Ch 31
Jason crossed the street as Mike took Kerrie's hand.
'It's the ex I mentioned.' Kerrie whispered. 'Why are you following me?' Kerrie said not looking at his face.
'I wanted to talk to you and since you blocked my e-mails and calls-'
'You came all the way here to talk?' Mike said looking at him suspiciously. Mike took out his badge as Jason shrugged.
'Can we talk alone?'
'No.' Kerrie spat.
'Why don't you leave?' Mike said stepping in front of Kerrie.
'I deserve this, talk to me.' Jason said trying to look around Mike. Kerrie stepped out from behind Mike.
'You deserve this? What do I deserve? You hit me, not just once. What do I deserve?' Jason stood there shocked.
'I want you out of my city, now.' Mike said narrowing his eyes as Jason took off in a run. Mike wrapped his arms around Kerrie who let out a sigh.
'That's not how I wanted to tell you.' Kerrie said softly.
'I'm so sorry he put you through that, you don't deserve it.'
'I've only ever told Corrine and it wasn't too long ago.' Mike helped Kerrie into the car and they drove around for a bit just talking. It was nearly 11 when they arrived back at Mike's.
Much to Kerrie and Mike's surprise Jason didn't show up or was seen around. On Valentines the couple went out to dinner at a cozy Italian restaurant. When Mike was in work Kerrie was at Vickie's office trying to help Corrine focus her power into a strong protection spell without much luck. On her last day Corrine let Kerrie cast the spell. She waited till dark since Mike and Henry both were curious. Vickie stood in the hallway with everyone else but was a lot less excited. She was a bit jealous that she was no longer the focus of Mike's affection and when she saw him with Kerrie she wanted something like that for herself.
'She is really strong.' Henry whispered as the group felt the power of the spell. Kerrie put a protection spell on the office, not one to complex but anything bad would be stopped by it. After finishing she closed the circle and collected her supplies.
'That was awesome!' Corrine said giving Kerrie a hug.
'You learned how to do that on your own?' Henry asked as Kerrie nodded proudly.
'All self taught, no one wanted to take me on as a student since I started before I turned 18 so I read a ton of books and then just went off that.'
'That was pretty amazing.' Mike said as Corrine walked back into the office.
'Anything I need to do to maintain?' She asked.
'Just a refresher spell every 3 to 6 months. If anyone knows anything about magick it's easy enough to bypass.'
'So if Astaroth comes back this isn't going to stop him?' Vickie asked felling her tattoos itch at the mention.
'If he's working through a person it will slow them down but if he himself is here then he'll just tear it down. I don't know of any witches who could put up a long term defense that would keep him out.' Vickie wanted to open her mouth and point out that the spell was useless but decided against it since everyone else seemed to feel better about the spell being there.
'Can't you make it stronger if you add blood?' Corrine asked just as everyone was about to disperse.
'Technically yes but you and or Vickie would have to have to do the spell and each add your own blood. If I did it and added blood it would only provide additional protection when I was here.'
'Blood magick is never a good idea.' Henry said giving Vickie a look, he had still not completely forgiven her for using his blood in the spell to stop the Aztec god.