“I know.” I didn’t understand why I wanted to shake him and make him stay, but I did. I wanted to pull him to me and show him that I cared much more than he would ever know, but I knew the others would never except him.
Fifteen
I stood in the entryway and watched as Zander laid herbs and salt in a circle. He placed items that represented the elements of each of them around it.
Seashells for Zane.
Incense for Zarrick.
A feather for Zander.
The Oleander plant for Caleb in the center.
He held an unmarked spot on the outside of the circle for me as I didn’t have an element that was my own like they had thought. I was just another person in their coven. It felt weird to admit that with the way I loved them, but it was true. I was an odd piece in this puzzle of a coven.
“Are you okay?” Caleb said coming up behind me.
I didn’t look his way, but nodded my head. I had to be no matter what was going to happen next.
“Did you think about what I said?”
“Yeah, I’m going to try it after lunch and see if I can find him,” I answered.
“You know he’ll feel you break the ward he has up,” Caleb said.
“It doesn’t matter. He’s weaker now. This is the time to take him out.”
“What about you?” He said. “Do you think you can really do this?”
“I don’t have a choice.”
I walked passed him and made my way upstairs. I figured if I found the Demon before the binding, then we’d be ready when it was done. I hoped Caleb wouldn’t be as tired as I was after my initiation.Then again I was having lots of sex for mine. I didn’t think that was what Caleb was going on.
I closed the door to my room and sat on my bed. I closed my eyes and concentrated on the air element. I felt it fill me with just a hint of darkness. I pulled at it and mixed it with air. It felt colder than before, but I pushed the feeling away.
I concentrated on the Demon and felt a pull I didn’t the last time I’d done this. I followed it and found myself standing in a dark room with him sitting in a chair in front of me.
He smiled and watched me. “I knew you’d find the darkness eventually,” he said.
I took a step back and shook my head. “Where am I?”
“You’re with me. In my home,” he said.
“Where’s that?” I continued.
“Why, so you can tell your boyfriends where I am and come kill me?” He laughed. “You don’t think I wouldn’t know, did you?”
“I’m not really here,” I said.
“No, but you could be,” he said. He stood and took a step towards me. “You know how easy it is to be here. You want to be here.”
He was right in a way. I wanted to be here. The fire in my stomach told me he was right. I couldn’t stop that feeling of being wrapped in darkness and how it could be.
“I can’t do this,” I said, pushing him away. He wrapped his arm around me and pulled me back to him. He kissed me and I let him. The feeling his touch gave me was different, dangerous and I wanted more.
I felt a hand on mine and my energy was snapped back to my body. I gasped and opened my eyes to Caleb kneeling in front of me. He had a weird look on his face and I just stared at him.
“What the hell were you thinking doing this on your own?” He snapped at me.
I pulled my hand away from his, but he grabbed my arm and pulled me to him. “That Demon knows everything before you do. You didn’t think he wouldn’t be ready for you?”
I tried to pull my hand back, but he had a good hold on it and yanked me to him. “I don’t know what it is about you, but I can’t get you out of my head.” He held me tight against him and I felt my defenses weaken a little.
“I don’t like you right now,” I almost yelled.
“I don’t like you either, but it seems we’re connected,” he said and then kissed me hard. I felt every bit of my anger soften with his touch. It was like he was pulling it out of my energy and giving me just a small amount of calm. It wasn’t the same as when Zane touched me, or the same fire that Zarrick ignited in me, but there was something there that was undeniable.
I pulled at his shirt as he kissed me with so much need behind it. I yanked it off his body and threw the shirt on the floor behind him.
He didn’t let up as he backed me into the bed and laid on top of me. He kissed me before pulling my shirt off and throwing it on the floor. He unhooked my bra and pulled it from my body.
He let his weight hold me down and I didn’t fight it. He kissed my neck and I pulled at his clothes. Finally, I was able to pull his shirt from his body.
I ran my hand down his smooth chest to the top of his pants. I yanked at them until he pulled my hand away. He pulled my pants from my body and maneuvered by body to the edge of the bed. He knelt down and didn’t say a word.
I felt his tongue flick across my clit, sending waves of electricity through my body. I grabbed the sheets and held on as he gently let his lips and tongue roam my pussy. I reared my hips at every movement until I was ready to explode.
