Page 79 of Dark Reckoning
“Oh my god!” Adrian gasped, then blushed. I chuckled, because it certainly wasn't my first time fucking in public.
“So hot,” Aldéric teased once more. With that, he teleported, leaving Adrian and me alone with the angry ass mages who got shafted.
Their gazes fell on us.
“I'm sorry they hurt you,” Adrian said, because that was his nature. His kind heart. I thought that was what made him even more powerful than some of those light mages. That was why Aldéric picked him to work with him to protect Kakashi while the mage worked his spell.
Me? I didn't give a shit if they were mad. Knowing this lot, they probably would have tried to talk him out of it.
“And what about you, Sage. Did you know about it?” Rene asked me.
I shrugged. “Shit, I was there when he did it. Helped him with the spell. I did it to protect Adrian and me. My baby is alive now because of it, so you won't see me regretting or feeling ashamed of his actions or mine.”
“Fucking dark mages,” Maryanne snarled under her breath, then teleported. She took the two corpses of Xirsi and Kyla with her. Rene left too, leaving only Adrian and me standing in the aftermath of one hell of a fight.
“I never want to have to fight another Dark God ever again,” Adrian said.
“At least we know how to handle their asses if we ever do,” I said.
He nodded. “That's true. We can get the jump on them.” He looked around at the carnage we left behind. “Shi is going to be so pissed at you for making her miss this.”
“After what we had to go through, I'll take her anger. At least she's alive to be angry.”
“Maybe you won't have to if we're going to erase everyone's memory of this bullshit. I'm all for that,” Adrian said with a sigh.
Hell, count me in. “Let's finish this and get home.” I kissed him, then wrapped my arms around him, taking him back to the Chamber.
Chapter thirteen
InsidetheCauldron,whichwas what I decided to call it, because it was where all the spells were crafted. Of course, the official name was The Grand Chamber. Sage and I joined the other mages in the circle that Kakashi had prepared. Like with most spells, we had to shed blood over the sigil to empower it. I wondered what Kakashi used to make the sigil? Whatever it was, it was overflowing with magical energy. Had my body buzzing with it!
“We must chant this incantation together, twelve times. Once completed, the spell will have taken effect. At that point, we are done and you can leave,” Kakashi said, then he told us what it was.
“Let's get this shit over with,” Sage said.
“Indeed. Join hands,” Kakashi said and we did.
We closed our eyes and began to chant and at the same time, I could feel my magical essence being drawn from me into Kakashi as he powered the spell. Twelve times, we repeated it and on the last time, I felt a spark inside my chest as the sigil lit up with black and blue flames. It hurt and I doubled over, groaning from the pain. I opened my eyes to see that Sage, Aldéric, and Kakashi seemed to be unaffected. Was it because it was a dark spell? Probably. It made me understand even more why it was important for dark and light mages to work together on the Council.
Kakashi released the hands of the mages he'd been holding. “It is done.”
“How do we even explain all of the dead bodies and those creatures?” I asked.
“What dead bodies?” Kakashi smiled. “They have all been incinerated with the spell. Any evidence of the event was also destroyed including video footage, photos, and audio from every device and the internet.”
“Well, that explains why you weren't at all concerned about trying to stop the spread of the Dark God's mayhem,” Sage said.
Kakashi nodded. “That wasn't where our efforts needed to be focused. Yes, people died. To those left behind to mourn them, they'll just be missing. Unfortunately, they won't have closure, but it is what it is.”
“What do we tell anyone who asks us about where we've been?” I asked, thinking about Xavier, Shi, and the rest of Sage's pride. “I mean, if we've erased everything from the moment of the Dark God rising... then people have lost time.”
“The truth of what happened is our burden to bear. Simply tell your friends that you've been here, training as the newest members of the Echelon Imperial. We remember what happened because the spell does not spare us. For everyone else, they will not feel any confusion as to the leap in time. They will not have any lost memories. It will be as it was when we did it before.” Kakashi turned to Sage. “Your lover was yet to be born, but did you notice any change in your life back then?”
“You mean when the vampire killed the person on TV?” Sage asked.
Kakashi nodded. “Yes. Twenty-seven years ago.”
Sage shook his head, “I admit, nothing seemed out of the ordinary. But now I'm curious about just how bad things had gotten back then for Council to do the spell.”
