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Cassie looked at Nick, a little bit hope seemed to flash across his expressionless face and disappear. Cassie did not say a word as she read and re-read the spell. First a circle needed to be drawn with the blood of the corpse, dark blood, which Cassie took to be Balcoin blood. The moon stone was to be placed in a cauldron and boiled in water. Once the water was boiling the sage, lavender and 2 drops of dark blood needed to be added. Then the corpse had to sit in the middle of the circle holding a blood red candle. The corpse needed to drink the liquid from the cauldron, take a few strands of hair from his and burn it in the candle. Lastly the corpse would walk around the inner circle covering the blood outline with the red wax when the circle was complete the corpse would lay down in the middle. The dark witch was to say a spell in Latin and the corps would be a living breathing human. Cassie was skeptical as her Latin was on the shaky side.
"I don't know Nick, the spell is in Latin I need to translate it before I can tell you yes or no. I am concerned with what the consequences are. In my experience someone always gets hurt when dark magic is used" Cassie said as she let out another breath. She wanted to add that it was her who had been hurt the most from dark magic but this wasn't about her. It was about Nick. As she continued the flip through the book, the dark energy that flowed from the book into the palms of her hand felt invigorating. She had forgotten how seductive dark magic could be and she could feel herself slipping back into that place where she craved the sense of power she got from dark magic.
"Owe" Cassie yelped as the book flew from her hands and fell to the floor.
"What's wrong?" Nick said his voice withdrawn. "It burns" Cassie complained as she flipped over her right hand to see the branded Balcoin symbol was raised and pulsating.
"See Cassie, this shows how much power you have because of your Balcoin blood. You can save me and we can do this. We can save our circle and get everyone home just like you want" Nick said sounding satisfied.
Cassie shot Nick the dirtiest look she could "Will you please get the hell out of my head. If you want my help my thoughts are off limits" she warned.
Nick smirked "Does this mean you will help me?" "Let me translate this and we will see. I honestly don't think I have a choice" Cassie said picking the book off of the floor and flipping back to the spell. Ever since coming to Chance Harbor she never had choices when it came to anything magic related. She had no choice but to bind the circle, she had no choice but to kill Luke, she had no choice but to kill her father. All those things she had to do otherwise her and her circle would have been long dead by now.
"Well you better hurry up. They are going to catch up with me sooner or later" Nick urged. "How did you get this again?" Cassie asked holding up the book.
"I stole it. Eben had told me that it was in the hands of the Balcoin twins and that if I retrieved that book for him he would free me of the Demon and let me live as long as I taught him the craft and assisted him whenever he needed. So I got into the minds of the witch hunters at Hudson Fields and found out from them where the others were. After I died the second time I found Eben that night and begged him for my life. Told him I knew where to find Blackwell's book of shadows and I accepted the deal he offered. I thought it was a small price to pay to come back and be with my friends and Jake. I knew that spell existed and even though Jake killed Eben, I still went on a mission to find the book and I would bring it to you so that you can save me and we can get our circle back" Nick continued "I then went across the country to a small town in Massachusetts. The twins were only with one other witch as the others had traveled here to Chance Harbor" Cassie gasped "Is that why I have had an eerie feeling that I am being watched?" "Not recently those 4 are long gone. I am the one who has been watching you the past few days waiting for a perfect to moment to approach you" Nick admitted.
"So what happened next?" Cassie asked. "I followed the energy into a cave down by the beach and there it was in a circle of rose quartz. It had a protection spell over it however it was weak. I broke through it in less than 2 minutes. The Balcoin twins are big dudes with very little brains" Nick chuckled "They were smart enough to put a tracking spell on it which is why I have the sense they are following me". "So you led them straight to me and my house. Thanks Nick. Smart move" Cassie said sarcastically as she reached in her pocket and pulled out her cell phone.
"What are you doing?" Nick asked. "I am texting Sally to see if she can take over my shifts at The Boathouse tomorrow so I can research this spell and maybe get some sleep" Cassie snapped. Her phone buzzed immediately "OK I am covered. Come on upstairs. I can translate this while you look through mine and my father's books and see if you can find the consequences of this spell" She instructed as she started to climb the stairs she paused closed her eyes and the lights downstairs went out and she heard the dead bolt snap into place.
Cassie noticed a note written in Latin on the side of the page with the picture of the snake of it "Attendite ad interiorem circulum solis cognoscetis veritatem mortis auctores. Nullus est alius meminit. Erit mors in omnes plectamur revelat secreta permament" she read out loud.
"What does it mean?" Nick asked "let me type it in and see what comes up" Cassie said as she carefully started typing the Latin words into the translation window. "Nick, what really happened to you when you drowned?" she asked looking visibly shaken by what she had translated. "Why? What does it say?" He asked reluctant to give Cassie the information that he knew would change her view on the very people who had tried to help her, Charles and Dawn. Cassie was not aware that it was Charles who killed her mother and Nick would keep that from her as long as he could. He was grateful that she did not kick him out and tell him to go that he wanted to spare her having to suffer through any more pain.
"It says Beware as only those in your inner circle and those responsible for your death will know the truth. No one else will remember you died. Revealing the secrets will result in permanent death of all involved" Cassie read out loud. "That's not going to b hard. I cannot imagine anyone in our circle wanting to try to explain what really happened to anyone out of fear of being put in a padded room" Nick said as Cassie rolled her eyes fully aware of the fact he was avoiding her question. She decided she wasn't going to push it well at least for now. She read the chant out loud "Nondum te mori. Spirant in novam vitam" as she typed the words "Death has not taken you over. Breathe in new life" she said.
"This doesn't seem too bad" Nick said his mostly monotone voice going up an octave looking over Cassie's shoulder "What does this mean?" he said noticing another phrase in Latin at the end of the spell. As he reached over Cassie to type in the words Quiconsumitsanguine atrohabebitpotestatibus tenebrosis, Cassie shivered from the coldness of Nick's chest brushing against her back. She looked at him and wondered what he would be like if she did save him. Aside from the crazy eyes, greenish skin, putrid smell and the fact that he was dead, Cassie liked this Nick though she really did not have much to go on considering he died shortly after she had moved to Chance Harbor. Her thoughts were interrupted when Nick said "So if this spell works I'll be a powerful witch. Awesome" he said. Cassie turned her attention to the screen and read He who consumes dark blood will have dark powers.
