Free Fighting Destiny (Central Coven) by K. D. Carrillo

a fairy?”  Anita laughed, “Nothing quite so cute.  I’m half-vampire.”  “So I’m an elf, Chloë is a witch, Dean turns into a cougar, and Anita is a half-vampire.  Did you drug me?”
    I raised my eyebrow in disbelief.  Finn’s lips began to quirk in his sexy half smile. “No, I know this is real. Please, don’t turn yourself into Dean now.  That would ruin some of my favorite dreams.”  I playfully punched him in the shoulder.
    “Seriously, can you handle this?” I asked.  “Do I have a choice?” Finn responded.  “No, you can’t change who you are.  You can choose not to be friends with a witch, a shifter, and a half-vamp, but you aren’t human, you never were, and never will be.  You are immortal, like we are.  No one else will understand, except for us.”
    Finn reached out and gently stroked my chin, “I really do appreciate you explaining all of this to me.  I’m not trying to be anti-social, but I think I need a little bit of time to myself.”  “Understandable.  I will be here when you need me.  We all will be,” I said, and we left the room. 

Chapter Nine
     
    The three of us headed next door. “I have lots of questions, but I think the biggest is: How did four supes end up randomly being assigned as roommates and neighbors?” Dean asked.  Anita scoffed, “It wasn’t random.” “Alright beautiful how did it happen then?” 
    “Do you remember my friend Grey?”  “He’s the vampire you told me about right?  The one that rescued you?” Dean asked. “Yeah that one, and apparently saving me is a habit he has found hard to break.” “Why do you say that?” “Well, he broke into the housing office, to make sure we, as in the four of us, were protected when the vampires came after us,” Anita shrugged, faking nonchalance.  “I’m sorry…did you say vampires are coming after us?” 
    “I think this is where I fill you in.” I told Dean about the history of the necromancers and that they were planning to take over the supernatural world using an army of vampires. “It makes sense. They are taking out the strongest of us before we have a chance to combine forces against them,” Dean observed. 
    “Of course!  Why hadn’t I thought of that?  That must be why Finn’s parents have disappeared.  My mother said there were others missing as well.  If she is acquainted with them they are probably members of the Council .”  “Which means what?” Anita asked.  “Which means they are making sure we won’t have help when they come for us,” Dean stated flatly.
    “So these abducted Council members are likely the most powerful of their kind.  I get going after them.  But why come after us?” Anita asked, while pacing the small space.  Dean grabbed Anita by her shoulders, “You are making me dizzy woman. Come sit next to me.” Anita sat on her bed next to Dean and snuggled into his side.
    “I think,” Dean continued, “they are trying to stop us before we mature to our full power.” “I know I sound like a broken record, but why us?” Anita demanded.  “I’ve heard of your mother Chloë.  If the stories I have heard are true then your father is an original.  Is it true?” Dean asked.  “Yeah, it’s true,” I answered.
    “What is an original, and what does it have to do with us?” Anita asked in an increasingly irritably tone.  “It means, Chloë is becoming the strongest being alive,” Dean answered simply.  He waited to see if Anita would comment, and when she didn’t he kept going, “An original is one of the first supernatural beings created.  They were created along with the first humans.  There were a couple dozen of them, but most have gone on to guard the other dimensions.  The few who remained in the world became the parents to our races, through relationships with humans.  There is only one known child of a witch and an original. Chloë.”
    “Okay, so someday Chloë might be the strongest being alive,”