What Once Was One by Marc Johnson

Author:Marc Johnson [Johnson, Marc]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2012-09-23T23:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 14

I let go of the princess. Her face contorted with horror and pain.

“Krystal!” I screamed.

Her soft skin faded and shriveled, the veins turning black. It was worse around her lips, where I had kissed her. I hurried to lay her on the small bed. Her eyes were still open, but they stared at nothing. I leaned in to see if she was breathing, but she went into convulsions, thrashing her limbs. My wizard’s sight saw that somehow the nexus’s energy had entered her. It coursed its way through her body, filling over every pore, bone, sinew, and muscle.

I reached into my purse for a healing potion, but her flailing arms smacked it away. The vial crashed, the glass shattering on the floor. I grabbed her arms, trying to still her, but when I touched her skin, the magic inside of her blossomed and she screeched in pain.

I was killing her.

I let Krystal go and closed my eyes so I could concentrate on my magic, and not see how much agony she was in. I tried to block out her tormented moans and conjure white mana. Whenever my magic brushed up against her, the magic inside of her consumed it before it could work.

The bright light inside of her that I loved so much dimmed. Her wavy hair became brittle and her bones became visible under her shrunken flesh. She was dying and there was nothing I could do.

A bright green light flared from her chest, permeating her clothes and skin. The magic from the necklace struck the curse with a clash of power. The two energies battled each other, the necklace’s magic hammering the curse back.

Krystal’s body stilled, her arms and head becoming motionless. She didn’t even breathe. I bent over her mouth, trying to hear her. There was nothing.

I clenched my fists and bit my lip. The magical fight within her must have been too much for her. She wasn’t a wizard. Her body wasn’t used to that sort of energy. Or the ancient magic of the nexus was too powerful.

Krystal gasped for air and opened her eyes. The black lines in her face faded.

I stared into her eyes and said, “Krystal!”

Her glazed eyes didn’t move towards me. Instead, she closed them, and her chest heaved with deep breaths. I hesitantly placed my hand on her chest, thankful that the fabric blocked the touch of my skin. I was relieved to feel her heart beating normally. However, her skin was still pale and her hair brittle.

The light from the necklace dimmed, but the two magics still assaulted each other. Krystal’s eyelids twitched as if she were having a nightmare. Every few breaths, her body shivered like she was caught in a snowstorm.

I kneeled next to the bed and studied her. One by one, I tried all the healing spells Stradus had taught me. Every time my magic touched her body, the nexus’s magic strengthened and beat back the necklace’s magic. Sweat ran down Krystal’s face and her breathing became erratic.

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