The Witch’s Regrets

Taken

Alexei pov

Everything was coming together perfectly. Igor and his other friends were watching the pack border without being detected. Igor had reported that the borders were heavily patrolled and fortified. Igor claimed to be impressed but Lex simply rolled his eyes. Igor would be impressed by a horse doing tricks at a carnival, his impressions didn’t mean much.

Lex sent his astral form for several hours watching this werewolf pack. Sadly he found that Igor was correct. This pack had border patrol like he had never seen before, and Lex had seen plenty. When he had taken Natasha he would have to look into the Midnight Howlers pack, there was something fishy going on. Lex had thought something was off since he and Luka had visited a week ago. The respect Luka had shown that alpha was shocking, Luka didn’t show anyone respect. The power that alpha had, he hadn’t felt anything like it.

Now the military like border patrol? If Alex didn’t know any better he would have thought this was the werewolf council, but that was impossible. From what he heard they weren’t around any longer, but he wasn’t involved in werewolf affairs.

The day has finally came, Julie informed him that the distraction is set for today. No other information was given. Lex has been prepping all day. Things had to fall in line just perfectly for his plan to work out. Ivan has tracked down Natasha’s exact location and Lex lucked out as it was at the edge of the territory. Lex sent his astral form to the location on Ivan’s computer. Lex was at a small house and he could immediately tell that Svetlana was in the home as well as Natasha. Damn, he was hoping that he could go into the house, but Svetlana would feel his astral form the second he walked through the door.

Alexei pulled himself back into his body and was forced to wait. That’s all he has been doing, but now that the coven is in his grasp it makes it so much harder.

Lex called his father as he would need him for the spell he was going to perform on Natasha. His father agreed to lend him the juice, but that he wouldn’t directly spell Natasha. His father didn’t want his spell signature anywhere on the Volkov girl, and Lex agreed. Lex was simply glad that his father had agreed to help him.

Alexei finally got the text saying the plan was in motion to get Luka back to the coven, he just had to wait for Luka to get the call. Then finally twenty agonizing minutes later the burner phone rang. Alexei picked up the phone immediately.

“He’s here, you have ten minutes,” the voice on the phone told him. Alexei hung up and immediately teleported to Natasha’s home in a puff of red. Alexei walked in the door and saw Svetlana on the couch.

“Wha-?” She asked in outrage.

“Somnum,” he commanded her and she fell asleep. Lex knew he only had five minutes tops before she woke up. Lex quickly followed the bond and found Natasha in her room already sleeping.

“Somnum,” he repeated putting her in a deeper sleep before picking her up. Alexei carefully picked up his wick then teleported to the family cabin. He teleported himself to his old room, then gently sat Natasha down on the bed. Lex quickly looked around at the bedroom that Nat and he had several sleepovers in when they were kids before exiting the room.

Alexei looked around for his father and quickly found him drinking coffee that was no doubt laced with vodka at the kitchen table.

“Got her?” His father asked leaning away from the kitchen table. Lex nodded,

“Yeah she’s in my room.” Lex turned around and they headed back to his room.

“You never told me what you needed the boost for?” His father asked. Lex ignored him,

“Let’s hurry up and move her. I’m not sure how long she will be out.” Lex wasn’t totally deflecting from his father, Nat was a Volkov the sleeping honestly wouldn’t even work on her father.

Alexei pick up his wick and followed his father to the downstairs alter. He carefully placed his mate on the large stone alter.

“Did you reinforce the protection spells?” Lex asked his father.

“Your mother did, I had a feeling you would need a lot of my magic.” His father said and stood behind him, Alexei prepared himself for the transfer of power. His father put his hands on his shoulders and started to chant an incantation Lex didn’t recognize. When Alexei felt the power surge through him he placed his hands on either sides of Natasha’s temple and got to work.

Alexei started at the most important memories and started manipulating them as they were the strongest. Lex removed himself from the carving полукровка in her arm and replaced it with Anastasia. Then he went further back to the first day of academy and instead of taunting her Lex embraced her. Lex picked and choose the memories, he went for the biggest ones as he didn’t know how long the magic would last. Mind manipulation took up so much power, especially when you went back years.

