Tasting All My Mates

366-Give Up The Powers

She had tied me to a bed in one of the rooms. I could not tell what room it was, nor do I remember which floor.

All I could think of was my body and how numb it was.

“I am preparing everything,” she whispered to herself. "It is the only way to make things right," she hyped herself, placing the candles around the bed and then straightening her back.

“The midnight will arrive in a few hours,” she finally spoke to me, “Try opening your mouth. I want to hear your last thoughts,” she said, smiling through some sort of pain. Her eyes were watery the whole time she was preparing for whatever sick game she had in her mind.

"“Wh—y are —you doing this?" It was true; I was able to speak, but my tongue felt too heavy. It was useless to speak to someone who I knew wouldn't tell me the exact truth. But I still tried.

"Well, for starters!" She stood in front of the bed and mumbled, "You don't deserve this life," she said.

“By that, I don't mean the harshness these powers brought you. What I truly mean is that the blessings you receive are not what you deserve. Your mother was an evil witch, Enya! she was a horrible person," she sighed as she spoke about my mother.

k----now my mother?" I asked, blinking away the tears. Why is

it is time you learned about your mother." She dragged a chair

was your mother and one Emelia. Mother Jolline was supposed to pick one of the witches to take over." She paused because she

asked, feeling my tongue taking my side this

the powers of the ancestors. She was supposed to inherit them and then keep them safe for the next witches that were going to complete the coven. Your mother was supposed to transfer the powers to them and keep a fair share for herself. The process needed virgin witches.

to be that witch, but she got kicked out for mating with a werewolf. Thanks to your mother, she planned her fall perfectly, and Emelia fell for it. Then your mother was given the opportunity to inherit the powers, which she did. Little did we know, she lied about being a virgin. The moment she took the powers; she began to feel pain. She was supposed to give the powers back, but she denied it. The ancestors were already angry, and then your mother fled with their powers. She caused turmoil in our coven. We suffered the wrath of the ancestors while your mother

She got up from the chair and reached my side, saying, "These powers belong to us. We

the eye while being tied miserably. I still didn't beg her to free me because there was no point in doing

have known from the beginning. I told him the truth about your mom." She rested her hand on the wall behind the bed and smirked, keeping her face

not able to respond

the opportunity to tell him all about your mother. I am glad I

from me and peeking outside the window, "Corbin was the only who wanted to stick by your side but then— then I figured out why?" she turned to