CHAPTER 24
Kai spent the rest of his weekend with pep in his step thanks to his little midnight conversation with Bonnie. It was still present when school started on Monday. Unfortunately, his happy mood was cut short by Kol.
Kol cut him off on his way to gym class, which was annoying because it was the only class he shared with Bonnie. Kol glowered at him.
"What?" Kai asked tilting his head to the side.
"I heard about your deal with Bonnie and it would seem you have sunk as low as your father."
Ouch, that might have actually hurt if he had feelings.
"And you're above playing dirty? You started this game."
Kol chuckled, but there was no amusement in his eyes. "It appears I did. However, I am confident I'll win."
"Really?" Kai said making a mocking face. "Then why are you here taunting or should I say, attempting to taunt me? Shouldn't you be following Bonnie around or whatever it is you do?"
"Amusing," Kol rolled his eyes. "Consider this your last warning."
"Terrifying."
Kai used the last vestiges of the magic in his system to teleport to the locker room. He could just imagine Kol's annoyance when he disappeared. Kai appeared wearing a broad grin in the boy's locker room.
XXX
Bonnie had been dreading gym class all day long. When Kai walked out to join them for lacrosse wearing his shit eating grin, she knew today wasn't going to be fun. Just as she had predicted, Kai was up to something because he sidled up next to her.
"Whatcha doin' Bunny?"
"Go away."
"Why?"
"Why?" she glared at him. "Oh my God, whatever you want to say just say it and go away."
"Is it because we almost kissed? Twice?"
"Shut up," she growled.
Kai laughed. "You're adorable when you're angry."
"Ugh. You suck."
"So people keep telling me and I don't get it. I'm awesome."
"You're deluded."
The coach blew his whistle, which made her and Kai jump. He stalked toward them wearing a scowl.
"Am I interrupting?" the coach demanded.
Bonnie shook her head and so did Kai, but he smirked.
"Great! Then get to the game!" the coach blew his whistle aggressively after them. "Teach you to flirt in my class," he muttered just barely loud enough for Bonnie to hear him. "Perverts the lot of you."
Bonnie grabbed a stick and joined her team on their side of the gym. Kai watched her go and she did her best to ignore them. Although she knew being on opposing teams from Kai could only lead to trouble. After all, this whole fighting and flirting thing she had going with Kai made her a little crazy. She couldn't decide if she wanted to kiss or kill him most days.
The ball was passed to her and she ran down the court. She tried to pass it to Celestia, but Kai checked her. Bonnie swiveled and went in the other direction. But he was too fast. Growling, she charged at him and she thought it might actually make Kai back off, but he stood his ground.
The collision hit hard and she saw stars as their limbs tangled. Bonnie landed on Kai. She blushed and tried to scramble off him, but since their sticks had tangled together, it only made things worse. And Kai being Kai had to exploit the situation. He wrapped his arm around her waist and she hit his chest.
"Let go!"
The coach grabbed her arm and pulled her off the floor.
"That's enough. Whatever it is with the two of you, I've had it," the coach said and blew his whistle. Bonnie winced and covered her ears. "I'm giving you both detention."
"Me?" Bonnie exclaimed. "He follows me around like a stalker every single gym class! I've had it!"
"Totally," Cassie agreed loping up next to Bonnie.
"Hey," Kai said shooting Bonnie an annoyed look. "What happened no snitching?"
Bonnie tilted her head to the side and gave him an innocent look. "We make exceptions for guys like you."
Kai's jaw dropped open and he clutched his chest, feigning hurt. Bonnie rolled her eyes.
"Detention both of you."
The coach blew his whistle. Bonnie covered her ears again. She hated it when he blew that thing.
XXX
The rest of Bonnie's day hadn't improved since her run in with Kai in gym class. She hated that they had gym class with the seniors. If it were up to her, Kai would have been expelled. To make matters worse, she hadn't wanted to tell Kol why she had detention. So she'd run away and had been avoiding him ever since. That was a conversation that could wait until she got home. There was no reason for Kol and Kai to get into another fight on school grounds.
