The Curse ✔️

Chapter 41: Magic Nullifiers

I had no idea where to go to avoid students seeing tears running down my face, so I stayed in the basement and paced back and forth in front of the training room. The hallway was empty, and I appreciated it.

How was I supposed to get involved and stay out of it at the same time?

My father was still my family.

If he turned out to be evil, what would that say about me?

I couldn't get involved half-assed. It was either nothing at all or all in. The stakes were too damn high for me.

I sat on the floor and glanced at my phone. Twelve minutes and then I'd have to return to the training room. The door to my right opened.

"Hey." Amma came out. "You okay?"

"Yeah." I wiped away the tears. "Did Dean tell you we had a cat fight?"

"Something like that." Amma sat next to me. "I came to check up on you. And I needed a break."

"Did you find something?" I faced her. "Anything at all?"

She shook her head, "There's nothing wrong with the ooze. The substance is the same as in all the books. It behaves normally when in proximity to magic and light and warmth. Darth tried hurting it using his magic and it didn't work. But his magic works normally on everything else."

Her head bumped against the wall, and she took in a deep, shaky breath.

"So, it responds to magic, but cannot be hurt by it? Awesome."

"I don't know what else to do." Amma whispered. "Darth neither."

I sighed, "There must be something wrong with it."

"Whatever it is, we haven't found it." Amma looked at me, "Why were you crying?"

"Because we're being attacked by demons and no one knows what to do?"

"That's fair."

My shoulders slumped, "Everyone hates me."

"Why would anyone hate you?" Amma turned to me fully, her azure eyes wide and surprised.

"Because of Leon."

"Oh, that." Amma chuckled. "No one hates you. Except maybe Bella. But that's understandable."

"Then why is everyone bitching about it all the time?"

"Because they worry?"

That pissed me off more than it should have.

"I'm a big girl, I can take care of myself."

"Morta just doesn't understand." Amma shrugged. "You know, why you like him."

"Maybe because for all his faults, he's never judged me."

"I get that." Amma looked away. "But Morta's scared that he's leading you down a dangerous path. He doesn't care about any of this, you know? Demons, death, danger. He's going to leave this school in his Porsche the moment things get tough and leave us behind. Plus, it's not like he's stopped flirting with other girls when you started sleeping with him."

I took in a sharp breath, "I didn't need to know that."

"Yes, you did." Amma said. "Because you forgot about it."

I leaned against the wall, "I'm just so fucking terrified all the time. And the more I think about it, the less sleep I get. I need something to help me cope. He's a good distraction."

"We're all terrified." Amma shrugged. "But we don't leave everything in ruins because of it."

"Is that what you think I'm doing?" I looked at her.