The Witch’s Regrets

Bear troubles

Axel pov

He was pissed! Axel has spent the last several days trying to get ahold of Svetlana and she isn’t responding to a single one of his messages. Axel calls her number and it immediately goes to voice mail. s**t! She must of turned off her cell phone completely. Axel was starting to get worried about her.

“Still haven’t heard from her?” Heath asked him.

“No, I’m starting to get worried about her,” Axel said as he tried her number again. Straight to voice mail. This wasn’t good.

“She’s probably just tired of your s**t,” Wayne said as he walked into the room. Axel let out a growl as his cousins mate. Axel was glad his cousin was finally out of the closet. It was a long time coming. Wayne had to in fact reject Heath and put in for a transfer which he granted for Heath to come around. Heath’s prediction of his parents was in fact accurate. Heath came out in his office and his uncle tried kicking him out of the pack. The audacity still pissed Axel off. Heath was crush and Axel informed his aunt and uncle if someone couldn’t come to terms with his beta they would be leaving the pack. His uncle stormed from the office but aunt Cecily stayed and said she loved him no matter what.

“What the hell do you mean by that?” Axel asked Wayne coming back to the present.

“I mean the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree,” Wayne said as he looked from Heath to him.

“No! The situation is completely different!” Axel protested.

“He’s right, I never cheated on you Wayne. Not once.” That simple reminder made him feel like garbage, but it didn’t change the truth. Axel did in fact cheat on his mate, and he didn’t have an excuse. Axel did it at first out of spite, he didn’t want a second chance mate. Not to mention a witch. Then as time went by he would do it to chase away the loneliness.

The worst part is that Svetlana knew, Axel didn’t think witches felt pain like shifters did, but as a witch she knew somehow. Axel didn’t know how, maybe it was one of her powers. There was so much about Svetlana didn’t know, and that was one of the things that made him shy away. Despite that Svetlana always came when he called her, until now Axel had some warriors who really could use her healing abilities, but she didn’t respond to his calls. Axel was going crazy to figure out if she was okay.

“Maybe try Killian and Lili,” Heath suggested. That suggestion brought him up short.

“Why?” His cousin looked at him with disgust,

“Just call them.” Axel pulled out his phone and pulled up Killian’s office number. He quickly dialed it and after two rings he got an answer.

“Alpha Killian’s office Beta Seth speaking.”

“Hey Beta Seth it’s Alpha Axel here,” Axel greeted him.

“Hey Alpha Killian isn’t here now can I help you?”

“Maybe you can I’m looking for Svetlana, she hasn’t returned any of my calls and I’m worried.”

“Huh that odd, well she been on the pack lands since last night,” Seth told him after a long pause. Seth continued to ramble on but Axel’s bear roared in fury causing him to be drowned out.

“Thanks for the help Seth, I’ll see you soon.” Axel stood up, pissed off beyond belief. He threw the door open and it came off it’s hinges. Axel heard his cousin talking behind him, but he drowned him out.

Svetlana pov

She was so happy to have her girls sitting down in the living room talking again.

“Lili, don’t you have to do pack duties?” Natasha asked. Lili groaned,

“No, but I gotta take care of the kids. Killian and Jackson took them so we could catch up,” Lili checked her phone, “I need to get back to them though.” Lili stood up and approached her. Svetlana was nervous, but Lili wrapped her in a hug.

“I’m so sorry.” Svetlana couldn’t help but tear up at the apology. “I was post-partum and dealing with so much, you didn’t deserve me lashing out at you like that. I honestly tried to get ahold of you a few weeks later to apologize.” Lili admitted and Svetlana realized that she changed her cell number. She pulled back,

“I changed my number!” Lili nodded with tears in her eyes. “I broke my phone on a mission and ended up having to change my number…” Svetlana cried, “I just thought you didn’t want to talk to me anymore.” Lili shook her head, no I didn’t know how to reach you! You have no social media, old lady,” Lili said with a laugh. Svetlana slapped her lightly on the arm. Svetlana pulled her in for another hug,

“I love you so much, my daughter.”

“I love you too mom, make sure and come by for dinner tonight.” Svetlana’s heart melted at that.

“Of course, I can’t wait to see those babies!” Liliana left the room and Natasha looked confused at to what happened, but thankfully didn’t ask.

That evening Svetlana and Natasha went to the pack house for dinner. It was something she had never done before, even though Alpha Liam invited her Svetlana never felt comfortable to bring herself to the packhouse. When they entered the packhouse everyone seemed to realize they came in.

“Aunt Nat! Aunt Fitz! Your here!” Callum came running with Jocelyn who seemed a little shy.