Bonnie was lying with her head on the desk in the detention room. She heard heavy footsteps and someone sitting down at the desk next to her. She didn't look up because she knew there was a good chance it was Kai.
But boy how she wished it was anyone else.
There was another loud thump. Like someone had put their boots on the desk. It had to be Kai. There was just no way there was anyone, who was as disrespectful as Kai.
"Hey, jailbird. Looks like we're serving time together. Kind of romantic, huh?" Kai's grating voice said.
Yes, it was definitely him.
"Shut up."
Kai laughed. "I get it. You're not thrilled about detention, but as a frequent flyer, I'm telling you it'll be over before you know it."
"Oh my God," Bonnie groaned. "I'd rather die of cholera than be in detention with you."
"As would I," Bonnie looked up and saw the speaker was the little old lady, who taught French. Mrs. Carter was stern and usually in a foul mood. Today was apparently no exception. "I have better things to do than babysit delinquents so for the next two hours, you will be silent."
Mrs. Carter gave them both one last steely look before sitting down with her book. She was reading an ancient and very dusty looking book on the French revolution.
The screen of Bonnie's phone lit up. She checked her text message and glared at Kai when she saw it was from him.
Mrs. C's book is as boring as she is. Hey how much do you want to bet the C in Mrs. C stands for Mrs. Cunt?
Leave me alone, you misogynist.
Kai snorted a laugh. She grinned when he disguised it as a coughing fit that earned him yet another scowl from Mrs. Carter.
You're cute when you're angry, Bunny.
I'm turning my phone off.
Before Bonnie could turn her phone off, another text from Kai arrived. This was one was actually serious instead of the usual nonsense. She wished she had never given him her number. And she wouldn't have if she had known how badly he was going to abuse the privilege.
We need to take out Black John.
When?
Tonight.
Bonnie put her phone aside and resigned herself to the rest of detention. But at least, Kai wasn't trying to flirt or confuse her any more than she already was.
XXX
Bonnie led Kol, Cassie, Nick, Rebekah and Lucy to Kai's tree house later that evening. Or at least it was where the tree house was, but none of them could see it with the glamor in place. Cassie rubbed her arms and glanced up at the sky nervously. Rebekah in contrast appeared bored whereas Kol looked as if he would like nothing more than to snap Kai's neck. That was assuming Kai ever showed.
"I hate this place," Cassie muttered.
Bonnie grinned at her. "That's just because the last time you were here, Kai grabbed me and left you out here alone."
"He grabbed you?" Kol growled.
Bonnie rolled her eyes. Out of all her problems with Kai this wasn't anywhere near the top of the list.
"He wanted to talk alone and you know, Kai is almost as dramatic as you are."
"Honestly, Kol," Rebekah huffed. "I'm sure a Bennett witch can handle herself."
"I bet," Kol said with a sly look at Lucy.
Rebekah sniffed and turned her nose up. But there was a faint blush coloring her cheeks.
"Kai," Bonnie called looking up to where the treehouse was located.
"I still don't see why we can't do this in my flat," Kol said.
"I told you. Kai said to arrive separately and that this place is warded like crazy. No one not even his dad can spy on us here."
"You think Joshua has magically spied on Kol's apartment?" Lucy asked.
"I wouldn't put it past him," Bonnie muttered.
"Oh, he would do it," Nick said speaking up for the first time. "There isn't much I would put past Joshua or Black John."
"Especially Black John. I have no idea, who is creepier," Cassie said shuddering.
"I trust Joshua has attempted such espionage or perhaps Black John. However, I can assure you my flat is warded," Kol said.
"Not like this place though," Cassie said and closed her eyes as if she was breathing in the magic.
