Bound by Witchcraft: Charmed by My Masters (7 page)

“Take her down stairs and make sure Tison is brought to the office. I don’t want him finding out from anyone but me.” Dietrich glanced towards the doorway and gave the order to the three guards. He took her swords from her hands, and they disappeared. “Her powers are gone?” He asked as Blaire turned to stare at him.

“Of course. I wouldn’t risk Betsy or anyone else.” Blair watched as Marci was escorted out of the room, but before she left the creature turned and held her gaze. “Don’t get comfy Blair, he’s coming for you. He does not care that you have formed the triad. He can still drain your powers easily enough.” She hackled.

A chill ran up her spine and she turned to Xam. “How?”

“He won’t be able to get your full power, but he can release small amounts of power out of you through your orgasms,” Xam announced.

Blair could have sworn all the air in her lungs just disappeared at once. Her legs crumbled as Dietrich caught her before she could fall. “No!” She shook her head back and forth hadn’t she been through enough.

“I thought I was safe with The Triad, that the others couldn’t use me!” Blair gripped Dietrich’s arm tight, as he sat down on the bed with her.

Her companion from birth, moved closer to her, old magic circled around them as the pages turned and stopped on one that she had not seen before. “It’s true I’m afraid. Your family has one weakness. Your father tried to hide this from the outsiders, but it looks like he didn’t hide it well enough. The Triad will protect you as a whole. Others won’t be able to use the majority of your powers. However, like a few other families, sex, or more to the point your orgasmic experience, gives off enough power to entice any person.”

Blair shook as she traced the passage with her fingers; Dietrich behind her hugged her tight without hurting her as he nuzzled her neck.

“Whose writing is this Xam, and what language is it?” Blair reached up and laid the book down on her lap.

“It’s your great, great, great grandmother. She was a seer, her name was…”

Dietrich interrupted him in a hiss. “Her name was Samantha Sinclair and the writings are in Germany, my language. I knew of her.”

Blair glanced back at Dietrich and could see pain in his eyes. “Dietrich?”

“I tried to save her, but I was too late. They hung her before I could reach her.” He glanced down at her. “I’m so sorry Blair.”

The book warmed in her hands. “Ms. Samantha knew her end was close, she blames you not, Dietrich. She has blessed your union with her granddaughter as with her other men.”

Blair frowned. “She knew I was going to be born and have three partners?”

“She knew many things and saw many things. Read.” Xam nudged her and at once Blair knew every word that had been written.

Dear Granddaughter of my blood, I have so many things I must tell you and teach you through my journals. I wish I could be there in person, but sadly, you alone must do this as you raised and took care of your family.

Dietrich Flade, I know you are reading these words now, and I want you to know it’s not your fault. You couldn’t have stopped them. They had one thing you didn’t account for, my husband’s help in the eradication of our species. I don’t know if it was old age, or the greed for more use of my powers, but I couldn’t stop him, he grew too strong. But I leave you and the other two men to take care of my family. She will need to be watched over closely, others around you will want her powers. Trust no one.

Blair glanced behind her. Dietrich shook his head. “I never knew.” He leaned forward and kissed her forehead. “I have to speak with Tison. Gray will stay with you while Jax and I deal with this. We’ll meet you in the family room. I’m sorry about Marci.” Dietrich lifted her up and he scooted out from underneath her.

“Blair?” Dietrich glanced over his shoulder at her. “No one, and I mean no one, will touch you again, but us. Is that understood?” Dietrich released his magic and it swarmed over her.

She sucked in her breath and smiled. “WOW!” Blair smiled at him when her breath came back his power ten times stronger than hers, but yet she knew he still held back some.

Once more Dietrich surprised her and surrounded her with his magic. “Read the rest of the entry. Gray will bring you down when you are done.”

Gray crawled over and slipped in behind her, kissing the top of her head. “The thought of that woman near you for the last three weeks…” He took a deep breath and released it. “Read, I’ll sit here and just hold you.”

