Alpha Asher By Jane Doe

Chapter 162

Chapter 162 – “Congratulations on completing your first spell.” Cordelia’s smile was small, hiding something I couldn’t quite place. “How does it feel to call on your magic and have it respond?”

It was moonlight alone that allowed me to see her delicate features from where she sat on the patio chairs. The leather chords around her neck were dark, but the silver charms that dangled from them glittered merrily.

A frown ghosted across my face and disappointment filled my bones. “I-I didn’t do that correctly, did I?”

“Not at all, but you tried, and your magic did respond.” She replied, patting the seat beside her when my sour expression deepened. “Come sit with me before we go inside and sort this out.”

“Everything alright out here?” Rowena’s flowery voice trickled through the small opening in the sliding glass door.

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“We’re fine, just a bit of sigil magic gone awry.” Cordelia shouted back, but kept her eyes locked on my face. A slight twisting sensation in the pits of my stomach told me something was going on with the two witches. Rather than ask, I sank into the seat I once occupied and waited for her to speak. “Now, tell me. What did you do wrong?”

I skimmed the spell again and again until heat flooded my face and neck, followed by the embarrassment of missing something so blatantly obvious.

 

“I was supposed to paint the sigil on myself, not the porch.” I mumbled, closing the spell book, and peering down at it’s leather cover.

Cordelia’s hand on my shoulder was meant to reassure, but before she could speak the words Rowena’s voice floated outside a second time.

“Cordelia, could I have a word with you?” This time a head of auburn hair appeared from the darkness of the living room, barely visible beneath the moonlight.

Rowena wasn’t able to see her agitated expression, but I could. The gnashed eyebrows and pursed lips were off putting on a face as kind as Cordelia’s, and for the second time tonight my stomach twisted with the feeling that something was amiss.

When the backdoor slid shut behind her and the sound of their muffled voices faded, I turned my attention to the box of supplies she’d handed me. Within the mix of half-burnt candles, herbs, and oils was an old mirror. Other than being chipped at the corner, it was in decent enough condition.

“That’s why the mirror was in there.” I snorted incredulously, pinching the bridge of my nose when a chilling sensation danced up my spine.

Deep within the forest, I could feel them watching. The shadows were still keeping their distance, hiding from me after giving Breyona back her wolf. It didn’t matter how many times I asked why, there wasn’t a single whisper tossed in my direction. Rather than succumb to the anger that sprouted when they refused to answer my questions, I began flitting through the stack of spell books Cordelia left outside.

There was one in particular that caught my attention, mostly because of it’s cover. It was made from a pitch-black leather with an odd texture I’d never felt before. Each individual page was lined in silver so that they caught the light each time I turned to a new one.

Just as I found the first spell in the book, and realized what type of magic this one depicted, Cordelia was taking it from my hands and snapping it shut.

“Oh, no you don’t.” She shook her head much like Grandma did when she caught me gearing up to steal one of her sweets before dinner. “I can see the look on your face clear as day. You’re not ready for something a s complex as protection magic.”

little pinpricks in its wake. It rushed through us, flooding my head

reason, I needed

a part of me ready and willing to tear

experienced witch could tell I was fighting an internal battle and

is ready for you.” She said,

going to openly question Cordelia on that. Instead, I turned my attention to the dozens of pillared candles scattered around the living room. On the living room table was the great leather-bound book I started reading my first day of training. I’d learned what Sigil magic was, along with Natural and a hint of Divination. Before I could swipe it off the table and get to reading Rowena appeared around the corner, heading from the kitchen where Grandma’s humming could be heard. There was a tension within her delicate notes

craning my head to catch a glimpse

course everything’s alright. There’s an electrician on the way. I’m quite sure you blew the fuse

and…” I frowned, trailing off when I

dad standing just outside. Before I could ask him what he was doing, he nodded his head in

referring

my d**n hair. You were hovering so close I could barely

snorted and narrowed his eyes, sending his bushy eyebrows colliding into one another. “Yeah, well you got what you wished

tossed over her shoulder, “I can

house, promptly slamming the front door in Dad’s

at Grandma. I had no choice but to follow as she shooed me back into the

light in her eyes that felt familiar yet foreign at the same time. “I’ll see you

pretended not to. She didn’t need to glance in the direction of the stairs to tell me she too felt the tense

next magical types in Rowena’s book were Divination

paragraph, I found myself instantly missing my best-friend. Breyona had said if given the choice, she’d pick Divination as a magical

to practice Divination. Most needed a reflective surface like a pool of water or even a crystal ball, but

itself was considered a passive form of magic,

of dread that left me with a

mentioned that Elementals were rare, coveted amongst witches to the point that they would send them off to be specially trained and raised by other Elementals. The entire

the ways that they could be manipulated were

the kitchen and out the front door. In her hurry to take the plate of cookies in her hand outside, she’d

growing more urgent the

usual pain.” He replied with a gravely voice, noticeably rougher than

door, her expression solemn as she shook her head at Rowena and darted back inside the kitchen. The clank of pots and pans rattling against one another d*****d out her quiet muttering. Rowena’s lips fell in a

the way you intend the first few times.”‘ I caught her telling grandma in a hushed

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