Bonnie could understand. Kai's treehouse felt alive with magic. It hung in the air like a curtain and caressed her skin like the air before an electric storm. She could feel it even though she was still outside. That alone would alert someone to a magical hideout, but she couldn't pinpoint the location no matter how hard she tried.
"Kai!" Bonnie said impatiently.
She knew Kai had a flare for the dramatic, but there was no reason he needed to keep them waiting. It was either to be dramatic or more likely a weird power play with Kol. The two of them were worse than ever after the party. And Bonnie had no idea how to deal with it and she suspected getting involved would only make things worse.
The latch to the tree house fell open. Kai hung out of the opening and he looked like he was ready for trouble.
"You rang?" Kai said with a cheeky smile. "No need to yell, you know I heard you all a mile away."
"You're an idiot," Bonnie said.
Kol reached for her hand and interlocked their fingers. She knew it was just an attempt to make Kai crazy, but she let it go. Giving Kol's hand a reassuring squeeze.
Sure, she had some feelings for Kai. Ones she was firmly ignoring, but she had chosen Kol. Even if that choice had come about only because Kai had betrayed her. And that betrayal might not have been as complete as she initially believed, but it didn't change anything.
"Uh-huh," Kai said eyes narrowing as he saw their interlocked hands. "Well come on up. Mi casa es su casa, except you guys. I just meant Bonster. The rest of you are just here out of necessity and believe me, I will relocate my hiding spot once this is all done."
"Ah, I see the Gemini paranoia is continued in you," Rebekah said with a smirk.
Kai disappeared back inside of the tree house.
Bonnie decided to ignore the attempts to start a petty argument that Rebekah was trying to incite. Instead, she climbed up ladder to the tree house. The rest of the group followed her.
Kai was seated on the couch. He looked completely at ease, which Bonnie knew couldn't possibly be the case. Until she saw the ancient tome next to him. It was brown and leather-bound. She knew to look at it was old and probably contained a lot of Gemini coven secrets.
Maybe that was why Kai looked so at ease?
"Welcome," Kai said with a smirk. "Tonight, we are taking out Black John."
"Really?" Cassie said eyeing him skeptically. "And just how did you figure out how to kill Black John? According to legends, he's immortal, totally powerful and super evil."
"That sounds about right," Bonnie mumbled.
"Oh, it's definitely right," Kai agreed. His smirk turned into a bright smile and he winked at Bonnie. "But I'm a genius and I found his Achilles heel."
"Get to the point," Kol growled.
Bonnie put her hand on his arm. He was probably jealous as usual, but now was not the time for it.
"If you want to kill Black John, you have to break the crystal skull he tied his soul to. And since he wiped the floor with us during our last attempt, I'm thinking this is our only chance."
"You're kidding," Bonnie said flatly. "Black John didn't Horcrux his soul into a crystal skull."
Kai laughed.
"He what?" Kol said glancing her. "Horcrux? I don't believe I'm familiar with that term."
"It's from a book," Lucy said in complete exasperation. "You Mikaelsons look good for your age."
Bonnie also ignored the flirtatious look Lucy sent Rebekah. Now was so not the time for flirting or jealousy. If Kai really did have a way to kill Black John they all needed to get their heads in the game.
Immediately.
"But that doesn't help unless we know where the crystal is," Bonnie said and Kai's expression turned gleeful. "And judging by your face, you know where it is."
"I do," Kai said with a grin. "But I need a little help to get it. I can get past my dad's wards, but Black John's pose a problem."
"How so?"
"Why, Bunny I'm so delighted you asked, but actually I need Cassie's help for this one."
"Me? Why?" Cassie exclaimed.
"No way," Nick said. "You're not going anywhere alone with that psycho."
"I'm flattered," Kai sniggered. "But relax. We won't be alone."
Nick's expression went stony. Bonnie often thought he was so handsome, but like there was an icy veneer covering his features. He was beautiful, but cold like nothing or anything ever touched him except when he was around Cassie. Then there was some warmth in his impassive eyes. A flicker of life.
