Chapter 56


    The elderly woman grabs the younger woman’s shoulder but stares at me.


    ‘It’s over for now, but this won’t be thest you see of us.’ She hisses.


    I growl and step towards them. May ces her hand on my back.


    ‘No, let them go. We need to find Nina. We can worry about themter.’


    She says as the two women quickly shift and run away. I shift back and yell in pain. After a few


    minutes, I’m in my human form. Leon shifts back as well.


    ‘Nina!’ I cry out. 34


    There are dead bodies everywhere. Gianna is sobbing. May approaches her and unties her from the


    post and the rope from her wrists. I hear a moan and a mumble and run towards the sound. Pushing a


    couple of bodies aside, I find Nina.


    ‘Nina, I’m here. You’re safe now.’ I say, untying her wrists. She squints her eyes, letting them adjust.


    The look of relief shows on her face. She sits up and lunges into myp, wrapping her arms around my


    neck, and cried into my chest.


    ‘You came for me, you found me.’


    ‘Of course, we came for you, Nina. I would search the ends of the Earth for you.’


    She cries even louder and holds me tighter.


    ‘I thought I’d never see you again.’


    Leon approaches.


    “Dad.’ Nina stands up and runs into his arms.


    ‘My baby girl, I was so worried.’


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    Nina looks over to May, who is looking at the whish on Gianna’s back.


    May, Gianna.’ She says, releasing herself from Leon.


    May and Nina hug.


    ‘I thought you hated me?’ May asks.


    ‘Although you have been a horrible sister to me all my life, I’m d you’re here.’ Nina checks Gianna’s


    back.


    ‘It’s already healing.’ She says.


    I’ve had my wolf for a month now, which means I heal quickly.’ Gianna says to me, May and Leon.


    ‘Are you okay?” I ask Gianna.


    ‘I will be now that Moss and his rogues are dead.’ She says, forcing a smile.


    “How long have you been captive here for? | ask.


    “Over a year. I think so anyway. They would never tell me what day or month it was.’


    ‘Whal pack did they take you from?


    “I was never a pack I lived in an orphanage and they kicked me and anyone else who turned sixteen


    years old out I spent a year uying on the streets until one night, when I was about to fall asleep, a man


    approached me, sniffing the air. He smiled at me and said she wolf and took me away to join them.


    They wanted me to join them for you know and I didn’t want to be used. I didn’t want to be there i was


    better off in the streets than here. She frowns


    Gianna, we would love you to join our pack, a real pack where you will have freedom and friendships?’


    i offer


    “You would really want me toe with you?’ she says with a raised eyebrow


    ‘Yes, we would.’


    She looks at Nina, who smiles and nods her head yes at Gianna.


    Gianna cries and hugs Nina.


    ‘If it’s not too much trouble, then I would love toe with you all


    ‘Well Gianna,’ May smiles. ‘We must introduce ourselves. I’m Nina’s younger sister May and this is our


    father Leon and our future Alpha, Magnus.


    I’m so happy to meet you all.’ She smiles.


    Nina takes a step back in thought.


    ‘Um May, how did you summon a storm, fireballs, and fog?’


    ‘Well, you see. We can across a witch who led us here. She gave Magnus and me a stick and made it


    light up like a torch. When we were in trouble, the wand illuminated more and I had the sudden urge to


    say a spell out loud from the book of spells and hexes Magnus showed us. Then I realised they weren’t


    just sticks but wands. So, I shouted one spell out loud and it worked.’


    ‘But only witches can use wands, so how is this possible?’ Leon asks.


    I take the wand from my pocket and whirl it around and point at a shrub, ‘Inferno mo.’ I say and we


    watch as nothing happens.


    I pass the wand to Gianna. ‘Inferno mo?” she says. Again, nothing happens.


    ‘Why does it only work for May?’ | ask.


    Nina takes the wand. ‘Inferno mo.’ She says, and a gigantic ball of me appears and flies fiercely


    through the air over a mountain. We hear the impact in the distance, causing a touch of smoke to rise


    into the sky.


    Everyone has a look of shock on their faces as we all turn to stare at Nina.


    ‘Umm oops, a daisy?’


    ‘Oops, a daisy?’ May says. “You just summoned a ball of me the size of a house and made it fly a


    kilometre away! And all you can say is “Oops a daisy?’


    ‘Well gee May, ever think I might be just as shocked as you all are with what I just did? What do you


    expect me to say?’


    ‘I just want to know why you girls can use wands? This is not normal for a wolf to wield magic.’ Leon


    says, confused.


    Maybe it’s just temporary?’ I suggest.


    ‘It’s going to take us a week to get back to Shadow Crest. This is very dangerous. We mustn’t mention


    this magic to anyone in the pack other than Alpha Ryker and Our Luna Astrid. Got it?’


    We all nod in agreement and enter the cave we came from.


    Keep to the right.’ I say as we reach two separate tunnels. Nina and May hold their wands up,


    illuminating the cave. We step out of the exit and into the woods. The only light we can see is from the


    wands lighting our path. Nina and May yawn.


    ‘Let’s make a fire and sleep here the night. We are all exhausted and it must be around 2 am.’I say.


    The girls sit down next to each other while Leon and I gather sticks and bundle them together.


    ‘Inferno mo.’ Nina says, pointing her wand at the bundle of sticks. A me the size of my hand


    shoots from the wand to the stick, setting them alight. Leon and I give her a look.


    ‘What? she says


    I sit next to Nina on the end as she hovers her hands close to the fire, warming them up. She leans her


    head on my shoulder. I can feel her body shaking from the cold. I drape my arm over her shoulder to


    give her my body warmth.


    As I wake up, i can feel something warm covering me. I open my eyes and look down to see Nina


    asleep with her hand and head on my chest


    My hand strokes her arm until she wakes Her eyes flutter open and we smile at one another and sit up.


    ‘Let’s wake the others.’ I say.


    Nina nods and wakes Gianna and May up while I wake Leon up.


    I’m so thirsty’ Gianna says, stretching her arms out..


    ‘We have bottles of water and snacks in the car. You can help yourself as soon as we are there.’ I tell


    her.


    “How far away is the car?’


    ‘About an hour’s walk.’


    “Okay.’ She smiles.


    Nina and I walk side by side as the others walk ahead.


    What does it feel like to wield magic?” I ask her.


    ‘Honestly, it feels amazing. It’s a shame I won’t be able to show it off back at Shadow Crest.’ She


    Josie would think it’s the best thing ever.’


    “Until I turn her into a frog.’ We both burst intoughter.


    ‘Was that spell even in the book? I don’t recall reading it in there.’


    “No, but I’m going to have to study the book thoroughly, so I can learn all the spells I carr cast.’


    ‘If my parents learn about the spell book, they might take it away from us. It’s the only thing we have


    that can help us break your curse.’


    ‘Then the book can remain a secret then.’ She smiles.