Page 5 of Whispered Warnings: Part Two

Neith chuckles, “I’m okay. It’s just bruised my ego.”

“Are you sure?” Raiden adds, picking his way closer to her.

“I’m sure. Nothing is broken. I’m not even hurt. I am curious about what the fuck that was with the ward though?” she asks.

I relax now that we know she’s not hurt and is okay but my brow furrows, that burst of power definitely came from Neith. There is absolutely no doubt in my mind about that, but how? Her supernatural side is still hidden, so how was she able to give the ward that much magic?

Glancing behind me, I realize that all of the creatures are gone except for the spirit guides and the kelpies. I have to admit that I’m glad the kelpies haven’t disappeared, it would be a long fucking walk back to the house without them.

“Winston, do you know what just happened?” I ask, and then add because it has only just occurred to me and it shouldn’t have, “Is Neith going to be okay?”

Winston nods and walks closer to where we are all gathered around Neith, “Yes. That was Neith’s magic, it would appear that even though her supernatural side is just starting to emerge, it is strong enough to be able to lend its power to the ward in a big way.”

“What?” Neith exclaims, “That big light show was my magic? I mean that seems silly to ask because I felt it, at least while it did its little light show thing I did, but still, what!”

Neith’s rambling is a sure sign that she is beginning to freak the fuck out, and frankly, that’s understandable. And adorable.

God, I am so fucking gone for this woman.

“Did you manage to put any of her power in when you tried to?” Reed asks Ransom.

Ransom shakes his head, “No, I thought I could feel something, but it kept slipping from my grasp, and I figured that it was because her supernatural side wasn’t completely out yet.”

Neith smirks, “Yeah, I could feel what you were trying to do. I don’t think my magic likes being told what to do.”

“What a shock,” Evander teases, and I chuckle as Neith flips him off.

“Check the ward,” Winston suggests, looking at Ransom with a knowing smile on his face.

Ransom knows better than to try to argue with the masked trash panda, and simply nods. His eyes do the swirly thing that they do when he uses a lot of magic, or gets particularly riled up and a couple of seconds later his eyes are widening and he is staring at Neith in shocked awe.

“What?” Neith asks nervously. “Did my magic fuck it up? My magic, that’s a really weird thing to say,” her eyes widen, “holy shit balls, guys, I have fucking magic, that was undeniable proof I’m not fucking human.”

River smiles and pulls her under his arm since he’s still standing next to her and says, “Nope, you’re not.”

“That was fucking awesome,” Raiden adds, smiling widely and earning himself one in return.

“Ransom?” Griff asks, trying to get the conversation back on track since Neith has a habit of derailing conversations, and we need to know if the ward is going to hold up. “Do we need to get the other creatures back and do it again?”

Ransom shakes his head, “Er, no.”

“Dude, come on, spit it out. What’s going on with the ward?” Evander asks, getting fed up with not knowing what is going on.

Ransom clears his throat, “Shit, sorry, it’s just that she’s made it so much fucking stronger. As in, impossibly stronger, nothing will be able to get through it.”

My eyes widen as my eyebrows hit my hairline, “Seriously?”

Ransom nods and then turns to look at Reed excitedly, “Send a blast of your full power at the ward.”

“What!” Raiden exclaims, looking at Ransom like he has lost his damn mind.

Ransom just waves his hand in his direction like it’s no big deal. It really is though, Reed has only let his magic out completely once since I have known him and that was in the clearing when Neith died. For Ransom to ask him to release it now is a pretty big deal. I think it says a lot about how much Neith is changing us when Reed doesn’t immediately shoot Ransom’s idea down like he would have done before she arrived and instead studies Ransom closely.

I think he is probably as curious as the rest of us.

“Are you sure about this?” Raiden asks.

Ransom nods, “Yeah. I will put a ward up around us that will protect us.” He looks back at Reed, “What do you say?”

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