She, the new leader who yearns for peace.

Ember.

"Mother there is nothing I can do but try and vouch for peace, what would you have me do that would ensure that all the witches are united, Kev, destroyed any chance of the coven ever having its old power." Ember argued looking at the mistress, she who led the coven of Halkrest bay. "There is something else you can do to make sure we have enough power to fight the resurrection, if you can convince the other next in lines that you want peace, I'm sure with time and a bit of meddling they will be on board, Goddess knows we need the power." The mistress replied her daughter as she stood from the couch  of Ember's room, she was glad to finally have her back, the one who had inherited her light, her power, even her hair, blinding golden locks of hair. "I can convince the banshees and the fae, Amon of the vampires has gotten powerful and having a witch mate has changed things, we used to play together as kids now we are strangers, the key to get him to agree is Thalia Thorne, and she is a completely different story." Ember explained with a sigh as the mistress's eyes lit up at the mention of the witch.

"She is Roman's protégé, powerful creature and she hasn't even reached her full potential much like you, who will be the hardest to convince is Roman, your brother did a number on his life, yet that's exactly why he thrived, he's gotten strong to the point of being able to summon the fabled gate keeper and bring Allysa his friend, back to life, convince him, and you have the strongest force in Halkrest bay by your side to fight the resurrection." She asserted making Ember's curiosity peak and her need to find out just how powerful Roman was, she would never antagonize or poke a sleeping dragon though, if her mother said he was strong, she believed her. "I will try mom, this festival should lighten up the tension around this town, its suffocating." Ember complained making her mother chuckle. "Your brother and his mate left a mark here, a bad one, we have a long way to go before the other mystics trust us, but I have faith in you my child, if anyone is capable of bringing peace back to our home its you." She praised before placing a kiss on Ember's forehead, she hoped she could do it, it wasn't easy making people co operate or unite when your unhinged psycho of a brother killed town folk for fun. I will try mom,it echoed in her head.

The outcast Coven

"It suits me better." Roman mumbled as he walked out in black boots, a one piece navy and rose, open neck jump suit, he looked absolutely delicious in it. "I have to admit, he looks gorgeous." Allysa exclaimed as she was wearing the exact same outfit. "Why not try the white one?" Allen offered and shooed her off to change. "Have you thought about tonight?" Allen asked the golden haired witch who nodded. "I'm going to keep it simple, actually cook the meat he sent me and have Marc eat the rest however he wants it, speaking of, where is your dream boat?" Roman asked as Marc had vanished the moment they drove into the city. "He and Vincent have a surprise for me, and I am vibrating for it, so that's why he hightailed away the moment we got here." Allen explained making Roman narrow his eyes at him. "You have that look in your eye." Roman teased and Allen blushed looking away, truly Allen loved Marc, he was his everything, even if he was horrible at surprises and social interactions even more so lately, he still loved him.

"So I have a surprise of my own, I want you to tell me what you think." Allen muttered as he snapped his fingers, his raven black hair cascaded down his back to his waist in beautiful waves shocking Roman, he further waved a hand around his body and his whole appearance changed, it was still Allen but there was something a bit more feminine about him, it was as if he was a butterfly that had hatched from it cocoon. "Ever since we started training with extreme magic and harnessing our innate abilities, my magic has been making different changes to my body, I tried to whip up a suppression spell but it won't work, its being burned out of my system." Allen explained making Roman smile with a look of understanding.

"I'm sensing you know something." Allen asserted and he nodded. "You're mated to one of the most dominant males I've ever known, when I was mated to Lex my magic went haywire until I accepted what it was trying to do, I became the real me, whether I liked it or not, looking the way you do does not make you less of a man, you're bindingly beautiful no doubt but all your junk is still there, and the man Marc loves, is still there, in a way more hot and slutty body, I swear if he doesn't bang you till the sunrise when he sees you like this, I don't know Marc at all." Roman explained whilst comforting Allen who cried a little as his sister walked out of the changing room. "Damn, rainbow power!" Allysa cheered happily as she hugged her brother, it should be said that all the anxiety he felt was washed away. "What did I miss?!" Thalia appeared in the room panting. "Whoa, are you trying to make these boys out here drool, you look amazing, all of you." The witch of storms happily cheered and went to hug her friends, though there was a slight anxiousness in the air between them, Allen knew they would be okay. "Now that we are all here, we need to buy clothes for the whatever festival and the dates we have, Amon invited me to his house for dinner, I'm shit nervous." Thalia explained making them all burst out laughing as they went back into the boutique to hunt for more clothes.

