Marisol could feel her face burning and when she tried to touch it, he grabbed her hands.
"I've told you, you look so darn cute when you blush, Princess."
"You're not helping," she mumbled.
"No, you're the one who's not helping. Every single thing you do sets me off. We need to get inside quickly. I can only hold myself off for so long." He growled.
Marisol nodded, she felt the same way too.
They should all go away. She thought frustrated. We need to have the whole pack house to ourselves.
"Let's worry about that when we go to the pack house first," Cedric responded, sweeping her off her feet and hurrying along with her.
Something immediately happened at the pack house, but neither Cedric nor Marisol noticed it. Of course, they were too engrossed in themselves to notice.
Leticia watched them from her cauldron with a smug smirk.
"It has finally happened," she cackled. "I guess it's time you introduced me to the young witch."
Sophia and Caleb, who were sitting across from her, exchanged looks.
Leticia had been mumbling and cackling to herself for almost an hour now. She'd summoned them a little while ago, excited about something they didn't understand.
"Can you feel it? Can you feel the absolute power of both of them?" She said,
Sophia and Caleb exchanged another look.
"At first, I questioned the heavens. I wondered what cruel game they were playing. But now! I understand! It's balance! It's balance!"
"Uh... Leticia..." Caleb started to say,
Leticia stopped him with a wave of her hand. "How blind and unfeeling are you both?" She scowled.
"Didn't you feel a shift last night? You might not have magic, but you're not mortal beings. Why aren't you attuned to the subtle signs of power that surround you?"
Sophia cleared her throat and Caleb narrowed his eyes. He was just about concluding that the witch sitting before him had lost her mind when it hit him.
His eyes widened and he looked to his mate.
"I felt it... We felt it." He said breathlessly. He remembered clearly how restless his wolf had been when Cedric told him that Marisol was under attack.
He'd been planning to send out scouts when Cedric told him that they'd take care of it. And then hours later, his wolf stirred at something he couldn't understand.
Sophia raised a brow as she looked at him.
"Remember?" He continued, "It was like something changed in the atmosphere. Like if something powerful was set free."
Sophia looked from her mate to the witch, wondering if whatever possessed Leticia had finally gotten hold of Caleb.
"Yes, yes," Leticia clapped.
She lacked the words to explain what was happening. No one else in Redwood could see it as clearly as she did.
The moment Cedric and Marisol sealed their mating bond last night, Marisol's dormant powers activated. The power that flowed out from her was so tremendous that it immediately broke Guinevere's curse and set them free.
Marisol's powers were so potent and unhinged that when she said, "I don't want them here. They need to be stalled or change their direction," as she kissed Cedric earlier, the group of Redwood scouts who were assigned by Caleb that morning to go and survey the area of the attack, track and capture prisoners if possible suddenly encountered different obstacles that kept them from arriving in the forest until Marisol left.
This group of scouts had been walking together; three huge trees collapsed before them, effectively blocking their way. They could have easily decided to go around those three but decided to investigate the cause.
Even when they decided to move on, a strange wind blew, and suddenly, each one of them became confused about the path they were supposed to take. They all wandered about in different directions and when Marisol stepped out of the forest, they all got their senses back.
Leticia couldn't stop grinning at this. What Marisol did could only be done by witches of the first order. These were witches whose practice of witchcraft had transcended over generations.
Another instance was when Marisol had wished everyone would go away because she wanted the house for herself. The moment she pronounced that thought, all activities in the pack house ceased. And every single person suddenly had a reason to leave. They packed up their things and hurried out. The pack house was currently empty except for Leticia, Caleb, and Sophia.
Caleb and Sophia were blissfully unaware that if not for the protective spell around Leticia's Chamber, they too would have found themselves out of their pack house for no reason.
"Get me an audience with the young witch immediately. It's time I stopped hiding," Leticia said. "A lot is at stake. She wields so much power and if she doesn't learn to rein it in now, we're all doomed. Her power calls the spirits and trust me they are extremely willing to answer and cause havoc."
Sophia's eyes widened, "Has she finally discovered she gained her powers?"
Leticia rolled her eyes, "Sometimes you werewolves are so slow. What do you think I've been referring to all this while?"
"But you mentioned a witch," Sophia mumbled under her breath. "Marisol's a werewolf."
Leticia chuckled, "Oh, but she is a witch. The power flows through her veins. We have never seen anything like her before. What exactly Marisol is incomprehensible. She's not half witch, half wolf. No. She's a full witch and a full werewolf at the same time. It's magnificent."