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Jay didn’t move.
“If we’re doing this, let’s do it,” Nick said, spreading his arms. “Come on.”
Jay frowned. “What are you doing?”
“What am I... What does it look like?”
“You’re not using the void,” Jay said. “I can’t use my magic on you directly, but I can do a whole lot of other things. Why aren’t you stopping me?”
“I... What other things?”
Jay looked genuinely confused, but he extended his arm to the side. He didn’t take his eyes off Nick, and after a few seconds, a large stone plant pot rose into the air from the windowsill across the room.
“I could hit you with this,” Jay said.
Nick looked at it, floating in mid-air, and he tried to decide what to do.
“Put that down, Jay,” Cara said. “He’s not trying to hurt us! He doesn’t even know how to control his power. That’s why we’re here. I was hoping my parents would talk to him, give him a chance. Maybe tell us how everything works.”
“That’s not happening,” Jay said. “They’d attack first and ask questions later. You know our coven’s history with voids.”
“I really don’t. Do you?”
Jay frowned. “My mother skimmed over the highlights. I don’t know the details, but I know enough.”
Cara sighed. “Why can’t anyone give me cold, hard facts about this stuff?”
Jay looked at Nick again.“You stepped back. You should’ve grabbed me and drained my magic.”
“It’s not something I can control,” Nick said.
“Of course you can.”
“Then I guess I don’t know how,” Nick said.
“You’re actually new at this.”
“Yeah. Obviously.”
Jay tilted his head. “Okay. I don’t trust you, but I believe you don’t know how to use the void. For now. If we’re lucky, you won’t figure it out. Believe me, if I knew how it works, I wouldn’t teach you.”
Cara sighed.
“Very helpful,” Nick said. “Can you at least tell us about the vampires?”
Jay thought about it for a moment. “Fine.”
***
Chapter 14 - Nick
Nick checked the time and held back a sigh. “So, to summarise, you’re saying that vampires are bad.”
Jay frowned. “There was a bit more to it than that.”
“This was a waste of time.”
Cara touched the back of his hand. “It’ll be okay. At least now we know what we’re facing.”