He abruptly pulled away and flipped me over so my legs were off the bed and my ass was right there waiting for him.
I felt his hands on my back and my ass as he rubbed his cock against me. I moaned and grabbed the sheets underneath me. In one shift push he was inside me, filling me to the brim. I gasped and pushed back against him.
I didn’t understand how I could want him this much, but he was the only person I wanted right now and for a long time to come.
He pounded me with a need I didn’t know he had. I couldn’t breathe or think without him. I moaned with need as he kissed my back and grabbed my hair. He gave it a pull and I thought I was going to lose it right there. I curled my toes as my release came, making me shudder with Caleb still inside me. I felt the hot wetness of his release at the same time and collapsed on the bed, his cock still buried inside me.
He kissed my back as he slowly pulled away from me and laid on the other side of the bed.
I glanced at him and he rolled over to kiss me. This time it was soft and sweet, like a fine wine that left you feeling loved. It was totally different from what had just happened.
“I’ve been waiting to do that since I met you,” he said.
“I thought you hated me,” I said.
“There’s that fine line, you know.”
I glanced at him as I let my body relax from the exertion we’d just had. He took this as his que to talk more about how he’d found me.
“Did you at least find the Demon?” He said.
“No, you were right. He knew I was coming,” I said.
“Then he’ll come to us.”
“Why would he do that?”
“He knows it’s a full moon tonight,” he said.
“He will want to stop the binding,” I said.
“Too bad I know something he doesn’t.” He smiled. I watched him but didn’t say anything. He just smiled. “You’ll figure it out.”
Sixteen
Once the sun had gone down, we lit the candles in the small entryway. It was a great place to do this kind of work as it was close to the outside and the floor was already cleansed.
I watched as the others took their places and Caleb stood in the center of the circle. It was a perfect pentacle with each corresponding element in it’s proper place. All but earth since it was Caleb’s binding.
“Are you sure about this?” Zarrick asked me.
I nodded and he glanced at Caleb.
“Let’s get this over with,” he said.
Zander stepped forward and ran the blade of the gold dagger over his palm. A small line of blood coated the blade and he passed it to Zarrick who did the same. He passed it to Zane who waited for a moment.
I didn’t understand why for only a moment. Then the energy wave hit me. I gasped and turned towards it as the Demon walked from nowhere to in front of me.
“I thought we had a de
al, Caleb,” he said.
“I changed my mind,” he said, not moving. I took a step back and Zarrick closed the space between us. He was standing between myself and the Demon before he could finish his sentence.
The Demon looked at him and smiled. “You aren’t strong enough to protect her. She wants this,” he said.
Zarrick turned towards me and I shook my head. “No, it’s the darkness.”
“It’s a great feeling, isn’t it?” he said.
“No, it’s dirty and dark.”
“It’s freeing. Think about it. No rules, no one telling you not to do something or not to.” He smiled.
“No, it’s a plague and I don’t want it,” I said.
“Too bad you’re not a full coven just yet. You can’t beat me without him.” The Demon pointed to Caleb and raised his hand. Caleb flew into the air. I felt Zander call air to him and pull at Caleb till he was standing beside Zane.
“Finish it,” he yelled.
Zane ran the dagger over his hand and then handed it to Caleb who laughed.
“She already has the full power. We’re bound.”
I glanced at Caleb registering what he was saying. He was right. I could feel it inside me. The pull of the earth running along with fire, air and water, they were a part of me and I could do anything I wanted.
The Demon glanced at me, registering what Caleb said. Only a flash of fear went across his eyes before he smiled and reached out to me. ”This is your choice. Live by their rules or be free.”
I thought about everything I’d been through. The pain in the world I’d stumbled into and how he thought he could stop it, but it was doing it all wrong. He couldn’t save things by destroying them. I had to stop him.
I glanced at Caleb and he smiled. He was different. He was everything I thought I was fighting against, but he wasn’t any of it. Caleb was the last piece to this puzzle.
I smiled and shook my head. “I don’t want to be free. I want to be bound to these four men. They are a part of me and I love all of them.”
“Then you’re weaker than I thought you were,” he said and raised his hands. Each of my men flew different directions and the Demon walked towards me. Each step was like a push of energy that made me almost gasp. He wasn’t as weak as I’d thought. “Just because you took my energy before doesn’t mean you can expect me to be weak.”
