Rose Bailey: My Mate, My Flower Chapter 50

Lilly's POV

Do you think Rose is ok? She seems out of it," James asked

"She has been through a lot in one day," Max said

"She will be fine. Derek will make sure of that. I still have something important to tell you," Joyce said

"She fell right to sleep," Derek said, walking back into his parent's room.

I turned to look over at Joyce. 

"You failed to mention I have a sister,"

"She isn't your sister. She is your cousin," Joyce said

Everyone looked at her waiting for her to continue.

"Let me start from the beginning,"

Joyce POV

My sister, Cheryl, and I were close growing up. We were inseparable. We could always tell what the other was thinking and feeling. We were very powerful. 

She was older than me by two minutes. My parents thought that she would be the strongest, but as we grew, I became more powerful than her. As the oldest, she had believed she would take over the coven. She had trained hard to become the best witch she could be. I was still more powerful. I could tell she hated that I didn't have to train as hard as she did.

My mom observed us every day as we trained. She had noticed that I was the more powerful of the two of us. A month before our eighteenth birthday, she had called us into her office.

Hi girls! There is something I need to talk to you two about," my mom said.

"Hi, mom! What do you need?" Cheryl asked

The two of you know that I will be passing the coven down to one of you on your birthday,"

Yes, we know," Cheryl said

"I want to make sure you are ready to take over. We will be training even harder."

"I am ready to put in the work, mother. I will make you proud," Cheryl said.

"I am sorry Cheryl, but I am making Joyce the leader of our Coven," My mom said 

I couldn't believe my ears. My mom wanted me to lead the Coven. To take her place.

"Mother, I am the oldest. It is my right to become the leader of our Coven," Cheryl snarled

"I am the one who decides which of you becomes leader. I have watched both of you since you were little. Joyce has all the traits to be a great leader,"

"No, she doesn't. She is too kind to be in power. The coven member would eat her alive," Cheryl replied

"She is kind, but she also knows when to take charge and demand respect. You however lack empathy. The Coven Members are scared of you,"

"They respect me, mother, that will walk all over her. She is a pushover,"

I looked at my sister and couldn't believe she would say that. We have always been close. She was talking about me like I was weak.

"Have you ever asked Joyce if she wants to become the Coven Leader?"

My mom looked at me sternly.

"Do you accept becoming the Coven Leader?" 

I thought about it for a moment. I never thought about it before. I always thought my sister would take over.

"See! She doesn't want to," 

"Yes,"

"What did you say?" Cheryl asked surprised

"I said yes! I want to become the Coven Leader," I finished and my mom smiled at me.

"Great! You will begin your training in the morning," She said

The whole month I trained, finally, the day came for me to take over. At first, my sister was upset and distanced herself from me. I was sad about it but understood why. I took the one thing away from her that she always wanted by becoming the Coven Leader.

I had thought that she had started to accept me as the leader, but I was wrong. One day our Coven was attacked by an evil Coven of witches. We defeated them easily but there were rumors that Cheryl sent them to destroy me. One of my good friends told me that she heard that Cheryl was trying to make the Coven members turn on me. That way she could take my place. I didn't believe them. I wish I would have.

Four years later, everything was going great. The Coven was prevailing and I had found happiness with a man named Charles. We were expecting a baby and were happy. We were expecting you, Lilly. Sadly my mother had passed away from a heart condition that nobody knew about. My sister also had a child, that was three years old. I took care of her mostly because my sister had become different since meeting a man named Hanson.

I never liked Hanson. He always gave me a bad feeling. He didn't treat my sister right but she wouldn't leave him. When he told her he wasn't capable of taking care of a child, she gave her child to me to raise. For three years, I was her mother. Her name is Chloe.

Lilly's POV

"So Chloe is my cousin,"

"Yes! I raised her since the day she was born. She believes I am her mother," Joyce said

"Why would her own parents send her to Thundermoon Pack? They were the worst pack to send a witch to back then," Michael asked

"Because they wanted her to become evil. She had gone through a lot at the pack. They wanted her to hate me and choose to be on their side when the big evil comes,"

"What big evil?" Max asked

"I told you that the witch said that if I didn't let Lilly go then we would all die. She also told me why. There is a bigger evil out there that wants us dead because of the prophecy,"

"What prophecy," I asked

"The twin sister, with the hazel eyes daughter, will have a child that will be the strongest witch ever. She will not grow up knowing about her powers. She will be mated to a werewolf. She will be a middle child, with two brothers. She will be the destruction of the evil realm,"

I looked at Max shocked

"That's Rose,"