Wolf of Stone novel Chapter 62

A few minutes later, a slight nudge to my arm caught my attention and I turned around to find a giant wolf gazing down at me. I breathed in amazement, "you guys really are huge."

He huffed slightly then bent down to allow me to climb onto his back. I gathered his clothes then hopped on, grabbing a tight hold of his fur, and leaning forward to avoid falling off.

"Are you ready?" His voice registered inside my mind.

I took a deep breath then said aloud, "Yeah."

With that said, he took off into the forest at full speed.

With Axil's speed, we made it back to the clearing in no time. The beautiful waterfall appeared before me once more and as I slid off Axil's back, a sudden thought struck me.

I was living out a fantasy that I've read and heard about so many times in novels. Like... I always knew they existed because c'mon, I'm literally solid proof. I've lived so many years thinking that I'd never enter back into the supernatural world that I began thinking of them as mere myths.

But here I was now. A little witch standing next to a werewolf who says that I'm his mate and talking together in a mythical clearing that is said to be inhabited by fairies.

Who'd believe that?

Axil nudged me gently with his head to pull me out of my thoughts and I turned to him and handed him his clothing. He took them in his mouth then trotted behind a tree to change back. I went to sit at the side of the pond and rolled up my jeans to dip my feet into the water.

The water was cold but refreshing at the same time and as my feet became accustomed to the temperature, I began to swing them lightly. My reflection was blurred as it stared back at me from the water's ruffled surface.

I took out the sandwich from inside the bag Axil gave me and took a bite out of it.

Axil came to sit beside me, his feet also dipping into the water.

"The last time we were here, the water healed me. When I heard the stories about how this was a land that used to be infested by fairies, I never really believed it until now... I guess I couldn't quite understand something that was beyond my range of sight." He mused as he stared down at his blurred reflection.

"My coven was a special existence amongst witches. They called us 'The divinities' because of our extraordinary ability of divination. We were existences that were said to be the closest to Gods because of our ability to communicate with them. We governed over and protected the entire witch race. Some people weren't too happy about that but there was nothing they could do as we were much more powerful than they could ever be. Our souls are completely pure and it's impossible for us to use our magic to cause pain to others, which means it's impossible for dark magic to taint us as well," I glanced over at him at that, taking note of the look of realization that adorned his face. That answered his previous question of whether I was a dark witch.

"What if someone uses their magic for something evil? As you said, dark magic doesn't influence you so you could use that to your advantage."

I shook my head, "I can't. As I said before, my soul is pure and can rarely be tainted. If I were to use my powers with evil intentions in mind, I'd be betraying the Gods' favour and tribulation lightening would fall and kill me."

He sucked in a sharp breath at that and asked hesitantly, "so what happened to your coven?"

I took a deep breath to deal with the overwhelming emotions that was swirling inside of me. My chest felt tight as I thought back to that day when everything changed for good.

"Everything was fine at first. We did what we were supposed to and created laws that forbade the use of dark magic along with a few other spells that were immoral and wrong. We helped them out to the best of our abilities and spoke to the Gods on their behalf but in the end, I guess it wasn't enough..." I clenched the sandwich that was in my hands as my eyes flared.