I was nervous to show Hermes my room because it wasn't very clean right now and it wasn't a very grown up room. My walls were powder pink and everything was girly. My had had decorated every way she wanted and didn't get a word in from me, but I was only eight. I wanted blue walls and I get pink. I think she just wanted to give me a room she always wanted, so I made myself happy she did it and didn't complain.

Hermes walked over to my wall and chuckled at the teddy bear stickers and I glared him as shut my door, “How adorable. I expect something much different.”

“Like what?”, I asked, putting my hand on my waist and raised my eyebrows.

“Posters of bands and walls a very boring color like brown or orange.”, he said, walking over to me.

“It's my childhood room.”, I reminded him.

“You were weird as a child also. I can understand why now.”, he chuckled and I pursed my lips, narrowing my glare on him for making fun of my room. He then grinned down at me and wrapped his arms around my waist, “Dads don't usually let their daughters in a room alone with a boy.”

“My family is different.”, I said. “Even, my dad can trust me.”

“Right, because your a goodie to shoes.”, he said and my nose scrunched when I gave him a look.

He leaned down and kissed me. I brought my hands up to his shoulders as I kissed him back and his arms tighten around my waist. I couldn't help but giggle as Hermes pushed me backwards until the back of my legs hit my bed and I fell on it, him on top of me. I would have been out of breath if my lungs weren't made of steels.

Okay, so maybe they weren't made of steel, but they were strong.

My face flared up when didn't move his body away from me. He was pressing his body against mine and it made me a little nervous. So this is why dads don't let their daughters up here alone with guys, it was very true and a cliche move. I was expecting my dad to burst through the doors any second and turn all wolf on us.

I put my hands on Hermes chest and lift him off me a little. He gave me a confused look and I took a deep breath, “You're moving quickly.”, I said as I chuckled a little nervously.

“I like kissing you though.”, he said, grinning down at me which made my heart beat faster.

“I may be a wolf, but doesn't mean I'm still not a lady. How many girl have you slept with anyways?”, I asked, raising an eyebrow. “Be careful how you answer that though.”

He nervously laughed and rolled his eyes, “I-I don't know. Four?”

My mouth dropped and I pushed him away, “What?”, I asked, my voice getting hard and dangerous as I glared at him.

“Whoa, hey!”, he said, holding his hands up. “I had a relationship with those girls, it's not like they were one night stands.”

“Was one of them Lucinda?”, I asked, raising an eyebrow.

He was quiet and he awkwardly looked away as he scratched behind his ear. I scuffed and stubbornly crossed my arms over my chest. I knew it was a long shot that Hermes was a virgin, I just had hope he would. All the guys in my family stay virgin until they find their mate, but they always find them after turning fourteen. . .

But it still pissed me off to imagine Hermes with another girl!

“Oh come on, don't be jealous.”, he said, leaning over towards me and kissed my cheek.

“You were mine before them.”, I stubbornly said and pushed him away as he tried to kiss my cheek away.

“Saying I'm yours is sexy.”, he said and I almost punched him in the face. He chuckled, “Jaycee, come on, that was in the past. I was nine, how was I suppose to know I was your mate?”

“Did you even think of me all those years you left?”, I asked, feeling a little hurt as I looked down at my blanket. I was depressed after Hermes left, but did he feel the same way? Was he crushed and heart broken like I was? Did he think of me every minute of the day and be angry at his parents for making him leave? All these questions I never bother to ask until now.

“Of course I missed you in the beginning.”, he said, touching my arms with his strong hand. “You were the only friend I had here. When I hit thirteen though and girls started noticing me. . .well, they were filling the void.”

I snorted, “Oh how nice to hear.”

“I did think of you allot through the years, Jaycee.”, he said, sounding serious this time. “Even though I didn't seem happy in the beginning when I came back, I did kind of hope you were still here. Maybe for the wrong reason kind of I kind of hoped to get you back for embarrassing me as kid for being stronger, but that's before things became serious between us.”

“You wanted to embarrass me?”, I asked, my head snapping up as I glared at him and he groaned.

“You are so short minded.”, he said. My mouth dropped and I almost hit him, but he grabbed my wrist, and pulled it away, “You are the most short temperance, stubborn, weird hipster that I don't ever want to be away from now.”

I had to stop myself from smiling like an idiot and aweing at, so I snatched my arm back and huffed, “You should have just just said that first.”

He rolled his eyes, but smiled as he slowly leaned in, kissing. He probably thought I was going to try and hit him, but I didn't. I could try to get over his past relationships and move forwards with ours even though I wanted to put lice in those girls hair, but that wouldn't make me any better then when Lucinda gave me fleas.

I wrapped my arms around his neck and pressed myself closer to him. I must have done it to far because I ended up push him off the bed and I came along, landing on top of him with a thud. We both chuckled and continued to kiss there on my bedroom floor.

. . .

I was standing in front of my locker, looking over my homework from last night when my locker was suddenly slammed shut and Lucinda appeared in front of me. I took in a small intake of sharp breath and stepped back, but held my chin up.

“Have a nice few days free from me?”, she asked. “How'd you turn back to normal? Huh? I hears there's a witch name Carmina that lives here in Vermont. Did Hermes take you all the way to see her and she changed you back? Witches with her generation tend to be greedy and only wish for money or things in return. What did you give her?”

I shrugged my right shoulder, “What would a witch from a Russo wolf?”

“I don't know, why don't you answer me that.”, she said, grinning. “Come on, spit it out. Did she put that protection block on both you and Hermes?”

