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The power that fills the room surprises me with its strength, I have seen Hope’s magic grow in the last couple of months to an extent that surprises me. There is a blue light that surrounds her that radiates out towards everyone.
I can feel her magic start to penetrate my being, a feeling of peace fills my every fibre. I want to wrap my arms around and keep her safe, but I know in my bones that my woman is more than capable of keeping herself safe.
Suddenly the ground below my feet starts to shake, dark energy is now vibrating from the Onix, a darkness that is palpable. “Careful, hold tight,” the Queen calls, strain in her voice.
“It’s too strong,” Love calls.
“We can overpower it, hold tight Love,” Hope appeals. I want to place my hands on her shoulders in comfort, in strength, but I know that at the moment she needs to do this by herself, she needs to fight this threat with her powerful inner strength without distractions.
Suddenly there is an explosion which has the stone shattering into a thousand pieces, the threat has me throwing myself at Hope pushing her down on the ground as I place myself over her to keep her safe from the flying pieces of stone.
“Are you okay?” I ask raising slightly from where Hope is laying under me when things quieten. “Hope?” I call worry rising within me when there is no reply.
“No” she whispers.
“What’s wrong?” my heart is racing with worry that she is hurt.
“You…are too…heavy!” her reply has me snapping off her, my eyes running down her beautiful body.
HOPE 3
I see Trek’s concerned look as his gaze runs over my body, I know that he’s my guard and that keeping me safe is part of what he is supposed to do, but the thought of him throwing himself over me with no concern for himself has my heart warming. I know that I am making more out of this than it is, but he must have some kind of feelings for me.
“Sorry,” he mutters as he takes my hand to pull me up into a sitting position. I squeeze his hand looking into his troubled beautiful eyes.
“I’m fine,” I murmur suddenly remembering the others in the room when I hear a groan from Dream. “Is everyone okay?” I ask looking around the room, seeing Mom as she bends over Dream, a long cut on her arm.
“We are okay,” Mom replies glancing behind her towards where Love was now hidden by Beast. “Love?”
“I’m good” Love’s voice emerges from somewhere behind Beast. I see her petite hand stroking Beasts head.
“What happened?” we all gasp as we turn towards Dad as he looks around from where he is leaning back against his pillows.
“I’ll tell you what happened,” Mom says in an angry tone, her body tense as she looks around the room. “We are going to pay the witches a visit and find out why one of their gifts to us was cursed.”
“Cursed?” Dad asks with a raised brow as his eyes take in the room, there is a sharpness in his gaze that hasn’t been there since he first fell to whatever this curse is.
“Yes, you were ill because of the Onix that Toron gifted us.” Dad turns his head towards where the stone used to be, his browrising in thought. “The stone was cursed with dark magic,” Mom explains as she helps Dream up to her feet.
“He has disappeared,” Dad says as he sits up, “I met with Jinx a few months back and she mentioned that he vanished just after she was appointed.”
“We found a sacrifice near one of our portals,” Mom reveals, my eyes turn to Trek which has him nod in confirmation. “Now the stone, it speaks of Dark Magic and who better to manifest evil than Toron?”
“Why, I thought he stepped down of his own free will when Jinx took over?” Love asks, now in clear sight of us as Beast has gone to stand behind her.
“No, he made a lot of bad decisions which had other Warlocks and Witches rebelling.” Dad explains as he holds out his hand for Mom to take it. “After long discussions he agreed to step down amicably, I don’t see why he would now rise up to attack us.”
“It’s not just us, everyone is being affected,” Mom explains.
“Trek, take some men and bring me Jinx, I want to talk to her,” Dad orders.
“As you order your majesty,” Trek replies bending his head.
Trek is a leader in his own right, but he has always been respectful of his King and Queen. He could leave at any time, but he continues honouring his obligations even though I know that his people are asking for him.
“I’m coming with you!” I state as I turn fully to face him. He turns away from Dad to face me, “It’s too dangerous at the moment, you should stay here.”
“Nonsense, I’m coming you know that I can protect myself.” I insist seeing his face tighten in displeasure. I raise my chinexpecting him to contradict me, but then I am surprised when we are interrupted by Mom agreeing with me.
