The Beast And The Blessed

The Beast And The Blessed Chapter 74

Seventy-Four: Natalie

Natalie’s P.O.V.

Killian had been pulled away, and I was back to being locked in our room like the helpless damsel in distress they saw me as. I was getting stronger every day. But I had a long way to go, especially with my magic.

Only a few people knew about it. I was sure that Rona would run her mouth sooner or later. The family and my immediate guards were the only ones we planned to tell about it. I had ruined that by accidentally using my magic on Rona.

Telling people was still on a need-to-know basis, and no one else needed to know for now.

They would probably have their own reservations about the matter. I feared it would become like the healers again, with people trying to capture and control me. My mother had said that she had been hunted for years. Was that to be my fate too?

Mother.

I wasn’t sure how I felt about that word when talking about someone other than the woman who had raised me. But it was what and who I needed. I needed a family member, a mother, to hug, hold me close, and tell me everything would be okay.

The war in my mind between my wolf and magic was leaving me with a constant migraine, and if anyone knew how to overcome that obstacle, it would be her. She had said that I would see her again. But I didn’t know when, and I didn’t know for how long.

I wanted to return to visit her, but I had more important things to focus on.

My legs were crossed under me as I sat on the couch in the sitting room. George and Tobias were waiting outside, but Thomas had decided to join me inside the room. His back was against the wall, and he periodically scanned the empty room every few minutes.

eyes would turn black as someone spoke to him through the mind link,

did you learn Latin, Thomas?” His eyes never traveled to me as the wind

fluently. She worked with the archives and always said it was important to know the languages in which our past was written to educate ourselves and better our future.

as I waited for it to levitate, spill, or turn to tequila. A quick inhale through my nose confirmed that I had failed.

amusement before looking away again. He took his

I knew he had worked hard to get his position at my side so early in life. ‘Back when the humans had overpopulated, they had put rules in place that the people and governments were supposed to

keep their attention away from what was happening in the world. They enjoyed having an ignorant body to govern. It made the people easier to control. No one cared when they took something as simple as cursive

never been forced to learn

even realize how much the government had taken from them until it was too late. They lived in blissful ignorance for so long that, eventually, the government didn’t have to worry about the people. They just

the government announced their discovery of us to the people. That was only because they couldn’t dispute the mass amount of evidence at that point and

the one in here if he hadn’t just been so close to Heath and Nolan, potentially exposing himself to the dark magic. So, Thomas had volunteers to take on

choose this as your career?’ I wondered how he managed to guard people of power when he did not trust them. ’It doesn’t seem like you trust political figures, yet

eyes flickered up to me briefly with worry, but I knew he wasn’t scared about my opinion of him. He

interesting realization and told me a

best way for me to make a difference was to ensure the safety of the good to prevent evil from retaking control.” His eyes

but that was all I was doing. The only two times I had used magic were when I was angry. But I was too heartbroken to be mad after what happened

get the image of Heath out of my head. There surely was evil about, and I wished I could borrow some of Thomas’s determination and

to Thomas, silently dismissing him. Thomas scanned the room once more before taking his

looked void of emotion, but I knew

the worry in his eyes and the tension in his shoulders. He had lost another man today, someone, that he was closer to than the others. But his hard mask was in