Liliana approached with her mates behind her each carrying a baby, if Svetlana had to guess an age she would say eighteen months or maybe two years old. Shifters age faster than witches, not to mentions those with alpha blood, on top of that the boy was a hybrid.

“Jocelyn you remember Svetlana, but this is her daughter Natasha. Mommy’s best friend and your aunt.” Lili introduced the two of them. While the two of them got acquainted, Svetlana could feel Luka just on the other side of the room. Svetlana ignored him, she would have to talk to him and thank him for bringing her back.

“This is Finley,” Liliana indicated to the baby alpha Killian was holding. “This is Hudson,” Liliana said to the baby Alpha Nathan was holding. Natasha approached Finley the adorable little girl, while Svetlana approached Hudson.

“He’s pretty shy around strangers,” Nathan warned her. Svetlana didn’t let that dissuade her and reached for the boy. Hudson happily went to her and the parents were shocked. Svetlana smiled,

“I’m a mom myself, I’ve got the touch.”

“Well it’s just with the all the doctors appointments, he’s wary of new people,” Nathan explained. Before Svetlana could ask why this precious baby had going in Callum screamed it was dinner time. There was already a large group of people at the dining table, Luka being one of them. Natasha spot her father and stiffened are the sight of him. Liliana truly was an amazing Luna, she saw the situation and maneuvered Nat to sit as far away from Luka as possible. Lili discreetly also sat the two older children next to Nat to distract her by the children’s chatter. The kids chattered to Nat about random things as the food was served. It seemed to be Italian night.

Hudson fussed in her arms a little and Svetlana sent healing energy into his tiny body through her hands. She didn’t send much, just enough to soothe him. Svetlana got a sense the baby needed more healing, but held back as now wasn’t the the time, but she kept one hand around Hudson while the other was feeding herself. Lili was giving her an odd look, but before Lili could say anything the door opened.

The second the door opened Svetlana knew that her mate had walked into the packhouse. What was he doing here? She completely forgot about him.

“Alpha Axel! It’s good to see you, why don’t you come and sit down for dinner,” Killian suggested.

“No thank you, I’ve just come to collect my mate and I will be leaving,” the tone straight up pissed her off. Svetlana handed Hudson to Nathan and stood up before things got bad. She walked into the other room,

“What did you need from me?” She asked Axel bluntly.

“I need you to heal some from my pack, there was a rogue attack,” Axel told her in a cold voice.

“What is their condition?” Svetlana asked his beta.

“They are stable, one is in a coma, but the doctor is hopeful.” Svetlana nodded,

“I will be there in a couple days,” Svetlana never could say no to some one in need. She started to turn away but Axel grabbed her.

“No I need you to come now! I demand it!” Suddenly Axel was blasted across the room, and he looked at her betrayed. She shook her head,

“It wasn’t me.”

“No it was me, how dare you touch her in anger,” Luka said in anger and Svetlana rolled her eyes.

“Cause you are so much better Luka.” Luka had the good sense to look ashamed. Killian, Liliana, and Nathan walked into the room all looking furious.

“What the hell Axel! You told me you haven’t been in touch with her?” Lili said furious, and she let out a scoff.

“It’s not what I would call it, anytime he needs a witch he calls me and I come running.”

“He pays you right?” Lili asks shrewdly and she didn’t answer.

“We were supposed to pay?” Heath asked stupidly.

“Unless she was there on official council or coven business then yes the the pack who requests her help pays for the service she provides,” Nathan said and Svetlana could feel the anger growing.

“Otherwise it’s an a***e of their bond, and Axel knows it. f**k Axel I told you to get your s**t together!” Killian screams at her wick. Unknowingly Natasha had been in the room the entire time, she calmly walked up to Axel and slapped him across the face. Axel in return grabbed her by the throat, and Svetlana blasted his a*s with everything she had. She was furious, how dare he, she walked up to him. Axel wasn’t unconscious, but he was unmoving on the floor.

“You f*****g bastard that was my daughter! I put up with you using the bond against me for three years! Using me for my magic to better your shitty little pack! For cheating on me the entire time! But touching my daughter that’s unforgivable!”

“Wait I’m sorry!” Axel scrambled and groaned as he tried to sit up.

“Too late, if you knew anything about me you’d know that the day you called me for help was the day of my daughters birthday. That day since she went missing I spent it alone drinking myself into oblivion trying to forget the guilt. Here’s another thing to feel guilty about. I Svetlana Romanov reject you Axel Jamison as my wick.” There wasn’t much pain for her, as the bond wasn’t very strong for the two of them, as she turned away she paused,

“Don’t worry I’ll make sure and send you and itemized bill for my services these last three years.”