Red Loving The Alpha

Chapter 6

Chapter 6

Red

"Wait," Luciano paused for a second and his voice returned to being normal. "Why? I thought you wanted to be back in less than a week?"

"Yes but I want to be here till the mating ceremony or the blood moon. I know it's going to be a while but I'm hoping you can understand. You can come take me on the day itself and we can go back to the castle," I explained, nervously, hoping for Luciano to agree.

"But, why?"

"Just like that,"

"All right, princess, as you say so. Anything else?" He didn't even hesitate for a moment. What did I do to deserve this kind of man?

"Nope, that's all!" My heart jumped with joy and excitement. I wanted to know who were going to come to take me on the night of mating and whether something was actually wrong. "One more thing!" I exclaimed.

"Yes?"

"Do you know any covens that are around Whitebridge? Witch covens?" Just as Nana said, Luciano must've known something as he was the king and his mother was a witch, it would be a shame if he didn't know anything.

"They were a few witch covens around the area a while back but I am not sure about any covens around your area right now. Most of them vanished away back in the 90's and never came back. We keep our distance from the ones who are around right now because they practice black magic and you know, it's not the good kind." He explained. "But, why do you want to know?"

"Just–nothing, I wanted to know which coven my mother belonged to,"

"Ah, if you want, I can dig into your mother's life, just send me over her full name," My lips parted in surprise. Was that even possible? I had been dying to learn about my mother, reading her books and asking dozen questions from my Nana but nothing came out of it.

"Really?" I placed my hand over my mouth to contain my excitement.

"Yeah,"

"I will send you then!"

"Great! I will put my men on that task right away, princess." He said.

"Thank you,"

Apart from Luciano, there was another person who could help me with this and that was Mayor Thomas, that was if he was still the Mayor of Whitebridge.

On a Sunday morning, I was invited over to Mayor Thomas' house after I had requested to meet him through his assistant. Nana wanted to go as well but I couldn't let her, there were things I needed to discuss with Mr. Thomas and she couldn't hear them so I left her behind.

When I arrived at Mr. Thomas' house, I pressed on the doorbell and waited while noticing how large the house was. The house was bigger and better than the other ones in town. Mr. Thomas had been the mayor of Whitebridge for over twenty years now.

A woman opened the door and invited me inside the lavish house. I took a seat on one of the couches and waited.

"Mr. Thomas shall be here any moment," the woman said before walking away and leaving me alone. There were a few things that required to be clarified before the mating ceremony.

I wasn't going to let history repeat again.

"Red, what a surprise! How have you been?" Mr. Thomas walked in through the front door with his little puppy.

I stood up and said, "I'm great,"

After he settled down, he asked, "What should I expect this visit for?"

"A few things. Do you have any records of witch covens or witches being around Whitebridge?" I jumped right into the topic without wasting a second.

Mr. Thomas' nose scrunched, "There were a few witches from a coven named Wives of the Spiral Tree and they resided here during the early 50's or so what I've heard. They were threatened and some of them were killed when our forefather's found out they were practicing black magic. That was the last I heard about witches in Whitebridge," He explained, going in detail.

"And, any appearance of witches right now?" I was unsure whether Mr. Thomas knew if I was a witch or not. Or if he knew whether my mother was one of them or not. Through Nana I learned that my mother kept her true nature as a secret which made me realize that witches were always in danger—through every decade.

"There are a few sightings of demonic cults praising and praying in the dark woods–or what they say, witches but we avoid creating any conflict with them," he continued, rubbing his beard while speaking.

"So, they are witches around here, in Pennsylvania?"

"Yes, Red."

Finally, something!

"Thank you, Mr. Thomas for the information. There is one more thing..." I trailed off.

"Yes?"

"The girls who'll be attending the mating ceremony will not be forced, they have to come on their will if they desire too and they won't be blindfolded," It wasn't a request, instead, it was an order he needed to obey.

"I don't think so that's possible. It's a part of the agreement that girls above 18 are supposed to participate, willingly or not." He shook his head in denial as if he couldn't do anything about it.

"I'm the Queen, Mr. Thomas and it will go as I say."

From his face, I could tell that he wasn't aware that my position was ripped away from me after I killed a dozen of werewolves. It would take a while for the news to reach here from Brittleburgh and the castle.

When I stood up, Mr. Thomas stood as well and nodded his head, "As you say so,"

Even if I wasn't the Queen, Luciano was the still the King and he was my mate, that itself was far more enough for people to know where I stood.

"Great, I shall leave then. Goodbye," I painted a smile over my lips before walking away from Mr. Thomas and his house.

There were a lot of things wrong with the mating ceremony–from girls being snatched away from their families and abused, it was all going to change. It was my luck that I was mated to Luciano and not someone else. It was a gift I decided to cherish after seeing what all Lisa went through. There wasn't going to be another Lisa—never again—not while I was the King's mate. 

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