Another Skin: A New Twist on Magical Fantasy: Magic, Necromancy, and Love by P.S. Power

Author:P.S. Power [Power, P.S.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Necromancer, magic, Harem
Publisher: Orange Cat Publishing
Published: 2023-04-15T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter eleven

Nora Sten sat at the nice table, a bead of sweat appearing on her forehead as Az watched. She was silent, but the beast inside of her kept trying to run. As in, the translucent red creature of magic pulled at the physical form, pulling the girl out of her seat slightly. Even as the real body, the main one, stuck in place. Her breath came fast as she began to tremble, ever so slightly.

They all watched her. Closely. Saraph was holding a tendril of silver against the head of the girl, clearly reading her mind. Ember was covered by a nimbus of red energy herself, of a different hue. The one that reminded Azra of flame. The energy from that was, he thought, subtly raising the temperature of the room they were in. That was already warm enough, for Az’s liking.

His home might have been a stone tomb, but it was very regular in temperature. When it was hot out, his place was pleasant. When it was freezing, his home was mildly chilly. Generally just enough for him to have to put on his heavier robe. Verisa wasn’t a cold place, in particular. A few weeks a year snow might fall, of course. They had a lot of rain in the winter months, so drainage had to be done well, but temperature was only an issue in the heart of summer. At least for him.

Ember looked hard, having worked out that Nora was a war beast, it seemed. The witch in their midst simply watched however, not taking action first thing. After a moment, Saraph nodded, slowly.

“You aren’t the killer.” It was a statement and spoken calmly, as if she didn’t expect violence to take place.

Ember looked at her, seeming wide eyed. Az simply nodded in response to the words.

It made sense, after all. Probably due to him not understanding the whole situation, but, when he thought about it for a moment, he realized that he knew a lot more than he’d been imagining.

“Your father presses all of you to become war beasts?”

Again the woman, Nora Sten, froze in place, after a moment, she nodded. Her face seemed angry, but she looked down at the table.

“All of us. His gang, as well, not just his children or mother. It gives us some powers that most don’t talk about. We don’t go around wearing another skin all the time of course. That would be too obvious. We’re all stronger and faster for it. Harder to kill, even without changing. It... He made me kill my older half-brother, when I turned fourteen. That part is...” She shook her head then, going silent. Seeming afraid.

Saraph nodded after a moment or two.

“I see. I think. He has your mother get with child from other men, and those are the sacrifices? No...It’s... Let me... He does that, but you’re the child of another man. So that the others who die are at a remove, having another mother. Unknown, except that it’s part of the plan.

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