The Witch’s Regrets

Forgiveness?

Natasha pov

Natasha watched as her mother ran out of the packhouse. She had never felt more guilty in her whole life. She caused both her parents to reject their mates, could things become messier than they were right now? Nat didn’t feel bad when Lili told her about Julie, considering Julie tried to kill her.

Natasha didn’t think things could get messier, just seeing how that werebear treated her mother infuriated her. The Volkov fire erupted inside of her and she walked over to the Alpha and slapped him. Natasha’s slap was like shooting a bear with a BB g*n and he retaliated by choking the life out of her. The fear of her life slipping away was nothing new to her, but having her mother standing up for her was a completely different experience. Her mother rejected him and she ran off leaving the aftermath for everyone to deal with.

“f**k!” The werebear screamed out and Nat rolled her eyes. Men were all the same, cheating was all fine and dandy until the partner found out.

“Axel what the hell is wrong with you?” Killian shouted. “In front of my kids? You’re lucky I let you live, let alone remain allies.” The Midnight Howlers pack was one of the strongest packs around. The threat was real and Axel paled upon hearing it. Nat’s father simply started laughing.

“You are one stupid son of a b***h,” Luka stated. That pissed her off,

“Your one to talk Father.” Her father had the decency to look ashamed.

“Your Luka Volkov?” The werebear spit out as if her father was to blame for his problems. Nathan being the most level headed and least prone to testosterone intervened.

“That’s the least of your worries right now Axel. I suggest you go home, get your finances in order and preemptively send Svetlana a p*****t for her services before she calls the coven of witches.”

“f**k that! I want my mate back!” Axel demanded.

“Well you lost that right when she rejected you,” Killian growled out. Killian was furious with this man they viewed as a friend. Axel opened his mouth to say something when Nathan stopped him.

“Axel you are not only our ally but our friend, but you will not get our support in this. Our mate views Svetlana as her second mother and you abused your bond. How could we possibly support that?” Axel seemed to run out of steam.

“I-I-I”

“You were an i***t that didn’t know what you had,” her father told him and once again her temper flared.

“Neither did you,” she stated hotly. Her father looked directly at her.

“Yes I made some mistakes, but I love that woman and have loved that woman since I met her over two hundred and fifty years ago. No one knows what I have given up for that woman.” Her father looked right at her. “Not even you Natasha, I have made many mistakes in my five hundred years but my biggest mistake was not immediately rejecting my wick when I met her. Svetlana always talked about wanting to meet her wick and how magical it would be to meet your wick.” Her father trailed off obviously reminiscing about their first meeting when her mother was a student. Her mother had to be a student for close to fifty years as Svetlana knew nothing about the magically world when she arrived at the covens academy.

“How could I take her dream away from her? Svetlana was and is the most innocent soul I have ever met. That’s why she can heal people, only the purest of heart can heal. That’s where the ability truly comes from, one’s heart.” Luka looked at Axel with disgust. “And you stomped all over it.” Her father looked at her. “I may have met my wick first, but I only accepted her because I knew that it was your mothers wish to find her own, and Svetlana wouldn’t want me to reject my wick.”

Nat listened to her father talk about her mother and realized that while he did make some mistakes, maybe he really did love her mother.

Nat went to go find her mother, which wasn’t that hard to find. Svetlana always went to one place when she was upset, the couch watching her soaps with a big mug of tea in her hand. Nat always thought it was funny to see her three hundred year old mother watching the soaps like a housewife, but her mother loved them. Svetlana always said they made her feel better about her life.

Nat opened the door and there she was, the only difference was she had tears running down her face. Nat came and sat in front of her mother.

“I’m so sorry momma.” Her mother put her mug down and threw her hands around her.

“Never ever say that! I am so sorry Natasha Volkov! I have failed you again!” Her mom was a crying mess and Nat couldn’t understand her. For the first time since she was twelve she called her father for help. Nat barely finished the text on her mother’s phone before she saw her father teleport right in front of her.

“She’s inconsolable,” Nat explained and her father dropped in front of her mother.

“Fitz, it’s not your fault. It’s mine, it was all happening under my own nose and I had no idea.” That didn’t seem to help any, her mother just continued to cry. Her father looked at her,

“Well won’t you say something?”

“Like what?” She asked and shrugged her shoulders. Her father gave her an angry look.

