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Disclaimer: All the characters are property of the wonderful Cate Tiernan.
Chapter 10: Father's Daughter
Amyranth lowered the bubble spells, and there was complete silence for a few seconds. Eagruth was still trying to figure out what I had just pulled off. They were astounded that they had fallen in my trap. Ryan looked like he wanted to say something, but decided against it. Nick stepped up, and said "What in the world just happened here?".
One of the Amyranth members, laughed and said "I'm guessing she never told you who she was?... Don't worry though, because I think we can use a coven like you, especially with Morgan over here"
Eagruth, kept silent, and poor Ryan was standing there, with his jaw slacked open. I actually felt bad for the guy, I had deceived him, and he actually seemed to really like me. He was actually nice (despite being in an evil coven and all that).
A few minutes later, Anna, one of the girls from Eagruth, came back with a plate full of cookies. She was trying to break the ice. Apparently even the world's most evil witches get the munchies. We all stood there awkwardly for a while, munching on snacks. Nobody was saying a word, but after spending all this time with witches I was used to it and the silence was not awkward. I think we were all just collecting our thoughts.
I was standing there attempting to plan my next move. No one really talked to me. Most of Amyranth was huddled in a corner, probably deciding what to do with me, while Eagruth was standing around the snack table, and being really quiet.
As we were standing, there was a strong wave of power that resonated across the room, that practically knocked us all off our feet. The Edinburgh cell of Amyranth, was scrying for New York's members.
All of the Amyranth members in the room raised their barrier spells, and were ready to attack. I knew who was leading the circle at the other end and I knew this meant trouble. I sensed the power and a lot of concealment spells. Ciaran was performing spells with Amyranth and about to figure out, what I had done. I knew that I would never hear the end of it when he found out.
While we were standing there, I got a witch message from one of the members of New York's Amyranth, to not identify myself to the others. I didn't say a word, so I just stood there, and waited.
I have heard about Amyranth's scrying methods before, and they are very powerful. Ciaran had once told me that there are times, that they can appear to each other while scrying, this is how they do most of their meetings, since the cells were all around the world.
So, there I was standing in front of floating silhouettes, of Edinburgh's Amyranth. As soon as the spell was completed, I stared directly at Ciaran, and hoped that he wouldn't do anything stupid. He looked at me, dumbfounded and at loss of words. He looked straight through me. His eyes that were so like my own, were filled with anger and desperation. I turned away because I couldn't stand it.
Ciaran messaged me in my mind. "You know Killian came after me today, because he thinks I killed you?" I looked back up, and tried to think of a response. " You remember him right?". He knew I had a soft spot for Killian and was hoping I would come to my senses. I also couldn't help visualize Killian attacking Ciaran, and knew how frustrated Kill was.
In the meantime, the rest of Amyranth, was staring at Ciaran waiting for a response from him. They couldn't tell that we were having a conversation in our minds. A few seconds later he said in a very sturdy voice "Coven meeting tomorrow at midnight. We need to talk." and the floating silhouettes disappeared out of sight.
We were finally left alone in the room. Amyranth looked like that had just been slapped, and Eagruth, looked like they just realized what they got themselves into. One of Amyranth's members then approached me "If all you say is true we could use you, but first we need to see if you are truly your Father's daughter" and with that he put me under a binding spell, and started to hurl spells at me.
My quest now, was to get myself out of the binding spell and retaliate. These spells were painful, and would have made me buckle over in pain if I was able to move. I tried to think quickly, and started some protection spells, I had spent hours with Ciaran doing spell training. I began my power chant, and started weaving a very complicated spell that could break the first barrier of the binding spell. I knew I had the power to make it through this attack. Amyranth was testing me, surely one of Ciaran's children has to have a decent amount of power. They are trying to test how much power I have, and how much I have been trained.
There was a shockwave of power, and I was out of the binding spell, I quickly took off the pain inflicting spells, and spewed out a long chain of gaelic words, that made everyone in the room stare at me. I showed them I had the power, and that I knew how to use it. The same person that began the spells against me nodded with approval and said "Meet us tomorrow at midnight. You know how to find us" and then they were gone. Amyranth had pulled a "Houdini" trick on us. They had shifted out of the room, and Eagruth was left alone to stare at me.
I said goodnight to Eagruth, and walked straight out of there as soon as I could. I knew Ciaran was in San Francisco and was nearby. I expected him to leap out from under the stairs, ready to shake some sense into me, but there was no one there. I walked out the door, and onto the street. There was no one around, as it was very late at night, so I started walking back to my hotel room, feeling incredibly alone.