My Blood Wizard System
He stepped forward, fire bowl in both hands—cedar, sweetgrass, lake water at midnight.
Grandma Mary stood beside him in full Caddo regalia, silver hair braided with hawk bells that didn’t ring.
“Celeste Valentina Morau,” Remy said, voice carrying without a mic.
“Seras Himari Nakamura.”
He nodded to each of us.
“The lake chose two wizards tonight.
The pack accepts.”
Every bike revved once—eleven engines, one heartbeat.
The mist tightened the circle until it touched our ankles like a living thing.
Grandma Mary lifted the fire bowl.