Chapter 25(Ramses) I turned to The Ancestors who had just sent Katrina back to her body and pretended I didn’t just feel my entire soul shatter. “What is it you would like me to do now?” I asked snarkily. “We will call you when you are needed. For now make yourself at home, Reaver.” She spat, and within seconds they were gone and a portal opened up. I assumed that was my queue to step inside. It transported me back to the base of the twisted tree. "Great, back out here again." I huffed to Titan. "It could be worse, we could be dead." Titan howled. "Oh, too soon? Haha." He cackled. I couldn’t help but burst out laughing too, what a fucked up situation we were in. Well, one thing was for sure, I would never be bored here. I decided to try and materialize to my house. I figured there wouldn't be anyone there so I wouldn't be bothered. I closed my eyes and materialized, but when I opened them I was at Katrina's house. "Ugh, my magic works so strange here." I exclaimed to Titan. It wa
Chapter 26Oh my god, I need to get the fuck out of here. I thought. It made me wonder just how much time had passed before Katrina got sent back… And how much time has passed in total since I've been gone. It made me worried that the magical tether could break at any time, trapping me forever. “Listen, do any of you have any idea how to get out of here?” I asked in a hushed tone. They look at each other as if they were trying to decide whether to trust me or not. Then one of the girls, a quieter, more shy, dark haired girl, stepped in between them and up to me. “I don’t know how credible this is, but there is talk of a secret portal that The Ancestors do not have knowledge of. If you could somehow find it, and activate it, you could step through and get back to your tethered body.” She whispered. “That’s all we can say though.” One of the other girls hissed, and she grabbed her group and wandered to the other side of the dance floor, far away from me. “This is good, this is good ne
Chapter 27Ok good, that should help her out. Now back to my quest at hand! I thought. “Shit.” I said out loud. Bree ran off, and I was going to ask her to help me. I know she’s a Witch, and I know she is pissed about the hybrid transition not working. She would be perfect with a vendetta against The Ancestors to help me open a portal. Now to just find her. I headed in the direction she ran towards, and attempted to follow her steps. But I had no idea where she would have gone. Tracking on The Otherside was next to impossible due to the amount of dirt rising from the ground on a consistent basis. I couldn’t smell her or hear her when I tried. I could just hear the slithering of The Shadows in the distance. Even though they just helped me, I still felt weird about them. I probably always would. I will never understand how my brother, Raziel, calls them so often. They are like his pets. The thought made me shudder. Maybe he was a lot closer to the darkness than I would ever be... I g
Chapter 28“Who said I was going to the portal?” I said sarcastically, as I locked eyes with the red haired bartender from earlier. He didn’t look amused. “No one had to say you were, it’s obvious. What else would you be doing this far away?” He huffed.“I was obviously exploring. Can’t you see all the sightseeing this ghost town has to offer?” I replied, while motioning at all of the barren land in front of me. I was definitely being sarcastic at this point.He looked at me with a death glare. “Who even are you? Why do you want out of here so badly anyways?” I asked him. He looked at me for a moment as if he was contemplating whether or not to answer me truthfully.“My name is Sage and I was banished here by The Ancestors a very long time ago.” He said. “And why did they banish you?” I asked. “That’s a story for another time. Just know that I was wrongfully sentenced here and I deserve to be free!” He exclaimed.I had a bad feeling about Sage. Something told me he was banished here fo
Chapter 29(Katrina)I sat up from bed as Rowen walked into my room and softly shut the door behind him. I had changed into a pair of shorts and just a tank top for bed. My hair was up in a bun, out of my way, and I’m sure I looked like I hadn’t slept in days. That was true. The ritual had to happen as soon as possible, but looks like I wasn’t the only one running on no sleep. “Hey.” Rowen said softly. “Hi.” I replied. He came and sat on the foot of the bed. I watched as he rubbed the back of his neck with his hand. He seemed a little nervous. “Are you ok?” I asked him and I put my hand on his arm. He looked at me with those rose gold orbs and I just melted. I hated the way I felt around Ramses’ brothers. I worked so hard to be faithful to Ramses, even though he didn’t reciprocate it, and that was fine! I have literally never been tempted by anyone else. They can all fuck themselves, for all I care. But when it comes to Ramses’ brothers, it’s like they are a drug to me, and I can’t
Chapter 30I’m not sure when I drifted off, but I woke up intertwined between Ramses and Rowen. A flood of memories raced back into my mind from last night, which caused me to silently scold myself for my inhibitions. I planned to tell Ramses first thing, once he was back. I contemplated getting his permission and just having my way with Rowen, but I didn’t actually think I would be able to go through with it. My undying loyalty was sickening at best, and I knew this. But that’s just who I was. I looked over at Rowen and he was still asleep. I turned over and just stared at my ceiling for a moment contemplating the events that were to take place today. The ritual to open the portal required six Human sacrifices... We would be murdering six innocent people today… And in doing so, spilling a lot of innocent blood. These sacrifices would not revive either. It was heavy, but necessary… I didn’t care if it took 100 innocent sacrifices... I was getting Ramses back. The lengths I was will
Chapter 31It took me quite a bit of time to get the incantation just right. I didn’t want to miss a thing. Everything was riding on every part of this whole ritual being perfect. To say I was stressed, was an understatement. But when I finally was able to get it right, I felt that it was perfect. It definitely took longer than I wanted, but it was ok. I would rather take my time and get it right than fuck up trying to hurry. I was surprised though, because Rowen sat with me the entire time and offered his help. He was fluent in Latin, as they all were, so he was able to help out with translation. I was honestly getting used to him being around and I didn’t like it because I knew he would be gone as soon as Ramses came back. He had his own covens to run in the underworld. He had his own home, his own space. He didn’t live in New Orleans… He didn’t belong here, he didn’t belong with me... The thought made my heart ache.The biggest difference between Ramses and Rowen is, Ramses was a
Chapter 32(Ramses) Sage and I had come to the middle point between the two X’s on the map, and stopped there. Everytime I pulled out the map the X moved but only between those two spots, so I figured this was as good of a spot as any. There had to be a reason they were moving between those two spots, and with as weird as things are around here, I didn’t doubt for a second that the portal would be opening up right where we sat. It was the best option we had, in my mind at least. The spot we were in was a clearing between the forest edges. It seemed like the only clearing in the whole area, which confirmed my thought even further that the portal would appear here, vs either of those other two spots the X marked. I just hoped we were here in time. I still wasn't sure what time it was, or how much time had passed. The sun never rises or sets here apparently, and things always just look the same. Sage attempted to talk to me multiple times, but I just kept brushing him off. I needed t