm,” she finishes. She then mutters something under her breath that I am unable to understand. The woman looks up at me and
smirks.
“What did you do? Who are you?7 I ask as I look at her to my leg and then back at her.
“Someone who is misunderstood,” she tells me as she stands gracefully. “Come, the others a waiting to meet you.” She then starts to leave.
“Wait!” I say quickly as I stand up. There is no pain this time.
“Come,” she tells me simply as she leaves the room.
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I follow her, not sure where she is leading me. “Please, will you at least answer me this? Who are
you?” I ask again.
“I will answer you, when we meet the others,” she tells me as she continues to walk.
I want to demand answers to my questions. If this is truly where I had come the last time, when I had that weird dream a few nights ago, I want answers. But I do not get to ask as I follow her through the halls.
Instead, I look around at the walls. This time I am able to study the walls as I am walking, not running. The walls have murals of trees, like a forest. So, I was not imagining that. They are very
lifelike.
I go to touch the wall when, the woman stops me. “Do not touch the walls,” she orders.
“Why?” I ask in confusion as I stop, an inch
from the wall.
“They are en hanted for protection,” she tells me.
“Magic?” I ask in disbelief.
“Yes, please keep up,” she tells me as she continues to walk.
1 roll my eyes and follow her.
We finally reach the ballroom from my dream. As we enter the room, the woman’s dress transforms into a sleek black and red dress. My own robe transforms into a deep blue dress that matches hers.
The woman continues on into the room. There are people in the room, they stare at us. She pays. them no attention as she continues. The people bow theirs heads at her. I stop in awe at the sight. She must be some kind of Alpha to these people.
The woman sits on her throne and then looks at me. “My name is Countess Francesca Trivulzio,” she tells me. “I am a witch from the Coven.‘
I stand there as I take in what she says. A witch, that is not possible. They all died out years ago, killed by humans. “The Coven?” I ask, raising an eyebrow.
tried
“I know,” she smirks, “not a very original name. Our original name has been changed and lost over time. We have gone by many names. Been a home to many people. Humans have feared to kill us over the years.
“In this realm, the realm between life and death, we have taken refuge,” Francesca says. “Humans have long since feared what they do not understand. They hunted us into near extinction. We have been forces to hide here like rats.
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‘So, the strongest of my kind built this palace. A home that we can live in peace away from humans. We have been forced to live here for years now,” she hisses.
“I don’t understand what this has to do with me?” I ask when she stops.
“You my dear have everything to do with it,” she tells me.
“What do you mean?” I demand.
“You-”
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