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“Yes.” Kreed nods to me. “Anyways, we were skeptical about sending Naomi over here when she had volunteered. She may be third in line for the throne but she is still very important. Not only to the country but to her family. She has been missed. We haven’t had communications with her since she left. We tried to cross the Allway but it had completely stopped operating. Not even to throw us into a world of its own choosing. We spent years trying to fix it but it was a greater issue than any of us could have speculated. It wasn’t until about two years ago that we were able to determine the issue.” He shifts around in his chair. “I was sent here to find Naomi. To try and find a trail. Which I did, it started in California like we had planned before she left. Then I went to Canada and back through the United States. It’s taken a few years to get to the end of her trail. Now you tell me she is dead. So that leaves you.” He says pointedly at Dana.
Dana shakes her head, “How do you know I’m the right person you're looking for?”
“You look like her and your magic has her same signature. The pap–”
“I’m going to stop you right there. I have no magic, not even an inkling. You don’t have the right person. I will keep your secrets with me. I will tell no one but you will leave now and never come back here. My life is already a three ring circus.”
“Yes, you do. I can feel it. I can feel her magic radiating through this whole house and so is yours. It’s everywhere.” Dana stares at him unbelieving. Tonight is going to be a long night. I grab the bottle of vodka and take a swig.
Chapter 14
Dana
Magic? Ha! I have none. I knew this guy had the wrong person. The name must be coincidental. Extremely coincidental. I see Aavin take a swig of vodka from the bottle and pour himself a small glass. Then, he pushes it over to Noah.
I throw my hands up. “There is no magic buddy. I have lived long enough that I know that I don’t. I’m sure whatever you think I am, is not what I am.”
“Not necessarily. Your mother could have put a block on you so that no weird unexplainable incidents happened in front of human eyes. Your magic could be buried deep. You may not even realize you have it because you had no idea it even existed.”
“He has a point.” Aavin says. I slowly turn my neck to look at him.
“You’re agreeing with this guy? We don’t even know him. Matter of fact; I don’t even know you!” I toss my hands toward him. “
The only one I know is Noah,” I point to him, “and he doesn’t know what the fuck is happening either!” I heave a breath, “I have had now, two strange people show up in my house within twenty four hours of each other. I have had ghosts haunting and threatening me. I have had shadows stalking me.” I say with a pointed look at Kreed. “I have had a strange pulsing warmth running through my body sporadically–”
“That–that right there Dana. When did that start?” asks Kreed.
Taken aback, I fumble, “I–I don’t know. First this afternoon when I was in the drive thru for fries. That was the worst of it and then again when you and I first started talking. It didn’t hurt. It was just unsettling.”
“That is a disintegrating block. A shield or binding. Whatever you want to call it.”
“No, no. It was probably just stress. These last two days have been hell. It’s just a weird symptom of anxiety. All I can do magical wise is see ghosts. Nothing more. My mother worked two jobs, she made dinner like any other human, cleaned like any other human. She was just a human.”
“Naomi was anything but ordinary Dana. She had a way about her. Anyone who even just passed her on a street would have felt it radiating off her. I’m not just talking about her magic but her soul.”
His words hit me like a sack of rocks. He’s right. She has always had a way to her. Always flowed with life, never tried to force things. Everything just seemed to just settle around her. Or maybe, she settled with it. She found beauty in everything.
“Okay, well, if we continue talking about my mother, I will start crying hysterically so let’s move on to something I can handle. Tell me about your shadows and why the hell you were trying to scare me.”
“I did not mean for the shadow guards to get so out of hand. They are still a new concept to me. A new magic that still needs some kinks worked out. The other day I was trying to reel them back but something about this area makes my magic haywire. I apologize for that. It will not happen again.”
“Ley lines.” Noah mutters.
“A new magic?” Aavin asks with a quizzical look on his face.
“Yes, it’s like an extension of myself. Usually, I only let out three or four but something about this area makes my magic harder to control and they started replicating themselves. Which, I guess was a good thing with whatever the hell was in that room with us. I couldn’t see what my shadows were fighting though. That is concerning. Then, after they disappeared I was trying to reel them back again. Something about this area makes my magic harder to control but you noticed me, didn’t you?”
“Yeah, I noticed you stood out from the rest. Thank you for trying to kill, maim or push away whatever the fuck those ghosts are. They have been terrorizing me for the last two days.” I think back to yesterday. “What about yesterday morning?”
“The same. I was trying to gather intel but obviously things went a little haywire. I needed to know who you were and if you were trustworthy.”
“How did you notice though, Dana? That there was one shadow different from the rest.” Kreed asked.
I placed my palms on the table and looked between Noah and Aavin. Both were looking at me with furrowed brows.
“I just did.” I shrug. “I don’t know. Maybe it’s how I see the ghosts?” Kreed lays his hand out across the table. I eye it wearily. Then I look back up at him.
“Can I? Touch your hand that is. It can help me get a better read on your magic.”