"And the rest of us?" Rebekah said with a huff.
"Someone needs to distract my father and Black John."
"Oh my God," Bonnie groaned. "We're bait."
"Not you," Kai rolled his eyes. "I need a Bennett witch to kill the crystal. I've got Jo's magic in my system, but after I crack dad's wards? And Cassie cracks Black John's? We'll both be drained and you're our most powerful weapon."
"I'm in," Bonnie said without thinking.
"No, you're not," Kol said. "This is madness. You and I could skip town right now, little witch."
"No way," Bonnie said. "That's not possible. If I bail, who knows what Joshua will do to my Grams?"
"I think you mean try to do, cuz," Lucy said. "Sheila can take care of herself."
"I'm not risking it," Bonnie said. "She almost died once already this year because of me and I'm not about to make the same mistake twice."
If the Originals hadn't intervened Sheila would have died that night in the tomb. Something was still bothering Bonnie and she couldn't put her finger on it.
"I thought we needed a coven leader to destroy the crystal," Kol said his eyes darkening. "Or was that another one of your lies?"
Kai chortled. "I don't lie. Much."
"Now there's a whopper if I ever heard one," Lucy said.
"Well that's the thing. I did some reading and did you know according to ancient texts solitary witches are technically coven leaders?"
"What?" Bonnie said along with everyone else.
"It's true," Kai shrugged. "Coven of one or whatever, but still to the ancient forces you're no different than any other coven leader. Of course, not all witches or warlocks for that matter pack the same punch as you Bennett witches."
"Okay," Bonnie said after a moment of contemplation. There was always the chance Kai was lying, but she knew he wanted Joshua out of the way as much as the rest of them. Maybe more. "I'll do it. But if you double-cross me again, I'll kill you."
"Not this again," Kai groaned. "It was for the greater good. And I have apologized."
"Ah, yes apologies that come with excuses and justifications are my favorite," Bonnie said not bothering to hide the venom in her voice.
Kai rolled his eyes. Thanks to his sociopathic ways, he generally wasn't too bothered with her anger. Nothing ever seemed to faze him. Until she'd learned he was a sociopath, Bonnie had just assumed Kai was one of those people, who always kept their cool. And that was true, but for the most chilling of reasons.
"So now that everyone is in on the plan, I'll leave you to each your parts," Kai said with a smirk. "If all goes well, meet back here tonight. Our part might take the longest, so Originals and company, you're going to have to buy us as much time as you can."
"I might have an idea," Rebekah said with a sly smile.
"Good, let's get to it," Kai said.
XXX
Bonnie paced nervously on the edge of the forest outside of the Parker home. Cassie stood next to her. By comparison, Cassie was much calmer. She stood watching the house, but the tension in her face and shoulders told another story. As did the chalky pallor of her skin. Cassie was as on edge as Bonnie was.
After years of cheerleading, Bonnie didn't do well with inactivity. She liked to be on the move and she had even gotten to a certain point of comfort with fighting. But waiting? That almost did her in every single time.
What felt like an eternity later, they saw Joshua get in his car and drive away. Two seconds later, Kai was at the back door of the house, waving them inside.
"Where's Jo and the kids?" Bonnie whispered.
"Not here, duh," Kai answered. "But we need to be quick. The twins won't sit through the whole movie."
"Then why go?" Cassie asked.
Kai started to lead them to Joshua's study.
"Because they were driving Jo up the wall and this way she is guaranteed almost a whole hour of peace."
Kai started to magically undo the wards that protected Joshua's study. Bonnie watched in fascination. Wards and how to undo them weren't something she had tried yet. She had done some reading on the subject and watching Kai worked sent a thrill of excitement through her. Her fingers itched to try the incantation.
There was a ripple in the air and it glowed golden for a second before disappearing.
"Voila," Kai said with a wave of his hand. "Magic. After you ladies."