Her hand covered his and she squeezed his. “I’m not going anywhere Gray.”

Leaning back against his chest Blair looked back at the book.

By now you have learned that finding our pleasure also enhances our men and others around us. Who knows, maybe it is because of this I lost my life, but at least I know my children are grown and happy, as you will be soon. However, I am afraid the four of you have many battles ahead of you.

As long as you stand true to them and them to you, no one will be able to harm you. I have left my personal journal for you. It contains our family history, with many old spells and lessons you will need. Know your father and mother were very proud of you and knew they could always count on you. Their last thoughts were of you before they died, wishing they could have given you more time, but it wasn’t meant to be.

Blessed be daughter of my daughter, and be true to your heart and dreams

Blair closed her eyes when she realized that tears filled them. “She sounds so alone, I could feel her pain and the tears as she wrote this.” Xam disappeared and an old small brown journal now took his place.

With her hand trembling, she ran her hand over the book. Blood stains dotted the leather cover. “My God Gray, her husband…he sliced her throat, this is her blood.” Her lip trembled, tears fell, and her nose started to run. “How could he do it? I thought our partners were our other half?”

Gray picked the book up carefully and placed it on the stand beside the bed “Shh Blair. From what I’ve been told, long ago our kind couldn’t always recognize the signs of a partner. If she was with a human, eventually he would have gone crazy unless he was converted to another species, like that of Jax.”

Glancing up into his brown eyes, Blair sighed and rested her head against his chest. “Tonight we need to talk, there are things the three of you must know.”

Gray slowly stood holding onto her as he carried her out of her room and toward the family room. “Yes we do, but we have time. You have a date with Betsy, and if I’m right you didn’t finish your breakfast. How are the ribs?” He stopped before he entered a doorway.

“They are healing. I heal fast, it’s part of my gift. What is your gift?” She kissed his chest.

He smiled and wiggled his eyebrows. “Metal, I can form anything with metal. I can’t wait to try some of the toys I’ve created on you.”

Her nipples hardened and she grew damp all of a sudden warm. “Hmm sounds interesting.”

The door to the family room opened and Dietrich smiled at them. “So you told her about your gift. He is impressive, I’m afraid a number of the ladies come to him for toys.”

“Put me down Gray.” She waited as he lowered her feet before Blair jumped away from him. Before she entered the family room Blair glanced up at Gray. “I won’t share Gray and if I find out you are with another, there will be no more you and me. Now excuse me, Betsy is waiting for me.” Blair pushed past Dietrich and stopped staring around her.

Dietrich frowned and watched as Blair glanced around the large room. A fire burned brightly in the fireplace, Betsy sat cuddled up on the large overstuffed sofa with a new puppy at her feet. “Your family room is beautiful, it reminds me of home.”

She made her way over to the sofa and sat down next to Betsy. The pup growled at Betsy’s feet, but as soon as Jax leaned down, he snarled at it. He would have laughed if it weren’t for the sadness he saw in his wife’s eyes.

The large TV above the fireplace switched on to the cartoon Dora the Explorer, and Betsy clapped. “That is my favorite. How did you know?”

“I have my ways, but you need to eat.” Blair nodded to the tray in front of them as she reached and grabbed a pear, taking a bite.

“The cats are here, they are waiting downstairs in the main entranceway.” Dietrich nodded. “I think our wife misunderstood me earlier. I believe I will have to make sure she understands better later.” He glanced over at Gray and he nodded.

“We both will, but right now we have over twenty werecats downstairs and Jax’s pack is none to happy.” Gray nodded to Jax who waited for them at the door. “He wants to change her.”

Dietrich nodded. “He wants all of us to change.” He moved over to the couch, smiling.

His friend was stunned and stood where he left him, as he stood looking down at the two most important women of his life. “Both of you will stay here. I don’t want you leaving this room. Blair, we have three guards waiting outside the door.”