“Mad because there's someone stronger out there then you are?”, I asked and she kept calm, but I could see in her pretty blue eyes fire. “I don't need to tell you anything.”

“I would watch yourself, mutt.”, she said, crossing her arms over her chest. “Her magic may be stronger then mine, but black magic can always get that far.”

“Hmmm, right, because you wouldn't be able to crack through my head without it. You're dependable on it now, kind of sad.”, I said and her smirked dropped, giving me this nasty look. “Oh and you've lost, Hermes is mine. You're little magic trick just made him and me more closer.”

“Oh, that wont last long.”, she said, grinning at me again as if she knew something I didn't and I gave her a confused look. “Hermes deserve a strong witch like me, not a mutt. I wont let you ruin his life because you think he's your mate.”

“He is my mate.”, I said, my voice hard and sharp. “I'm not going to let some witch bitch like yourself tell me any differently.”

With that, I turned and walked away, but she irked me more by giggling. I went towards the girls bathroom and went inside. I put my stuff down on the sick and ran my hand threw my hair. I let hard a hard breath and looked at myself in the mirror.

When is she just going to leave?, I asked myself. Does she take pleasure in tormenting me?

I felt something tickling my hand and I touched the spot, but felt something. I gasp, looking down to see a bug falling to the floor. It was a cockroach! I made a disgust face and couldn't help myself from stomping on it. I shivered, making a ugh sound since I hate bugs. Why is there a cockroach in the bathroom? Sure, King's High is old but it wasn't dirty.

I felt something crawling on my other arm and my eyes snapped to it, seeing another cockroach crawling.

“Ugh!”, I angrily said and when I looked at my shirt, there was two crawling on me!

I panicked and whipped them off me. I hate bugs so much! For always being in the woods, you would think I would be fine but I freak out. I hate bugs, snakes, and lizards. They scared me to death.

I took a step back and looked around. I saw cockroaches, beetles, and other bugs I didn't know what they were starting to appear. Every time turned, more and more appeared. My heart started picking up from fear and kicked the bugs away when they were coming nears me. Snakes were also appearing and I almost fainted.

“Ah! Ah! Ah!”, I made crying sounds as I felt suddenly helpless as they began to trap me where I stood. I brought my hands up to my hair, ranking them through, and closed my eyes.

This can't be happening, this can't be happening!, I thought as I held back my sobs I so badly wanted to make. Make it stop! Please, stop!

I didn't know any spell that could make it stop and apparently thinking or saying it didn't help. I bent down into a ball, covering my ears, praying it would stop since I knew it was Lucinda. She was using my fear against me to scare me and sadly it was working.

I felt someone then touch me. Strong hands went around my wrist and I opened my eyes, expecting it to be some girl and expect to find me crazy. My eyes snapped to a familiar blonde—but it wasn't a blonde I was expecting.

“It's not real.”, Cody said and we stared at each other for a long time before he took his hands away. I was to frozen in fear to say or do anything until he did that and I looked around to find the bathroom spotless and free from bugs.

Cody put his hands on my arms, lifting me up. I swung my arms back, making him take his hands off me and I glared at him, “Why are you and your sister doing this to me? Is she really that pissed because Hermes dumped her?”

“Normal Lucinda would have gotten over in a week, but this isn't my sister Lucinda.”, he said, surprising me from what he was saying. Did he just admit his sister isn't acting like herself and there was something wrong? I kept my guard up though, refusing to believe it and only that he wants to hear what I want to hear. “I came here with Lucinda because she's twin sister, but she's really taking it to far now. I've done some black magic and it's great, but scary as shit. I need to help her and you have to help me.”

I snorted and gave him a You-Got-To-Be-Kidding me look, “Screw off, Cody.”, I said, walking around him but he grabbed my wrist and turned me around, giving me a serious look. “That night I was in your dream, I crack right into your head the second before you woke up. I know what you can do, Jaycee, I saw it all. You're a seventh generationer.

My eyes popped opened and I snatched my wrist away, “What? I don't know what your talking about.”

“Of course you do, Jaycee.”, he said. “Lucinda may be the older one, but I'm the wiser Warlock and I could crack your spell with enough energy. She's doped up on Black Magic, you need to help.”

“Why the hell should I do that?”, I angrily asked and got in his face. “You're sister and yourself have been ruining my life ever since you both got here.”

“Because if you help me get her under control, we could leave.”, he said and I kept my mouth shut from bickering at him about how he's a liar but. . .I don't think he was lying. “I wont lose myself along with my sister. Black Magic is dangerous and I don't want to see my sister die because of it.”

“What do you expect me to do?”, I asked, snorting.

“I want you to drain her of her abilities.”, he said and I just gave him a confused what-the-hell look. “It's dangerous, but it's possible. It takes a little black magic, but you can over come it yourself. You'll observe some of her powers in yourself and it'll weaken her enough where she can't use them for awhile, she'll withdraw and I can talk some sense in her.”

“Take her powers?”, I questioned and he nodded. “What happens to me then?”

“You'll become stronger, but I don't care about that. I care about my sister health and sanity. She's taking this over board now.”, he said. “Don't you agree?”

I hesitated, looking at him closely to see if I could find any way that he's lying, but he gave me this serious face. I don't know if I was idiot to trust Cody—Lucinda brother. They could be excellent at liars for all I know.

I need to take a chance though if that means getting rid of them.

I nodded, “Okay, fine, I'll help.”