The Wolf In Me

Chapter 22 The Beast In The Shaddows

Part 1 The witches' plan

Nelly's POV

I watched quietly as Melody, the youngest from the three of us was turning the pages of the book, observing the sketches of all the different monsters that could emerge from hell. She did a good job at holding the beast all on her own for all that time and surely, her powers were powerful. I placed the cigar between my lips as I turned the cigarette lighter on.

"When will you stop that habit Nel? You know it's not good for you," Lylah uttered, placing down the glass of wine on the outside table as she looked at me with a sharp teasing frown.

I inhaled my first bit of the cigar, closing my eyes with pleasure and turned to exhale it on Lylah teasing her back. She coughed waving in front of her face to remove the cigar fumes that surrounded her nostrils.

"You tease, come here!" She said, giggling whilst trying to snatch at me, almost falling off her chair.

"Hey guys, I think I got something. Look!" Melody said excitedly.

"Demolishing spell. It says that it can be used on any beast of hell. It needs the strength of a few witches. The more the better," She explained.

"Let me see," Lylah said, walking to her side, taking the book.

"Demolishing spell," she started to read, then looked at Melody.

"Well, bravo. You got it right," she smiled at her, then walked to my side.

"Here, this must be the one for sure. Should we contact more witches?" Lylah asked hesitantly.

"No! They must not know that we have this book in our grasp. They would strip us all of our magic. Then what? We would be just humans!" I said sharply, making sure she doesn't do that mistake.

Lylah looked down feeling stupid for suggesting such an option.

"Yeah. true. This is a big problem though. Do you think that we can do it? Just the three of us?" She asked worriedly.

"We make it work. Somehow we will" I said, looking at Melody and Lylah with sharp eyes.

Lylah's POV

Somehow I feel like Nelly was right. We would be stripped from our magic which to us, it is worse than a death penalty. My mind was full of stress from the responsibility of protecting the most powerful wolf pack. I cannot forget my promise to the goddess after all. She saved my life after I was drowned by a human for being in the wrong place at the right time.

I was walking along the quiet street, going back home after a long day at work, having one meeting after the other and filing some papers, whilst taking notes for the next day. It was already dark and I could only see where I was going from the spotlights that come by now and again. I could not use magic around the human world so I needed to hurry back home before anything would happen that triggers my natural habit. I suddenly hear a scream that came from one of the side streets that lead to a man-made river, and I promptly decided to investigate further. I hid behind a large metal crate and peeped to see a blonde woman being molested by a big guy that was wearing everything in black, like he was a heavy metal rocker, with long wavy hair that went down to his shoulders and a few tats on his arms. I didn't want him to kill her, yet I was not allowed to use magic, so my options were limited. I slowly started to approach the big guy from behind, one step at a time, until I was close enough to leap on his back, punching and pulling at his head. Belongs to (N)ôvel/Drama.Org.

All I could remember was him, pulling me down to the ground with just one arm, seizing me from moving.

"Run," I screamed to the woman that looked scared to death.

She nodded and rushed away, leaving me alone with this strong human. With one swift of motion, he lifted me with his hands tangled around my hair, my feet in mid-air, and hovered me at the edge of the river.

"You have managed to let my treat escape. Do you have any idea how much she costed me to get to her? Huh?" He snarled, letting go of my hair as he enjoyed watching me fall for a few meters down.

I grabbed hold of a piece of metal that clung out of the wall, but it was all wet and slippery, and so I fell, splashing into the freezing river, drowning me as the strong stream flowed me further away from dry ground. I have died for a few moments but the beautiful moon goddess gave me mercy for my courage to save a fragile human. I promised to be her knight wherever she needed me for as long as I lived. When the time came, she sent for me through a dream. I was needed, so here I am. Nobody knows the real truth to why I came to the pack's aid, and I am not willing to let anyone know.

The spell was going to be tricky, but the goddess will help us. I trust her with all my might, so I closed my eyes for a moment and prayed to be at our side.

"You ready redhead?" Nelly asked Melody, snapping me out of my thoughts.

"Yeah, sure am," she said smiling at me, "You ready blondie?"

"As ready as can be," I replied, trying to hold myself together.

"Great, so, let's go for the mirror."

Nelly and I went up to get the mirror whilst Melody prepared a few candles outside, placing them in a circle and turned them on, wasting no time.

"Great, so we need to form a circle within the candles' perimeter whilst we hold hands," I said whilst placing the mirror with the trapped demon at the core of the circle.

We got ready, then everyone started to concentrate to open the portals of hell, just enough to send the demon back to where he belongs. We started to chant together, repeating and repeating.

"Anan serj andima gua, sami hessre nadu bara".

Suddenly, powerful winds started to gather at the centre of our circle and with its strength it formed a very high tornado that broke the ground, making a large hole. Closing my eyes to hold tighter and concentrate on the spell, we all started to shake, feeling all the energy. The tornado started to clear itself, but the high wind was still blowing hard in our faces. I opened my eyes and looked at the mirror where the beast was now screaming and trying to reach for the ground, attempting to escape, but he was getting devoured into the hole until he was gone for good.

"Now we must close it! Hurry everyone," Nelly yelled through the chaos.

"Fauo dater inaka is a gae ma dire lei jerga jefle nuijl," we started to repeat the spell for multiple times, until the hole closed tightly, leaving the demons inside their territory.

We were all panting and coughing, feeling exhausted after all that strong energy around us. Finally, he was gone for good. But he was not the only demon we have to face. The fight was merely over.

"We must track every demon we can find. This is our battle and we need to keep on fighting them off for as long as we must!" I uttered, starting to blow out the candles.

Nelly and Melody both looked at each other validating my suggestion.

"We agree," Nelly announced, now making it official.

"I'm going inside to let the others know that the fight with this one is over," Melody said, picking up the book from the floor.

I watched her walk away and took a few breaths in, still feeling dizzy from the chaos If a few seconds ago.

"We must take the book back to the library as soon as we can," Nelly told me, walking to my side.

I nodded and placed the bunch of candles in a plastic bag.

"Tomorrow! It must be tomorrow. We can't let them find out that it's missing," I replied, picking the next lot of candles.

"I'll call the taxi first thing in the morning," Nelly helped me pick up the last few candles, then walked inside, leaving the stillness of the night behind us.

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