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We just need to find the right spell,I remembered Finn’s words from last night.
And he also said something about the bracelet. I looked down at my wrist.
My head went fuzzy, and my mind was all over the place.
Concentrate, Spencer. Concentrate!I shouted at myself in my mind.Your life is at stake, don’t you get it?
I turned around. Mom was still standing in the same spot. With his hand on his hips, Finn was now pacing.
“Last night, you said something about the bracelet. You said that even with the bracelet, I easily lit the candles. What does it mean?”
Finn stopped.
“That bracelet is enchanted.” He leaned against the counter and crossed his arms over his chest. “Those symbols suppress your magic.”
“Why would you suppress my magic?”
“You’ll be shifting into a wolf. We thought that if we could find a strong enough spell to weaken your magical powers, it would give your wolf a chance to win.”
“As you heard me last night, I was a bit skeptical about that,” said Mom. “First of all because I would need a powerful spell to suck the magic out of you, which I haven’t found yet. I was hoping to recreate the one that’s on the bracelet, and if I make it bigger and stronger, it could work. But the problem is, the spell to empower the symbols should be cast at the full moon when you will already be changing, and it will be too late.” She heaved a breath. “Second, I could siphon some of your magic myself, but I could only do it by direct contact. Holding at least one of your hands. If I do it before you start shifting, you will restore your powers pretty quickly. I’ll need to do it non-stop during the shift, but the thing is, I wouldn’t be able to keep my hold on you. You’ll tear me apart even before you change, and before I’ll be able to help you.”
“I will what?” I stared at Finn.
“Yeah,” he nodded, “it’s true.”
This was getting worse and worse with every minute.
“So we have to find a way to weaken my magic?”
“Yes. But we can’t underestimate the fact that it’s a curse,” said Mom. “We will need some backup plan.”
“Curse or not,” said Finn, “if her wolf is strong enough, she will win the fight. And to make it so, I have another idea. You can channel my strength and transfer it into her.” Looking at Mom, he pointed his finger at me. “I know it can be done. And to do this, you wouldn’t need to be too close to her. The only thing you will need to connect me to Spencer would be our blood. But we still need to find a way to siphon as much magic out of her as possible for this to work. If we don’t, empowering her wolf would make the force of combined power even stronger and would only kill her faster.”
“Great,” I scoffed.
Mom heaved another breath. “It will be very dangerous for you, Finn.”
“Seriously?” He frowned at her. “You’re worried aboutme?”
“I’m worried too,” I glared at him.
“I’ll be perfectly fine. But there’s another thing. The spell, the whole process, will take a while. So it may seriously weaken me or even knock me out. In that case, we’ll need help.”
“Help?” Mom narrowed her eyes. “What kind of help? From whom?”
“From another wolf. Or two. To keep Spencer in check. Or she might . . . Let’s just say her actions will be unpredictable.”
“Who do you have in mind? Are you sure we can trust them?”
“We can trust them. They’re my friends. And they’re like me.”
“I knew I might be dangerous, but I thought . . .” I ran my hands up my forehead. “I can’t believe this,” I muttered under my breath. “Finn, will I always be that dangerous? You seem to be okay; always in control.”
“I wasn’t during the first shift. No one is. The pain, the struggle, it all becomes too much to handle during the first transition and at the end, we’re blinded by rage.”
I turned my back on them and went to the window again.
“Spencer,” Finn came closer. “I know this is a lot to take in. But this isn’t an ordinary shift, and to make this work, we need to think everything through, and we need to be prepared.”
