Chapter Seven #2
“I did join because that’s where they were going, we’re family and we stick together you know?
” He asks and we all nod. We get that. “It was more than that. I wanted to protect people and to help keep the law. I wanted to be someone that the people of the Fae and Demon world especially could trust. There’s a lot of corruption in the Enforcer ranks and of course the political ranks.
I want to try and counteract that as much as damn possible and my brothers fortunately feel the same. ”
I catch Sage’s lips twitch into a tiny smile, showing that she is listening to us and hasn’t lost herself. Kysen is going to make an amazing Bonded mate to Cole and I can only assume that his brothers are as awesome as he is. I’m glad he’s going to be sticking around after this.
“They sound like good guys.” Kai comments, “I can’t wait to meet them.”
“Hopefully you guys will after this.” He replies, throwing the last couple of ingredients into the cast iron pot.
“Looks like you’ve had to do this a few times before.” Maverick comments as Kysen reaches for the last few ingredients.
“I haven’t actually. It’s not really my forte, one of my brothers usually takes care of this sort of stuff he’s got a knack with pretty much all spells and potions that require ingredients.
He specialises in alchemy. He’s told me,” he pauses very briefly, “I mean given me erm notes. So I can do it. This is ready.” He finishes quickly.
He’s done a couple of things now that make me think that there’s more to him than he’s let on. Sage trusts him though and we trust Sage so questioning him can wait until after Levi is ok.
He will be ok.
Maverick
“Are you ready?” Kysen asks me.
My heart beat quickens in my chest. I have never been good at being put on the spot so much so that in any spoken exams I am guaranteed to fail despite knowing all of the material and getting an A if it was a written exam.
I don’t think ‘no’ is the answer he’s looking for though so I nod firmly.
It’s about the only response I can give right now.
Kysen eyes me suspiciously clearly knowing I’m bullshitting.
“Good.” He says.
I can honestly say we’re going to be lifelong friends from this point forward.
If he had called me on my nervousness it would’ve made it a thousand times worse.
His eyes go unfocused slightly before he turns back to me.
He’s done something similar a couple of times now and I’m starting to have questions. They can wait though, Levi can’t.
“Ok, so all you need to do is focus your magic on the salve and what you want it to do its pretty simple. Don’t focus on the wound though just salve and that you want it to pull the poison out of the wound and heal it.
The wound will reject your magic if you focus on that and then reject the salve, it’s like a chain reaction.
When it looks like it’s working then you can stop and hopefully you guys will be able to use the Bond link in order to heal him fully.
There is a chance that your magic won’t be strong enough,” Kysen says, speaking calmly and rationally adding in the information that other people wouldn’t need but I do in order to calm my nerves so I can focus.
Facts and information soothe me, I’m aware that’s odd.
“Ok.” I say simply.
I watch as Kysen puts the salve all over the bite. Levi’s back arches as his face contorts with pain, he makes no sound though and I think that might be worse than if he was screaming. Being in so much pain that you can’t make a single sound is infinitely worse.
Kysen looks at me grimly and nods as soon as Levi’s body settles back down, rigid with pain still but not contorting at the moment. I take a deep breath trying to find my calm and reach to the place where my magic resides.
I know I can do this, I healed Sage.
The longer it takes me to find my magic and pull it forward the more nervous I get and the harder it becomes to focus.
I hear shuffling around me and I start to get angry with myself for letting everybody down.
My hands start to shake as my panic at not being able to help Levi starts to overwhelm me.
I haven’t had a full blown panic attack for years but when one started to surface Levi was always the one to talk me back.
My brain speeds through all of the possible scenarios and outcomes to what I’m trying to do and of course thanks to my panic it starts with the worse case ones first, which only succeeds in making my panic worse.
My eyes snap open as I feel hands, too soft and too small to be the guys cradle my cheeks. My hands move to hers and hold them to my face, already her presence and focus calming my racing heart.
“Hey, are you ok?” She asks softly, her thumbs stroking along my cheek bones as she looks at me worried.
“What if I can’t do it?” I ask. “What if I do it wrong? Or it doesn’t work and we lose him?”
She flinches and I instantly regret the last question but she won’t let me pull back when I try. My eyes can’t focus on one part of her face no matter how much I want them too. My brain is spinning too fast and my breathing gets faster following suit.
Lips meet mine in a hard kiss and I pull her closer.
“Breath, Mav.” She smiles softly. “You can do this, I’m right here.”
I take a deep breath, her kiss effectively stopped my panic attack in its tracks forcing me to breathe normally again.
She turns in my lap so her back is to my chest and she’s so small that I can easily reach around her to get to Levi.
I place both of my hands above the salve, and she places both of her hands on my forearms not lending me any magic or anything like that, just being there for me.
I practically fall into my magic as it comes easily now that I’m calm and have Sage with me.
I know it won’t always be like that and although I’m infinitely grateful for Sage’s help I’ll also be glad when we get to this Blood Moon Academy and I can actually learn something useful and learn to become an Enforcer.
I focus my magic on the salve not on Levi’s wound which I can see spreading like its some sort of flesh eating bite which it probably is now that I think about it.
I make sure to keep my focus on the salve as I ask my magic to strengthen the healing properties in it and pull the poison from them healing the wound just enough that it opens the Bond channel and we can all heal him fully.
For a full minute nothing happens. Sage’s hands tighten around my forearms and I refuse to give up.
I will not lose my brother.
Sweat beads on my forehead as push more of my magic into the salve, not daring to take my eyes off of Levi so that I can see any change in his condition at all to show that its working.
Another minute ticks by agonisingly slowly before finally the black lines of poison spreading out from the wound gradually start to retreat.
So slowly at first that I dare not hope that I am actually making a difference.
“It’s working!” Kai suddenly exclaims and I grin that’s all the reassurance I need that I have not imagined it.
I keep up the stream as the poison starts to retreat quicker and Sage grips my arms again.
“Your doing it, Mav. I am so fucking proud of you.” She mutters as she leans back further and gently kisses my cheek.
My heart swells with pride and love for our woman.
She slowly shifts out of my arms trying not to interrupt the glow of navy blue magic flowing from my hands to the salve. I smile as she moves back to where she was gently shifting his head into her lap and stroking his hair.
“Ok, they’ve retreated enough that you can try to use you Soulmate Bond to heal him fully. I feel like I need to say this again though, this is purely speculation on my part I have no idea if it will actually work but I hope like hell that it does.” Kysen says sounding as worried as the rest of us.