The Alpha Who Saved Me novel Chapter 203

Chapter 53

Emery

I don't remember sweating this much whenever I prac- ticed my magic back at school. Now, the sweat is just pouring down my face and I'm constantly wiping it away. Miss Beat- rice stayed overnight wanting to get a practice in before me and my mates take on the tedious task of taking out a whole species, well, their magic anyway.

"Good, you're doing great, Emery. Actually, you're doing better than you ever did at school!" She cackles, "Must be those hottie mates of yours."

"Oh Goddess, please don't ever refer to them as my hottie.

mates." I chuckle.

"Why, afraid I will steal them from you?" The witch asks. deviously.

"Oh, hell no. It's just that the word hottie sounds so wrong coming out of your mouth." I laugh this time.

"I hate to break it to you, Luna, but that word started back in my time, so I'm allowed to say it anytime I want. You young pups think that just because we are older, or how I like to refer to aging as, experienced, that we are not allowed to use cer- tain words. Just so you know, your generation all sound hideous and lazy when you only use part of a word."

"Whatevs..."

"See, right there! It's whatever, not whatevs." She shakes

her head and I shrug.

"Let's just agree to disagree." I chuckle.

"Finally! We at least agree on something."

"Can I ask you something, Miss Beatrice?"

"You can, but that doesn't mean that I'm going to answer." She grins.

"Is Colin really your nephew?"

She sighs sadly, "Unfortunately, yes."

"What happened? Why did you leave? If you don't mind me asking..."

She chuckles, "There really isn't much to tell; I didn't have the same beliefs that my father did, so as soon as I turned seventeen, which is the legal age with the Shikari, I made a run for it."

"Made a run for it?" I ask.

"You made the comment about Colin's harem did you not?"

My heart skips a beat, "Oh Goddess!"

Miss Beatrice nods, "My father planned on giving me to Marko, your grandfather. I actually babysat your father a few times when he was younger."

"So, that's why he sent me to you for training?" I think I start to understand but she shakes her head.

"I don't think your father even remembers me from that time. He wasn't quite a teenager when I left. My sister Layla, Colin's mom, she was the apple of our father's eye and she was so impatient for her seventeenth birthday because she wanted to be part of the harem. Layla is two years younger than me. It looks like she got what she wanted and even got a son out of it."

"I am so sorry, Miss Beatrice." I didn't even realize that I had tears in my eyes until one tickled my cheek. "It's funny how the Hunters label us, shifters, as abominations but they are the ones that are barbaric."

"I can't agree with you more, dear."

"So, did you ever meet my grandmother, Brianna Grego- ry?" I'm intrigued to know all that I can.

"You know what? I think I may have seen her once. I re- member being a young girl, maybe about six years old. I was playing with my dolls when Marko came through with a beau- tiful woman but he was telling her that she had to be very qui- et, that they were only there long enough to pick something up and then he was taking her to their home. I remember her smiling at me when she saw me playing, and I smiled back. I never saw her again, though."

I smile, "She and her mate will be coming later for supper. All three of my aunts and their mates with their children are visiting for a few days because it's my grandmother's birth- day, so we are throwing a big feast here. Dad just told me be- fore I came to train."

"Oh, how wonderful! I should probably head back then, sc I'm not in the way." She states with a smile.