Darker Shade Of Magic Series Novels & Stories

“Selene and Hecate regrouped and realized there wasn’t enough balance among the abilities of the Menae. So Selene had ten more daughters. She called them the Mavri Magea.” “The Dark.” “Yes. Dark Magic is the literal translation. Hecate employed Persephone and Hades to give them abilities to counteract the rest of the Menae. To keep them in place if they got out of control again.” She pauses and twists her fingers. “The darker the dark, the lighter the light.” Something about the phrase hits my heart. “That’s pretty… deep.”

For a second, nothing happens, until it does, the bird falls backwards and I scream in jubilation. ____ I rarely see anyone these days, spending my days in this house, which reeks of dark magic. Today, I am taking things up a notch - Dark Elemental Magic, which is a concept that combines the use of elemental force with dark or shadowry energies, it involves harnessing the power of the elements, fire,water, earth and air, then infusing them with darker or sinister aspects. There are five aspects of it, and there are -- Shadow Flame, which is a unique form of fire that I can summon, and has the ability to both scorch and obsure, leaving a trail of darkness in its wake.

No… no, this can’t be mine. But it is. Every strand has somehow been bleached to the color of winter. The color of ancient Blood Shade magic. The color of curses, nightmares, and everything I’ve been trying to pretend I kept hidden. My stomach tightens painfully as the truth hits me with cruel clarity. Conrad’s rejection did this.

As if the power of the sin of Wrath fought as equals the wrath of the Creator of all that. I focused on breathing, because the power of Tennebris still affected my human side, even if I contained some of that magic in my blood. I leaned back on Miguel, and I was only sure that we were together because our magic shone among the darkness, and the violet tone of our magic comforted me as that gale of darkness surrounded us. It all ended the same way it started. Fast, with high-pitched sounds, and thunder cutting somewhere far away.

The air around her crackled with raw power as she turned back towards the attackers, her fear morphing into a blinding rage. With a scream that seemed to shake the very foundations of the house, Aqua unleashed a torrent of dark magic. The energy exploded from her, a violent wave of force that knocked the witches off their feet. The room was bathed in a sinister glow as the dark magic tore through the intruders, their cries of pain mingling with the howling wind.

************************************ ~TATE'S POV~ ~~~~~~~~************~~~~~~~~ "From depths where light has never been, From shadows thick and caverns grim, I call the hunger, call the pain, To feast upon my foe's refrain. By blood I've spilled and oaths I've sworn, By every soul that's been forsworn, Let darkness coil and serpents bite, Devour strength and steal their might. With shattered bone and raven's cry, I bid their courage wither, die. Let phantom claws rake through their mind, Leave only terror, fear refined. No mercy stays my shadowed hand, No sanctuary, no hallowed land. This curse shall cling like funeral shroud, Till they are broken, bent, and bowed. By my dark will, the price

she said, "And it does a different thing when it's sourced by dark, impure magic." "I don't understand." "Just as it channels pure magic, it has the power to trap a dark one. And since without the blood ritual, Shota's magic is partially trapped, to end it. It just needs the right amount of magic that can match the dark magic," Zeriyah explained, and instantly, I knew what she meant. It was evident in her eyes. "Me?" I said, but it sounded more like a question in my ears.

We moved through the dark. Deep within my chest, free from the suffocating weight of the black iron collar and the suppressing wolf-bane salve, my Moon-Gazer core drank in the pale, silver moonlight beaming down from the high grates. The ancient, dormant magic of my lineage recognized the ambient shadow created by the shattered sconces. Shadow-Blend.

Jacob scanned the room in confusion only to realize that the confusion was not universal. "It means the future at that exact point is changing constantly." Ann rolled her eyes in distress -- how could some moron like him deserve this kind of power instead of her?! "I saw magic power flow into The Shadow, not like a river but HUGE flood, the world-consuming kind of flood." Hank signed, "But most of the times it was in the color of pure black, and only a few times was it light." "Black magic?!" Jacob yelled, "That means--" "Yes. Most magic covens use light magic," Hank nodded heavily, "But there ARE clans of dark magic that exist out there. Secret ones. They are dangerous and mysterious. Their

From a table nearby, Viktor replies, “They are called Shades…those specifically were some of The Riders. They use dark magics, similar to shadow magic, but more vile.” “I have heard that term before,” Malleus says. “Me too, and I don’t like it! I don’t like them being so close to our borders,” Kaiya says.