I pulled all the energy I could into myself, all the elements and then some and threw it at him. He deflected it like it was nothing. I took a step back and he laughed.
The Demon closed his hands and I could feel the air being pulled from the room. I fell to my knees as I choked. It felt like my eyes were going to pop out of my head. I closed my eyes, but all I could feel was the darkness inside me. It laughed at my weakness and begged me to let it out.
I thought about what Caleb had said and pulled what I could from the other elements inside me. I blended them with the darkness and released it. I could instantly breathe and opened my eyes. The Demon was pushed back at least ten feet and had dropped his hands.
“I see you found that darkness useful after all,” he said. He smiled and the ground broke in front of me. Dark steam rolled out of it until I couldn’t see anything in front of me. “Guess you’ll have to use it now,” he said.
I couldn’t see anything so I reached out with air, but felt a shock and pulled it back. I sighed and layered air with darkness and reached around the room. I couldn’t find any trace of the Demon until I heard his voice behind me.
“You are more powerful than you know,” he whispered in my ear. “The darkness is stronger than any other magick there is.”
I raised my head and laughed as I turned towards the Demon. I had been ignoring everything the universe had been telling me. The answer was always there in my blood, in my own magick. I just hadn’t bothered to pay attention.
“You’re right. This darkness is powerful, but so are the elements.” I took a step towards him and he stepped back. “All this time the answer was right in front of me. You gave me the power to destroy you.” I closed my eyes and connected everything I had in my magick. The elements. The darkness and something I just realized I had in my blood, the light. I wasn’t just a complete coven standing there, I was the balance.
I opened my eyes and held my hand up. “I can’t kill you, but I can send you back to the shit hole you came from.” I let all the magick I’d built go. A stream of pure light with darkness crackling inside it wrapped around him. He glanced at me and then the light as it pulled him to the ground. The ground under him cracked under the pressure until it split under the Demon.
He laughed. “You might think this is the end, but I always find a way back. We’ll meet again, Catterina.”
“Not in this lifetime,” I answered as the ground collapsed under him and he disappeared into darkness.
Seventeen
I shoveled the egg sandwich into my mouth as the guys watched. Zander was sitting across from me and Zarrick and Zane were standing on either side. Caleb was leaning in the doorway watching the whole thing.
“What?” I said. “Magick makes me hungry.”
“That was a lot of magick,” Zane said.
I just nodded and kept eating.
“Do you feel different?” Zander said.
“Not really, why?”
“You just look different,” Caleb said with a smile.
“I don’t know what you mean.” I finished my sandwich and looked at them.
“Come with me,” Caleb said holding his hand out.
I smiled and took his hand. He led me from the kitchen and down the hallway into the entryway. He stopped in front of the mirror and pointed at it. Looked at him like he was a nut, before turning and looking at my own reflection.
My hair was laced with purple and my eyes were still a blue color, but black and white flecks were mixed in. I glanced at Caleb.
He shrugged. “Don’t ask me.”
“Does this mean you’re not leaving?” I said without thinking.
“If you are what I think you are, then you’re going to need all the help you can get.”
I laughed. “This isn’t what I wanted.”
“I don’t think you had a choice.” Caleb put his hands on my shoulders. “You, Catterina were chosen.”
Blake
Eighteen
She dropped her bag at the door of the large white house. The smell of the grass was almost overwhelming and she just wanted to turn back and leave. The problem was she’d promised Zane she would do this.
Blake licked her lips and knocked on the door. She was praying it wouldn’t be Owen who answered. “Please don’t be Owen.”
The door opened and Owen was standing there shaking his head. “What do you want, Blake?”
“I need you’re help.”
“Does Zane know you’re here?” He ran his hand through his hair and Blake almost turned and walked away.
“Yeah, he sent me.” She sighed. “I know there is a lot of shit between us, but I need your help.”
“Who’d you piss off this time?” Owen said, crossing his arms.
“A very powerful Priestess and she’ll kill me if she gets the chance.”
“Fanfreakingtastic,” he said. “Erik is going to love this.” He opened the door and she walked in. Blake knew this was going to change her life and everyone she’d managed to piss off was coming for her.
She just hoped she could handle what was coming or it might destroy everything she cared about.
To be continued in Hunted…
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