Cassie shot Bonnie a hesitant look. Realizing Cassie didn't trust Kai any further than she could throw him, Bonnie stepped over the threshold first. She didn't trust Kai a whole lot more than Cassie – well that was the problem, she trusted him, but she knew she shouldn't. But she did trust Cassie to watch her back in case Kai was plotting against them.
Kai rapped with his knuckles on one of the oak panels of the wall. He murmured something in Latin that Bonnie didn't catch. There was a golden glow underneath his palm as he held it against the wall. Bonnie stifled a gasp when an invisible force sliced his palm open. Blood poured from his hand and hit the wall. It soaked into the wood and disappeared. Slowly and with a loud creak the panel in the wall slid aside. It opened into a black stairwell that looked as if it descended deep under the earth.
"What the hell is this?" Bonnie asked taking a step back.
"I am not going down there with that psycho," Cassie said giving Kai a cold look.
"You make a good point," Bonnie said eyeing Kai distrustfully.
"Relax, this is where dear old Joshua hides all the good magic. And occasionally protects stuff for allies like Black John."
"This is such a bad idea. If we survive this, I admit it, you were right," Bonnie said to Cassie.
"And if we don't, guess it doesn't matter much, who was right," Cassie agreed and even managed to crack a smile.
"But I'm the dramatic one?" Kai said. With an exasperated shake of his head, he led the way down the stairs.
Bonnie hesitated only for a minute. Then she followed with Cassie hot on her heels.
"This doesn't seem like the sort of plan that needs a distraction," Bonnie said eyeing Kai's back distrustfully.
"Trust me, it will, Bunny. Once we hit Black John's wards, there's a ninety percent chance he will sense it."
"Trust is earned and you haven't earned mine."
"And you will never earn mine," Cassie chimed in.
"You girls need to relax."
Something that would have been easier to do if Kai wasn't leading them down a creepy corridor. The only light was from the glow of torches on the wall, which wasn't exactly soothing. All the torches did was show her that they were definitely underground. The walls were made of dirt and Bonnie wrapped her arms around her. The further down they went the colder it got.
There was magic in the air. It sparked and crackled against her skin. She could feel it weighing her down and knew instantly the cold was caused by the magic wards on the place. No doubt, it was intended to make a potential ill at ease and shift their attention. So that what else could attack?
"Uhm, Kai?" Bonnie said tensely.
"Yeah?" he asked with a careless glance over his shoulder.
"What kind of wards are down here? I feel like something is going to jump out at us at any minute."
"Chill," Kai flashed a smile. In the darkness she couldn't really see his face, it was cast in shadows. But she could see the glitter of his white teeth. "If you had snuck down here without a member of the Parker family my guess? You'd either be incinerated or sliced and diced by now."
"That's not nearly as comforting as you think it is," Bonnie said dryly.
Kai shrugged. As usual he was unbothered by what other people thought of him or if they thought the situation was scary.
"It's right up ahead."
The passageway was dark so dark it was difficult to be sure anything at all had changed. But unless her eyes were playing tricks on her, there might be a door a few feet down. Her eyes were adjusting to the dark or it was just the power of suggestion at work. But a second later she felt it. The air was filled with that crackling energy, it was magic humming through the air.
"Do you feel that?" Bonnie asked Cassie.
Cassie stretched her hand out. "No, should I?"
"It's magic," Kai said with a sigh.
In spite of herself, Bonnie sympathized with him. Kai had grown up ostracized and hated for being a siphoner. For something he couldn't help and couldn't change any more than he could change the color of his skin. She could all too easily imagine him as a little boy, loving magic and just wanting to learn the way his siblings did. It was painful and she could easily understand how he had turned out the way he was.
Her Grams had always said monsters were made, not born. But the real question was, was Kai a monster? A true monster.
Maybe not yet, Bonnie thought hating herself for how much she hoped so.
The group came to a stop in front of a door. Now that they were closer, Bonnie could see it was definitely a door. Old and made of wood, but teeming with powerful magic.
"How do we get through?" Bonnie looked to Kai.
