The palace was bustling with activity once more and this time, Naomi was not ignored during the preparation as Aliyah took her along with her, trying to get her opinion in a lot of things. To the outside world, they were throwing a party for the blood moon night and the newly mated wolves and vampires but to them, especially Aliyah, the party was for her son who has finally found his mate. Everyone could see the joy in her face as she walked around giving orders on how things should be. Edward would occasionally show up from nowhere and remind her of the little one in her womb but she would always push him away with “allow me to have fun.”
It went on till Edward came to Asher with a warning look, “if anything happens to your mother, I will hold you responsible and I should probably tell you now that I won’t let you off. Maybe I would when you have a limb in a crocodile’s mouth, but not before.”
“Dad, don’t you think you are being a little unfair right now?” Asher asked. “Mom listens to you best and if you can’t get her to rest, then can I?”
“She is planning this for you,” Edward accused.
“No, she is making the preparation because you were the one that promised to have the blood moon night ceremony in your palace,” Asher retorted.
Edward stared at his son and they both carried a staring contest. Asher knew he can’t bow down, his father was being a little unfair and if he should compromise, he would really hold him to it. Edward knew that Asher was telling the truth, if even him can’t get Aliyah to rest, then absolutely no one can but not knowing what to do, he had to find someone to blame. But he never expected his son to have grown so much he could now see through his tricks. Knowing he wasn’t going to win this time around, he glanced at Naomi and said, “talk to your mate,” before vanishing from the room.
Naomi was shocked, never expecting to be dragged into the father and son fight but also happy that Edward left the room immediately after. No matter what, she still finds Edward imposing and really don’t like being in the same room with the man. She always feels like he could end her life with just a glare with his piercing blue eyes. And which she knows now was not a lie, not with Asher telling her how the Demon king’s eternal fire works.
“Can you imagine that? He really wants to blame me for his wife not listening to him,” Asher complained and that made her chuckle. “Like he doesn’t know how strongheaded she can be.”
“Don’t say that, your mom is actually nice and loving and caring, she is gentle and definitely doesn’t match your description.” Naomi said.
Asher gave her the look ‘you have no idea what you are talking about’ but decided not to say anything when he sensed Anita contacting him in the mind link. “I have to go, Anita is looking for me, take care of yourself okay, and be good.”
“Sure,” she smiled and he kissed her before vanishing out of the room. Now alone, she sighed and the room suddenly became too big for her and so she left, hoping to find Aliyah and see what she was up to now that brought the King to them. She didn’t get to the kitchen where she had last seen her when Irene blocked her view. “Oh my God, you scared me,” she jumped, her hand on her chest.
“I’m sorry,” Irene smiled, “but can I borrow you for a second?”
“Is everything okay?”
“Of course,” Irene said but she was already walking back to her spell room. “According to the information I got from your father and the picture of your mom and Aunt that he gave me, I can proudly tell you that I have uncovered your Origin. Your mom and aunt are witches from the Southwood coven.”
“Southwood coven?” Naomi asked as they entered the spell room, closing the door after her.
“Yes,” Irene answered. “They are four witch covens and they answer by their location. The Westwood coven, which is here, headed by Hephzibah but which would be passed down to me soon. The Eastwood coven, where I originally come from. The Southwood coven and the Northwood coven. Every coven meets here in the Westwood once a year. The Westwood coven is the biggest and strongest coven and that is because the demon king resides here and from the beginning of time, witches are helpers to the demons, long before the Nightwalkers and Night Howlers was created. Their very existence shook the balance of nature, which is why the demons and witches hated them initially. But with the crowning of Edward who is also the Nightwalker original, we have come to accept their presence. However, one coven has refused to accept this, the Southwood coven.”
Naomi frowned, “why?”
“For the very reason from beginning. Now, everyone knows that twenty years ago, the leader of Southwood coven had tried to force her eldest daughter, your mother, to marry the son of her dear good friend in the hope of them birthing a pure blood witch. A coven’s strength is known when they have a pure blood. Your mother, Grace, was the most promising witch of her time and everyone was already believing that she would birth a pure blood, all that was needed was a good gene, probably from a descendant of witches. You know we witches are free to marry whoever we want. However, your mother refused and to get her to agree, her mother locked her up for two years before her younger sister, Gaia, broke her out and they ran away. I believe that was the time they met your father and all the things he said, about catching them sitting in the middle of the house and praying? They were actually setting up hiding spells. It was why they stayed in the human realm for so long and was not discovered.”
Naomi stared at the woman, she can’t believe that she had stayed seventeen years wishing to know about her mother and this woman had uncovered so much under four days? She glanced at the table with scattered books, her thoughts preoccupied. She couldn’t help but notice that there was something in the explanation, something that might affect her life in a huge way. And so glancing at her, she asked, “so?”
Irene sighed, “the Southwood coven is still looking for a pure blood witch and you are one. And not just anyone, their direct descendants even though you were fathered by a human male, daunting your strength a little but you are a pure blood witch none the less and with enough training, can learn to master your true potential.”
“Then why don’t they just come get me?”
“That is the thing, your aunt is preventing them. What your father said that she is trying to contact you but he is preventing it is not as he thinks. She is a witch, just with a little spell, she can knock him out and tell you whatever she wants. She cast a spell on you, she hid your scent. That is why no one can tell your origin by just seeing you. In our eyes, you are just a regular human both by scent and attitude and if it wasn’t for Asher telling me about your visions, I wouldn’t have known you are a witch. And that is why the Southwood coven have not contacted you. To them, you are just a weak human, with no witch inheritance to speak off. From my understanding, your aunt has put that spell on you from when you were a baby. And all this while, she has been following you around, renewing the spell every year.”
Naomi stared at the woman that had just given her her life history in mere minutes and asked the only reasonable question that came to mind. “Why?”
Irene shook her head, “I don’t know. To know that answer, we will need to find your aunt.”
“But where is she, I have not seen her since she left the house.”
Irene sighed, “obviously, she didn’t go back to the South coven so either she is hiding in the human realm or she has attached herself to one of the other covens. But I know it’s not here, I have looked. In this case, we can either draw her out or wait till she contacts you. Because very soon, her little spell won’t be able to protect you anymore. Your power is approaching the emergence stage. Very soon, your very aura will speak of your origin. In this case, the South would come for you as well as the other covens because only Westwood covens have pure bloods now. The good thing is that you are mated to Asher and that means you are one of us now. No matter what your aunt is trying to protect you from, when it comes knocking, you will have Asher and the rest of us to protect you. King Edward is very possessive when it comes to family.”
The very words sent a warm and fuzzy feeling inside Naomi, nearly bringing her to tears. She never knew how it feels but it does feel great to know that some people care about you and would be willing to protect you.

Author's note:
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