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Part Twenty-Three
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“From Superstar to show off.” Jessica regarded me coolly and slapped Malachi’s hand away as he tried to redo the buttons.I shrugged without saying anything because it all still felt surreal. I had tried to conjure up the flames again but nothing happened and I felt disappointed in myself. Adara took Kai from me and I stood up.Malachi grinned as he read my mind and took another apple from the bowl and threw it at my head. His throw was significantly faster than Adara’s throw had been, but again instinct took over.“Stǫðva.” The apple stopped and when I lowered my hand it fell to the floor. Jessica looked mildly impressed and Malachi was grinning from ear to ear.“Did you guys hear that?” Jessica frowned and I knew she was thinking now.“I started magic when I was nine and I’ve never heard anyone speak like that before. Where did you learn that?”“I don’t know, I said stop and it stopped.” She was now looking oddly at me and then her eyes brightened with some sort of revelation.“It s
Fire Part Twenty-Five
Dezrael’s pregnancy had been a relatively easy one but she hated every minute of it. The bigger her stomach grew, the more Sean distanced himself from her. She could understand his irritation but not his distance.She had been eight months pregnant when Sean’s anger was finally given a voice. “I don’t understand why you had to do this!” He was pointing to her stomach and Dezrael had just about had enough.“I told you why, Sean. My reasons haven’t changed. We discussed this before I went to Alaska.” She could feel the resentment coming from him.“No, Dezi, you talked and I listened. I had no say in this and that is really hitting me hard.” He was still looking pointedly at her stomach.“It’s almost over, Sean, just a few more months and then our life will be perfect.” She had second thoughts now. Would Sean really stand by her through all of it?“You’re already a strong witch. Why do you need another witch’s power?”Dezrael was getting irritated now. “Because power is everything!”Sean
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Sean glanced down at Saga and his eyes softened. Dezi watched him as his face transformed and she realized that he loved the baby, more than he loved her. She didn’t like it and if Sean thought he could change her mind, she’d show him what she was capable of.“If I’m not stronger than they are, they can take it from me. You know how covens work, the strongest witch rules. Would you rather have us live a normal life like humans?” The look on her face told him that was the last thing she wanted.“Why not? What’s wrong with being a normal couple with a baby running around in the house and just living our lives?”Dezrael sighed audibly. “She’s not even yours! She carries his name! Why would you want someone else’s child?”“It doesn’t matter that she’s not mine, she’s yours.”“Once this spell is done, our lives will go back to normal, I promise.” Dezrael sat down next to him and took his hand. It was so easy to lie to him and that realization would’ve hit her harder if she’d not been taken
Fire Part Twenty-Seven
Karani had given me all the tools I’d need to succeed. The magic that now formed a part of my soul had strengthened and I could feel myself growing stronger each day. The book she’d left me had a carefully thought-out plan, a way for me to kill Dezrael without dying.“You have to be careful with the spell I will reveal to you. It will enable you to kill a witch without killing yourself. The Norns showed me a woman, she was cutting out the liver of her baby, later to be revealed, your baby. She performed the spell unsuccessfully and she went into a Seidr trance and saw your first child. In the realms of Vanaheim, I will have no power to use, and I’ll be unable to stop her. She took my magic through your first-born and then drained your life force from you.”I had read that part so many times that it was burned into my memory. I had used the moon for illumination and had pulled on her powers instead of candles. For fire I had used the green fire that I conjured up in my hand. I found th
Fire Part Twenty-Eight
“Hi.” I gave her my best smile and relaxed my posture. “My car broke down just around the corner and you’re the first person to open the door.”I was playing a game, her game. She had no idea that I knew everything and I wanted to keep it that way for as long as I could. I had the element of surprise and in that moment I knew that I would kill her.Her mouth was open in shock, her eyes had slightly widened, but she recovered quickly when she realized that I had no idea who she was. “Hi…uhm…sorry, what do you need?”“I just need to call a tow truck or my friend to come and get me. Do you have a phone I could use?” I held my phone up that I had switched off and smiled again.Despite her earlier shock she smiled back at me. “Sure…I’ll be right back.”She started to close the door but I blocked it with my foot and pushed it open. She turned around in surprise and I grabbed her by her throat as I closed the door shut. The shock in her eyes was evident as I held her against the wall.“What
Fire Part Twenty-Nine
I pulled my phone from my jacket pocket and my finger hovered over Malachi’s name. I didn’t have the strength for a lecture from Jessica and if I called Malachi, she’d know and she’d come with him. I wasn’t sure if I should leave Dezrael’s body here.I didn’t really know what else to do. I didn’t even know if there was a spell for this and a surprised smile appeared on my face when I thought about it. A spell to clean up a murder site, it was almost funny. I pressed the green button and closed my eyes.“It’s Kiran…yeah, I know.” Shoran said something else I couldn’t catch and then the background noise disappeared. “Sorry, Shoran’s mom is on a trip again.”“I’m in deep shit, James.”“What’s wrong?” James’s voice was all business now.“I need help.”I gave him the address and ended the call when he said that he was on his way. I tried to think of everything I had touched and grabbed a cloth from the kitchen counter. I started wiping the doorknob on the inside and then on the outside.Ja
