The Human Among Wolves (Aurora) novel Chapter 128

Chapter 128

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“I’ll start with your parents,” Seraphina said suddenly, her voice quid but steady, like she was picking the first thread in a long,

tangled story.

I blinked, caught off guard. “My… parents?”

“Mhm.” She nodded once, her eyes reflecting the firelight. “Most importantly, your mother. I didn’t know your father very well.”

The way she said it–didn’t know–was strange enough. But didn’t know him very well? That meant she’d known him at all. My pulse jumped. “Wait–knew them?” I repeated, my voice coming out sharper than I intended. “You knew my mother? My real mom?”

Seraphina’s lips curved in a faint, almost nostalgic smile. “Yes,” she said simply. “Cecilia was… something else.”

The name hit me like a slap. Cecilia. My mother’s name. A name I’d never heard before tonight. It echoed inside my chest, strange

and heavy and achingly beautiful. I hadn’t even realized I was holding my breath until it left me in a shaky exhale.

“She was really nice,” Seraphina went on, her tone softening as if she were remembering something far away. “Kind, gentle. Always thinking of others. But she had a temper–Gods, did she have a temper.” A small laugh escaped her, low and dry. “You didn’t want to

be around when Cecilia lost her patience.”

I couldn’t tell if I was shaking from the cold or from everything I was hearing. “What…” I swallowed, trying to steady my voice.

“What was she?”

Seraphina looked at me for a long moment, studying me the way someone might study a half–forgotten memory, or a reflection they

weren’t sure was real. The fire cracked between us, filling the silence

“She was a witch,” Seraphina said finally, her voice low and certain,ke she’d been waiting for me to ask.

I blinked at her. “A witch?”

“Mhm.” She gave a small nod, eyes gleaming faintly in the firelight. An elemental witch.”

I frowned, trying to make sense of that. “What does that even mean

Seraphina leaned back in her chair, the old wood creaking beneath her. “Most born elementals only command one element–fire,

water, earth, or air. They’re rare enough as it is. But your mother…” She trailed off, a strange smile tugging at her mouth-

something between admiration and pity. “Your mother was something else entirely.”

My breath caught. “What do you mean?”

“She could command all four,” Seraphina said simply. “Fire, water, earth, and air. All of them. A full elemental. That kind of balance

shouldn’t even be possible, not without tearing the body apart. But somehow, she did it. By sheer luck–or maybe by something

darker.”

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Her gaze drifted toward the fire, the flames reflecting in her scarred face. “Power like that doesn’t come without consequence,

though. Nature doesn’t give without taking. Your mother understood that better than anyone.”

I sat frozen, her words sinking in like stones. My mother–a witch. A powerful one.

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“What… what happened to her?” I managed to ask, my voice trembling. The words felt heavy, like I was afraid they’d break

something inside me if I said them too loud.

Seraphina’s eyes softened, but only slightly. “After she was kidnapped,” she began, her tone measured and quiet, “I left her coven. I

couldn’t stay after that. Too many whispers, too much blood on the air. I came here, to these woods, to keep away from the politics

of witches and wolves.”

I froze, barely able to breathe. “Kidnapped?”

“Yes,” she said simply, like it was a fact and not something that made my stomach twist. “She was taken when she was a few

months pregnant. By Lycans.”

“Lycans?” I echoed, my voice barely above a whisper.

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She nodded, her gaze distant now, like she was watching something that had already happened long ago. “Your mother had fallen in

love with someone she shouldn’t have–your father. A powerful Lycam king. It wasn’t meant to happen, but it did. When the Lycans

found out, they wanted her. Wanted what she carried.”

I blinked at her, disbelief clouding my thoughts. “My father… was a werewolf?”

Seraphina’s lips curved faintly, though there was no humor in it. “A king among them, yes. Your blood is a strange thing, child- magic and moonlight mixed together.”

I shook my head slowly, trying to process that. It didn’t feel real. None of it did. “Why would they kidnap her? What did they want with her?”

“I suppose they thought she’d deliver something special,” Seraphina said, her tone quiet but sharp. “A child born of both worlds. A weapon, maybe. Or a prophecy fulfilled. The Lycans have always been obsessed with destiny–they see omens in everything.”

My throat tightened. “Did they… did they kill her?”

Seraphina shook her head. “No. They didn’t. She was returned to her coven about 10 years after they kidnapped her. But she wasn’t the same after that. Something had changed in her. She kept talking about you–her Aurenya. Said she would find you, no matter what it took. And no one knew who excatly took her… They erased her memories.”

The name hit me like a punch to the chest. Aurenya. My real name. The one she had given me.

My eyes burned, the tears gathering before I could stop them. I looked down at my hands, trembling in my lap. I didn’t even know this woman, this mother who had risked everything–but hearing her name, hearing that she hadn’t forgotten me… it cracked something deep inside.

“Where… where is she now?” I asked quietly, my voice sounding fragile even to my own ears, like a thin thread stretched too tight,

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Seraphina leaned back in her chair, her red eyes flickering in the fight. For a moment, she didn’t answer. The silence between us stretched, heavy and suffocating, until she finally said, “The last 1 hrl, she was still with her coven. Still looking for you.”

Something sharp twisted in my chest. Still looking for me,

“But,” Seraphina continued, tilting her head slightly, “whoever left yr on that bridge did a damn good job hiding your blood from magic. Wards, concealment sigils, even the Faes couldn’t trace you. Whoever did it didn’t just want to protect you–they wanted to erase you.”

I swallowed hard. “Can you tell me where her coven is?”

Her red eyes studied me, long and searching. “Of course I can,” she id finally, her tone slow and deliberate. “But it’s not close, sweetheart. It’s far from here–days of travel through the north, beyond the mountain ranges. Not an easy journey.”

“I don’t care,” I said before I could stop myself, my voice breaking sightly, “I need to find her.”

For the first time, Seraphina smiled–not mockingly, but something intly sorrowful, like she knew exactly what kind of pain was clawing at me. “You really are your mother’s daughter,” she murmur. “Stubborn. Reckless. And too full of hope for your own good.”

The words stung, but I didn’t look away. I couldn’t. Because even if i was reckless, even if it was dangerous, I knew one thing for certain–if my mother was still out there searching for me, then I was going to find her.

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