Page 35 of The Goddess is Awakened
“The infirmary shouldn’t have been able to reverse god magic. If it was a regular witch curse, then yes. Only you should have been able to reverse that.”
George just deflated.
“I’m defective, right?”
I just wanted to grab her and squeeze her when she said that because she was anything but. I didn’t knowwhather magic was yet, but I knew it wasn’t defective.
“Not at all. You either subconsciously intended for the healer to be able to remove it or you were somehow able to do witch magic.”
Neither of which were very likely, I knew. I personally wanted to turn the Krauss girl’s hair into snakes and I wouldn’t have let her off that easily. George was very muchnota hybrid, but I was starting to lean toward her being able to do witch magic. She was looking at me like I had a second head and the second head wanted to eat her face.
“Idid not.She was trying to give me really painful pustules that would have kept me out of class long enough to get really far behind. It’s petty, but I was trying to ruin her first moon orgy.”
I smiled.
“Which is only fair since her mother tried to ruin everyone’s. The only other logical explanation is that you were somehow able to do witch magic. You’re definitely not a hybrid, but it’s not surprising.”
“How?” she sputtered.
“Did your dad go over creations at all?”
“He did and so did Lilith and Loki. You need a mud golem, the four elements, your magic, and a bit of blood.”
“Exactly. Your mom is pretty far removed from Lilith’s original creations, but she was made with Lilith’s DNA. We’ve been operating off the assumption your magic was going to be closer to your dad’s but maybe it’s Lilith’s.”
Which was doubtful since she said she could do Chaos and Trickster magic sometimes. Not even Lilith could do that.Icouldn’t do that. I couldn’t do what George could do. Yeah, I could transfigure someone’s hair into snakes, but no one was going to remove it but me. She was frowning at me because she knew that.
“I’m still formulating a theory. I also have a request if you can help me. I’m not just here to tutor you.”
George cocked an eyebrow at me. Why was that so sexy?
“What can I do for you?”
“How good are you with ghosts?”
“Decent. Not as good as my dad. Not as good as you’d be.”
I started laughing. I wasterriblewith spirits.
“Oh, the ghosts seem to think I can take them to the Aether without the rites. Back in the day, the gods thought the rites were a good way to cheat death. This realm ended up haunted as fuck with a lot of angry ghosts. Everyone was blaming me, butIdidn’t know the rites because I didn’t make the supernaturals. So, I went around telling their followers that the reason they were infested with angry ghosts was because of the gods. They were big mad about it, but everyone learned the rites after that. The spirits seem to think I can do something about their lot. Everything dies, but this is a loophole. Needless to say, they are bugging the shit out of me.”
“What do you need?”
“I need you to ask them if a death curse has been enacted on these lands and where to find it if it has. I can’t find it, but it might be deep underground.”
“Woah, Sparky, you’re here because of a death curse?”
“I don’t actually know.”
I explained my gut feelings and time moving differently in my realm. She just cocked her head at me.
“I can ask, but it might not be a death curse. My mom and dad said students like to create revenants as pranks. If it was a legacy student, the academy is going to cover that up if someone died. That could be what you’re sensing.”
“Fuck. You could be right. But to be on the safe side, we need to explore all options.”
ren
West and Church were official goners since the moon orgy. Oscar and I were out there and it was amazing, but it was just the two of us. A few people tried to join us, but they weren’t really vibing with us. All we were hearing about now was how amazing George Bell was.
