Chapter 10
The following morning, as always she set the breakfast table just as the members of her family
descended the stairs.
They ate in silence, which was weird, not even one of the four people at the table had anything to
recount from last night?
Even if she did not find a mate at the ball, her sister should have, she thought.
Her mother had been so certain of the future connection between the young alpha of their pack and Brianna, so she should be the mate of the Alpha, the Luna, by now. So why wasn’t anyone saying anything? Brianna’s shift age was perfect for her to become a Luna.
Perhaps, she was just the mate of another alpha, and so she did not find him last night?
She was interested about knowing what happened to her sister the previous night, but she knew that if something did happen, her sister would be jumping up and down by now and would have told her a million times about it already. But her sister was standing properly eating her breakfast, and she was not one to pry. She also did not want to hurt her sister’s feelings by asking her.
As they finished eating breakfast, Celia rose from her chair and started to remove the plates with leftovers, to clean the table. But just as she was about to start cleaning, she was stopped by her mother who appeared to have something to inform her of.
“Celia, I have been thinking about what you told me some time ago. You know, about the training for- the watcher initiation. And I feel that you are right.” Diane sighed apologetic, her face full of regret.
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“I know it’s been hard on you all these years. I have been stricter with you than your sister and brother, but I felt that you, being the oldest, should be more mature. It was not right, I know. So I have been reflecting on it.”
She stopped for a moment, observing Celia’s emotions. As always her daughter was emotionless, she could not read her face.
already talked with Abigail this morning, and we called the Royal academy. Fortunately, the training for this year’s selection starts next week. I even booked the flight for tomorrow, so you have time to settle in before the training starts.
today, don’t do any chores, just pack your bags. Okay?” Finishing what she had to say, Diane
approached Celia, lightly hugging her.
Even though barely any expression could be seen on Celia’s face, in fact she was stunned. She thought she had to wait for her sister to find her mate before talking to her mother again, but not only did she not hear anything regarding that, now she was even set to go to the Academy, without any effort whatsoever to convince her mother.
Something strange was truly happening. She felt like her mother wanted to get her out of the house.
No, more precisely, out of the pack. For what reason, it was beyond her. Diane never showed such
consideration to her before, even less to her wishes. But, regardless of the reason her mother wanted her gone, it was of no importance to her, as it wasn’t anything to harm her.
As long as she could do what she had always wanted to, it was fine.
She could finally begin the road towards her dream.
“Alright. I am going to go pack.” She stated quickly, then went away. She did not want her mother to change her mind.
“Mom, what just happened?” Daniel had never been more surprised, his mother would never in her life do something like this…she would never change her mind so suddenly about something she had firmly decided on. And also it was the first time hearing that his sister’s dream was to become a
watcher.
He knew her dream had been to be a designer when she was little, she even had the skills for it. But
a watcher, a warrior… he had never even seen her shift. Was she capable of becoming the highest grade warrior there was?
She was capable of almost everything she had set her mind to do, about this he was certain. The highest grades at school, the clothes, chores, but regarding physical strength he was not so sure.
“What do you mean what just happened? Your sister asked me some time ago, if I would let her join the 6 months training program for the exam that grants access to the Royal Academy’s watcher
course.
I felt that she was not strong enough, that she had no physical aptitude for it, and I initially refused her. But, I thought about it some more, I mean she always works so hard for all of us and never asks for anything. It would be horrible from my part, if I do not grant her this wish.” Diane explained, her eyes red and guilty.
“But I never heard her mention such a dream before. And a watcher… she has to be almost as strong
as an alpha, if not stronger. Not to mention, I don’t think there are any women watchers.” Daniel stated, truly confused.
No, there are r
not. We asked yesterday when we called, but there is no rule to not allow a girl to participate in the testing.