Alexei went into the memory where they met after years and found out they were wicks. He manipulated it and fell into each others arms. Then came directly here to his family’s cabin, then consummated their bond. Alexei continued to manipulate her memories until he collapsed from the use of magic. Alexei was so weak from the amount of magic used that he passed out.

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Natasha pov

Nat woke up with a bad throbbing in her head, and she was feeling very disoriented. Nat sat up and looked around trying to figure out where she was. It seemed to take a minute, but when she heard some grumbling in the kitchen Nat’s brain finally kicked on. She was in the Patrovi cabin with her wick Alexi, and had been since they had discovered they were wicks two weeks ago.

Nat smiled to herself Alex was probably trying to make breakfast for her again. Nat got up and went into the kitchen. Sure enough there he was fanning the burning pan trying to stave off the smoke detector.

“What are you doing?” Nat laughed at the horror on her wicks face. Alex looked up at her in horror and froze.

“Why do you continue to try and make me bacon when we both know you can’t cook to save your life,” she laughed at him. Alex’s face morphed into one of humor.

“You can’t blame a guy for trying can you?” Alex asked and Nat came over to give him a quick peck on his face then Nat took over cooking breakfast. Alex’s hands wrapped around her hips and started kissing her neck. Natasha wanted to melt into him, but she had to cook breakfast.

“Hey, I heard from your dad this morning,” Alex told her.

“Ya?” She asked him curtly and pulled away.

“Don’t be like that.” Alex told her.

“You know how I feel about my father Alexei,” Natasha stated firmly and Alex let out a sigh.

“I know, but he has an assignment for me, and I want you to come with me,” Alex told her Nat looked at him.

“When do you leave?”

“After breakfast,” Alex stated and Nat was frustrated.

“Okay, I’ll pack my stuff.”

“Already done,” Alex told her and Nat smiled at him.

“Where are we going?” Nat asked.

“It’s about the feral vampires.”

Luka pov

When he walked to the coven boundaries Luka knew he had been taken for a fool, his parents and Julie sat in the dining table. Luka was furious,

“What the f.uck is going on here?” He roared and everyone could feel is magic vibrating through the castle. The guards ran out of the room, leaving just the four of them. The only one who didn’t have fear in their eyes was his father, and he was dumb for not being afraid.

“We are here to discuss your wick Luka,” his father stated.

“My ex-wick father, you think you can pull a stunt like this and live?”

“We are your parents,” his mother told him.

“You made it clear that blood doesn’t mean anything to you as you plotted the dear of my daughter.” He stated lethally, “how dare you speak in my presence Agatha, you are lucky I didn’t exile you with this b***h here.” He told the woman that birthed him. His phone rang at that moment. He saw it was Svetlana and picked it up.

“She’s gone, our daughters gone!”

“Who took her?” Luka asked as he saw Julie’s face go white.

“Her wick! Oh goddess Luka what will he do to her?” Svetlana cried out.

“Please calm yourself and come to the coven,” Luka asked of Svetlana.

“But-“

“Please.” Svetlana arrived a moment later.

“You,” he pointed to Julie. “You got me away from my daughter so she could be taken didn’t you?” Luka asked.

“Son-“ his mother started but he took her tongue. Luka was so powerful he didn’t need incantations any longer.

“Did I say you could talk?” Luka looked back to Julie who literally pissed herself.

“I’ll take that as a yes,” Luka stated. “Guards!” He yelled out and they quickly filed in.

“Witness! As for the crimes in accomplice to k********g as well as breaking her exile Julie is sentenced to death.” Then with a snap of his fingers Julie exploded. “Now onto my parents you will go into the dungeons until I decide your fate.” Luka looked at the guards. “Anyone who helps them in anyway will suffer the same fate as Julie.”

Luka watched his parents being hauled off to the dungeons with no remorse. They made the decision to hate his daughter, and this is the consequence. When they were gone Svetlana finally broke down.

“Luka what are we going to do?”

“Fitz we will find her, I promise. That bastard can’t hide from me.”