My Voodoo Queen

Chapter 16

Alanza POV

I woke up naked in an unfamiliar bed to find three familiar faces and two new faces staring at me with worried looks on their faces. The new guys looked battered and bruised and looked at me as if I just woke up from a coma they had caused. Both had guilty expressions on their faces. Ahmad grabbed a glass of water from the nightstand, Richard gently sat me up, and John went to get me some food. "As much as we love watching you sleep, Habibti, we are glad that you are awake," said Ahmad. He gave me the cup of water and started to rub my back as I started to slowly drink. My legs were shaking, but I wasn't scared. 

Jaguar was the first to say, "My name is Lorenzo Ximenes Lopes and this is my roommate/best friend, Jamir Wekesa. We were told that our mate was a spellcaster, so we thought to use her job as an excuse to meet her. We tried to calm our beasts, we did not mean for any of that to happen." Lorenzo is Brazilian like me, but he still has his accent. The werehyena came forward with tears in his eyes and said, "I am very sorry for what I did, and I am very that I hurt you. We've never lost control before. I came to America because I was told by an oracle that I would meet my mate here, and she would have many mates. She told me to track down Lorenzo since he is one of your mates and move to Kesa since you would be here. The oracle told me to meet you today. Please don't leave us." Jamir was  6'6, built-like a tank, with browned caramel skin, long black dreads, and gray eyes. John came back with some chicken noodle soup. 

"Look, I have a weird effect on people. You are not the only one  who lost control, John slammed me into a brick wall and almost drained me. John is a 300-year-old vampire who lost control. I can heal fast and luckily for you, I am not fully a voodooist, you guys didn't do it on purpose. I am Alanza Oliveira, the werewolf is Richard, and the phoenix is Ahmad. I don't blame you guys for what happened," I said. Both Lorenzo and Jamir were shocked, they were even more shocked when I told them how I was created and my life story. Lorenzo was thrilled that I was also Afro-Brazilian and could speak his native tongue. Jamir listened to the story with interest and amusement. 

John handed me the warm soup, it made my heart melt that he knew that I hate hot food. I remember from our conversations that he started learning how to cook after his sister was born. John kept cooking just in case his Bride was not a vampire, and cooking helps him brainstorm for his books. He would feed the fledglings in his coven the food he cooks. Vampires stop eating food when they mature into adults.

I am enjoying the soup John made and thanked him. The guys tell me it is midnight and that I have been out for 6 hours. "So what do you guys do for a living?" I asked Lorenzo and Jamir. Lorenzo smirked and replied, "I am a veterinarian and Jamir is an event planner." I looked around the room, and saw that it was clean, too clean. I thought I smelled lavender-scented fabric softener. "Whose room is this?" I asked. Jamir looked proud and told me straight up that it was his room since Lorenzo's room wasn't presentable for me. "Your friends and ward give you their love. They told us what was going to happen, and we rushed over here. They were here too, and cursed these two out for hurting you. They left you some clothes and went to take care of your clients and the girls. Hannah had to forcibly remove them from the house. We want them preoccupied while you recover," said Richard. That sounds just like my friends, I thought and smiled.