The Hunted Wolf – Chapter 31

“Rumors of this child spread through the ranks of all sorcerers. It was the first time a hybrid child had been born. It had been forbidden for the different species to mingle with each other, but the reason why faded over the years. A vampire and a sorcerer fell in love and produced a child. The Council of Magic decided to let the child be, thinking no harm would come of it. It was just a child after all.”

Ginger stopped talking for a moment. The way she spoke told me there was so much more to the story.

“I sense a ‘but’ in there,” I said.

the red moon, things changed. Screams echoed in the middle of the night. Fires spread through the village I lived in during the middle of the night.

oon shining down on us among the chaos. It made everything around us look red, and soon everything was red.

st for blood was greater than I had ever imagined. I was only eight years old that night, but that is one of the most vivid memories I have to this day.” Ginger stood up and turned away from me.

Magic is your age?” I asked, n

ter that night, the council realized they messed up. The hybrid child was more powerful than anyone rea

He disappeared, and the council never told the rest of us what was going on. He just disappeared, and the rest of us just had to move on with our lives and rebuild what we lost that night.”

The more I heard about the Council of Magic, the less I liked them. I

gh, there was an execution planned for the hybrid. I was in my twenties at the time. He was strung up in front of the public as a warning against breaking the rules in the future.

n the young man’s eyes. He was desperate for blood. He was spouting nonsense, saying that even if they killed him, he would be back. When they pulled the trigger on his execution, he exploded into a billow of dark shadows.”

for someone to survive that?” I asked. If sorcerers could live, even after being killed, it would put them on a dif

anyone who did it successfully, but theoretically it’s possible. It would take a really strong sorcerer to a

ly,” I said. “Theron was using dark, shadow magic when I was fighting him, and I have seen it in my dreams. I even saw it in the forest. Do you think that was him?”

r took a deep breath. “I’m not sure, but that would be a good guess. It’s possible he survived in some form but couldn’t take a human form again. I would guess that whatever form he was able to take lay

red if he still had the same level of power, and if he didn’t, I wasn’t sure how I would face him.

mean for me?”

w stronger.”

wasn’t safe anywhere.

up a block in your mind to prevent unwelcome visitors while you sleep. We can continue your magic training too.”

d and Magic is not the only one coming after me.”

to me, wanting me to leave my life behind and go with him. Apparently, he convinced the Council o

eir terms, I don’t think they will risk you growing more powerful than them.”

’t going to run away this time. No matter what I was facing, I planned to face it with him.

ncil of Magic is already after you?” she asked.

depends on if Cain, my father, has told them I won’t go with him. He’s been desperate to get me to go with him. I don’t think he likes the idea of the council taking his daughter.

help us?”

d to go against them.”

I’d rather not work

lot. “What if that’s not enough?”

n you’re a hybrid as well? This means you have great power within you. You just have to find out how to unlock it.”

ossible. Ginger was right. I had the power inside me. I just had to find it and learn to control it.

feeling much better with Gi

w months ago.”

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otective wards, I knew there would be time for that later. It was more important to put down as much protection as possible first.

ay magic, especially after Reyland’s speech. He did a good job making sorcerers out to be the enemy. While he wasn’t wrong in that sense, I was still worried werewolves would start thin

receiving, just in case it caused issues for Ginger. I warned her about o

Daniel cal

just Daniel.

hey Daniel.” I set the bag of salt down, needing a slight break from the weight of the larg

ou everywhere after the meeting,” Daniel said. He looked at me and then the bag of salt. “What are you doing?”

”

nger had never admitted it, but it was pretty obvious that she was rather fond of Daniel. She acted like he was an annoying little boy, but I was positive she actually thought of him like a grandson. She always responded to his letters and answered his questions. It was a pretty cute dynamic.

magical nature, since none of us really know what we’re up to,” I explained.

ew a pitch higher, and he was practically bouncing in place.

course he was excited to see her. “She’s wandering around here some

there something wrong with her being here?”

assing her. I think most werewolves here haven’t met a sorcerer before, so I’m not sure how they will react to her.”

aised m

me juicy information waiting for me to study it.”

this. “But I’m happy to be friends with someo

m going to go find Ginger now, but I’ll give you an update when I have one.”

hadn’t seen Ginger since I did, so I was sure he was thrilled to talk to her in person. I was a little sad I wasn’t goi

nd the house. When I was done, I set the salt down and took a deep breath, grateful to be done.

use, but I was surprised to bump into someone behind me. My eyes went wide when I saw Alpha L