CHAPTER 78
ALPHA LINCOLN'S POV
It was her.
Montana.
She had dropped a message for me. One I did not expect.
I was both happy and shocked at the same time.
Even though the message concerning our kids, it was still something. She was cold to me, but I was still grateful that she thought to text me, whatever the message was.
I smiled. I still tried calling her again with the line, hoping for it to ring, but it was also disconnected.
This is torture. One I brought upon myself, and one I deserve.
MONTANA'S POV
Aunt Calista left me there for a while and I appreciated it because me being rolled up that way, I wanted to mourn, I deserved to mourn.
Even though I knew nothing about my parents, I was grateful for the memories Aunt Calista shared with me. It made me feel like I had known them for so long.
Even with our pack. I mourned for hours, crying my eyes out, the pain, the screams, I wanted to know, I wanted to mourn.
Hours had passed, and I had calmed down a bit. My eyes were blood shot red.
But soon enough I started feeling cold, no idea why, but I was literally freezing, "Aunt Calista", I called out softly, my voice cracked from all the screaming and crying from earlier.
"Aunt Calista!"
"Darling", she rushed to me and helped me up.
"I am cold," I said to her, "Very cold, freezing even."
"Come on, let us get you warmed up," she said softly and rubbed my arms, "I have prepared a hot bath for you already."
I sighed, relieved at the thought. I got to my room at this place, I have not had time to look around, maybe tomorrow because I am exhausted right now.
I got into the very hot bath and sighed in relief, but under two seconds the water became freezing cold.
I added more hot water anyway and thereafter, I found something in my box, put it on and went straight to bed.
"Will you not have something to eat?", My Aunt asked as she knocked and entered my room.
"Not hungry Aunty, I will eat something tomorrow, just need sleep", I muttered sleepily and fell asleep.
The next time I woke up was in the afternoon of the next day. I slept for so long.
Although I felt good, better. The sleep was worth it and required, but I wondered why aunty did not come to wake me up.
I brushed, showered and packed my hair, while putting on something simple and free. I had noticed that I was not cold anymore and went downstairs.
I looked around for my Aunty only to find her cooking in the kitchen. I followed the scent and that was how I found her.
"What is she cooking?", I asked walking up to her, "Afternoon Aunty", I gave her a shoulder hug as she was occupied with her cooking.
"I am making something delicious", She turned and smiled at me, "Did you have a good sleep?"
"Yes I did, why did you not wake me up early though?"
"Cause you needed to rest, especially after everything that I showed you," she said.
True.
"Is there anything I could help you with?", I asked, rolling up my sleeves, waiting for her to give me something to do.
"Yes yes, help me slice those", She pointed at some tomatoes and onions.
"On it!"
We made the meal together, although she did all the cooking, I was just the assistant and helped get the table ready.
"Mmmm", I ate, "Someone is a secret special chef, cause this is delicious indeed, just like you said it would be."
"My pleasure", My aunt said with a massive smile. I love the fact that I could make her happy.
It was the least I could do for her.
"So your training starts tomorrow. Today you will just arrange your stuff and I will take you around the place, show you things", Aunt Calista informed me as I took note.
"Are you going to teach me only about my powers?", I asked her.
"Despite my magic, I was a warrior," she said proudly, earned it to be proud of herself, "I was taught how to fight just In case my magic does not work out for me, I still will be able to protect myself and so, my dear, I will be teaching you everything I know about powers and fighting."
"Be happy because you have a great teacher and the best also."
"I know I do," I said to her with a huge smile on my face.
I really do.
"Now know this, I will not be your aunt when we train. I will train you with love but also order", Aunt Calista said to me, "It will not be easy, but it is possible."
"I will not take pity on you because I do not want you to slack behind, you will not be given any special treatment, you will train as a warrior should. You will train like a queen", Her speech was beautiful, I would say, and motivating.
"If you are to be punished, you will be, there will be no pity. You have been weak for a long time, but now you will accept who you are and fight out that weakness, cause you my dear are very far from being weak."
She was already done eating when she started talking to me about the rules of our training, while I ate my food and listened to her like I was watching an interesting movie and eating.
"I believe in you Montana, and you also have to believe in yourself", Aunt Calista said to me, "I will teach you all that, self-control, confidence, because I know because of how you have been treated, it has affected you in some way but with time you will heal, and the pain will only make you stronger."
I nodded. Flashbacks of the painful life I have lived, treated like trash, treated like I do not matter, my feelings discarded.
"I will not train you to use what you have learned to be bitter, but it will be considered as hope and rebuilding yourself into something great", Aunt Calista went on, talking like a woman with experience, which she is.
Her final words were, "You are a survivor, Montana Monteforte."