Lilian's P.O.V.
It was a beautiful June day in the Bronx. In a week, it will be the first day of Summer and my 18th birthday. I have to go to this fucking stupid religious all-girls school. My grandmother was very religious for someone who was into magic. It pissed me off that she sent me here. All because my fucking junkie mom and my piece of shit dad that abandoned me. Lady of Mercy was the name of this stupid school.
I found myself among a bunch of trashy girls from the same neighborhoods as me. Just us Hispanic girls, and they were all enticed by boys. I didn't want anything to do with boys, I was more into my video games, and my study of magic. "Tu eres una bruejia." My grandmother would say to me when she was drunk. I just ignored her and lock myself in my room.
The smell of cherry blossoms hit my nose as I walked out with my best friend, Julia. She was beautiful with her long curly hair, brown eyes, coffee complexion, and 5'10. The right height for a model. I was 5'3, light skin, with a 4B curly afro, green eyes, hourglass figure with fat in all the right places. I usually hid my body under baggy clothes. I looked around for the source of the scent when I saw this beautiful woman with long green dread locks, green eyes, with a blue dress that complemented her hourglass figure and her lumps (she had a big butt and big breasts.) with white heels.
Our eyes locked and she flashed me a smile. For some reason, she seemed familiar. Like I knew her from somewhere. But I brushed it off as we walked passed her. Then I felt her touch me with long fingernails. I looked back but she was gone.
Julia and I caught the city bus take took us to our neighborhood. We literally lived right next to each other. I lived in this old brick building that clearly survived the 80s but I could feel the energy of the stagnant energy in the building. Thank goodness that this neighborhood has changed since the 2000s.
My grandmother lived on the second floor for over 40 years. It was a two-bedroom apartment and I never felt at home here. I was excited to know that my 18th birthday was coming up so I could leave and never come back. I wanted to travel the world.
"Are you coming over for dinner?" Julia asked me as we walked to her building. She lived in a grey colored brick building that had five floors. She lived on the 4th floor.
"No. My grandma is not home and she is expecting a package." I said to her. I gave her a kiss on the cheek and headed home. I opened the door with my keys and just wanted to go to sleep in my bed. When I walk in, I smell cherry blossoms. She was sitting on my couch and my grandmother, mother, and father were there. Our apartment was the typical Puerto Rican apartment with plastic over our furniture, with pictures of saints and Jesus everywhere.
"Hola." My grandmother said to me.
"Hi, what is going on? I haven't seen these two pieces of shit in like seven years." I said as I walked to my room.
"Come here!" My grandmother yelled.
"You can trust me." I heard a woman's voice in my head. I turned around to look at her. She was smiling and tapped the space next to her. I dropped my bookbag off in front of my bedroom door and walked back.
"My name is Lilith." The beautiful woman said.
"I'm Lilian." I said to her. Then she pulled out a brief case and laid it on the coffee table between us. She opened it to reveal it was full of hundred-dollar bills on both sides. Lilith turned the brief case towards them so they could see the money. My father and mother got excited seeing so much money.
"Four million dollars. As we agreed on. I have already unenrolled her from that stuffy school and she will be coming with me." Lilith said. They signed the papers my grandmother handed them. My grandmother passed it over to Lilith with a smile.
"Nice doing business with you." My grandmother said as she grabbed the brief case.
"Good fucking ridden." My father said.
"Well Lilian, I guess we should be off." She said to me.
"I don't understand what is going on." I said.
"I will explain it to you when we get to your new home. But your things are already in California. If you want to bring your book bag you can but where you are going, you won't need all that bullshit." Lilith said as she stood up.
I looked over at my bedroom door and grabbed my bag. I opened the door and she was right. All my important things were gone. The bed was empty, no blankets. I closed the door and walked over to Lilith; she was waiting by the door. My family didn't even look up at me, they were too busy counting the money. I was free but was I really? Did she buy from my family?
I watched as Lilith opened a portal that led us to a big Victorian style building that was painted in red. I followed her through and she closed it as we continued to walk up the stairs of the building. I was confused and I felt hurt. I knew they didn't care about me but would they really sell me?
The inside of the building was beautiful. There was a big spiral staircase that lead up to the other floors. She lead me to the left side of the building, where there was a big dining room with a big, long table. There were a bunch of people sitting down eating. But what caught my attention were the two beautiful identical girls at the end sitting next to this handsome man who had short, straight black hair, with a full goatee, and beautiful blue eyes.
