"To the werewolves, yes. I don't know what she does for a living, though, she isn't really famous or anything. Most werewolf Alphas are often CEOs or celebrities of some sort, usually wealthy too, but that woman seems kind of low-key in comparison."
Kelsi turns to her computer and types that woman's name into the search bar. It only takes a couple of seconds, but when the results show up, we both exchange a look and frown. Only four results? Kelsi starts clicking, biting her hair.
"This one is a birth note for a baby girl born last year, Aurora Reagan Whitewood-Black... Probably that woman's daughter? So if her father's name is Black... Don't tell me, Black like the Black Corporation Group?"
"What is the Black Corporation Group?" I ask, confused.
Kelsi turns to me with wide-open eyes as if I was crazy.
"You don't know who the... Oh, girl, your wiped-out memory is really driving me peanuts! Boo, the Black Corporation Group owns about half of Silver City!"
I grimace and grab my notebook where I’ve been writing down all kinds of information. I hate missing important pieces of information like that. I have pages and pages of this notebook covered with writing already, mostly from things Kelsi mentioned as "I must absolutely know", and despite my best attempts to remember everything, it's just a lot... though, I'm pretty sure the Black Corporation Group was never mentioned to me before. Kelsi hands me a pen she just took out from her bag and goes on.
"They are a multinational company, their business literally exploded in the last few years. They own several business ventures: shops, malls, restaurants... They are mostly based in Silver City, of course, and famous for being run by the Black Brothers, all werewolves. They are basically the strongest and wealthiest group in Silver City. Probably your sister's nightmare too, in terms of business. They're probably rivals to any other big companies around."
"Wow... So that woman, Selena Whitewood, is married to one of them?"
Kelsi returns to the computer, adjusting her thick glasses with a frown and scrolling down.
"I guess? It doesn't say the parents' names here, just the baby's. Let's see the other links I got... Oh, she's a graduate of our university, in the Business Management Department... Well, she apparently dropped out over four years ago, so maybe not. Next link... Oh, this is just some stupid promo... Crap, that woman doesn't even have a social media account!"
"Maybe she uses an alias?" I suggest.
Kelsi sighs, staring at her computer screen with a frown and putting her hands in her sweater's pocket. She is wearing a pastel blue one with pink kittens today, just as ugly and cringey as the others. She even has little cat ears on the hood.
"To be honest, as a geek, I think it's more like someone made sure to delete her."
"What do you mean? Delete her?"
"You know, like when someone wants to stay private and everything? She probably had someone delete her info on the Internet to be left alone. You don't become this invisible just like that, even with very good privacy settings. However, if she's that influential, she probably paid someone to delete all of her info, or knew someone who could do it."
"This is crazy!" I exclaim. "We are supposedly on that woman's territory! Why can’t I find the slightest bit of information about her?"
"Well, at least we know that she probably lives here. Werewolves are territorial, it wouldn't make sense if she lived on the other side of Silver City."
I nod. Kelsi is most likely right. Even if online research didn't give us many results, we are already in the right area.
"Do you think I could find her?" I ask.
"Why don't you just wait a bit and ask Bonnie?" Kelsi insists.
I sigh. I wish I could! I have a feeling that Bonnie will not give me the answers I want, though. If she has avoided telling me anything until now and stopped showing up as soon as I got more information from her twin...
"I need to find that woman," I declare.
Kelsi coughs, looking at me like I'm crazy.
"Are you kidding? After all the things that guy told you?"
"He did say Selena Whitewood thinks witches are not bad."
"He also said most people in Silver City do! Boo, I think you're getting a little bit too impatient here. Why don't you just wait until Bonnie comes back? Maybe she's just on a short leave, or she's caught a cold? Moreover, even if you find that woman, what do you want to ask her anyway?"
"She knew the previous Earth Witch, Kelsi. Benjamin said Selena Whitewood was a friend of hers, and that's why she let my sister hide me here in her hospital. I want to know what she knew about witches, and who that Earth Witch was. No one else seems to know the first thing about witches. At least not the humans around me."
Kelsi nods a bit, glancing at the computer.
"I did try to research a bit about witches, but... nothing really matches you. Well, in ancient times, they did burn the women thought to be witches at the stake, so, not much resistance to fire from them, I guess... I mean, if they were witches at all. I think the actual witches probably did a good job of staying hidden. Even in Silver City, I found no record of witches, none. Not even about those two you mentioned."
