Heal Me: A Memphis Magic Novel by Andrea Hagan

Author:Andrea Hagan [Hagan, Andrea]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2022-11-16T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 21

Gabe

Eight years earlier…

“Why do I have to be fluent in a dead man’s language?” I complain, sitting cross-legged on the floor with a piece of chalk in hand, trying to draw a simple summoning circle.

“Ex nihilo nihil fit.” My magic tutor, Kabel, narrows his eyes. The angel has a thinly veiled disdain for me—my guess is because I’m a Nephilim, not a pureblood Watcher. Whatever Kabel’s reason, I subject myself to his ill temper because the angel knows his stuff.

“Nothing comes from nothing,” I translate.

He nods. “Don’t be so fucking lazy. You want to manipulate energy to do your bidding, then you’ve got to put in the work,” he says, pointing a birch wand at me.

“But why use Latin?”

“Just as you said. It is a dead man’s language, so these words of power haven’t been corrupted by everyday use. That’s why priests uses Latin in the rite of exorcism—not because the ‘devil’ hates Latin, but because the words still hold tremendous power. Now stop complaining and focus,” he says, thumping me in the back of the head with the wand so hard I fly out of my unfinished circle, landing on my face. One day I’ll put Kabel in his place. I’m only sixteen, so that day probably won’t be today. But one day, I vow.

Pulling myself off my ass, something moves in my peripheral vision. Amer appears, thank fuck. “Don’t even think about stealing him; he needs to study,” Kabel warns.

“But don’t you want to play with your new toy?” Amer says, now holding a gorgeous longsword, presenting it to Kabel with his outstretched hands.

“Go,” Kabel tells me, taking the sword and twisting it with his wrist, making it sing. “I need to gear up for my mission anyway.”

“Thank you,” I tell Amer when we’re outside.

“Turek and I are going out for a little R and R later. I’ll see if we can talk Kabel into meeting up with us. If anyone needs to get laid, it’s his grumpy ass.”

“Hey, don’t be talking like that in front of my baby brother,” Gabby says, now walking beside us carrying a large box.

Using my power, I take it from her. “I’m not a baby, and you shouldn’t be doing any heavy lifting with the baby.” Now it’s my turn to chastise.

Sam appears and scoops her up. “Put me down, you big oaf,” Gabby cries.

“Why are you not in bed?” Sam demands. “You need to rest.”

“Because I have things to do around here.” My sister and I share our human mother, but Rumel’s not her father. She’s one hundred percent human, and her presence at the Watcher compound used to be a sore subject between us. Gabby sweet-talked Rumel into bringing her on board as the property manager. Rumel being Rumel weighed the pros and cons and decided to test out a human. Demons use human servitude to their advantage, so why not tap into the human resource pool? I was completely against the idea, but when Gabby turned eighteen, I had no say in it.

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