Page 72 of Lunar Diamonds
Severe consequences: Death. Shadow bond jumping to caster. Severe brain damage. Amplifying existing desires. Benefits of the shadow bond will be removed with no protections granted.
(Turn the page for casting details).
This spell was added to the 200thedition of the official grimoires.
Amplifying existing desires?
Hmmm.
I turned the page.
Grounding requires candles wrapped in poison ivy. A toll of three chicken eggs must be paid.
Pour cold salted water into a cauldron with no heat. Add three drops of the bonded person’s blood, followed by three more drops of the newly intended host.
Say the words Transform Soul Bond! together (the shadow-bonded need not be a witch).
Clap magic out.
Cast at own peril.
I relayed this to the room.
Drake pushed himself off the wall. “I’m ready whenever you are.”
I gave my bottom lip a break, getting to my feet. The moment this ball got rolling, ten years of my life would be filled with Drake Parish.
How about filling my?—
Ugh. Stupid brain. Best to focus on the lunar diamonds and not the other stuff.
Like the amplification of existing desires.
I drew a long breath, my hands clenched into anxious fists. “Okay. I’m ready.”
Isaac gave me a reassuring pat. “I’ve got you.”
“Thanks.”
“Sure thing.”
“You don’t have to do this,” Erin chimed in. “Your life is your own. Both of you are free to walk away. I appreciate your efforts so far and admire your strength in accepting this. But when the adrenaline fades, and you sit with this for a while, things may change. And you have every right to return to your old lives.”
Our old lives. Our jobs, our friends, our homes. Were we about to leave all that behind?
“What do we do about that stuff?” I asked.
My brother yawned again. “I’ll call my agent in the morning, tell her I’m taking some time off. She’ll pitch a fit but fuck her.”
I swallowed a giggle. “I’ll do the same.” Carol would happily let me take some time out.
But what about my mum?
Not yet…
Would I really be giving up the library? Live without Glitter Fox? I wasn’t sure how to live without them, even if I had to. Maybe we could work something out. Later.
I wouldn’t be walking away. I received these powers and this responsibility for a reason. Burying my head in the sand wasn’t an option, no matter the background terror ready to take to the stage.
