Filed To Story: Veiled Desires of the Alpha King Novel
Evanora said that there are no male witches, but what if Guardians were some other types of magical creatures? Dayson remembered reading stories about dragons who had their own magic and could shapeshift into human form.
It didn’t take long for Talia to realize that the Catalogue was useless. It had names of authors and titles, and everything was neatly categorized in alphabetical order, but unless it said, “THIS IS ABOUT THE GUARDIANS”, Talia would definitely miss it.
Dejectedly, Talia closed the massive book.
“You didn’t find what you were looking for?”, Feya asked, startling Talia. The witch was standing on the side quietly and Talia completely forgot about her.
“I was hoping to find something about different creatures that can use magic.”, Talia said sadly.
Feya smiled and waved her finger while chanting something under her breath.
The Catalogue started shaking and words shot out of it to hover in the air.
Feya produced a long sheet of paper and words flew into it, the whole sheet shimmered until the magic settled down for Talia to see a list of books. There were authors, titles, and numbered shelves where those books can be found.
“I believe this will be helpful.”, Feya said while handing the paper to Talia.
Talia facepalmed. How did she forget that she was in the realm of witches? Magic. Did she really think that witches will do things “manually”?
“That’s a long list”, Dayson grumbled from the side. He was itchy to leave this realm, yet now it seemed they will spend days (or weeks!) in this place reading books.
That was NOT his idea of a vacation!
“Let’s call Keith and see if he can help us find something useful.”, Talia said and Dayson’s eyes lost focus as he was already mind-linking the Coach to come.
“If you tell me what you are looking for, I might be of assistance also.”, Feya offered.
“We are looking for creatures where males can use magic.”, Talia said right away. It was the truth and even if Feya reports this to Evanora, it won’t be anything new.
After dinner, Talia went to the garden to meet with Yasmin.
Dayson, Axel, and Keith were in the archives, looking at the maps and documents that Yasmin found about the area where her father disappeared. Guys were planning tomorrow’s expedition.
Keith was glad that he was included in this activity. Since he came to the realm of witches he barely slept, and he was always alert. Now he finally felt useful, and with Dayson and Axel around, witches didn’t dare get too close.
Talia found Yasmin standing next to the Silver Flame fountain and staring at the water.
“Am I interrupting something?”, Talia asked when she approached Yasmin.
“Not at all.”
Talia looked around. The garden was usually lively, but this was different. “Where is everybody?”
“They have a meeting to discuss ceremonies and what they learned.”
Talia thought how that made sense. “What are you looking at?”, Talia asked when she realized that Yasmin was focusing at the same spot where Evanora was looking earlier that day when Talia came to ask her about the portals.
Instead of answering, Yasmin gestured toward the water and asked, “What do you see?”
Talia wanted to say that there was water in the fountain, but she knew that it wouldn’t be something so obvious. Was there something else? How much she knew, there were no fish, and witches cleaned the fountain with their magic as part of their practice to control the energies.
The water was rippling from the center of the fountain in all directions. Ripples were reflecting the silvery flames that danced at the top of the statue that was in the middle of it all.
It looked beautiful, but Talia didn’t see anything out of place.
It took Talia a few long moments to notice an area on the surface of the water that didn’t reflect silvery flames when the glowing ripple passed through it. It was the spot where Yasmin was staring at.
“What is that?”, Talia asked.
“That’s where Dayson was standing last night during your ceremony.”
Talia was not sure if she heard Yasmin right. “What?”
“Mom told me about this”, Yasmin said, and she looked at Talia. “She is hoping that we can repeat the ceremony and do some other tests for the two of you. Well, mostly on Dayson. Your reaction during the ceremony was exceptional but not unexpected. Dayson acted like a black hole that couldn’t be touched by magic. We can’t detect any remnants of your power here, which is normal because all spells dissolve if not maintained artificially. However, where Dayson was standing… You see.”
Yasmin was talking in a friendly tone, but Talia saw red flags that made her uneasy.
“You said that Evanora wants to do tests. What about you?”
Yasmin realized that Talia was tense, so she quickly explained, “I must admit that I am curious. However, I would object to anything that might harm my mate, so I won’t waste my breath persuading you if you are not willing. Actually, I should be talking to Dayson, but I thought of checking about this with you first.”
Talia was alerted. “Evanora wants to do harmful tests on Dayson?”
Yasmin raised her hands defensively. “The tests won’t be harmful, but since we never saw anything like this, we can’t predict how he will react to our probing.” Yasmin gestured toward the dark patch. “We tried to affect it with our energies, but there was no reaction…”
Talia didn’t hear the rest. The idea of Evanora doing tests on Dayson was extremely unsettling. Talia’s heart pounded wildly in her chest, and she felt like the air was thinning around her.
‘Lis?’, Talia called.
‘We won’t know unless we try’, Liseli said, knowing what Talia had on her mind.
Talia’s instincts for self-preservation kicked in, and they included Dayson because he was her other half. It was to do whatever it takes to protect mate. Destroy evidence. Remove witnesses. Liseli had no objections.
Yasmin’s voice trailed when she saw that Talia’s hand was lighting up in rhythmical pulses.
“Yasmin?”, Talia called without looking away from the dark patch in the water.
“Yes?”
“You said that Dayson and I are your family.”
Yasmin confirmed. “I did.”
“Family sticks together and they won’t harm each other. Do you agree with that?”
Yasmin swallowed hard. Talia’s solemn tone told her that she would regret it if she gave a wrong answer. “Yes.”
The silvery flames at the top of the fountain started dancing wildly, and all the light that was pulsating in the fountain now converged around the dark patch, but not a speck of light penetrated it.
Talia narrowed her eyes while focusing and a beam of light shot from her palm to the dark patch, hitting it right in the center.
Yasmin’s eyes widened when she saw that the dark patch was getting saturated with light that came from Talia’s palm.
Yasmin knew very well that several witches chanted to channel the energies of the fountain in there, but it was in vain… and here was Talia, doing it on her own without any chants and magical items.
A few seconds later, everything returned to normal. The surface of the water in the fountain was pulsating rhythmically in rings of light that were expanding from the statue to the edge of the fountain. The dark patch was gone.
“Woah…”, Yasmin said breathily.
“Yasmin”, Talia called, and Yasmin swallowed hard when she realized that not everything returned to normal.
Talia’s eyes were glowing in silvery light, and even Talia’s hair turned silvery. She looked like a Goddess. But why did the Goddess appear to be hostile?
Now that the evidence was gone, Liseli was ready to get rid of witnesses.
Talia looked at Yasmin and she thought of Axel and two lives sprouting inside Yasmin and Talia couldn’t do it.
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