Tales of Aradia The Last Witch Volume 3 by L.A. Jones Page B

me. It shouldn't surprise me," Roy said
hanging his head.
    Aradia said nothing while
Roy muttered, "I mean it's not like I blame her for being scared of
me considering I almost attacked her. I mean I could have killed
her that night! Or worse turned her."
    "But you didn't," Aradia
argued reassuringly.
    "But I could have! I could
have and not been able to stop myself," He paused and buried his
face in his hands.
    After a few tense and deeply
mournful moments of silence, Roy spoke again, "Seriously, her
reaction really shouldn't surprise me. After all, my mother left my
father so..."
    "But that was years into
your parents marriage!" Aradia protested, "Surely by then she would
have known your secret or your father would have told
her."
    To this, Roy said nothing at
least for a few seconds. "The thing of it is though I bet she was
human when my father married her. He probably turned her after they
were married so either way being a werewolf did make her abandon
us."
    "Has your father told you
this?" Aradia asked.
    Reluctantly, Roy shook his
head.
    But he then added, "Either
way, it doesn't matter. My mother still left us so it should not
surprise me that Melina would be no different."
    Aradia did not
respond.
    Roy, however, sighed again
heavily and sadly. "The worst part is I never asked to be this way.
For all my strength and special abilities, I would do anything to
be normal. I hate being a monster. I hate being a
freak!"
    One again, Roy buried his
face in his hands.
    Aradia sighed, and took
Roy's face in to her own hands.
    "Roy," she began, "None of
this is your fault, and blaming yourself will not change anything.
I know you hate being what you are, and to be perfectly honest I
hate being what I am too. So what if I am the most powerful hidden
on earth? I am also the last of my kind! When I die, God only knows
when, my people and my legacy die with me! No one will remember me!
The witches will be extinct as the dinosaurs and just like the
dinosaurs, they will be something to be studied, missed, and
pitied. At least, there are other werewolves like yourself and your
kind wasn't killed off like mine centuries ago."
    Aradia paused, and sighed,
before she continued. "Can you imagine what it's like when people
find out who I am? The looks I get? First, there is astonishment
that I even survived the slaughter of my people, admiration that I
did, and then pity that I am all alone. No matter how powerful I am
or get Roy one thing will always remain the same: I will always be
alone. At least, you never will be whether it is with Melina or
someone else you will never be alone."
    Roy was stunned silent after
Aradia's explanation, but slowly he lowered his head to rest in her
lap. Aradia was embarrassed at first when he did this, but after a
while, she began to pet his hair soothingly. Aradia would always be
the first one to admit her feelings for Dax. However, whenever she
was with Roy especially at times when he was acting vulnerable and
dependent on her, Aradia had to admit she could not help but feel
attracted to him. However, she never could have guessed that a mere
foot away, and standing behind a column was Melina.

 
Chapter
Thirteen
     
     
    Holden was frustrated as he
sat on the hood of his parked car on a hill overlooking the city of
Salem. He was drinking a beer, smoking a cigarette, and trying to
figure out what he should do about Brenna. He had expected
difficulties when he had shown up in Salem intending to reclaim
her. However, what he had not expected was dozens of not only her
cousins protecting her but other members of the hidden race as
well. At first, he had suspected it was because Brenna had slept
with all of them but then he learned it was because of the last
witch. It should not have surprised him that someone so young could
wield such power over people, but what did amaze him was the fact
that she did not force anyone to do anything. Instead of punishing
those who disagreed with her or refused to help, Aradia