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James didn’t say anything as he thrust the paper bag into my arms when we reached the porch and looked up and down the street. It was dark and quiet and James walked towards his Jeep and got in.He let the Jeep roll slowly down the street in neutral as I walked to my Navigator and got in. I drove behind James as he drove in circles towards Lowell Canyon Drive. He was heading to the house and I slowed down as it started raining.We drove up the bumpy dirt road and onto the smooth driveway. My heart started pounding as I saw the strange car in front of the garage. The front door was open and James and I bumped into each other trying to get through it at the same time.The man stood near the kitchen table, his hands shook lightly and I saw the knife in his hands. Adara stood in front of him, shielding Kai in his carry cot with her body. She was in her wolf form and there was blood on her chest. She was snarling at him and he held his one hand up as if surrendering.I didn’t perceive him
Fire Part Thirty-One
I hurried back inside the house, the urge to finally hold Saga becoming unbearable. I took her from the carry cot and cradled her in my arms. She opened her eyes and I felt that familiar tug, the same dizzying, mind-altering, gravity-pulling feeling I had felt with Kai.I saw Karani in her eyes as I imprinted on my daughter. She reminded me of my mother, beautiful, warm, loving Karani. I wondered briefly if I imagined it. I looked over at Adara and smiled.“Adara.” She was blocking her emotions from me and I frowned slightly as she turned on her heel and went upstairs.James made a gun with his fingers and held it against his head. “I have no advice. Good luck is all I can say.” He gave me an encouraging smile and his finger trailed over Saga’s hair.“Thank you, James. I’ve been a bad friend.” I hadn’t asked him about his in-laws or Shoran’s progressing pregnancy and her aggressive mood swings. She had gotten them all, the crying, the cravings, and the anger towards James.“Hah!” He s
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Fire Part Forty-Five
I took out my phone and made my second mistake for the day. I called Jessica, I was worried what Malachi might have done to her. The last time Malachi lost his mind hadn’t ended so well and I had to dump a body in the Bay. Her phone rang and rang but then she answered just as I was about to disconnect and drive to her house.“Hey, Superstar,” she answered and sounded like herself.“Are you okay?” I asked her, my voice sounding loud even to myself.“Of course, why wouldn’t I be?” She answered. I turned around and Adara looked at me, I closed my eyes briefly as her anger flared up again and I could taste the bitterness as she went upstairs. I couldn’t worry about that now, but knowing that Jessica was unharmed calmed a bit.“Did you see Malachi this morning?” I asked her.“Sort of, what’s going on? I woke up and heard him downstairs, but when I got to the kitchen he just left and my kitchen was sort of ruined and when I asked him if he was okay he completely ignored me and walked out. I
Fire Part Forty-Four
We got the body parts loaded in the bags and we’d washed the floor, just in case. Frank and Carl had gone outside to make a fire to burn the carpet. We watched it burn in silence while Carl and Frank drank another three beers each. My phone beeped and I checked my messages. It was Robert. Robert: Thanks, I’m fine now. I put my phone away as Frank threw water on the fire.We all got into my car and drove towards the Bay when Carl grabbed me by the shoulders from behind. “How many bodies have you added to the Bay since Malachi’s wild days?” He asked me and I looked at him in the rear-view mirror.“Four, why?” I asked him. He was an odd character, a special kind of special, like Jessica would say.“Because you never asked where to go to dump them,” Frank answered and laughed. I smiled briefly and shook my head. I parked the Navigator and then reversed as close as I could. I opened the trunk with the remote and we started dumping the bags into the icy waters below. There was a storm bre
Fire Part Forty-Three
I raced down Lowell Canyon Drive with Malachi next to me and Carl in the backseat. I skidded around the corner and raced towards Robert’s house.“Whoa, slow down, Kiran!” Carl said from the back seat and I slowed as I got to Robert’s driveway and parked the Navigator in the street. We got out and Robert opened the door just as I wanted to open the door myself.“You brought Malachi and Carl?” He asked me and I shrugged.“Of course, the more the merrier,” Carl answered before I could say anything. He led us inside and to the two bodies in the living room.“Turn them over,” I said to Carl and he bent down next to the first one. He turned the first man over and I lifted his shirt. I instantly recognized his tattoo.“Zetas,” Malachi said as I lifted the second man’s shirt.“Robert, this was self-defense,” I said to him and he nodded as if I had asked. Robert didn’t have a mean hair on his head.“Tell me what happened,” I said as Malachi searched the first man and opened his wallet. Carl wa
Fire Part Forty-Two
