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When Moira had attempted to transport herself and the Circe of Circe into the Hinds` apartment she found that she was stopped by the simple protection spell that Rob had set the night before, and when it was added to all the other times that he had set it, its force was enough to stop Moira in her tracks. Knowing that it would deplete the precious energy that she had stolen from the goddess if she attempted to force her way through, she simply materialised outside of the Hinds` front door and using simple magic she unlocked the door, it only took her a moment to cancel the protection spell now that the door was open, thus enabling Moira to walk into the Hinds` apartment. Once inside she set up the device of Circe and then waited for her flies to walk into her trap. Unfortunately as the day turned into the evening and then the early morning of the next day she knew that something had gone wrong, and she that had wasted one whole precious day.
It had been a while since Sunray had seen Cassie, but he had been thinking about her a lot over the last twenty four hours, and he had decided to go to her apartment. When he got there he found that the protection spell that had been set up to keep the demons of hell away was down, so he entered the apartment as a puff of smoke and passed through the Circle of Circe, and so he was immediately enslaved by it.
“An Earth demon, how quaint.” Moira said. “What are you doing here?”
Sunray had not noticed the smell of hell within the apartment, for Moira had been using what she had learned from Circe to mask it whenever she travelled, learned when she had stolen her life-force, and her very being, using the golden Ark of Baʿal Berith.
It did not take Moira long to find out all that Sunray had done concerning the Hinds and she knew that she could use it to her advantage. Moira decided that she did not need the vampire any more, no but he would be a tasty little snack. First though she turned off her device, for it drew all of its power from her, something she had not realised when she had first activated it, of course Circe being a goddess had been able to accept this, and anyway she had used the device sparingly. Moira though had left it on while waiting for the arrival of the Hinds who had not returned home, and so she was being to tire. Something particular to wood demons allowed Sunray to shrug off his slavery, mainly because Moira no longer had enough energy left to prevent it and he turned into a puff of smoke and disappeared, running from Moira who decided to let him go, she knew that the demon would not stop running until he was far away from her.
Moira needed the use of her laboratory so she returned to the temple hidden beneath her chateau, here she would be able to find out where Rob and the others were hiding so that she could proceed with her plan. She needed a victim to assist in this so after depositing the device on the floor she left the chateau in search of one, she found one walking home after a night out celebrating, leaping on his back she drained enough of his life-force so that he could not resist her, for she did not want to use her powers as this would further deplete her energy. She then took him back to her temple, once there she rested his limp body against the wall and set about another task.
Moira walked quickly into her small laboratory and took out all of the necessary ingredients necessary to make the potion, she then put them into a deep glass tray and mixed them together, a yellow plume of smoke began to rise from the potion and finally she summoned the demon.
“Veigel come to me, I Moira Bourbon command you.”
Moments later a thin veil of smoke began to rise from the rear of the laboratory which quickly cooled, Veigel, a minor demon that she used on such occasions as this appeared within the veil of smoke, his stunted body bent and his face terribly misshapen looking every bit as a figure out of a fairy tale. Even though she herself was now part demon she still felt sick as the stench of the beast reached her, but as was her custom she did her best not to show any outward sign of it.
“Veigel, I need to find the human Rob Hinds, you have found him before for me, so it should not tax you this time, I suggest you start with his office in the city of London, I need to locate him urgently, the quicker you find him the more Rakiremanin you can have.”
“I obey oh great and most powerful Satanist.” Veigel replied while cringing away from Moira.
Veigel departed leaving behind the normal stench to show that a demon had been there, he quickly went to the SIS offices, for he had been there before, and went up towards Rob`s office, only to be stopped by another protection spell. Veigel laughed and returned to the temple where he told Moira what he had found.
“Thank you Veigel, you have done well, there is a flagon of your favourite tipple on the worktop, take it and be gone.” Moira commanded.
Veigel looked at the worktop and licked his lips in anticipation; however he did not take it and go.
“Mistress, I need paying for my services, and although I will accept the Rakiremanin as a generous gift, I also require the payment in the usual way.” Veigel said.
He did not cringe now, for he knew that Moira must pay him or suffer the consequences, ones that would stop her calling a demon to assist her ever again.
“I need my strength tonight Veigel, which is why I have given you the Rakiremanin, but I also realise that a demon of your calibre would not leave without your customary payment, but just this once would you take it from him, as a favour to me.” Moira asked and pointed towards the unconscious man. “He is quite fresh and full of blood, and you can drain him.”
Veigel looked over at the unconscious man and weighed up the amount of blood this victim would have against the quality of a Satanist`s blood, normally he would have insisted on the latter, but with the Rakiremanin thrown in he chose the former and rushed at the unconscious man and drained him of his blood. When he was finished he collected his Rakiremanin and departed, and Moira turned on the air conditioning unit to take away the stench of Hell.
Moira now transported herself and her device to the reception area of the SIS offices and set up the device there, as the normal staff arrived so she would acquire troops, troops that would drag her intended victims out of their protected room and into the circle of light cast by her device.
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