Chapter One
•••Picture of Alyssa.•••
Present day
"What's next?" I chirp.
"Well, for being only sixteen your powers are amazingly strong and present. I would say that you're magic is stronger than this who tribe combined." My mentor, Ray, tells me.
"You really think? I mean out of the list my mom gave me before her passing, well I only have four of the six. That mean my power isn't finished growing right?" I question him.
"I know that a witches magic will make itself known when it is needed most. I also know that you, at only sixteen have helped take down several packs and you magic is amazingly strong." He responds.
"Yet I haven't been able to get to the bastard who kill me mother." I growl throw gritted teeth.
Ever since I started gaining more power I wanted revenge on the Alpha that killed my mother. I want his head on a plate or better yet, I want him down in our dungeons where I can torture him and prolong his death.
I glance down at my watch and see the time.
3:37pm
Great, my dad's gunna kill me if I don't get to the tribe meeting on time.
"Ray, the time, we have to get to the tribe meeting!" I say, panicking. "My dad will have my head."
Ray nods and flashes us to the main building where we hold our meetings.
"Thank you so much." I smile at him as I walk towards the main meeting room.
"No problem, I'll see you next week for training." He waves.
As I walked towards the meeting room I'm hit with the overwhelming feeling of dread, fear and anger. It's times like this when I really don't like my empathy power. It can cloud my judgement with the emotions of others but generally I can push it into the back of my mind.
I push open the door to see everyone just taking their seats.
The tribe knew about what I am since the beginning so when I was old enough to to understand everything they made me basically the commanding officer of this tribe. At only sixteen I'm running a tribe of four hundred plus people.
I motion my hand and the door slams behind me. Everyone points their attention towards me and I know what they're all thinking.
"Okay, I know the past few weeks have been horrendous with the fact that some of our tribe has gone missing. We are trying our best to find them but it looks like who ever had them has black magic hiding their whereabouts." I calmly say to the room full or people.
As I finish I hear gasps and cries and I know that I need to find these girls one way or another.
Starting two weeks ago, girls, all under the age of 19 have been going missing. We don't know who's been taking them but my guess is that some wolves are trying to draw me out. The wolves could belong to a pack of they could be rogue but your guess is as good as mine.
"We have people working around the clock trying to find the girls, and I promise the families that we will get them back safe." I assure them.
Although wolves are a witches greatest enemy they aren't our only enemy. We have vampires who work against us along with demons. Demons don't bother the tribes though, because they know they'll get their ass handed to them on a plate and then they'll be banished to the outer reaches of hell.
Now, the vampires have had their own little part of the world out in the middle of the ocean where no human has ever dared to go because of how far from land it is. All vamps in existence live there under the rule of one King and Queen. I have no idea if they'd be behind the kidnappings but it's them or the wolves and I don't like either.
"What if those blood suckers are behind this?" I hear someone in the crowd shout.
"Than we will kill the king!" I vow.
These girls are between the ages of 5 and 19 and I can almost say for sure that they are scared out of their minds.
"We will find the girls and bring them home safely. If I have to work around the clock to find them, I can assure you I will." I tell them all.
Just as I open my mouth to say something else, I'm thrown into a vision.
I'm standing just outside the meeting hall with a few people by my sides. I have a determined look on my face and I see what is coming from up above.
Bats...
Or vampires.
I'm pushed back into reality and I have Wyatt and Dean standing by my side. I clench my jaw and I know that that was a vision of tonight, soon tonight.
"Neil, Mitch, Dale, Peter, keep this room on lock down. Echo, Sky, Chloe, Trey, Jace, and you two, follow me." I shout.
My tribe is in trouble and I need to make sure that they stay safe.
The seven of us walk out of the building and I can see the bats flying their way towards up.
"Don't attack unless provoked." I shout.
I watch as the bats shift into humans right before our eyes and I can feel my anger spreading. There are eight vamps lined up in front of us and I know I could take them all down if meet be.
"Why are you here?" I shout.
"Can we not just come and visit?" One of them says innocently.
"No when we're sworn enemies you can't. What do you want?" I ask again.
"Well it's funny you ask that," a voice that sounds familiar says.
Before he can finish I hear a growl and jerk my head to see where the noise came from.
Ouch, great, whiplash.
When I see nothing I turn my attention back to the blood suckers. "Say what you need to say then get gone." I growl.
"What we want, young Alyssa, is you and your magic. We will do whatever it takes to get it too." The families voice laughs.
Just as my mind hurries to find who the voice belongs to, it clicks in my head. The one and only time I broke a rule and made friends with a vamp.... Alec Mase, vampire prince.
"Over my dead body Alec!" I scream.
"We'll see, oh and I heard about your little problem with the missing girls, I promise you that we don't have them...yet anyways." He chuckles.
I stare angrily at the blood suckers and to my surprise two of them go poof, as in they light on fire and vanish, hopefully to the outer reaches of hell I might add.
"You little bitch." Alex growls.
"You wish mother fucker. I'm far from a bitch, I'm a witch." I retort.
"You'll pay for that! We weren't kidnapping your girls before but watch your back Warren, I'm out for blood and it's yours." He threatens and than shifts back into his bat form and flys away faster then I've ever seen anything move.
"Fucking shit!" I scream.
I focus on a place I want to go and flash there. I need to let some of my anger out before I go back to my people and before I hurt anyone.
I stand in the middle of an open meadow and burn a ring of fire around me. My anger fuels my fire and my fire is my rage. I will not let those vamps hurt anyone I love and they sure as hell won't get to me.
Just as I bring my wall of fire down I see something on the other side...
A person.
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