Dark Reincarnation: Nightshade

Chapter 15

Alice's POV

      "I did it....," I thought to myself after I teleported back into my room at the inn. "I finally did it..."

      Yet, I didn't feel happy like I thought that I would. Actually, I don't really feel anything right now. I thought that killing the man that had sent me and my friends to our deaths would bring me some sort of closure. Would at least ease some of this constant pain that torments me every waking moment. But none of that happened.

      I didn't feel worse nor did I feel guilty for taking so many lives to get where I am today. I didn't feel remorse or regret. At the same time I didn't feel accomplished or even excited. The best way to describe it would be that I don't feel anything. Nothing different than what I usually feel anyway. I don't know what to do not where to go from here. I never expected to accomplish what I spent the last two years trying to do.

      Slowly sliding down onto the bed and staring at the ceiling I found myself completely lost in thought. So lost in fact that I didn't even notice when a strong magical presence grew closer. Nor when a huge sickly dark green magical circle appeared on the floor around me. Nor when the spell started to build at an extremely fast pace. It wasn't until I no longer felt my magic inside myself that I noticed something was going on. But by then it was too late.

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Lily's POV

       "I'm so booorrreeddd.." I complained for what seemed like the millionth time. It was about just after midnight I think and Alice still hasn't came back. I'm not really worried about something happening to her, the immense amount of pure magical energy that girl puts out without even realizing it immediately caught my attention when I came across her the first time.

      On top of that, these last few days traveling with her I've come to realize that she is not only strong but really intelligent as well. It would take someone either a hell of a lot stronger than her, a hell of a lot smarter than her or both in order to get the jump on her. 'Maybe I came on too strong just out right telling her that she's mine now..' I thought while standing up and stretching a bit.

     'I can still feel her through our partial contract so I know she's alive, what if.. wait...' My thoughts were suddenly interrupted when out of nowhere the connection me and Alice had was severed. Using magic sense and trying my hardest to locate her I realized I couldn't feel her magic anywhere.

     Panicked, I decided to go find out what the hell was happening. Rushing over the the wall around Adviras I simply ran up and over it. Once on top I let my animalistic senses take over and quickly found her scent. Following it to a random inn I flew through the door and up the stairs not caring about the people yelling after me. Her scent led me straight to the room she was in and standing just outside the door I strained my hearing to try and see what was going on. I could hear two heartbeats telling me that she was indeed alive and that she wasn't alone.

     Using my magic sense again I realized I still couldn't feel her magic but instead I could feel someone else's. Not only was it immensely strong but it had an eery feeling to it that gave off a rather sinister vibe. Using magic perception to be able to not only feel magic around me but also see it I noticed a huge magic circle surrounding someone and I instantly recognized what it was. Silence. The magic spell that not only trapped someone in it's circle but was also technically it's own place of existence in which magic does not exist. Now I know why her magic disappeared.

    Seeing that I started to feel an intense anger building up within me and started seeing red. Whoever was in that room clearly had the intention to either harm or capture Alice. That's where this person fucked up. Not because of temporarily seeling Alice nor his intention of taking her. No, where he fucked up was when he even had the thought that he was going to take what was MINE. That's when the rage took over.