Destined

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"You are joking right?" I ask Cherry as I eyed the cave in suspicion. "We are going to live in a cave?" Cherry gave me an 'are-dumb look' which in my defence, I don't really see any house for us to live for sixteen years. "Seriously though, where do you plan us to live for sixteen years?"

"We must find the exit of that cave, you idiot." Cherry said before leading the way with the baby. I jog to her side and hold her hands once again. I look around the cave and notice how eerie it was. The cave got darker and darker as we walk deeper in the cave.

"I guess it's a good thing we are werewolves and we can see perfectly in the dark." I said but I fished a flashlight out of my keychain. It was one of those key chains that Cherry gave me as a joke. I had told her about the story of my childhood when I was afraid of the dark because of the boogieman. She then gave me this flashlight as a present on my birthday, a few months after.

"You still have that?" Cherry asks in surprise as I turn the flashlight on.

"Of course!"

"I thought you would have thrown it ages ago."

I chuckle. "I don't think so." I said after as we continue our way in silent the rest of the way. When I thought the cave was endless, I notice the cave getting lighter and lighter until we can see the exit.

As we steps out of the cave, the wind slightly picks up and realise how cold it really had been. I look at Alexis in panic but mentally sign in relief as I saw she was wrapped with one of her soft warm blanket.

"Welcome to our valley." A woman around her forties said with a smile. Behind her were six more people around her age. Two men and four women. "We had been waiting for your arrival."

Cherry and I look at each other before Cherry steps up a bit. "Where exactly are we?"

"We'll answer your questions tomorrow. For now, you all need your rest." She turns around and start walking and Cherry followed her making me follow as well. The others walk behind me. "Where are my manners?" The woman said suddenly. "I'm Ellie Olsen, the head of the Olsen's coven and direct descendant of our ancestors.

"It's a pleasure to meet you. I'm Cherry and this is my mate Brian and our daughter Alexis." Cherry introduce but I couldn't help but smile as she said Alexis was our daughter not hers and Alex.

Ellie showed us to a two story house. It was smaller than the house we left behind but it looked very cosy. "This is your new home." Ellie said stopping in front of the house. "Rest well, child." She said before bowing her head slightly and leaving us.

"Don't we have a key or something?" I ask Cherry when Ellie and her follower left. Cherry shrug her shoulder and looked as confuse as I am. I grab the doorknob and I was surprise to see it turn. "It's not lock?"

"They must trust each other and feel safe to not have a lock." Cherry said as she followed me in the house. "But this is really nice." It was indeed nice.

The house itself was more like a cottage, like an old fashion cottage house. The first thing we saw when we walk in was the living room. The sofas were made of polish wood with cushion inserted on the seat to make it more comfortable to sit on. There was no television but the sofa was around the fireplace and at the corner there were bookshelves.

"Wow." Cherry said as she walks around the room, examining everything that caught her eye which basically everything in the room. There was an arch way and we can see the kitchen. The kitchen was neither big nor small but I knew it look slightly small for us if we compare it to our kitchen at the house.

The dinning area shares the same room as the kitchen. But everything was obviously handmade. "Cherry, where's the stove?" I ask as I look around.

"I think I found it." She said eyeing what seems to be another fireplace but a big pot were sitting on the middle. Cherry looked at me in concern and seems like she is waiting for me to tell her that we are going back.