Kai winked. He put his hand on the doorknob and chanted in Latin. She caught the gist of it. Listing his bloodline and asking the ancient protection spells to let him through.
The air stilled and Kai opened the door.
"Come on in. Step into dear old dad's secret sanctuary. The place where he stores all of his best ju-ju."
Bonnie and Cassie both looked at Kai.
"After you," Bonnie said at last.
"Where is the trust?" Kai asked shaking his head.
"Somehow never in the same room as you."
Bonnie snorted with laughter. Kai was right about one thing, Cassie had changed.
Kai chuckled and sauntered into the room. Bonnie stayed close by because she didn't trust him. At least not totally and she figured it was a good idea to keep an eye on him.
The room felt powerful. The second she stepped over the threshold she could feel it crashing over her like a wave. One quick look around the room was explanation enough. It was filled with ancient looking grimoires and what were probably artefacts of dark magic. There was a scythe on one of the walls that hummed with power.
Kai led the way to an old metal chest. It had more power emanating from it than anything else in the room.
"Alright, you're up Cassie."
"To do what?" Cassie asked her brow creasing. "You still haven't told me how I'm supposed to break Black John's wards."
"Duh, with blood," Kai said. "Basically, same thing I did to get in here and you're going to have to hurry because we're short on time and my magic is tapped out."
"Not really your magic," Cassie muttered.
Kai clucked his tongue. "Not cool."
"Hey," Bonnie said getting between them. "Let's just get this over with, alright?"
Kai handed Cassie a knife and she sliced her palm open. She winced and let the blood drip on the chest. Bonnie didn't know about Cassie, but she was definitely wondering why Cassie's blood would break Black John's wards. She didn't know much about blood magic, but she did know the reason Kai could break Joshua's was because they were blood family. Which gave her a sneaky suspicion Cassie and Black John were related. Luckily, Cassie was such a novice, it didn't look like this possibility had occurred to her.
Cassie gasped when the wards surrounding the chest shimmered a bright gold. She jumped away when the lid burst open. Her blue eyes were wide and bright, the alarm was all too visible in them when she turned to look at Bonnie.
Oh no, she knows, Bonnie thought.
All she had time to do was reach for Cassie's hand and give it a comforting squeeze before Kai's thrust the crystal skull at her. Bonnie gnawed on her lower lip and studied it. She could feel the ancient and dark power emanating from it. It pulsated through her and she felt like it was trying to take her over.
"I don't know, Kai," Cassie said eyeing him dubiously. "Our entire coven tried to destroy it and it almost killed us."
"Yeah, well that tracks," Kai said snorting with laughter. "You New Englanders have enough power between you to do some almost cool parlor tricks. Bonnie on the other hand can blow the lot of you out of the water."
His words were cold and condescending yet Bonnie couldn't stop the blush that crept up her cheeks. She was happy for the darkness that made it impossible to tell.
"It feels powerful," Bonnie said. "What do I do?"
She didn't want to, but she looked at Kai. After all, this was his plan. He must know how to destroy it. And why hadn't she thought to ask before now? Right, because everything was a nightmare and she wanted to stay as far away from Kai as possible.
"Just close your eyes and picture blowing it into oblivion. Then channel all your magic behind it."
Bonnie didn't like the sound of that. She had been magically tapped out before and this wasn't exactly a situation where she wanted to be powerless. But it was too late to turn back and what other choice did any of them have?
She closed her eyes and pictured the skull blowing up into a million, sparkly pieces. She added magic to the vision. Saw it pouring out of her and into the skull destroying it. It was only seconds before she felt her magic tug at her fingertips, flow as it left her.
The power grew and grew until it burst. Her hands ripped open and she cried out. She heard Cassie scream and Kai call her name, but it was distant. It was like a dream, all that existed was her and the skull, they weren't here. Her face stung and she gasped when she felt strong hands on her shoulders.
"C'mon, Bunny," Kai said. "You alright?"
