Summer of Sacrifice: the final book of The Sisters Solstice by J.L. Vampa

Author:J.L. Vampa [Vampa, J.L.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Phantom House Press
Published: 2024-07-23T00:00:00+00:00

ASTERIA, THEN

Rain drummed on the glass roof of the gazebo, sliding in rivulets, and dripping down the columns of black iron flora. Goddess, but their daughters had grown into such astounding witches.

“You mustn’t begin doubting, Mother.” Monarch’s gentle voice fluttered into her thoughts.

“She’s right,” Hissa came forward and wound her arm through Asteria’s. Thanasim took her other hand and brushed an errant hair from their daughter’s face.

Talan’s eyes were filled to the brim with tears. “It’s what is best.” A droplet escaped her control, and Monarch folded her in an embrace.

Belfry stood quietly to the side of the florid gazebo, her hands clasped. Their last born. The one exactly in between her parents in personality, with magic to match.

Asteria squeezed Hissa’s and Thanasim’s hands, dropping them in order to address everyone. To go over the plan one last time before they enacted it.

“Talan, we will entrust this to you.” She conjured the goddess quill and handed it to their eldest daughter. “The four of you will use it to pen exactly what Hespa breathes into you. Is that clear?”

All four witches nodded.

“These passages that you write, they will come forth within this sacred Grimoire.” A tome of great beauty materialised in Thanasim’s outstretched hand. “They will come to you at the proper time, for a future generation, and you will write them down. What is written will be deemed an Order—an act that the witch must perform.”

“In doing so,” Thanasim stepped in, “History will be moulded to protect not only the Sisters Solstice but magic in its entirety.”

Asteria nodded, continuing, “Our spell this night will bind this all in place, and it will set forth the terms for the witches who will follow in your place when it is time.” She swallowed hard, wholly shaken by any discussion of an age when their daughters would be no more.

“As you know, there was a great deal of time before your father and I met, and in that span, a race of half-gods was birthed. In some realms, they are called Elves, in others Keepers or Druids. These beings carry power much like your own, but they are not witches.

“Though I did not birth any children before the four of you, I did bestow portions of my limited magic upon many prior to my rebirth as Goddess of Magic. This created a type and shadow of my own children, in much the way the Goddess Three bestows a new life upon her chosen—the gods. The descendants of this gift of limited magic are referred to as the magi. Once I was given the kernel of Primordial magic directly from Hespa, I continued this bestowal as She had before me.”

“Witches,” Talan finished for her.

“Witches.” With a deep breath, Asteria pushed on. “The spell we set in place tonight will dictate the following:

Any descendant of Lord Night who joins with a descendant of the magic I personally gifted, magi or witch, will have four daughters each born on the Solstice or Equinox, and they will become the new Sisters Solstice when they come of age.

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