Prelude
My coven-mates belonged to a different species of mythical creatures so that was already a problem. Bailey Morton was a vampire, born in the sixteen hundreds in France and changed when he was seventeen. He loved to play pretend. The last town we were in, he wanted to be my brother.
He didn't stay true to his part.
In the high school we were attending, he kissed me on the lips in the hallway. We weren't together, it was just his French nature taking over. I spent the rest of the day throwing him into trees. Let's just say that there was certain ways to quench my anger with each member of my coven, which meant I had seven distinct ways to punish my special coven-mates.
Ginger Richards is a dragon, but she prefers the term Elemental. She is the only one of her kind so I could understand the reasons why she was bitter sometimes. She warms up to those that are tough enough to stand up to her behavior. She literally bursts into flames when angered, so beware.
Remi Delegard and his two sisters, Elise and Leslie, are werewolves, the real ones from Europe and Asia. I met them when on the run from the Volturi, the royal family of vampires that are hell-bent on gaining soldiers for the Volturi guard. Apparently, I interested them in ways I didn't understand. The Delegard siblings helped me out by intercepting one of their trackers. They saved me from certain death, that was for sure so they were now under my protection.
Gene is something I call a Sphinx. He's mysterious, hardly ever talks, and when he does, he ends up revealing more than he should. One day, I asked about his mood. He answered, and I quote, "I feel okay. I mean, feeling like you're about to go insane is okay, right?" I worry about that boy, sometimes.
And finally, we have Lyre. She's a pixie and most of her people live their lives acting out one emotion and hers happen to be happy. Oh, joy. Do you know how creepy she is when she's extremely mad? Take the cutest, purest thing in the world and mix that together with the most foulest thing and you'll get an angry Lyre.
Another problem would be the fact that Bailey has had an attraction to a human's blood, despite his immunity to the stuff altogether. He talked to me about his conflict and how horrible he has felt about having thoughts of killing the poor human. I've considered kicking him out of the coven, then again how wise would that be?
The third problem would be relocating, since in the last three areas we lived in, Bailey has gotten a bit too close to the female humans living there. I'm cruel, but not so cruel as to let a vampire who has an…attraction go wild by his lonesome. Of course, that would be another unwanted problem that I don't need as coven leader. Too many problems that the Volturi will not stop at solving. Oh, I forgot to mention another problem: I'm a vampire-werewolf hybrid.