Page 65 of Dark Reckoning
“Getting back to that locator spell you mentioned, how does it work?” Aldéric asked.
"It will break through whatever he's been using to block us. But the only thing is, the tribute... well...” Adrian's voice trailed off and his cheeks started to redden.
“Well?” Aldéric asked.
“The Goddess is a freak. She likes to watch, basically. Of course, she can't be on our plane to see, so she will use your eyes as witness to the 'pleasures of the flesh' between a dark and light mage,” I explained.
“Will any dark and light mage work?” Rene asked, then looked at Kyla. Yeah, I caught that.
I shook my head. “Linked. It's for us. Unless anyone else here has a locator spell?”
They all shook their heads. “Not anything that could find him, no.”
“Are you sure?” Adrian asked.
“Not into voyeurism or public sex?” Aldéric asked with a cocky smirk.
“No, I'm not. But it looks like it can't be avoided. The book uses all of you to be able to channel the magic to and from us to the goddess. I'm learning more and more about this Council and our grimoire and the spells that only we can all use as a group,” Adrian said and it all made sense.
“We all have our parts to play,” Kakashi reminded us.
“Why do you think he isn't coming for us now?” I asked.
“Barrier spells. He can't find us either. Doing the locator spell will expose us both,” Kakashi explained.
“And make no mistake, he knows we're going to come for him, which is why he's building this army,” Maryanne said.
That was a chilling thought. I swore I wasn't fucking looking forward to this showdown. Any advantage we could get on our side was most welcomed.
“About this spell, is it effective the moment you have pleased the goddess, or is there another step?”
I looked at the spell again. “The favor of the goddess will be transferred into Adrian and me and with the blood of one of his creatures, we'll be able to simply go to him with that power.”
Kakashi nodded thoughtfully. “Good. Okay, we now know how to find him, let's get back to figuring out how to kill him.”
“Kill him? I know you mentioned that before, but would it be easier to trap him and send him back?” Rene asked.
Kakashi rolled his eyes and straightened. “Easier? Who knows? With this...it will be absolute. And after the chaos he's called, one less Dark God in existence works for me.”
“Funny, I'd thought you'd be all for sending him back. He's of your kind,” Xirsi said.
And it was... I guessed, kind of a relief to see that these mages weren't just looking down on me and Adrian.
“As I've said before, I want to try to path not yet walked,” Kakashi said. “Killing him may be the better option.”
“Are you sure it's not just because that's your nature? To destroy?” Xirsi asked him.
He was a dark mage. Of course he'd want to kill any threat to his livelihood. I was good with any spell that could rid us of the bastard, too.
“My bloodthirst doesn't extend past my own survival. I think that by killing the Dark God, our chances at not destroying the location we fight and ourselves, are high. I've already explained my theory on the matter,” Kakashi said.
“I agree with him,” Aldéric added.
“You would,” Kyla stated.
“I do too,” Adrian chimed in.
Others looked at me and I shrugged. “I've been with the idea of killing that bastard.” I looked at Kakashi. “I just want to make sure that nothing will happen to vampires when we do. Salino still has his mark.” I brought up that point without mentioning what we did last night.
