Page 12 of Dark Reckoning
He shook his head. “You're still thinking in terms of a physical location. It will take you seconds when you teleport, and within five minutes if you drive. You will sense its location as you get closer. It's never far from you no matter where you are, and only members will be able to see and feel it,” Kakashi said.
“So, if I'm driving, it will just appear out of nowhere for me?” I asked.
Kakashi nodded. “You could say that, yes.”
Well, that cleared up my confusion.
“Okay, so now that we've been inducted, what next?” Adrian asked. I could tell he was ready to get started on taking out this Dark God.
“What next, indeed,” Kakashi said. “You need to study your grimoire and we will study ours. We need to find a spell that can locate a Dark God. We also need to find a spell that can trap him or send him back to his dimension without destroying whole cities in the process. We need to find the right magical objects to do this. So, we each have a lot of research to do. Now that our powers have been linked, our grimoires may have more spells.”
“Your grimoires change spells too?” Adrian asked.
The mages all nodded. “What, you thought you were the only special ones?” Xirsi commented.
“We are the elite of all mages. Our magic is unlike any other mage’s. Your place was always with this Council. Now, I think you understand,” Kakashi said. “We must act quickly to find out whatever we can. I have seen the future, my brothers and sisters, and it does not bode well if the Dark God El-Kazier is left to run amok on this earth.”
“What about what happened before? You said you knew the spells of old. How did the previous Council locate the Dark God?” I asked.
“The old-fashioned way, as they couldn't locate either the God or Goddess using magic. Their magic was blocked by them. They had to travel, follow where the chaos was at its worst, and hope they could trap them. I'd rather not have to go through such extremes... or bother,” Kakashi said.
He wasn't the only one. “What's the time frame we're looking at?” I asked.
“A week at the most before all hell breaks loose, literally,” Kakashi said. “The mayhem has already started. I'm sure we'll be seeing reports on the world news within the next twenty-four hours.”
“Jesus fucking Christ,” I cursed under my breath.
“How do we get back home?” Adrian asked, and I could hear the urgency and fear in his voice.
“Teleport,” Kyla said.
“I don't know how,” Adrian replied. “I know it is one of the powers I can learn, but I don't know it.”
“When you get home to your grimoire, I suggest you practice that,” Kakashi said.
“I'll send you home,” Maryanne said, and then she snapped her fingers.
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I felt a solid platform under my feet and I stumbled to the sofa, falling onto it. Adrian did the same and neither one of us could talk right away as we had to deal with the effects of the transportation. When the room stopped spinning and my stomach settled, I looked around, noticing that we were in our living room.
I turned to Adrian. “Are you okay, baby?”
He swallowed hard and nodded. “I hate the way that shit feels.”
“You and me both,” I agreed. I noticed our clothes were on the floor and we were still in our ceremonial robes. “Let's get our clothes back on.” I rose from the sofa and helped Adrian to his feet. We went into the bathroom, showered—with no fucking involved—then dressed quickly. I contacted Shi, texting her, letting her know that we were okay and back at home. I also told her to grab Adrian and me a few sandwiches from Romero’s Corner Bistro, their most popular, so Adrian could taste why they're one of my favorite locations.
What happened?Shi texted back.
I'll tell you when you get here. For now, I'm starving.
Do you need blood?she asked.
Yes, and food.
I'll bring you both, she said, and that was her last text.
I sighed and tossed my phone on the cocktail table and leaned my head back on the sofa.
