Chapter 72


    It started around 7 a.m. with a series of caws. Magnus puts a pillow over his face and his ears. Unlike


    Magnus, I take my pillow and fling it at Reaper. As the pillow knocks him off the foot of our bed, his


    Caw switches to a squawk.


    ‘Good morning to you too, Master, he hisses via the mind-link.


    ‘You’re a Raven, not a Rooster, Reaper!’ I growl.


    Magnus chuckles but stops as Reaper shoots him a death re. I grab Magnus’ pillow and toss it at


    Reaper, missing him by a centimetre.


    ‘And stop staring at Magnus in that manner,’ I say.


    ‘Fine, I’m hungry for grubs anyway, he adds before flying out the window.


    Troll onto Magnus, and we kiss and snuggle for a few moments before getting ready for the day. We


    can hear Fern, , Ria, and Lc giggling as they go down the stairs. When I opened my door, Lc


    slides down the railing backwards. ‘Skedaddle Dash,  exims ad vanishes. Ria races down the


    This material belongs to N?velDrama.Org.


    stairs while Fern leaps over the balustrade and skips half the steps. Magnus and I make our way down


    the stairs and into the dining room.


    ‘Lifto Levitatious, says . Magnus and I watch as the sugar dish drifts over towards . She takes a


    teaspoon of sugar from the bowl and sprinkles it on top of her cereal. Then she flicks her wand,


    relocating the bowl to its original location on the table.


    ‘Good morning,’ I address everyone at the table.


    ‘Good morning, Luna, everyone greets me.


    ‘Good morning, everyone. I hope you all had a good night’s sleep. ‘Magnus asks.


    ‘Yes, Alpha Magnus, we did thank you, Ria adds.


    May yawns as she walks into the dining area and takes a seat. Sabre circles the dining room a few


    times before taking a seat on a window ledge.


    Do you have any ns for today?’ I ask the witches.


    ‘We were thinking about touring the town centre to meet more people, Fern exins.


    ‘That sounds fantastic,’ I say with a smile.


    We wave goodbye as they ‘Skedaddle Dash’ into town.


    ‘We have a lot of paperwork toplete today, Magnus adds as he stands on the front steps.


    Reaper is hiding in a neighbouring tree, appearing out of ce. I’m sorry for him, having been alone for


    so long and now living in a bustling, lush town.


    ‘There’s something I need to do before we begin the paperwork, I tell Magnus.


    “Oh?


    I approach the tree where Reaper is hiding. He observes as I grab for a limb and snap a twig. I extend


    my right arm. Reaper descends from the sky,nds on my arm, and walks up to my shoulder. ‘I have a


    surprise for you, Reaper,’ I say.


    ‘A surprise for me?’ he inquires.


    Yes, Tanswer as I walk around the packhouse. I raise my hands and form a circle with my thumbs and


    fingers. Through the circle of my fingers, I stare up to the sky. ‘Right here will be perfect,


    ‘Perfect for what, exactly?’ Reaper asks.


    ‘Your new house, I say, smiling.


    Magnuses over, curious about what I’m doing. Kneeling, I set the twig on the ground, close my


    eyes, and ce my hands on either side of the twig.


    ‘Revitilo Sprouto,” I say. The ground rumbles and the twig grows into the same majestic tree,plete


    with two broad bending branches, forming a barren circle in the centre where we can view the moon at


    night.


    Reaper caws, ps his wings and soars into the tree.


    ‘My tree, he exims.


    Magnus puts his arm around my shoulder. ‘Does this mean I don’t have to be concerned about Reaper


    staring at me all night?’


    ‘Yep, I think he’ll feel more at ease now, I smile.


    Magnus grabs my hand and leads me upstairs to our office, where we begin going over papers


    together. Byte afternoon, the witches had returned and informed us how much fun they had mending


    signs, poles, fences, and anything else that needed TLC with their magic.


    The townspeople were ecstatic, and we also gotplimentary cupcakes from the baker.’ Lc


    exins.


    ‘That’s fantastic, and I’m sure Yiselda would enjoy hearing everything about it.’ I smile.


    ‘We were thinking about paying her a visit tomorrow, Ria replies.


    ‘She’d love that!’ ‘Do you think I coulde too?’ | ask.


    ‘Of course, you’re wee to join us, Fern adds.


    T’m going to see Pandora’s Box tomorrow, I exim to Magnus.


    ‘Should Ie as well?’ he wonders, concerned.


    ‘We’ll see.’ I wink.


    We all have dinner and then retire to our rooms. I open the window and gaze out at the moon tree.


    ‘Goodnight, Reaper.’ I shout.


    “Goodnight, Master, he says, mind-linking.


    ‘You do realise you can just call me Nina or Luna?’


    ‘You could call me Reaper instead of Rooster, he quips. ‘Oh, Reaper,’ I chuckle. ‘Have a wonderful


    night, okay?”


    “Yes, Luna. You have a good sleep as well, and I suppose I hope Magnus has a good sleep too.’


    I can’t help but smile at his attempt to be friendlier to Magnus. I leave the window ajar just in case and


    snuggle into bed with Magnus. The night flew by, and before I knew it, it was morning.


    “Luna, people are arriving, but I sense they are not arriving in good faith, Reaper says as he flies in and


    pulls the sheet from us.


    “Huh?’ I get out of bed, toss my feet to the floor, and stroll over to the window. There are three huge


    Alphas, each with a dozen other wolves. I can barely make out the wolf emblem in the sunshine,


    blinding me. The wolf council is here.


    ‘Magnus! ‘The Wolf Council has arrived!’ Magnus runs to the window and looks out. He rapidly dresses


    once he realises I’m correct. I put on my pants and a simple tee and slip my wand into my back pocket.


    Reaper flies out the window in their direction. I find myself seeing through his eyes and hearing what


    Reaper hears.


    Alpha Be snarls, Alpha Magnus better have a solid justification for this.’


    ‘It might be rumour and not fact. What wolfmunity would ept witches as residents?’ Alpha Amir


    says.


    ‘One who has been bewitched, Alpha Theaton chuckles,


    Alpha Be growls, ‘Not funny: ‘If this is true, it’s quite dangerous, and don’t forget they killed Alpha


    Zenith, who used to be a member of our wolf council:


    Alpha Theaton’s demeanour shifts from light-hearted to solemn.


    Trevert to myself and turn to Magnus, ‘They’vee to see if we have any witches living here.’ They


    don’t appear pleased with the prospect of it being real


    I’m confident that everything will be alright, but I’ll mind-link my parents to join us.’ They might be able


    to help put the wolf council at ease.’


    Inod and proceed downstairs, preparing to face the wolf council.