“In case you haven’t noticed father I’m dealing with my own s**t father, there’s a reason I’ve stayed hidden. I’m sorry you rejected your wick mother I really am.” Nat took a deep breath, “but when it comes to school and what happened yes I blame you. I blame both of you, especially you father.” Natasha looked into her mother’s eyes, “I love you so much mom, but I honestly don’t know how I will ever get over the fact that I was getting constantly bullied and harassed while you simply told me it was no big thing.” Natasha held out her disfigured arm for her parents to see and they both winced. “How it took for me to become permanently disfigured for you to take my bullying seriously.” Svetlana continued to cry, but seemed to collect herself after a few minutes.

“We deserve that sweetheart, we failed you and I shouldn’t force you to forgive us. I just hope that you will move on and be able to move on from this.” Natasha couldn’t stop herself from starting to cry and shook her head. That caused her mother to start an impassioned plea.

“Oh sweetheart things will change, you will meet your wick and will will…” her mother trailed off as she could clearly see the pain in Natasha’s eyes. “What? What am I missing now?” Natasha looked to her father.

“Fitz, it seemed Nat met her wick already.” Her mother looked at her dad shrewdly.

“I told you not to call me that! Who?” Her mother demanded and Nat couldn’t stop herself from scratching her arm under her mothers gaze. Realization flashed in her mothers eyes and her mother cried out,

“No!”

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Alexei pov

He mulled his father’s suggestion over for several hours and decided that his idea to take his wick was the best Alexei had. Lex had to figure out a plan, and the first phase of said plan was to draw Luka Volkov away. Alex wasn’t an i***t, he was no match for Luka any day of the week. It was time to make a phone call. He pulled out the burner phone the woman gave him and quickly dialed the only number saved.

“Hello?” The woman picked up after two rings.

“I need your help,” Alex told the woman and the woman cackled like a maniac.

“I knew you would call. How can I help Alexei?”

“Well Julie,” he drew out and he heard her draw in a breath. I need to draw Luka away. I need a distraction.” Julie didn’t even bother to ask how he found out her identity.

“When do you need it?” Julie asked him.

“A week, I need to get some things together,” Alexei said and there was silence at the end of the line.

“Give me a few days to see if I can pull it off.”

“You got forty-eight hour, or your no use to me,” Alexei stated and then hung up.

Lex was sitting at the dinner table with his parents when his father brought up Natasha again. However, he brought it up in code so his mother wouldn’t be suspicious. His mother wouldn’t go against them, she was a terrible gossip and everyone would know.

“Alexei did you think about that opportunity I talked to you about the other day?” His father asked him. Lex nodded,

“Yes father and I’ve decided to go for it.” His father smiled,

“Great!”

“However, I am running into a few problems. I’m not sure about lodgings.” Lex commented and he could see his father understood.

“Well son our cabin in the country should serve your purposes well enough.” Lex nodded.

“I thought about that, but I wasn’t sure if I could use our cabin.”

“Son you are welcome to it, we haven’t used it in years.”

“I’ll send a couple servants to clean it out tomorrow,” his mother said finally joining the conversation. The dinner finished without much input from Lex, he was too busy planning the snatching. The big details were falling into place, all Lex had to do was figure out the finer details. Lex debated on whether he should bring his dipshit friends in this or not. They were his friends, but he wasn’t sure if they were smart enough to help or hinder in them in this endeavor.

Lex debated it for the rest of the evening and the next morning he decided he needed to at least include Ivan. Alexei went pack to his townhouse to see what was going on. He teleported and sure enough everyone was still camped out at his place eating his food.

“What the f**k?!” He screamed at his so called friends. They all looked at him like deer caught in the headlights. They quickly scrambled to make an excuse, but Alex cut them off.

“I have a job for all of you except Ivan. You all need to watch the borders of the Midnight Howlers Pack. I want you to keep track of border patrol, shifts, numbers, absolutely everything. Understand?” Lex asked. They quickly nodded their ascent. “Good now go, consider your p*****t the last several month rent and groceries.” They didn’t say or move anything, simply stared at him. “Go!” Lex yelled again and they all disappeared.

“How do you think you are going to be able to kidnap her with Luka around?” Ivan asked as soon as the numb nuts left. Lex wasn’t surprised that Ivan knew what he was planning, Ivan was the only one of them with half a brain in his skull.

“I’m just waiting to hear from my contact,” Lex told him letting him know he had it under control. Ivan gave him a look that infuriated him. However, Lex continued working on his plans to get his hands on the Volkov coven.