The Calling by Jennifer Ashley

Author:Jennifer Ashley
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction
Publisher: Dorchester Publishing Co., Inc.

CHAPTER TWELVE

Adrian had built his house right over a ley line. Amber had realized it only abstractly because Adrian’s power was so great it overlaid all vibrations of it. But when she drew her circle and tapped into the natural magic of the earth below the house, she felt the line, shining and thick, like a vein of gold.

She set out her stones and the salt Adrian had brought her—crystallized salt in a fancy container. The stones Adrian had charged during their journey from Seattle still glowed in the center.

She drew the circle around the table with herself and all she needed inside. She asked Valerian and Sabina to sit in the circle with her, because their strong life magic would help give power to the spell. She did not ask Adrian because she knew she’d never control any power she tapped into from him. The whole circle could explode, maybe taking part of the house with it.

Septimus had retreated to the other side of the room so his death magic wouldn’t interfere with the spell. He looked pleased to stand as far away from what he termed “goody two-shoes magic” as he could. He wouldn’t leave altogether, because he was too interested to see what happened. Kelly stood with him, talking to him quietly, but Amber noticed the woman was practiced at not looking directly into his eyes.

Sabina had helped Amber in rituals before and knew when to light the candle and say her lines to call her quarter. Valerian obviously had never participated in witch magic, because he kept asking questions and moving the candle and stones after Amber had carefully placed them. Sabina slapped his hand, and he glared in mock pain.

Amber piled quartz crystals around the base of a yellow candle, which would aid in bringing clarity and understanding to her spell. She began to chant under her breath, words to summon the elements, earth, air, fire, and water, signaling Valerian to light the candle for fire, Sabina to light the one for water. Earth and air she lit herself.

She asked the Goddess and the God to attend, to send their aid as well as their protection. She felt an answering tingle inside her, which she recognized as the two deities touching her and telling her all would be well.

She studied the depths of the stones, letting the glow inside them mesmerize her. She built magic energy inside herself, then reached out to tap the latent power of Sabina, then Valerian.

Sabina’s power, as always, felt sharp and strong, but was tinged faintly with light blue, as though Sabina’s essence hovered in a constant state of amusement. It went with Sabina’s sarcastic sense of humor, which sometimes hid her good heart.

Valerian had a different kind of energy altogether. His aura was bright yellow with brilliant flickers of blue and red streaking through it. She’d never felt anything like it. The energy that rolled off him was strong, with the raw brute strength of a predatory animal. No matter how much he looked human, he wasn’t.

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