Chapter Seventeen: Family History

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Embry's POV

I pulled Marie close to me protectively as she buried her face into my chest. I didn't want any harm to come to her during this battle; I didn't want her anywhere near this battle. I didn't want her harmed but she would be there to protect to Bella.

"It works in vice versa, too," Marie whispered into my chest but of course all the wolves heard.

"You mean if I get hurt you'll feel it, too?" I asked her as I brushed her hair from her face.

"Yes, that's how I lost a few of my siblings and almost lost my cousin," Marie told us as tears welled up in her eyes.

"What happened?" Leah asked her softly.

Marie took a deep shaky breath before looking at the calming waves that gently reflected the moon. The scenery seemed to calm her a bit as I released her from my arms a little, not wanting her to get sick from the amount of heat my body gives off.

"My twin siblings, Alexander and Alexis died after long life with their amators but I lost one brother when he was just beginning his journey with his amator. It was in the mid-sixteen hundreds in England and if some of y'all know your history like you should, you should know that's during the time of witch hunts," a few gasps broke out when they figured out what that possibly meant. "My brother and niece were the ones with magic blood, not my sister-in-law, Anna. She was a kind gentle soul, wouldn't hurt a thing. She did have a few women who didn't like her though because she seemed so perfect to everyone. The perfect cook, the perfect mother, even the perfect wife. So they used the outbreak of witch hunts to their advantage and called her a witch.

"Anna tried everything she could to prove she wasn't a witch and it was true she wasn't but those women were great actresses. They acted like they were 'plagued by the devil' or the Anna 'sent her spirit on them'," Marie was air quoting as she looked over at us. "That stuff was a bunch of hogwash because witches can't do that but it didn't matter. Anna was said to be guilty and was burned at the stake. My older brother, Calhoun, suffered her same fate but the physicians ruled it as a heart attack from finding out his wife was a witch," Marie finished.

"What happened to your niece?" Sue asked Marie sadly as Marie's gaze went to the island not far from shore.

"She was sent to live with friends of the family at the time, a clergy and his son who was her best friend. You might know the son," the way Marie muttered the last sentence seemed to be without thinking.

At the same time I caught a glimpse of a boy who looked like Carlisle but only human, in Marie's memories. He was playing with a light brown haired girl with green eyes who was in a dress from an older time.

"Carlisle," I muttered but everyone heard.

The pack gave me strange looks while the council looked confuse about what I said.

"Your niece went to live with Carlisle and his father when he was a human. You knew him when he was a human," I stated loud enough for everyone to hear.

She nodded as her eyes grew soft and a memory of Carlisle as a young boy with angry eyes and green hair standing next to an all too innocent looking girl came to both our minds. I began to laugh as she giggled and wiped a tear that had fallen from her eye. Everyone gazed at us as if we had lost our minds until I explained what I saw in Marie's memory.

"How did she turn his hair green?" Paul asked curiously probably thinking of pranks with hair dyes and paint but they didn't have those kinds of products back then.

"A basket of blueberries," was all Marie got out before she burst into a peel of laughter.

I was glad to finally see her smiling after a sad story of her brother's death. She seems to be close to all her family members but what about her cousin. She said her cousin almost had the same fate as her brother. The only cousin I could think she had was Bella.

"I thought Bella was your only cousin," Seth commented.

"She is, Seth, and I almost lost her once; maybe even twice," Marie told him as she turned to glare at Jacob.

"Why don't you tell us what happened the first time," Billy asked to get Marie to stop glaring at his son.

Billy probably didn't want a powerful witch mad at his son. I didn't want my mate mad at my best friend and brother either so I thought it would be best to change the subject right now. I started to rub Marie's back while I looked back at Billy.

"Maybe now is not the best time to talk about that. Anyways I thought we were going to talk about the old legends of the White Wolf Spirit, Billy?" I asked quickly.

Billy looked at us before his eyes fell on Marie.

"I think Marie should be the one to tell it. It is her story anyways and her history that's being told," Billy told us as he gazed at Marie through the flames.

Marie's eyes were once again on the island off the coast as if something was drawing her to it. When she looked back at us her eyes were the bright crystal blue they became when she used magic as tears began to fall from her eyes.

"What I'm about to tell you is what binds me to your tribe," Marie told us as she raised her hand to the flames and said a silent spell.

AN: I hope you all enjoyed this chapter. Sorry it took so long to update, I've just been busy. But like I said about the poll, vote! Thanks to everyone who has reviewed.