A Dangerous Magic by Donald Hounam

Author:Donald Hounam [Hounam, Donald]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Fiction-Young Adult, Young Adult Fiction, A Dangerous Magic, Adolescence, Adventure, Adventures, Carolrhoda Lab, Catholic, Catholic Church, Catholicism, Crime, Crimes, Danger, Death, Demon, Demons, Detective, Detectives, Donald Hounam, England, Fantasy and Adventure, Friend, Friends, Friendship, Ghost, Ghosts, Great Britain, Humor, London, Magic, Murder, Murders, Mysteries, Mystery, Relationship, Relationships, Romance, Secret, Sorcerer, Sorcerers, Sorcery, Spell, Spells, Spirits, Teen, Teenager, Teenagers, Teens, Young Adult Readers
ISBN: 9781512467338
Publisher: Lerner Publishing Group
Published: 2017-08-01T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fifteen

Naturally Blond

I pull my ceremonial sword out of my belt. White bone handle. Steel blade, razor sharp, polished like a mirror and etched with divine names.

The sword has only one application. A summoning creates an affinity. So when you dismiss a demon at the end of the ceremony, you use the sword to sever the link and prevent the Presence from coming back to bother you. Every year or so a sorcerer—not the same one, obviously—simply disappears after failing to sever the affinity with a demon.

The sword goes across the toes of my slippers. With shaking hands I pull a paper sachet from my pocket and sprinkle my prepared incense into the brazier. The heavy smell fills the room and I begin the conjuration.

“O Lord God Almighty, full of compassion, aid us in this work which we are about to perform.”

I raise one hand and hear a sizzle as Marvo, behind me, sprinkles spices and brandy into her brazier.

“I conjure thee, O Spirit Cimerez, by the living and true God. I invoke thee by all the names of God: Adonai, El, Elohim, Elohi, Ehyeh, Asher, Zabaoth, Elion, Iah, Tetragrammaton . . .”

This goes on for quite a while. I become aware of a faint tapping noise. I glance around and see that Marvo’s left heel is rapping on the floor. I give her my fiercest frown.

“Sorry.” She tosses more spices into the brazier.

I put a warning finger to my lips and get back to work. “I exorcise thee and do powerfully command thee, that thou dost forthwith appear before me in a fair human shape, without noise, deformity, or any companion. Come hither, come hither, come hither.”

My voice no longer echoes off the walls and floor; the room has gone dead.

“Come forthwith, and without delay, from any part of the world wherever thou mayest be, and make rational answers unto all the things that I shall demand of thee. Come thou peaceably, visibly, affably, and without delay, manifesting that which I shall desire. Thou art conjured by the name of the living and true God . . .”

The rat has stopped moving and sits at the center of its cage, its front paws to its mouth, glancing nervously around.

More names. The candles are still burning steadily, but the air inside the room seems to have thickened, blotting out their light.

I raise my hand. Hearing nothing—not even tapping—I glance over my shoulder. Through the gloom, Marvo is just visible enough for me to see that she has gone deathly white and is staring back at me, mouth open.

I wave frantically. She jerks into life and tips brandy into the brazier. A blue flame leaps up but casts no light.

I turn back to the east, facing the triangle where the head and body lie. I take the silver disk between two fingers and put it to my lips, then hold it up.

“Behold the pentacle of Solomon which I have brought into thy presence. I compel thee by order of the great God, Adonai, Tetragrammaton, Jehovah.

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