Scarred Alphas by Norisha May
Chapter 53

"Cass!"

"It's real!" I shout with a hand on my mouth.

"What happened?!" Colt asks desperately.

I take my hand off and see blood. I didn't bite my tongue off, but it still hurts.

"Why are you bleeding?!"

I turn to him and quickly cling to his shirt.

"Ezra!" I cry out.

"What?!" He pulls away holding me in place by my arms. "What about Ezra?!"

"He was in my dream but it wasn't a dream." I am slurping as I talk because my tongue hurts. "It was real."

"Cass, how? It was just a dream."

I shake my head. "No. It was the witch."

He stares at me, thinking it over. "Okay. Tell me what happened." He takes his shirt off and puts it on my mouth to help me stop the bleeding.

I can tell that he doesn't believe me but he is willing to listen to me.

I tell him everything and once I am done, he takes my hand and looks at my finger where even I can see a small prick, just where Ezra stung me with the needle. The wheels in his head turn and he is quiet as he thinks.

"I...I want to dismiss this as being nothing but I don't think I want to take that chance." He turns and looks at his clock. "Five..." He mutters, then turns to me. "Once everyone wakes up, let's tell them about this."

I nod. He lies me on his chest where I rest but I do not dare to fall asleep. Once morning seeps through the window, we get up and head straight to Warrick. He is in his office with Poppy. Some paragraphs are incomplete if you are not reading this novel on Narugi.com. Visit Narugi.com to read the complete chapters for free."What now?" Warrick asks sounding weary of us.

Again I explain everything.

Like Colt, he seems a bit skeptical but doesn't completely dismiss it.

"Mh...I have no idea what to do here." He looks at Colt.

"Bring in your siblings. Let's see if they can tell us more about this witch."

A few minutes later Bryn, Miles, and even Dash are here but as many questions as we ask them, they still don't know of have anything new to add.

"Poppy, bring Lotus."

Poppy looks a bit confused but she nods. A few moments later, Lotus walks in with Poppy."

"Love, we need a bit of your knowledge here," Warrick says.

Lotus looks frightened and confused at the same time.

"What is this about?"

"Witches."

For the third time today, I explain again what happened with my dreams.

"Is this truly possible?"

Warrick asks her.

"Yes. I told you witches and their magic are real."

"How...how do you know this?"

"The reason for me knowing this is my own. But they are real. I have seen it." She says.

"What do you suggest we do here then?" Warrick asks.

"We replace a light witch." She says with no hesitation.

"Light witch?"

"Yes. There are dark witches and light witches. In other words, bad and good. And I know of one..."

"I...have so many questions," Poppy says. "Witches are real?"

"They are rare but yes. Look at it this way, we are real, aren't we? Many other supernatural beings are too."

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I get that but magic? Real magical witches?"

"Well I mean, they can't really conjure fire from their hands or things like that. Not that I know of anyway.

Television tends to exaggerate things. They dabble in enchantment and hexes. Stuff like that."

"Okay, so what are we doing?" Colt asks.

"We will need to take a little trip down to Ellsworth."

"Ellsworth? What is that?" I ask.

"A small town about two hours from here."

"Oh."

"Very well, go. Get ready while I make the preparations for your trip." Warrick says.

Suddenly, everything went fast. I can't even process what we did but here we are now in a car on our way to a small unknown town. Well, unknown to me. Lotus and Poppy both came and they are the ones leading this little mission. Dash, Miles, and Bryn also accompany us along with Serge who leads a team of bodyguards. And by bodyguards, I mean a small army or warriors. Warrick did not take any chances.

It is a cloudy and rainy day.

We arrive at the town in the early afternoon. It definitely has a small-town charm with those kinds of colonial old houses.

We parked near a park and now we follow Lotus.

I am intrigued by everything I see. I rarely ever leave the pack so just like when Colt took me to the city, I am amused by everything.

"Maybe we should get some ice cream later," I whisper to Colt as we pass by an ice cream cart. "And what is that?" I point to a building displaying all sorts of sweets and cakes.

"Looks like a bakery."

"So many delicious-looking things!"

I can hear Dash laugh behind me. "My poor curls have been so deprived."

"Don't judge me!"

"Oh, I am not. It's cute, to be honest."

Colt slightly turns his head and gives him a warning look.

"Whoa there, buddy. She's all yours. I'm more like a best friend or even brother."

"Well I mean, if Colt was not in the picture, I could have dated you," I mumble.

Both Colt and Dash gasps so loud that I start to have a laughing fit.

"You are going to sign my death sentence with that comment!" Dash says. "I mean...I still agree but you know..."

Colt slowly turns his head again towards Dash but this time he has flaring eyes.

"Nope..." Dash mutters. He slows down his pace and walks as far away from us as he can.

