Page 7 of Dark Reckoning
Kakashi nodded. “So am I, and so are Kayla and Aldéric. Everyone else uses light magic.”
Well, that explained a lot.
“So, that's why he and you are assholes, and she's a bitch,” Sage said, motioning to each of the three, then he looked at the other light mages. “What're your excuses for being mean?”
“Your ineptitude and off-putting attitude,” replied Xirsi.
“Ineptitude? I do believe we achieved our goals working our spells,” Sage pointed out. “Magic has a price and we never know what that price is until after the fact.”
“Had you been wiser in the ways of magic, you would have known to never perform that spell in the first place. There was another way of severing the line without breaking the contract,” Kakashi stated, then waved his hand. “But that is neither here nor there at this point. What's done is done.”
Now that I thought about it, it kind of explained why so many other mages had turned Salino down in the past. Maybe they knew something we didn't. Or maybe they just didn't know how, that was also a possibility. In any case, it was in the past.
“So, you're a dark mage in control of the Council,” I said.
“Did you think only light mages could be members of the Echelon Imperial?” Aldéric asked.
Sage smirked. “Honestly, I did. You all seemed like the stuck-up type.”
“Ouch,” I said.
Sage looked at me. “Well, you're an exception, baby. Most light mages I've met are judgmental as fuck and look down on dark mages. So, like you, I'm surprised they let one govern over them.”
“Looks like judgment goes both ways,” I said under my breath.
“Is that so?” Sage asked, an eyebrow cocked.
I nodded. “We're opposites, our magic works differently. Yours is used to harm, mine is used to heal. I think that's what makes us so unique and powerful.”
“It certainly plays a part,” Kakashi said. “Opposites attract, as they say. We are each the anomaly of our covens.”
“Kakashi, I thought you have to do bad things for your magic to work?” I asked.
“Who’s to say that I don't?” Kakashi asked with a sly smirk. “When I showed the griezel king what you'd done to one of his own, I took great pleasure in that. Make no mistake, I am not a good person, Adrian. I kill because it suits me and keeps me powerful. However, I am the oldest and strongest mage on this council. That is why I am its leader, not because I am noble like yourself and the others.”
I shook my head. “Don't sell yourself too short because you are noble. You're saving lives and willing to risk your life to save the world. That means something. I get why you're in charge now.”
Kakashi tilted his head as he stared at me as if trying to figure me out. “You have a rather simple way of looking at things on the surface, but in reality, you're more complex than what you seem.”
Okay, he kind of lost me there.
“I agree,” Sage said.
“You do? You think I'm simple and complex?” I asked.
He nodded. “You're simple in your honesty, baby. But in that simplicity are all of the multifaced layers that make you so amazing and beautiful to me.”
“Well, now I was really blushing and if this situation wasn't so serious, I'd definitely want to jump Sage's bones right there. “I get it.” I leaned up and kissed him, then returned my attention to Kakashi.
“Adrian's right about not selling yourself short just because you're a son of a bitch,” Sage said in his signature style. “You didn't have to take up the mantle on the Council. You, Kayla, or Aldéric, but you did. Because you know that it's important. I didn't know just how important until today, so that is why I will join.”
“It's our duty. I see that now,” I added.
“Speaking of your curious nature, we should test to see if Adrian is really immortal,” Kyla said.
“Why is that so important?” I asked her.
She raised an eyebrow. “Don't you want to know?”
