By moonlight's shadow

Chapter 62

Once Meron was settled to the quarters of the Healers who were laughing when they heard the story that a Druid had followed a wolf in the forest with the hopes of scaring her. Rhea felt better now that she had gotten everything off her chest but there was yet a lot that she needed to speak to her Brother about. Getting visions was not something which was taken lightly in any world. Be it a the wolf one or the Druid one and she was having visions so real that she felt that each one was trying to speak something to her. But what, that was the question.

Nina came back in the meanwhile and took a sleepy and hungry baby Aurora from Lukas who waved at her and she moved her rattle at him. The spirit of Luna hovered beside him and said,” When are you going to tell her?”

“I am going to talk to her Aunt Luna, but you have to stop pestering me in this manner. My mother was the same like you. Everything had to be done at the time when she thought was right and all of the others are nothing but fools,” seethed Lukas as the spirit cackled at him. There was nothing which was going to scare her or unfazed her, thought Lukas as he looked at the porch where Rhea was sitting with Charlie beside her. They were speaking something in a low voice. But whatever it was, it did not seem to be a very happy or jolly discussion.

He walked towards them slowly not wanting to upset them by eavesdropping and he looked at Charlie who immediately came down from the porch and said,” Tomorrow morning I am going to accompany you to the class. And whatever you have to say about that you can tell the Alpha because I am not leaving my mate unprotected any longer. Whatever the cause might be.”

Then he placed a kiss on the top of her head and smiled so softly that Lukas thought that his battle hardened Beta and fiercest warrior in the pack was smiling at his sister like a giant teddy bear. He did not say anything and just patted Charlie on the back on his way out to his own house. Rhea looked at Lukas and sighed. Then she said,” You are happy, isn’t it?”

“About what? You being attacked by a moron or that we have to now lie to the Council of Druids in case they start an enquiry?” asked Lukas as Rhea scowled at him again and he burst out in laughter.

“You should see the look on your face Rhea when you get angry. Well I did not expect you to find your mate so soon sis. I mean, you are still fourteen and I am not ready to let you go yet. I have a lot of time to see you grow up from the young girl into a woman till you are eighteen years old and until then there are high chances that we are going to have a lot of adventures. But I am glad that you are going to be able to stay in the pack and it is not someone I would have to train all over again. Charlie is someone who I can trust with my life and you know the obvious reasons Rhea. He is dedicated, warm, kind-hearted, generous and definitely loving. To be honest, I am grateful to the Moon Goddess that she found you the perfect mate to share your life with,” said Lukas as Rhea’s face lit up with the smile that made her seem like the warmth of the sun.

“So you were talking to Charlie about something. I am pretty sure that you were not talking about mate stuff so would you care to share it with your Brother?” asked Lukas and Rhea giggled. Then she became serious suddenly.

“I don’t know Brother. There is something that you need to know and I have not spoken to Charlie about this but once you come to know about it I hope that you are not going to consider me as a freak already more that I am,” said Rhea as she raised her eyes and she could see fire in Lukas’s .

“Never ever utter that word again Rhea. I am proud of who you are and I am proud to be able to call you my sister so don’t even think of saying this nonsense. Now tell me what is that which you could not even share with Charlie?” asked Lukas and she breathed in deep as if gripping herself for something bad.

“I get visions. I mean, I have got only one till now but something tells me that I am going to get them on a regular basis now. I cannot explain it to you how it felt Lukas but I could feel connected to every single root and twig and leaves of the trees and blades of grass in my blood. I have never ever felt more alive in my whole life like I did them. And to be honest, even Amelia liked it and she purred just like when she is happy,” said Rhea and Lukas listened to her thinking about the change in the circumstances that were going to happen from now on.

“This is the first time it has happened?” asked Lukas as Rhea nodded.

“And are you sure that you did not have anything to eat or drink which might have induced hallucinations in any way? I know I should not be asking this but I want to remain on the safe side,” said Lukas and Rhea nodded saying no again.

