Chapter 96 A Special Lioness

• Katty’s POV
• I went through a series of training with my father over a couple of weeks. He assured me that I didn’t have to do the normal training that everyone was going through because I was special and my lioness would be ready to fight and defend me whenever necessary. In the process I got very close to him and got to know him better. I was truly a carbon copy of him, except that I looked like my mother. My mother stayed for a week, they talked their issue over and accepted each other and finally mated but my mother has since left, to go and say goodbye to her die hard customers and prepare to move to the magic forest. It was a great move, considering that I would have both my parents with me for the first time. My father got even more powerful, one morning I was scared to see him floating in the backyard of his shrine when I came for the lesson. That was insane if you ask me. He said it was one of the new powers he recently upgraded to after him and mom completed their mating. I wondered if I would experience the same when I finally feel comfortable and ready to mate with Turner. Lately because of my training, I haven’t been able to spend as much time with him as I wanted but he was very supportive and understanding. The girls were thrilled to discover I was just like them. Though I hadn’t shifted, I was more connected to them, almost like we were blood sisters. I also was overwhelmed by the power I possessed. I could levitate, I could move through different portals without being noticed (more like an invisible spy camera). I could teleport, I could heal both physical and emotional wounds, I could control the four elements, being fire, water, wind and earth. I could also read thoughts and also perceive unwanted presence within a few kilometers. I didn’t know how to decide which one of the powers I had was more exciting and which one was overwhelming. I was still struggling with dealing with many thoughts at once and I was training to get them in control. Unfortunately, I was going to have to figure that out on my own because my father didn’t know how to help me with that. That was one of the gifts he did not possess. My spells were also magical, my hand was more like a wand by itself. I didn’t need too much chanting and sometimes I even just had to think about it and it worked. My powers almost matched my father’s own powers but mine were highly rated and I had extra ones he didn’t have. He had warned me that my awakening might attract some unwanted audience, especially that we were training at the edge of the lion territory at the shrine of the goddess of magic, Hecate. The place outside it was no man’s land and many lawless wereanimals stayed there and were too nosy. We were being discreet, especially when going to the earth for training, because we didn’t want to be caught unaware. My lioness’ scent had begun to show up, indicating that she was closer to showing up. I did that everyday for almost an hour. Even Though I was pure lioness and pure witch, I was more aligned and inclined to the magic side or should I say to the witch side. I had had visits from both goddess Hecate and goddess Seline and it was overwhelming. At one point I fainted and all the energy was drained from me when I had an encounter with goddess Hecate and Seline all at once for the first time. I felt like I was dying until they put their hands on me and a jolt of power went through me. Ever since then, I have never felt tired ever again. Today I was going to do the last ritual in preparation for tomorrow’s first shift ceremony. We headed to the shrine of goddess Seline almost on the border of the giants’ territory. We did a series of prayers and rituals and got ready to welcome my lioness. I was extremely nervous, I wondered if I would be able to sleep tonight. The ceremony was going to be attended by the royal household, my mate Turner and of course my mother who we were expecting to come back today for good. I couldn't help thinking about how it would feel to shape shift. It obviously was going to be painful and I was so not looking forward to that pain, but I did not have a choice though. I needed to be who I was, a werelioness. “It will only hurt for the first time princess, or maybe a little for the second time, but then after that, it will be as natural as breathing is,” my father said, reading my thoughts. I wasn’t surprised at that because we were almost identical in power. I smiled looking at him. “I hope so, but I can’t say I’m not that nervous, father!” I said, calling him father for the first time since I knew he was. “What?” he asked and I was confused. “I said I can’t deny that I am very nervous,” I repeated and he said, “no, no the last word?” I smiled when I realized he was fascinated by me calling him father. I know I wouldn’t wait to have babies and drool at them calling me mommy. “Father?” I asked, more like checking him out. He suddenly jumped, picked me up like I was still a little girl and twirled me around so that I almost got dizzy. We were laughing the whole time and when he put me back on my feet, he hugged me so tightly saying, “oh my little girl, you have no idea how I longed to hear those words all my life. I love you so much!” he said breaking the hug and he had a tear flow on his cheek. I couldn’t help but wipe it away, while mine was trickling down my cheek. His words carried weight and I could sense his sincerity and longing. He wiped mine off and hugged me again for a while. We both felt the love we had for each other, and at that moment I had no doubt but to believe my childhood would have been one filled with so much love from both my parents. We were done for the day and went back to find my mother already at the shrine. Their house was closer to the Castle, and that would make it a lot easier to visit in the future. I went to eat dinner with everyone, sat along with Lucy, Nelly, Lance and Turner chatting about this and that but I couldn’t help the nervousness that kept stealing my heart. Everybody left after two hours and I was left with Turner. “Relax babe, you will be fine, just think of it as you will be gaining another best friend besides me, despite the pain,” he said chuckling. “Is it obvious that I am so nervous?” I asked him and he nodded. I sighed. “Please don’t go, sleep here with me and hold me. That’s if that is not too much to ask,” I asked looking into his eyes. I wasn’t thinking about anything sexual at that moment but I just wanted to cuddled with him to calm my nerves. “Anything for you babe, we will mate when the right opportunity comes, don’t worry about that,” he said and I snuggled even more into his arms inhaling his calming scent as I dozed off.