Chapter Four –A Price Attached.
Kael gets up from his seat and he walks to window, gazing out at the open field in front of him. He can't comprehend the level of cruelty she went through – stabbed, burnt alive and drowned. That is insane, and it was done to her by the people closest to her, the betrayal must sting, no wonder she has dead eyes, her eyes are devoid of light.
"So, how are you here?" Gideon asks and Kael looks at them, Aria is seated on the chair, with her legs crossed, and she looks effortlessly beautiful. Her caramel skin, honey colored eyes and cupid bow lips, just the sight of her disarms him.
"Who are you?" Aria asks instead and Kael frowns.
"This is Gideon Stone; he is my best friend." He answers and she shakes her head.
"Who are all of you? I am here, about to lay myself bare before you, it is only normal for me to want to level the playing field." She explains and Luna nods.
"I'm Luna, I'm a Witch, we are an extension of The New Orleans Coven, all witches around the world are an extension of it."
"What do you mean you saved my life?" Kael asks, unable to help himself and she gives him a look, and he feels chastised for his impatience.
"I am from The Boston Pack. I was dating Ryker Steel, he is head of the army, you probably know him, seeing as Boston is barely thirty minutes away. Elara, the daughter of the Alpha and Queen was my best friend, and I worked in the Library. Few months ago, I overheard The Alpha and his Queen, talking about a son he has, a bastard son." She speaks and Kael stiffens.
"I was shocked, because I, like the entire Pack, thought Elara was the King's only child. I wondered if she knew, so I decided to brush the topic subtly, and I realized she did not know. I started digging into this son, which is you, Kael, by the way. I was shocked when I realized you are a Professor, and in Salem, not far from us, I wondered if The Alpha knows, I wondered if his wife did, if you knew, but from the look on your face, you did not." She trails off, and he exhales, feeling a headache coming.
He clears his throat and says, "Go on.", downplaying his shock and confusion.
"Apparently, Elara and Ryker knew, and they had a plan – I was the only person with this information, and it was a threat to her throne, so eliminating me was the best option, and they did, they enjoyed it, they made me beg and they made me scream. At the end, they tied a bolder to my feet and threw my burnt body into the river. I drowned and I died." Aria exhales, looking around the manor, it is wonderful.
"You are here, alive, and you caused a lot of natural disasters an hour ago." Gideon points out the obvious and she shrugs.
"That is all I know. One moment, I was dying and the next I am in the woods."
"You were reincarnated, and from the way you have no scars, and the way you have been looking at your body, which denotes you were reincarnated in a different body. Why were you reincarnated, though?" Lana muses.
"That is all I remember, and I did not cause natural disasters, and I'm not a witch. I am a Wolf, I have always been a Wolf, I can feel my wolf, within me, angry and hungry for their annihilation." She asserts and Kael sits.
"You were reincarnated, a deviation of the natural order of things. It has to be for a reason, the Moon Goddess brought you back, it is not a gift, it has a reason and a price attached to it, a debt and she would come to collect, very soon." He tells her and Aria gets up, she feels insulted.
"Perhaps. But it is a second chance, and I can eat my cake and have it too. If it is indeed a debt, I better work fast, and get my vengeance, then I will be a vessel for the Moon Goddess. You know, I heard her, while drowning, or dreaming, I don't know, but I heard her." She shrugs and Luna gets up.
"I understand you must feel confused and distraught, but Aria, you have a lot of power within you now, it must have been an addition to your being when you were brought back, you have power and evil people will smell this power and they will come, Aria. You have to be ready. First, you touched me, and you saw a suppressed memory, second your hand is healed, faster for a Wolf, and you created a hurricane, just from a troubled mind. If you do not take control of your powers, it will control you." Luna advises and Aria exhales, she wants revenge more than anything, but if she learns more about her newfound power, more about who she can be, conquering Elara and Ryker would as simple as the alphabet.
"Okay. Perhaps, you can teach me take control of the power within. First, I need to get an apartment, I have no access to my previous life, my bank accounts and everything is gone, so I will need a job and an apartment. You three seem to be quite familiar with Salem, what do you suggest?" She forces a smile, lying through her teeth, because the second she gets a grasp on the power withing, she is leaving and heading straight to Boston to make Elara and Ryker feel pain unlike never before.
"You can stay with me, my studio apartment, is well, really studio, but you can stay with me." Lu smiles and Aria nods, perhaps it is not so bad.
"No, stay with me. I have a lot of bedrooms here, take your pick." Kael says, but it sounds more of a command and she looks at him, and wonders if he can his wolf whisper 'mate' like hers do anytime she looks at him.