Cursed Legacy: The Windhaven Witches Series by Carissa Andrews

Author:Carissa Andrews [Andrews, Carissa]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Author Revolution LLC
Published: 2020-12-01T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 15

The Other Side

My blood boils, and I imagine the various ways I’m going to kick Dominic’s ass when I finally get him back.

“Come back. Right now,” I cry out, clutching at his shoulders and shaking his torso. The silver string remains, but with each passing moment, it seems to fade.

His body is limp and the edges of his lips are taking on a faint bluish tint.

I shake my head in disbelief. “Oh, no you don’t…”

Closing my eyes, I try to tap into universal energies and the deeper parts of my gifts—parts I didn’t know existed, as I try to summon him back. Without thinking about the words, they spring to my lips. “Dominic Crane—wandering soul, I summon you back from the realm of the dead. Return, fragments of soul and self, from that of the spirit realm, to re-inhabit the body.”

I open my eyes and for a brief moment, the blue orb of light grows brighter, but it doesn’t get any closer to his body.

“Fuck,” I spit, slamming the side of my fist into the dirt. “What am I doing wrong?”

“This is of no one’s doing but his own. The boy is refusing to come back,” Abigail whispers feverishly beside my ear.

“How do I get him back?” I say through gritted teeth.

Abigail’s lips press tight and she shakes her head.

“Don’t you dare tell me there’s no way,” I say, reeling on her. “There has to be a way. I’ll drag him back kicking and screaming if I have to.”

Her eyebrows tug in and her nostrils flare as if the thought of it is distasteful. However, she whispers, “If you are to stand any chance, it would come at great risk.”

I’m suddenly on my feet. “How do I do it?” I demand.

Abigail’s expression is grim as she says, “Your soul must leave your body to follow after him.”

“So, how is that any different from what I’ve been doing? Astral projection and all that. Hell, what I just did—” I start.

“It is not the same. You leave this plane of existence entirely to enter the realm of the dead. There’s only one way to do that,” she says, frowning.

My fingers curl into fists as I glare at her. “Would you spit it out already? We’re running out of time.”

“It’s not your consciousness that travels with this. It’s your soul. Should you go there, you risk not coming back,” she says, setting her jaw. “It takes a strong will to return to the living without an anchor on this side.”

“So, be my anchor,” I say, as if the answer to the question was completely obvious.

She shakes her head. “I cannot. I’m not of this plane. I’m somewhere between.”

“Great, just…great,” I say, walking away from her and nodding to myself. “Well, looks like I have no other choice. It’s now or never.”

“Autumn,” she says, the warning lingering in my name.

I wave a hand, dismissing her worry. “Hey, I’ve done it once, right? Why not go two for two?”

She inhales sharply. “This is not a game, child.

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