"Welcome Lilian." He said happily. I was surprised that he knew who I was. The twins looked at me with beautiful smiles.
"Are you hungry?" Lilith asked me.
"I guess, I have a knot in my stomach." I said to her.
"Don't worry, you are not a sex slave. I will explain everything to you after you eat, okay." Lilith said as she passed me a plate full of mash potatoes, gravy, T-bone steak, and two rolls. I was happy to see so much food, back home I didn't eat much since my grandmother sold our food stamps for dumb shit like getting her nails done or her drinking.
"Thank you." I said as a tear fell from my eye. I didn't noticed I was emotional. Lilith leaned down and gave me a kiss on my cheek. She was so loving and caring. Her energy was that of a Goddess.
"You are among your family okay." She said as she lead me to an empty seat to eat. She gave me a cup full of orange juice. She sat across from me and watched me eat.
"I'm sorry to tell you this but your grandmother and your parents sold you to me. They signed their rights over to me. But what they don't know is that I am your ancestor. It's a long story but we are related distantly." Lilith said.
"I'm Miguel, I am the leader of this pack." Miguel said as he sat next to Lilith. Then he kissed her on the bite mark on her neck.
"Get a room!" one of the twins yelled before leaving.
"Where am I?" I asked them.
"You are in California. This is a werewolf compound. Yes, werewolves, witches, fairies, vampires, and other supernatural creatures are real. I am the alpha, the leader of my back. We are the Silver Lakes pack. Lilith is your cousin and she is the oldest living witch in the world." Miguel said.
"How do I come into this mix?" I said before taking sip of my juice.
"Well, you are a witch. You were supposed to come with me on your thirteenth birthday but your grandmother told me no. I respected her wishes but I guess now they got into some trouble and needed the money to run. They were not going to pay those dealers back." Lilith said.
"It doesn't surprise me." I said as I sat back in my chair.
"We can start training tomorrow. I will show you to your room when you are ready." Lilith said.
"I'm done. My stomach is completely full. Thank you for the meal." I said to them. I stood up and walked over to the entrance. I followed Lilith and Miguel upstairs to the second floor. Each door had a different engraving on it and each one was beautiful. She lead me to the one in the center and when I walked in, it was huge! There was a king size bed with a few white pillows on the right side of the room. My bags were on the floor next to the bed. My laptop was on top of a big wooden desk with a nice red and black gaming chair. On the left side of the room was a walk-in closet and next to it was a huge bathroom. I'm pretty sure the bathroom was the size half my old apartment.
"Why are the walls painted in baby blue?" I asked her.
"It's your favorite color. I will leave you to it. Our room is literally above yours. Anything you need, just text me." She said. When I looked into my phone, hers and Miguel's numbers were saved. I looked up at her and she winked before closing the door.
I jumped onto my bed and pulled out my phone to call Julia. Her line was busy so I texted her.
"Bitch! Who are you on the phone with?" I said to her.
"With this new guy I met a few days ago. Tony." She responded. Julia was always talking to the dumbest guys from the public high school a few blocks from where we live. But I stayed away from them, all they wanted to do was smoke weed, ignore their fucking feelings, trauma bond, and have 3 second sex.
"Okay. Well call me when you get a chance. I have to tell you something." I said before stuffing my phone under one of the pillows. I kicked off my shoes and took off my socks. I got up to go to the bathroom to see how big it was. The bath tub and the shower were separate, the toilet was clean and new. The sink was spacious and I think it was made of marble. The shower was encase in glass so I opened the door and turned on the hot water.
Thirty minutes later, I walked out in a white towel. I washed my hair so I could put it in corn rolls. I didn't know what was in store for me tomorrow but a part of me was excited.
Back in New York, it was 4 o'clock when we left, here it was almost 3 o'clock. I threw all my clothes on the bed to short them out. I really didn't have a lot to begin with. When I opened the dresser, there were things in there. I pulled out a white bra that was my size, 36 DD. Everything in the drawer was my size.
I pulled out the second drawer to find t-shirts and different color pajama sets in my size. I pulled out a set of baby blue silky pajamas and put them on. I found a letter in between the clothes.
"Laundry is done every two days. So if you have anything to wash, please put it in the laundry basket and leave it outside. Tomorrow is a laundry day." The note read.
I noticed that there was a door in between the windows on the right side of the room. I opened it to see there was a balcony with a chair. I grabbed my laptop and sat there to enjoy the view.