She nodded, and met his gaze. “Be careful. I thought Betsy and I could go through my things from the apartment, if they came?”

Dietrich nodded. “Your belongings are here, but I’m afraid they are downstairs and right now I don’t want you anywhere down there.”

“Fine, we’ll just sit here like good little girls and not do a damn thing.” Blair crunched down on her pear and glared at him. His daughter gasped and stared at her. “Sorry Betsy, didn’t mean to say that in front of you.” Blair sat up and smiled. “I have a better idea.”

The smell of lavender filled the air and before Dietrich knew what was happening, several boxes appeared in the room. “Blessed be, Brother Wayne!” Blair squealed and jumped over the coffee table to one of the boxes. She was so excited that she forgot about her injuries and tumbled to her knees grunting. “Why is this taking so long?” She gasped and banged her hand on the ground as she kneeled down next to her.

“Come here, let me see what you’ve done.” Dietrich reached for her, but she slapped his hands away.

“I’m fine. Go to your meeting. I just need a few minutes.” Blair refused to look at him, but he was not about to allow it. He wrapped her hair around his hand and pulled her head back.

“Don’t ever turn away from me, Blair. If you’re hurt, I expect you to tell me. Is that understood?”

Tears filled her eyes. “I just skinned my knees and forgot about my ribs. Just took the breath out of me, Dietrich. Really, I’m fine.”

He leaned down and kissed each eye. “I know you’re still in pain. I can see it in your eyes, but I’ll let it go for now. No more jumping around. So what is this all about?” Dietrich kissed her lips softly and nodded to the box.

In an instant she smiled and ran her hand over the box, when he released her hair. “These were my mom’s. Each of us girls took a few things from the house that belonged to our parents. I had my brother Wayne hold these, so when I was ready for them they would appear.” She opened the first box and took out a fragile old teapot.

She turned and glanced at Betsy, as she placed the teapot on the table. “This was my mom’s. She and I had a standing date every week, where we would sit and talk about our week, while sipping our tea. No one else was allowed to use this tea set, but us. How would you feel about doing the same thing?” Blair asked Betsy as she pulled out the two cups that matched the teapot.

His daughter’s eyes got large and she slid to the floor, staring at the teapot. “Really? We can have a tea party every week?”

Dietrich stood, but leaned down taking Blair’s lips in a hard and heated kiss. “Thank you.” He turned before she could see the tears that now formed in his eyes. Jax and Gray said nothing as they moved down the hall and toward the large gathering of men in the hall below.

He flexed his shoulders and neck. “How many inside and out? Is the Alpha here also?” He turned to Gray who shook his head.

“No. As far as we can tell the Alpha is not here. We have the top twenty ranking males downstairs, there are a total of fifty outside waiting. They were not happy to be separated, but understood.” Gray pushed open the door to the main lobby and at once he could feel the tension in the air.

“Jax?” Dietrich glanced at him and he was already moving his pack around him, all the while keeping a close watch on the cats.

Three men stepped forward with Dank. “Dietrich Flade, may I introduce Tabor Green, Gabe Trank, and Cain Butterfields. Gentlemen Dietrich Flade and Gray Strongwolf.”

He reached out and shook Tabor’s hand, and as soon as they touched, a magical spell fell over them.

Tabor hissed and pulled his hand back. “What was that?”

Dietrich turned and stared upward and the stairs from where they had just come. His attention was drawn back when the three men partially shifted in front of him. “Gentlemen be calm. It seems our wife has just protected us, and all of you, with a spell. I don’t know what’s going on, but I intend to find out.” He glanced at Gray, who nodded.

Jax and his right hand man moved up to him. “I have a feeling…” Dietrich watched as men around him dropped to the floor, his men, their men, all grabbing at their throats. The only ones left standing were the seven whom Blair had spelled.
What have you done Blair!