SCHOOL OF MAGICAL ENLIGHTENMENT

CONFRONTATION OART 2

LISA'S POV

We walk around the school campus taking pictures of buildings and people who allow us to take pictures of them.

The faculty of the Night looks like an ancient castle on the outside but we were politely turned back and asked to come back in the morning for a tour. The faculty of Nature is built with a balance of nature and the modern architecture with different flowers and herbs growing on almost every floor. The faculty of shifters is built like a stadium with a very large arena in its center and several hurdles, gyms and Olympic sized swimming pools. We checked out the class rooms which were huge with tables and chairs of various forms and sizes with a projector and several screens across the entire room. Almost every classroom was like this with a few exceptions.

As we stepped out of a building, we see that it has begun to snow. I look at Nyssa surprised but she just laughs and we put on our sweaters. As we move ahead, we see a tall teenage raven haired girl with a young man about her height with brown shaggy hair and a slight build screaming at each other with a crowd gathering around them.

'What's going on?' asks Nyssa

'I have no idea'

'That's Patricia and her mate Martin.'

'You know them?'

'They are part of my grand mothers coven.'

I mind link with a lycan girl I see is close to the scene and get the full story.

'She says he's cheating on her with her friend and he's denying it.'

'Martin? Martin would never do such a thing.'

'Apparently she was told by Nicarra.'

'Then he is guilty, Nicarra never lies.'

Patricia pulls out a female underwear from her bag and Martin becomes speechless. She punches him in the eye and storms away.

Everyone laughs and hoots as Martin holds unto his eye howling in pain. I look at my watch and see its almost seven. I show Nyssa the time and she nods in understanding and we both head in the direction of the main hall.

'I have a question' I remark.

'Okay' replies Nyssa

'If Martin and Patricia are mates, how come she didn't know he was cheating.'

'My mother told me witches mate in two phases, the first is the bonding, which is the point they both meet and accept each other. The second is the sealing stage at this point they become inseparable till death. Once the bond is sealed, the mates cannot have other partners. The pain would be excruciating for the cheating parties. So in answer to your question, I guess Warren has bonded with Patricia but refuses to seal the bond to be with another woman.'

'Can witches do that?'

'Yes but it s generally frowned upon when discovered by the coven.'

'So if a bond is not completed can it be broken?'

'Yes but it is excruciatingly painful, and if the bond is broken unjustly, the mate breaking the bond will lose part of themselves to the his or her ex-mate. In some cases magic in others life deduction, I guess its the fates way of compensation in some way.'

'Nice! So how do you seal the bond?'

'I don't know, my mother never told me.'

'We aren't really different from each other.'

'How do you mean?' asks Nyssa.

'Lycans also mate in two phases, the first is the marking, when the mates bite each other on the neck.'

What?' says Nyssa with her eyes almost popping out.

I laugh at her reaction, but still continue.

'Its not as bad as it sounds, I am told its quite pleasurable actually and it keeps suitors off the marked mate, like a sign that the person is taken. And the second stage is the actual mating. It is important because the couple forms a bond between themselves and with the pack.'

We arrive in front of the main hall, it is a large tall structure, built in renaissance style architecture. with large windows and two large double doors in front. We see activities going on inside and open the door. We enter and the hall goes quiet with several eyes on us.

'Lisa' I hear and turn to see Warren standing up to his full height of six feet seven inches, with his light brown hair packed in an bun and held in place by a royal crest hairpin, looking bigger than I remember him. He was coming into the hall from the northern entrance, surrounded by members of his dragon clan. He moves to come towards me but is held back on his shoulder by a female hand. I follow the hand and it leads to a tall beautiful woman over dressed in designer red catsuit with matching red heels, she looks at me with an ice cold stare and I stare back, my Lycan growling in reaction to my growing anger. Nyssa touches my arm seeing the tension and asks me to meet with her cousins mate who was seated further ahead of us.

I look away and see several long tables served with various delicacies and drinks with several ornate cushioned chairs situated on four sides of the hall divided by beautiful red carpets that start from the entrance doors and converge at the center of the hall with several chandeliers lighting up the room at different points. A lot of the chairs have already being occupied by different clans some I recognise by their physical features, others I had never seen before.

As we walk past Warren, he sniffs the air and grabs Nyssa by the throat, lifting her up and slamming her into a wall, looking at her with murderous intent. Seita shrieks and flys down to attack Warren, trying to save Nyssa but Warren simply grabs him and slams him to the floor, knocking him cold. I run towards him to stop him but he growls at me, which leaves me astonished because he has never growled at me before. Several sirens and witches rush towards us and dragons form a defensive line to prevent them from hurting Warren. I try to move towards Warren again but I am blocked by the lady I believe to be Cecil. I growl at her and she flinches but steps aside. She may be a dragon, but I am a royal. I grab Warrens hand to try and loosen his grip on Nyssa who has begun to turn purple. I mind-link Lucas of the situation and he tells me he's almost at our location.

'LET HER GO WARREN!' I shout at him.

'NOT UNTIL I GET A NAME!' he shouts back at me and turns back to her, 'TELL ME YOUR NAME HYBRID!'

'ITS NYSSA WARREN, LET HER GO!' I tell him.

He unceremoniously drops her and steps away from her as she gasps for breath. I run to her and sit her down trying to apologise as a several people surround us, checking on her. He turns around, pointing at her.

'I WARREN EDGAR DRAGONHEART REJECT YOU NYSSA AS MY MATE!'