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“Well, I don’t want it.” That’s for certain. Why would I want her magic as well as my own?
No. Fucking. Way.
“Then you have to destroy it,” Creed murmurs, and I shake my head in disbelief.
“Yeah, but how the fuck do I do that?”
“You wouldn’t dare,” Genie yells, her breathing becoming frantic as she claws at her clothes. “Give it back! Give it back right now!” she screeches, and I can’t hold onto something that belongs to her for even a second longer.
If she wants it, she can fucking have it.
I blast it back at her, hoping it will just stick, but as everything unravels in slow motion, I don’t think that’s going to be the case. As the tendril approaches her, she lifts her arms out to her sides, just like her father does, ready to embrace the beauty that is her magic, but instead of connecting and rippling through her body in delight, it collides with her palm and disappears.
Genie stills at the contact, her body going stiff as she topples backward, landing on the ground with a thud. She’s locked in place, her arms frozen in the air in front of her as the rest of us wait with bated breath for something to happen.
But nothing does.
She doesn’t move, and the tendril of magic doesn’t reappear.
Nothing.
“Creed?” I turn to him, pointlessly seeking his help when I know he has no idea either.
He clears his throat, rubbing at the back of his neck before he takes the needed steps forward to hover over Genie. “I think you may have figured out how to destroy the magic… and its original vessel.”
I gape at him, knowing he’s right.
I just killed her.
Killed. Her.
I mean, she was a bitch, but… fuck.
“I don’t understand. I was trying to mirror her magic, but my own kind of…” I don’t even know how to describe it so it doesn’t sound as vile as it makes me feel.
“Shadow, I think that was another magical ability altogether,” Brax states, his eyes soft as he slowly approaches.
“But Genie was right. That was like what the stone can do. I… I don’t have the ability to do that.” Even as I say it, I knowI’m wrong. I know everything has changed once again, and I’ve revealed another strength, but it somehow feels like a weakness.
“How about we pause all of this right now and circle back to it once we have the ruby taken care of, okay? That’ll give you some time to wrap your head around it all,” Eldon says, stroking a hand down my cheek, and I nod.
“Let’s do that,” I mutter, taking tentative steps to avoid Genie the best I can as I take the other pathway from where she lies.
We walk in silence, although my head is loud and clustered with thoughts, fears, and everything in between.
I’m a weapon. I’m a monster. I’m… I don’t know what the fuck I am.
I don’t know how I manage to keep putting one foot in front of the other as we continue through the cave system. Eldon took the lead shortly after our run in with Genie, attempting to guide us through the darkness until he suddenly comes to a stop.
“Can you hear that?” he asks, and we all listen for a moment, but nothing sounds any different.
Brax shakes his head, confirming what we’re all thinking, and Eldon waves his hand dismissively.
“The water, does that dripping sound different to you?” he asks, being a little more specific this time, but I still don’t know what he means.
It’s Zane who gives him the resounding no this time, and I expect us to carry on moving, but Eldon can’t let it drop. He takes a few steps forward before spinning around and glancing around the small space.
“Down here,” he murmurs, dropping to his knees.