Malachi watched me but made no move to meet me halfway. His face was void of emotion and I had a hard time reading his aura. I pushed harder against the mental wall and his aura appeared and his guilt showed.“Sorry, I know you wanted to discuss this but I kind of had my hands full,” he said to me and I smiled. “It’s okay,” I replied.“But you did well on your own, there’s nothing I would have done differently,” he said to me and slapped me on the back.I was about to say something more but kept quiet as our pack members started leaving the den and shook our hands. Carl and Frank stopped in front of us and I smiled. I knew Carl’s mind was working overtime already.“If it comes to it, we go with you and we kill Vincent.”Frank nodded his head. “And whoever else we need to.”“Yeah. You’re not going down for this shit, Kiran,” Carl said.“It’ll be fine. Vincent has to prove his claims and a truth seeker will know, so I doubt there’ll be a tribunal.”Carl smiled and slapped me on the bac
Fire Part Forty-One
James and I stood outside, near the front door of the den. I had called another pack meeting so we could discuss and vote on the Mauritius situation. I had learned early on in my life that if I wanted to keep the pack’s respect, I needed to be honest with them.Robert was angry because I had denied him access to the meeting. Although we considered him family, he wasn’t a wolf. I wasn’t about to change hundreds of years of tradition just because I liked him.More cars pulled into the space in front of the den and I greeted my pack members warmly. Malachi was the last to arrive, smiling to himself as he walked towards us. ‘Only Jessica can be responsible for that smile,’ I thought to myself as Malachi grinned at me.I closed the den’s door behind me as the rest found seats. I walked to the front with James trailing behind me and hit the gavel once on the table behind me. “This meeting is now called to order.”The men settled down with low whispers as I leaned back against the table and
Fire Part Forty
I was furious as I sat there behind my desk. Did the African Council not investigate my statement at all? Why was there no mention of that? John was right about one thing, I had approved the wedding and I wouldn’t be able to lie about it. John himself was a truth seeker and he would only have to ask me once to know what I did.I didn’t care much about the consequences at that point. I was too enraged and now I was more determined than ever to end this thing without having to send Malika back to Mauritius.I looked at my watch and typed my reply to him. Why waste the time when I knew that I wouldn’t change my mind? No matter how much I thought about it, I wouldn’t do it.“Dear John,I will not send Malika back to Mauritius. She is a free human, to go and do as she pleases. She also doesn’t want to return to Mauritius. If Vincent Pierre wants her so badly, he can come and get her himself, but he will have me to deal with if he sets foot in my territory and that goes for any other wolf t
Fire Part Thirty-Nine
I pushed the emails from John to the back of my mind, but it kept creeping up on me and I knew that at some point I’d have to make an effort to squash this thing before it became bigger. We hadn’t done anything wrong and I believed Malika when she said she never signed allegiance to Vincent.I sat down at my desk and opened the laptop. I only had one day left to answer John Whitcombe. I didn’t really have the diplomacy that Malachi had and I acted on my emotions much more than he did. It wasn’t necessarily a good thing, making emotional decisions often led to more trouble.I thought about how to correctly get my message across without being too forward about it. I hit the reply button on John’s email and started typing.“To Head Alpha John Whitcombe,I regret to inform you that Malika Luximon is not being harbored by me, unlawful or not, or the pack of Southern Alaska. Vincent Pierre is an idiotic, blubbering …”I laughed suddenly and hit the delete button. I couldn’t send that to Joh
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“What now?” James looked quizzically at me. I had just told him my ideas about the email from John.“I’ll reply within five days, not that I see the point. I met Vincent and there’s no doubt in my mind that if Malika is sent back, he’ll kill her.”I sent a text to Robert and told him that they both needed to come to the house on urgent business. James and I walked back to the kitchen where Malachi stood near the counter tapping on his phone.“Everything okay?” I nodded at Adara and sat down at the table.“What did John want?” Malachi turned his attention to me and sat down across from me at the table.“A claim was lodged against me.”Malachi sat up straighter. “What claim?”“The new Alpha of Mauritius claims that I aided Malika in running from her Alpha and that I’ve been harboring her ever since.”“We should discuss this in detail. Do you want me to speak to John?” The look of worry in Malachi’s eyes worried me, but I wouldn’t back down.“No, Dad. Vincent doesn’t have a foot to stand
Fire Part Thirty-Seven
James lay on the ground and I had my legs around his neck. I squeezed slightly and James started tapping on the ground. I let go of him as he rolled to his knees and coughed twice. I saw Malachi by the tree line as I stood up. He was watching us.Malachi had an odd look on his face but I didn’t question him, he’d talk when and if he wanted to. I’d learned early on not to push Malachi. He was a very private person, even though we shared a lot, some things had to remain private.James was on his feet again fast and as I looked back at him from Malachi, I was too slow in blocking his kick. I spit the blood from my mouth and grinned at him where he danced like a boxer on his feet, laughing at me.He turned his head and looked at Malachi. “Do you want to cut in?”Malachi nodded, took his shirt off, and walked closer to me. He lifted his arms and I went into a boxing stance. I blinked as I lay flat on my back with James laughing so hard he struggled to breathe. Malachi’s face appeared above
