Redemption: Alchemy Series Book #4 (The Alchemy Series) by Donna Augustine

Author:Donna Augustine [Augustine, Donna]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Strong Hold Publishing
Published: 2014-03-15T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

We've All Got Our Kryptonite

"Jo!"

I woke up to Cormac repeating my name. I was laid out on the couch in the penthouse. Oh no, I must have actually passed out on the way up here.

"I'm awake. There's no reason to keep shaking so vigorously," I said as Cormac's hands gripped my shoulders.

"How do you feel?" He stopped the movement but his hands remained in a tight grip on my shoulders.

"Like I drank too much." I pushed myself up and he finally loosened his hold. I looked around, expecting to find more eyes on me but it was only Cormac and Burrom in the room.

Cormac turned on Burrom. "What the hell did you do to her?"

"I didn't do this! And you better watch who you're talking to like that, because I'm the one that had her back when you disappeared."

"Yeah, I heard about that. And just so you know, I don't care what the hell you are, you start to lose your usefulness and I'll take you out. Watch your step."

"Just try it."

The two of them had an odd relationship. I didn't know quite how long they'd known each other, but I was guessing it was decades. I knew they wouldn't actually hurt each other. And even though I didn't think either one would ever admit it, they liked each other. It wasn't a bromance exactly, but more of a "deep down you're not so bad and I won't kill you kind of way."

"Guys, when you're done bickering with each other, I think I might have an idea what actually happened."

They both whipped around back to me. "What?" they said in unison.

"I could see it." I was amazed myself thinking back. I'd felt almost high at the time and I didn't think I could truly describe the beauty or the heady feeling I'd gotten from it.

"See what?" Cormac asked.

"The magic." I looked at Burrom. "You know how you thought I was a sort of vessel or divining rod for the magic? When we closed the holes, especially the one in New York, I pulled energy from the other Keepers. Well, when I was fighting tonight, I tried to pull it to me from the atmosphere and it worked."

Feeling better, the excitement of what had just happened poured through me. I stood, and paced the room unable to sit still. They both watched me as the pieces fell into place in my mind. "It was crazy. After a certain point, I could see it. The magic, I could actually see its brilliant colors, swirling in the air. I could watch it enter my body."

"But what happened? Why did you collapse?" Cormac asked. He grabbed a napkin from the bar area. Walking over to where I was walking in circles. "Hold still."

"What?"

He tilted my head and pressed the napkin near my ear. When he pulled it back, there was blood on it and he looked like he wanted to punch Burrom again.

"A couple drops of blood aren't a big deal." I grabbed the bloodied napkin and tossed it in the trash.

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