"I can't believe you," Colt says squinting his eyes at me now.

I give Colt a hug. "I'm playing with you. You are the only one for me and you know it."

Could I have dated Dash? To be honest, he is a great guy so I think I could have. But all I want is Colt now. I'm happy with him.

He smiles looking satisfied and we continue following Lotus and Poppy.

"Last I remember she had a small shop near the town square," Lotus says. "This way."

A minute later, we stand in front of a shoe store.

"It was here but that was more than...twenty years ago."

"More than twenty years!" Poppy shouts. "You could have said that sooner. What made you think that it would still be here?"

Lotus sighs. "This witch was born and raised here so I am sure she is still around. We're just going to have to ask around."

"Uh...Well, might as well put all these extra hands to use."

Our small group looks back to where the army of pack warriors follow. I am exaggerating when I say army cause there are like twenty men. Hardly an army but still a lot. Especially when they are so noticeable compared to the normal humans that walk around. "Serge, have some of your men ask around town." Poppy orders.

Serge nods and quickly gives the command.

"This might take a while. I kind of want to explore a little." Miles says.

Bryn vigorously nods and then she takes his arm and whisks him away.

"I didn't want to go with you!" We hear him complain as they stride away.

"How about that ice cream?"

Colt asks me.

With a big smile, I nod.

Lotus, Poppy, and Dash join us sitting on a bench and eating our ice cream in the park.

While Dash and Colt struck up a conversation, Poppy's curiosity gets the best of her.

"Lotus, how did you meet this witch?"

"That is my business.

"Then how can we trust this woman? You bring us here but, we just learned about witches or rather confirmed that they really do exist. But how can we trust her?"

"It should be enough that I am telling you to."

"You know that I am going to pester you with this till no end. So might as well tell us."

Lotus looks at her with an infuriated stare then takes a deep breath. "I...I came to her in an act of desperation."

Poppy and I sit quietly as Lotus starts to explain.

She looks around nervously as if she was thinking. "I...I wanted to be a mother and for some reason, no matter how much I tried, I couldn't.

I met Honora during my time of most desperation and grief. She gave me a simple tonic to heal my broken womb. A year later,

Victor was born." She looks at me and then looks down as if she is hiding something or not telling the whole truth.

"I'm so sorry for pressing on the matter. I had no idea."

Poppy says.

"That is why I told you to leave it alone! But noooo!"

Poppy swats at her. "I'm sorry, I'm sorry."

They start to bicker as if they were real sisters.

"Curls...don't you want to explore a little?" Dash suddenly whispers in my ear.

Colt holds a hand out with a smile.

I take it and leave the two ladies talking while the boys take me around town.

"Eww, why are these things always so creepy?" Dash asks looking at a few old porcelain dolls.

We are in an antique store that caught my eye but now I'm a bit spooked out with all these creepy dolls.

"I swear I saw that one move!"

I almost jump out of my skin. "Dash! Shut up!"

"What?! I swear I saw it move!" He says trying to hide behind me.

"Don't listen to him." Colt takes my hand and leads me out.

"Don't leave me here alone!"

Dash sprints behind us.

As we come out, we suddenly bump into Miles and Bryn. They have a bag full of stuff.

"What is all that?" Colt asks.

"Uh! You'll see." Miles rolls his eyes.

We head back to the park where Bryn starts staking stuff out from the bag. A dry eraser board, a little bell, and something that says "air horn" Bryn takes the dry eraser board and starts writing something. When she is done, she turns it to us. "I HATE YOU ALL!" She wrote.

She takes the air horn and pushes the tip. A loud horn sound comes out startling all of us.

"That's going to be annoying," Miles says.

Dash laughs "You should be used to it by now. That's exactly how she sounds."

Bryn throws the dry eraser at Dash. He ducks just in time before it flies over his head.

"We found her." Serge suddenly says walking back to us. "She moved her shop downtown near a lake somewhere."

Lotus jumps out of the bench. "Great job! Let's go."

It isn't hard to replace the shop. Locals seem to know exactly who we are talking about when we ask for directions.

The shop is actually down a road that winds down and reaches the lake. We get out of the car and from here we can see the lake in the distance down below.

"This is really a cute little town," I mutter feeling the nice breeze.

Upon entering the shop, I take it all in.

It is a cute little shop with books, incense, herbs, crystals, and tarot cards.

It doesn't look spooky at all as I thought it was going to. when you hear about witches, you immediately think spooky stuff but in this case, it is completely untrue. Honestly, it looks peaceful and it is quiet.

"How may I help you...though I think I know you." She says looking at

Lotus.

"Yes, we met many years ago."

"Ah. I knew I recognized you. How is your friend?" She glances at us as if she was looking for someone.

"We are here on an urgent matter," Lotus says avoiding the woman's question.

"Oh? How can I help you?"