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Part Fifteen
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2024-10-23 11:35:58
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I kissed the top of Kai’s head as James looked at me questioningly. I knew he wanted to say something but he closed his mouth and walked outside. I kissed Adara goodbye, wanting to keep her against me for longer but I knew if I did she’d worry.“Please call me the moment it’s over and tell me he’s fine.” Adara was worried even though I pretended not to be.We drove to the den in silence and Malachi kept glancing over at me. “You’ll be fine.” I wondered who he was trying to convince, me or him.“I know, Dad.”I took a deep breath as we stopped in front of the den. I walked inside slowly and took the stairs to the basement as Malachi went into another room. James was lowering the rack from the wall and I looked at it in disdain.I had washed Dave’s blood from that rack and now it would be my blood that flowed over it. It was almost too funny. I was going to be strapped to it willingly. The irony of the situation almost made me smile.“Get on.” Jessica’s voice was steady and I pulled my
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I had no essence of how long I’d been unconscious. I was still on the rack when I opened my eyes. The chains and rope were gone and I touched my ribcage tentatively. There was nothing there, no cut and no open wound.I sat upright as James turned around and gripped my shoulder with a smile. Malachi and Jessica stood to one side and spoke softly to each other. He had his arms around her and her face was pressed against his chest.“It was magnificent, Kiran! You passed out and then suddenly this green flame engulfed you and you just healed. You were still bleeding one moment and the next, nothing, not even a mark.” I saw awe in his eyes.I swung my legs over the rack and got up just as Malachi and Jessica reached me. “Well, I guess it was a success since I’m still here.”Jessica had a hand on her chest as she snorted. “Dude, I didn’t even know about the green fire. I nearly had a heart attack!”Malachi grabbed me into a bear hug and then he looked me over. “How do you feel?”“My mouth t
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Almost twelve hours later, I woke up and I felt stronger, physically and mentally. I was on top of the world, I felt like I could do anything. I felt indestructible. I felt like myself, yet completely different as well, like there were now two versions of me inside my body.I walked down the stairs where everybody waited and Adara jumped up and ran over to me as soon as she saw me on the stairs. I was smiling at them, looking, and feeling like myself, just a much better version of myself.Adara wrapped herself around me. “I was so worried.” I felt everything more clearly, more defined and her emotions slammed into me. I didn’t care who was watching as I kissed her and pulled her closer to me.“Get a room!” James shouted from the kitchen table and I broke off the kiss.Adara looked up at me as I smiled. “Are you really okay?”“It’s hard to explain but I feel kind of reborn, stronger, unstoppable.” Her smile made my heart flutter and I hugged her close to me just as James pushed his cha
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“Always envision the outcome of your spell, you have to see it, believe it for the magic to work its best.”I put Karani’s book down and looked at the beginner spell in front of me. Could it really be that easy, imagine it, say the words, and just like that it works? I laughed out loud at myself and rubbed my eyes.“Your talisman or amulet makes your magic stronger. I already made one for you, it will find you when you’re ready. Don’t overthink your magic. Be your magic. Become one with it and see it in everything around you. You should always keep your talisman with you, it will empower you and your senses, so that you’re never caught unawares.” I turned the page and there was nothing there, just blank pages. I closed my eyes briefly and reread the last paragraph.“If you have come this far then you have succeeded in harnessing my powers, be careful how you apply it, I will teach you what you need to know to survive the future that I saw. But fate can always be changed sometimes as
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Christian turned on his heel and stomped ahead to the house. I stood there and watched him. Was that really true? Have I been so immersed in these books that I missed a whole day? I followed him back to the house and locked the sliding door behind me. I felt like a shitty father because while I couldn’t tell him exactly what I was doing, I hated him feeling abandoned.Christian went upstairs to his room and I heard his door slam shut. He was sulking. I left the empty bottle on the counter and sighed as I walked past his room. I closed the bedroom door behind me and sat down on the bed with Kai.The bathroom door opened and Adara walked out with steam billowing around her. “Did I really not eat dinner with you guys last night?” Her look was one of annoyance. It seemed I was pissing everyone off today.“No, you’ve been in the study since after dinner the night before.” Guilt slammed into me again.“I’m sorry, I didn’t realize.”“I understand that you have to do all this and why, but you
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I closed my eyes and concentrated on her pain. I felt the connection and I pulled on it, pulling all her pain into me. Some pains never went away but I could make it bearable for her, she’d be able to breathe through it.Her pain burned inside me. It was a white, hot fire of pain and regret and I felt it surge through me. I couldn’t breathe for a few seconds and then I switched all my emotions off. It was the only way I’d get through it.Adara stood up and walked towards the door. “You can sleep with us tonight.” The door closed softly behind her. I stayed on the couch and let all the emotions inside me settle as tears ran down my face unchecked.A few hours later, James knocked on the door and told me it was time to go down to the clearing. Carl and Frank were on their way back with Christian’s body. I had showered and dressed in a suit but I still felt broken, even with my emotions switched off.I stepped out onto the patio as the pack stood in two lines waiting for me to lead them
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The day after Christian’s funeral, I closed his bedroom door, I couldn’t walk past it every day and see his stuff. I also didn’t want anyone to change or move anything in it. It was his room.I woke up in the mornings and felt like the walking dead. I let James take over completely at the hotel and I hadn’t been there in weeks. Adara needed to get back into her routine as well so I took Kai in the mornings.We would sit in the study and I would read while he slept on the couch next to me. I’d feed him and change him before immersing myself in Karani’s diaries again. The pages were now revealing themselves to me.I looked at Kai as he slept and then I glanced over at that stuffed dinosaur that was now sitting on my desk. I touched the talisman around my neck, it was ice cold to the touch, but I always felt the flow of magic from it.I closed my eyes and I concentrated. I saw the flame in my mind and I touched it, it didn’t burn me. I was drawn to the flame and the words just came. “I c
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Jessica shifted on the bed and cocked her head to the side. It wasn’t that Jessica didn’t miss Kiran, she dealt with sadness differently. She poured all of her emotions into her work and kept the sadness locked away. Malachi worried about that as well.“James isn’t really helping Adara with the healing process. After he leaves, then she’s all excited because Kiran’s out there,” she said.They sat in comfortable silence for a few minutes and Malachi stretched out onto their new bed. It would be Malachi’s first night in the house even though Jessica had been staying there for a week already, there were still unopened boxes everywhere.“Where’s the cat?” he asked her suddenly and she started to laugh.“I decided to give you one more chance,” she said and he laughed. She crawled towards him on the bed and sat astride him as she looked at him.“I like this,” Malachi murmured.“But now that you’re back, you’re going to have to think of a way to make it up to me, you know you can’t leave me
