Page 68 of Dark Reckoning
I nodded. “I can call Salino and Damon respectively. They owe us a favor. We also have my bodyguard here, Shi. I trust her with my life and she is powerful. The three of them can help us form this weapon. I mean, you can't get any better than that... unless you need a head of a shifter line.”
Kakashi nodded. “We do, actually, but I have someone in mind. Damon and Salino are perfect, though. An emperor and king will work to make the weapon as powerful as it needs to be.”
“Who's going to be the shifter?” I asked.
“A wolf alpha, over five hundred years old, who owes me a favor.” Kakashi winked, then rose. “I'll get her, you gather Damon and Salino. Let's have everyone here in no less than an hour. In the meantime, we need these ingredients.” He rattled off a list of things we were going to need and some of them I knew weren't going to be easy to get.
More discussion was had on where to find certain items. It was no surprise that lives would have to be sacrificed for hearts, apparently. We needed two human hearts. I could tell that it ruffled the feathers of the light mages, but they didn't make a fuss. We all had a list of what to get.
“All right. I'm off to get Josette,” Kakashi said.
Aldéric snarled “Not her.”
“We don't have time to argue. You have your duty.” Kakashi didn't wait to hear anything more from his lover before vanishing from our eyes.
“Why not her?” I asked, because I was nosy.
“None of your business,” Aldéric replied, then teleported.
“They were once lovers,” Kyla said, spilling the beans.
Ahh, so Kakashi was bisexual and Aldéric was feeling a bit possessive. “I see.”
“Why don't you get the ingredients that we need for our spell. I'll get Damon and Salino to join us,” Adrian suggested.
“Think I'm not good with negotiations?” I asked with a smirk.
“Not really,” Adrian said, not sparing my feelings at all.
I laughed. “I'm going to make you pay for that.” I leaned down, kissing him.
“I'm counting on it.” He slapped my ass.
We finally had direction and I was ready to kick a Dark God's evil ass.
Chapter nine
IwatchedSageremovehis robe, then disappear from my eyes using his teleportation skill. God, I loved that man and honestly, a part of me hated that he was going to have to kill someone to get their heart. At least it was a person who was wicked. Aldéric opted to kill the innocent human, probably to spare Sage. The two did seem to have some level of respect, or maybe admiration for each other after last night. I had my own task and it was time I got to it.
Once we were ready, I'd have to do something I've never done in my life. God, this month took all the cakes for me. Met my fated mate, grew in power, killed off our enemy mage clan, turned my boyfriend into a hybrid—the first of his kind. Saved a child from a demon possession. Had my first threesome, saved a boy from a generation-long curse, ended the vampire link to a Dark God and created a new emperor, unleashed said Dark God onto humanity, and everything in between. And the month was not even over with.
If we survived this... I wanted Sage and I to go on a month-long vacation. I picked up our grimoire.
“You can leave it here,” Rene said.
“I'm not used to just leaving it unprotected,” I said. You didn't leave such a precious item out where just anyone could try to see it. Sure, no one could open the book but Sage or me, but that was around Xavier and Sage's pride. No telling what powerful mages could do. I didn't want to take any chances.
Rene smirked. “Come here, but first, put your book down on the table.”
I humored her and put the book down, then walked over to her. “What?”
She pointed to her grimoire that was sitting on the table along with the others. “Try to take it or read it. Try with all of your might.”
I cocked an eyebrow, but proceeded to do just that. No matter how hard I tried, I couldn't lift the book, nor could I open it. “Damn!” I huffed.
“That's because this room is protected. Why do you think everyone left their grimoires? They are safe here. And you really don't need to be carrying it around with you on your tasks,” she stated. She walked over to my grimoire and tried to open it or lift it, to prove to me that it was impossible.
“Fine. Thanks for telling me,” I said, convinced that it was going to be safe.
