Chapter 36 Joanna's Biological Mother

"Of course I knew Lucinda Martin more than anyone else? No one would claim to know her better than I do, not even her parents," Elder Carter's confidence while saying these words further aroused the girl's curiosity. The girls adjusted the way they sat so that Elder Carter sat in between Jocelyn and Joanna.

"It is recorded in history that you were among the founder of the pack so how on Earth would you know someone who is part of Twipera Kingdom?" Jocelyn asked curiously.

Although she hasn't always been a fan of reading she at least has good knowledge of almost everything about the pack and how it came to existence.

Out of all the other elders it is well known that Elder Carter played a huge part in the building of the pack. It is for this same reason that everyone holds her in high esteem.

"Before the merging of the werewolf and vampire race, the vampires and werewolves lived separately. They were mortal enemies for more than a millennium but everything changed after the great war at the broken bridge. Her mother was a werewolf and we were best friends before the establishment of the pack," Elder Carter explained calmly.

"If her mother was a werewolf then why do people always say that she takes after her mother in terms of being weak?" Audrey asked curiously.

She and Joanna have been friends for over a decade but she doesn't know anything about her best friend's biological mother. The only thing she knew was the fact that she was a frail woman and a homewrecker. Apart from that none really says anything specific about her.

"Lucinda Martin at the age of ten was very popular not because of anything but because of her powers. She was more powerful and skilled than her age mates but…," Elder Carter trailed. Her expression fell and her eyes depict sadness. They couldn't help but wonder why her prideful look had suddenly turned sad.

"Then what happened?" Joanna asked curiously.

"She was the pride of her parents. Her life was just perfect but everything fell apart the day she woke up and realised that she has lost her powers of original being," Elder Carter relayed sadly.

"What does that mean?" Rachel, who has been listening attentively, asked.

"Her once perfect life came crashing down when she woke up one day and realised that she had lost her powers. She couldn't transformed, every powers associated with being a werewolf was gone including the scent of a werewolf…,"

"What? But how is that even possible?" Jocelyn asked in disbelief.

A werewolf who has manifested his or her powers will forever be a werewolf no matter what happens and that is why she was shocked to hear such a revelation.

"That was the same question on everyone's mind when this happened. And that is why they sort for answers from far and near…,"

"And Granny, did they find the answer?" Anthony asked meekly.

Although he was still a child he knew one or two things about his kind and that is why he could follow the discussion the adults were having.

"For a year, her parents took her from one place to another seeking a solution. And at the end no physician, seer, witch or any being could say so sure why Lucinda the child prodigy lost her powers overnight," Elder Carter said.

"That is so sad," Jocelyn replied.

She is a werewolf too, she could not imagine a life without her powers especially when she had already gotten a taste of how it feels to be what she is.

Life would be so hard and painful.

"I am sure everyone must have empathized with her, right?" Rachel asked, her gaze focused on Elder Carter's face.

"Empathized with her?" Elder Carter chuckled.

They didn't see anything funny about what Rachel said so Elder Carter's chuckles made them confused.

"Instead of empathy, everyone was happy about her misfortune. They jeered at her saying 'That serves her right'....,"

"What cruelty!! How can people be so mean?" Jocelyn said. She stole a glance at Joanna's face to see how she was accepting the revelation about her mother.

Joanna's expression looked neutral compared to the expression she imagined. She couldn't tell what was going on through that girl's mind.

"You call that cruelty?" Elder Carter asked, while looking at Jocelyn.

"If you call that cruelty then what would you say if you learned that her parents were so ashamed of what she has become. They cut off all ties with her because of this…,"

"That is a lie!!" Rachel and Jocelyn remarked. They were even more shocked than the girl whose mother Elder Carter was talking about.

"I would never lie about such a thing. Your father knows the story well, you can confirm with him whether what I said is a lie or true," Elder Carter, now looking at Joanna, said seriously.

"This is the reason why I get very mad when I recall the pains my 16 years old friend went through. I get so furious when I recall that she died in suffering," Elder Carter said emotionally. She wiped the tears that fell from her eyes.

"I thought those who lived at that time would be matured but I can't believe that they were as small minded as those in the present. Be it those in the past or the present, they think that power is everything?" Audrey said coldly.

"What a rotten mindset they have. They don't realize that nothing lasts forever. The tide might change anytime".

"Power has always been what defined our race since time immemorial and I don't think that will change any time soon," Elder Carter said with a firm expression.

"If everyone considers her such a failure then how did she meet my father?" Joanna asked with a stern expression.

"Is it true that she seduced a married man and shamelessly gave birth to his child? Was she an immoral woman like everyone out there calls her?"