“Alright then, since you are doing anything to harm anyone with these visions then I cannot see how it is going to be bad in any way at all. You just need to have a bit of patience and faith because what I am about to say to you is literally going to blow your mind away Rhea,” said Lukas as Rhea looked at him excitedly.

“Is this about the adventures that you were saying just now Lukas?” asked Rhea.

“Yes. It is pertaining to them definitely but before that we have to come to the consideration that it is going to be dangerous and I am not still in the full control of my powers which I have recently come to realize. I did not want to tell you this before since you were too much focused and worried about your own issues but now that we have both started figuring out everything I think it is better to have a channel of open communication so that you can understand what I am trying to say,” said Lukas as Rhea nodded at him in an understanding manner.

“I know Brother. I know that you don’t want to hide anything from me but there are things which are beyond your control as well. So whenever you think that you are going to comfortable discussing them with me I am here. I am not going away anywhere,” said Rhea as she caught hold of Lukas’s hand and pressed it in her own.

“This girlie has a very wise and strong head on her neck which is the reason that she is going to be of a lot of help in the places where others won’t be,” said Luna as Lukas did not even look at her.

“When our mother went dark Rhea, I mean she was a sorceress alright but when she was claimed by the Devil to become the part of the Three Weird sisters who were going to be born from her flesh and blood she sold her soul which was cured to some extent when she came to love our father and our family but that is not the whole story. In order to sell her soul to the Devil in exchange of the powers that she could not even imagine she had to sacrifice the lives of all the six of her sisters, and she killed every single one of them. You see murder was not a very new thing to our mother but all the lives which she had taken were untimely. It was not yet the time for them to die so they became stuck wither to the surface of earth or they were sent to this weird place where they were supposed to be stuck until and unless someone called them for help. Someone who was going to be the blood of their blood and the flesh of their flesh,” said Lukas as Rhea gasped in realization.

“It is you. You are the blood of her blood and flesh of her flesh. What did you do Lukas?” asked Rhea as her eyes quickly scanned the vicinity and she could feel that Amelia was howling and whining inside as if she could sense the presence of someone near her but could not see her.

“I did not do anything Rhea. At least I did not know that I was doing something at all until and unless she appeared before me. She is here close to us and keeps on butting inside our conversation all the time. I know that you cannot see her but she is my Aunt,” said Lukas as Rhea smiled at him.

“You are kidding right?” she asked as she was trying very hard to believe that her brother was lying to her.

“And why would I do that? I am trying to tell you that there is a spirit here with us who is attached to me by my plea of help. And now until and unless I am absolutely and properly trained in the craft that needs to be learnt she is going to be here,” said Lukas.

“I want to see her,” said Rhea as Lukas looked uncertainly at her.

“I am not sure that how is this going to be helpful ultimately. I am not sure if it is even possible for you to see her as well,” said Lukas as he looked Luna who was now standing infront of them.

“Of course she can see me dummy. Why would she not be able to? I am a spirit and I am not a malevolent one. All she needs to do is to have a blood ritual and then she will be able to see me and talk to me as well,” said Luna as she smiled at Lukas who looked unsure about what she was saying.

“She is saying something, isn’t it? She is the one who is talking to you!!!” said Rhea in an accusatory tone.

“I cannot help it Rhea, but she is saying that there is a kind of blood ritual which will help you to become able to see to see her and talk to her. As long as she is attached to me she is attached to you as well. I am going to tell you that it is not a good feeling at all because she can go anywhere and everywhere and does not give you any privacy at all,” said Lukas as Luna was telling something and rebuking him for telling lies to his sister but he was not even bothered about it.

“You are telling the wrong person Brother. I am a Druid along with being a wolf, knowledge and vision matters a lot more to me than privacy so what do you think that I am going to choose. Of course I am going to do the ritual and I think I know what ritual we need to do. Until now we were not of the same blood but after this ritual we are going to be of one blood and one flesh which is how I am going to be able to see her. It is going to be very cool,” said Rhea in an excited voice and Lukas smacked his head in desperation.