Chapter 5
Adriana looks at Cole and says " Well you pass for now." She starts laughing and shakes her head. Do you remember it, your wedding it was beautiful? And Phoebe has no idea you were married does she? She tolerates the ensuing silence. She sighs and decides to stay on her chosen topic. Do you even think about it anymore, or do you hide from it? I will tell you now that it will be fruitless to hide. Kylie is a strong High Priestess and not gonna cut you or Phoebe any slack. You were always innocent to her. She will kill Phoebe and find humor in it. Phoebe has to be prepared. She has to be ready to deal with the fact that this battle will be personal and to the death, someone's gonna die. Could you stand to choose?
I can I won't have to replied Cole somewhat hesitantly. Oh What are you gonna go tell Kylie this is the new love of my life, and then walk away. She is a being of rage you knew that before you married her. That is to be expected though, the daughter of the creature of evil, the source, is evil. Yes I said evil.
Adriana senses his utter frustration with the whole issue and backs off. She tries a new line of approach. Do you think they are going to agree with this I have so few cards left? Cole looks at her imploringly what other cards you got? Adriana surveys her options mentally and sits down on the bench in front of the mirror, she has her back to it. Cole sits down next to her, his back also facing the mirror. She sighs and replies who my partner is, or the fact that Kylie's coming and oh yeah she's pissed.
He doesn't seem to like this topic either and he quickly veers the conversation back to the wedding. Truth be told I don't have many memories of the whole grand event. Cautiously she asks him do you want me to show you? Yes show me he said rather forcefully. She thought about it and placed her fingers at his temples and slowly a bright red light left her brain, out of her temple, and flowed down her arm to her fingertips and into his mind. He slumped over and passed out. She fell forward also unconscious. Grams reappears in the mirror and yells foolish girl you gave him to much. I'm fine thank you she replies sarcastically. This is normal he's fine. I, on the other hand have never been thrown like that before.
Ah poor baby, what do you expect? Adriana quickly drops a black cloth over Cole's head and looks at the mirror again. Grams is gone but there is someone standing behind her. So she slowly turns around and says with a hint of impatience What do you want Amir . I just want to make sure you are staying impartial. Get out of my holy space. I know exactly who you are, you the son of the source said a surly Adriana. I am not stupid snarled an almost enraged Amir. Well now who is that, under that cloak said Amir taking a step closer to the unconscious Cole. None of your business now leave she replied with a large trace of malice. I repeat leave she said with a hint of being slightly happy. She then smiled and said I warned you and flicked Amir straight through the wall but it didn't break he just sailed right through it.
She then removed the cloak from Cole's head and looked at the mirror she's not coming back she thought. Ah what the hell he won't mind she says. She raises him up and puts him on the altar. She opens up his shirt and seals the door shut. She looks around and goes to get the oil of the insightful, used to see into peoples minds. She starts to uncork the bottle and then stops and moves him so he is sitting up and slides his shirt off and magically folds it and places it on the bench. She then raises the black cloth used to cover Cole's head and covers the mirror with it. She walks back over to the altar and rubs the oil on his bare chest. She took a deep breath and said may nobody catch us. She proceeded to sit on top of him and rub the oil into his skin. She put her hands on his pecs and took in a deep breath. She released her breath and leaned forward.