Roman & Lex

After a full day of going to the stores and boutiques one after the other, Roman had parted from his hands and made his way to his house, he needed to prepar everything himself, without distractions, its why his phone was off and any fire mesages he was getting he was ignoring. He began with marinating his meat, deer meat was different from other game but he could find a way, he also added two chickens as a back up, wolves and meat were close to each other, so he had to have that, the rest of his dishes were easy, blueberry pie, Lex's favourite, shrimp as a starter, he knew the additions to the starter would be lovely, once he figured them out, along with a variety of green salads, he was most likely going to eat them alone, any wolf barely ate green, same goes for vampires, the rarer the better, thinking of vampires made him think of Thalia, she was also having dinner with Amon, Goddess he hoped it went well.

"Solceda crystallum." Roman mumbled as crystals appeared in the air and levitated above the table in the dining room, he placed candles on the small table and snapped his fingers making them light up with golden flames, the flames reflected on the crystals making the atmosphere gentle and very intimate. Next was the set up, he placed everything according to how the meal would go  and hopefully they would get through the meal without awakward silence. As everything was ready Roman ran up to the master bedroom which was now his and got ready, cleaned everywhere, best to be prepared, not wanting to make Lex feel as if he was underdressed he wore a low off shoulder top that showed enough skin, loose shorts and socks, it was an indoor dinner, he wasn't going to a formal event, he worried for Thalia because she might've gone to the most formal dinner of her life, Amon really needed to loosen up, suddenly the bell rang as he let down his lower back long golden hair.

Lex was tongue tied, he didn't know if he was looking at the same Roman who kicked his ass a while ago or the mate the goddess created out of pure beauty. "Uh,—uhm here." He tried not to shove the roses in his face, as he felt over dressed in his tux. "You got dressed up for me." Roman teased as he opened the way for the wolf to get in, his massive figure lumbered into the Rose home with a chuckle. "I thought you wanted me well behaved." Lex replied gently making Roman smile. "Well I expected that but—" The witch snapped his fingers making the jacket to the the tux appear in his hands, Lex's bow tie hung loosely by his neck. "I need you relaxed." He finally asserted and Lex nodded. "Let me put these in water, make yourself at home." The witch stated with a smile as he walked to the kitchen, Lex watched his mate walk away, damn his body, all he wanted now was to strip him bare, mark him, every part of him as his and beg for him to love him and never leave him.

He made it to the lounge as Roman walked in aswell with a glass of bourbon. "You really know me." The wolf whispered making Roman chuckle. "You are my mate, and I guess this is the point we talk." Roman added as he looked at the wolf, Lex had grown, he was almost 6'8 and sporting a stubble Roman loved. "I'm sorry for the gifts, I didn't know what else to do, or send, ever since you came back we've been odd, and out of place, I yearn for you but with what happened, I just didn't know what to do, I'm sorry Roman—" Lex fell to his knees, hands holding onto the witch's feet. "I'm sorry, I beg you, forgive me, I will never betray you, I will never doubt you, I will never think of any other to be worth over you, I promise to love you, and only you, I would die for you, and I would do anything just to have you love me." Lex begged with eyes burning with tears just as Roman held him up. "I promise that I will love you as my mate, I will also accept you for who you are, so that our past can never rule us, because I—Im in love with you." Roman finally admitted it, not just to himself  but to Lex, he loved him. "You do?" Lex asked with a hoarse voice. "I'm in love with you though." He stated making Roman laugh. "Can we skip dinner or have it later, I want to become yours, completely." Roman whispered as Lex's eyes glowed red and suddenly they were in the master bedroom, what would happen, they both wanted it though, as their lips met in scathing hot passion.

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