Doureena still hadn't spoken to Monica nor Kara about what she found out from Zhiliary. It wasn't something she wanted to bring up. It may force her to make decisions that could show her as a hypocrite. In fact, Doureena was thinking of never addressing it again. That it was just a figment of her imagination that Zhiliary said what she said. Or...Doureena could put the blame on Sous. Whatever Doureena's decision was, the pack can not know about Monica nor Kara being witches nor could they know Abel and Derrick were wizards.
There was a knock on her office's door. "Come in," she called out, organizing her paperwork and closing her laptop. It was another good year for Red Woods. They've seen substantial growth in their deer meat industry. They even closed a deal with Conaska to supply their meat. To humans, venison was a delicacy even if many of them complained that it was too 'gamey'.
Zhiliary walked in closing the door behind her. She walked to Alpha standing in up right position as an elite.
"Your arms healed nicely," Doureena said. They took about four weeks, much quicker than a human.
Zhiliary smirked. "You did a number on me."
"I hope this means you plan to get stronger then right?" She said looking at the eighteen year old. To think, when Sous was eleven, Zhiliary was sixteen. The youngest elite ever. "Two times a week, you and I are going to start sparring. You and I are the strongest along with Diamond. I'll have him join." Zhiliary nodded her head wondering if that was the reason why she was called in Doureena's office. "The Omegress needs to speak with you."
"The Omegress?" Zhiliary gave her Alpha questionable look.
"Yes, she's waiting in her office." Zhiliary turned to leave. "Zhiliary." The younger Alpha turned to Doureena with her hand on the door knob. "Monica and Kara...that's only between us. No one else."
Zhiliary nodded her head. "Understood, Alpha."
The Omegra offices were on the upper floor with more difficult access to get to. This was done on purpose with the believe Omegas needed more security and protection. Still, Zhiliary never had to speak with the Omegress before. That was only ever for lower ranks like messengers.
She knocked on the door lightly and then entered when spoken to. Zhiliary closed the door behind her.
"Yes, Omegress?" With a flick of her wand, chains came from the floor. They took of Zhiliary and brought her down to her knees. Monica walked over to the young Alpha and stuck the tip of her wand to Zhiliary's forehead.
"I do not fear my Alpha. I fear the break up of my family."
"We will never speak of it, I was told." Zhiliary quickly said.
That was probably the case since Doureena had never appoarched Monica nor Kara about what took place. Monica nodded her head.
Zhiliary began to relax until she felt a sharp pain in her fingers. She looked and saw her fingers were being broken and twisted. She tried to scream but nothing came out of her mouth.
"I'm not like my Alpha. I don't like causing pain." Another finger on Zhiliary's dominate hand was broken, tears forming at the corner of her eyes as she did her best to keep it together. Monica sighed. "If you ever touch my daughter like that again, I will end you." And with that, her wand turned into a glistening sword and with one swipe, Zhiliary's pickie finger was cut from her hand.
Sous and Kara sat next to one another on her shack. Kara sighed and crumbled up the rejection letter from Hacate. There was one more letter she got from Faelock. She opened and read it.
"Well?"
"I got in." Kara said, putting the letter to the side. Sous held out her hands surprised by the lack of reaction from Kara.
"That's good news! Congratulations!"
Kara shook her head. "I wanted Hacate."
"Yeah, but Faelock is a good school."
Kara rolled her eyes, not really wanting to hear the compliments and positive words from Sous. Sometimes people just needed to mope. "Faelock Academy is on the border of Nadia and Conaska. Its freezing. Nothing snow, barely any light. Depressing."
Sous put her head down, not really knowing what else she could say to make Kara feel better. For the last several weeks with permission from Shadow and when she wasn't assisting him with work, she would come to Red Woods and just hang out in her shack or hang out with Kara.
"Hacate said I lacked so much. Its so hard to get into that school when you're not a Nadian citizen."
"I got into it."
Kara smacked her lips and rolled her eyes. "Sous, its like you don't realize how amazing you are."
"You are too. You know the four basic spells, you know the four basic elements, and even the twelve houses."
Kara shook her head, becoming frustrated Sous was being so humble. "You fought my sire, Sous. Of course, they were going to let you in."
The mood was rather depressing. Sous turned to Kara and smiled. "You wanna see inside my shack? I made some adjustments." Sous did a double take at Kara. She noticed a tooth was missing. "What happened? You have a tooth missing."
"I got into an argument with Zhiliary. She slapped me."
"SHE WHAT!" Kara saw Sous' canine begin to grow and the seals on her neck began to glow red, the burning sensation no longer had an effect on Sous. Kara took Sous' hand.
"My sire already handled it."
Sous stared at Kara for a while and then jumped off the roof of her shack, landing on the patio. Kara followed shortly behind and a grin came back over Sous. She opened the door for Kara and the younger girl walked in. Her eyes became bright and her mouth was in shocked. She twirled around the room to see Sous really had adjusted the whole home. There was an actual bed, a TV on the wall, dresser, a new table that had a couple of portable electric stoves and even a portable electric over that was two feet wide and in height.
The walls were painted blue and the windows had curtains. The floor had been replaced with glazed wood. There was even a small sofa.
"Sous!"
"You like it? Shadow gives me some money from the jobs I help him do. Its like I have a home now." Sous ran and jumped on the couch. "Security systems from humans are expensive so I had Gladian put a paper seal on the door to prevent intruders. Magic is better anyway. Oh!"
She ran toward the back wall where there were large heating lamps and rocks, even a small little pond.
"I got it for little baby basilisk and look here." She pointed toward the doll house. "Thats for Little Poop."
"That's the rat that was once human?" Kara asked.
"Hmm hmm, but the three sisters are studying her so they can try to help her," Sous explained. It was a similar situation to Icarus except Little Poop was willing to speak to three sisters about how she became a rat and how she ended up at Fornik.
Kara walked over to the table that had the portable devices. "Do you cook?"
Sous laughed shaking her head.
"I'll cook for you." Sous blushed hearing those words from Kara. Anytime an Omega said those words to an Alpha, she really cherished the relationship.
Kara walked over to Sous and sat on the sofa with her, just looking at her. "When did you get taller?" Sous shrugged. She didn't know. Kara wondered just how tall Sous would get, whether her voice would get any deeper. She thought all of these things but most of all, thought how good it felt for Sous to be there with her.
Zhiliary walked from the clinic with her hand wrapped up, her pinkie wasn't able to be reattached. Blood was slipping through and once she got to her apartment, she would change the bandages.
"Tsk." She was just not having a good summer. First, the altercation with Kara then Doureena, and even the Omegress.
Zhiliary stopped in her tracks when she saw Sous standing in front of her. It was night and the street lights made her eyes glow blue in the darkness. No one else was on the street. It was just them. That's right. No one was around. Zhiliary could bow and simply run away. No one would know. No one would see how weak she was at this moment. But Kara would know. Sous would surely report back to her.
Zhiliary gulped. Sous was looking for her and luckily for Sous, Zhiliary was going to go ahead with it.