Bonnie opened her eyes and looked straight into the worried face of Kai. It was such an unusual thing for him that she wasn't sure how to respond.
"I think so."
"Bonnie you're bleeding," Cassie said the shock and concern evident in her voice.
"Your face," Kai murmured.
With featherlight touches his fingers caressed her cheek. He made a few soothing noises and she felt a tingling sensation in her cheek as his magic crept underneath her skin. She sighed and moved closer to his touch.
"Hm," she sighed, her eyes drifting closed again.
"And your hands," Kai said.
He touched her palms. He ran his index finger along her palm. The magic tingled with electricity and she sighed again as the cuts on her palms healed slowly.
"Thanks," she said with a blush staining her cheeks.
"No problem, you have nice palms."
His fingers stroked her palms once more and her breath caught in her throat. She knew she should pull away, but she couldn't.
"We need to go," Cassie snapped breaking into whatever this stupor Bonnie was in was. And Bonnie could have kissed her for the interruption.
"Let's run for the hills."
Kai caught Bonnie's hand and the three of them ran out of there. Kai quickly sealed the ward behind them. He led them to the back door. Bonnie, who hadn't realized, he was still holding her hand snatched it back.
"I don't think you should stay here," Bonnie had no idea why she was trying to help Kai.
Common sense implied it was insanity because Kai was nothing good, but she couldn't help herself. A part of her still cared about him.
"Where am I gonna run, Bunny?"
"I don't know, but when your dad finds out what happened he will blame you. He totally will."
"I know," Kai cracked a lopsided smile. "But he can't kill me."
Bonnie's throat clenched because she knew there were a lot of things between leaving him alone and actually killing him. And Joshua was evil and sadistic enough to think of them. He'd been more than willing to trap Bonnie in Portland for the rest of her life and just the memory of the pain was enough to make a shudder run through her.
"Kai."
"I hate to say this, but she's right," Cassie said with a heavy sigh.
"If I leave, he will know for sure it was me. Think girls, think."
Bonnie glowered at him and was back to wanting to hit him upside his head. But his sarcasm had given her an idea.
"You're not half as stupid as I thought," Bonnie exclaimed and grinned when she saw the offended look on Kai's face. "But what if we knock you unconscious?"
"Knock me unconscious?" Kai eyed her dubiously. "I don't know how to tell you this Bonster -"
"I know, you don't want a big bump. But I know a spell. It'll make it look like you're half dead when you're actually fine."
"The mortus vita," Cassie breathed and looked at her in awe. "Where did you learn that?"
"That's some seriously potent magic," Kai said.
"From one of Kol's grimoires. I haven't tried it out, but I think I can do it."
"Kol," Kai muttered. "I don't know. You look pretty tapped out, Bon."
Bonnie couldn't argue with that. Her knees were shaking and when she tried to summon her magic all she felt was a flicker. It was nothing compared to the power she was accustomed to.
"I have to try."
"Fine," Kai said from between clenched teeth. "But if you actually kill me, I'm gonna be super pissed."
"I'm fine with that risk," Cassie said.
Bonnie snorted a laugh then pulled herself together. "I promise I will try not to kill you."
"Super reassuring."
Bonnie put her hands on Kai's temple. She called her magic and hoped she had enough to actually pull this off. Her concentration was broken by the sound of a car pulling up the driveway. The only reason they weren't currently busted was because the back of the house wasn't visible from the driveway.
"Bonnie -" Cassie said and Bonnie heard the panic in her voice.
"This is not going to work."
"Malachai," Joshua's voice thundered.
Bonnie froze and she saw her own fear reflected back in Kai's eyes. It would seem even Kai had enough sense to be afraid of Joshua.
Thank you so much to everyone, who has read, reviewed, faved and followed this fic. I know it was a bit of a wait for this chapter so I hope it was worth the wait. Are we excited about the upcoming bonkai? Because it is on its way, I promise.
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