The Witch's Tool (The Witch's Tool #1)

Dream or Premonition

JACE

This had to be dream, nothing else could explain what I was seeing. I refused to accept that this was reality, my reality.

How I had come to be here; just feet away from Neona on her throne, was all but unknown to me.
The huge room had a dark green glow about it and all around me there were whispers.
Then out of nowhere faceless bodies began appearing, moving towards The Witch. She was slumped in her seat, jaw resting on her hand and eyeing them with little interest.

But still they continued whispering and move closer.

Then a white light from the back beamed across the room, and The Witch sprung up, interest reflecting in her dark black eyes.

The faceless too turned to see what had gotten the attention they so desperately seek.

It was Zelenia.

She stood out like a single shining star in a lonely dark sky.

The Witch smiled and stepped down to her and I moved.
Well I tried to but like a rock I wasn't going anywhere.

"You've finally come." The Witch said, a victorious smile splayed across her lips.

Zelenia watched her with narrowed eyes and her fists clenched, and that's when I saw something different about her.
Zee looked stronger, her confidence showed in her stance and the way she looked at Neona.

"Let them go." she said and her voice boomed loudly.

The Witch smiled and went to one of the Faceless, she ran a long finger down his face and when she withdrew that hand it was covered in blood.

"Or not?" She giggled at her little joke but Zee wasn't having it.

Her eyes flared and the light around her brightened.

The Witch bared her teeth and stepped back.

"You don't frighten me? I am stronger than you." She said loudly, still backing away from the light.

"Then why run?" Zee lip curled up in satisfaction at the sight of The Witch retreating.

Heck, even I smiled.

"I am your mother, how dare you stand against me?!"

"Because standing with you only means losing everything. And I would rather die."

The Witch eyes sparkled and she smiled cunningly. "Speaking of dying, you want to know how to free your... Friends?"

Zee didn't answer, just stared, waiting for her to get to the point.

"They've all been placed under my control by a very powerful blood spell. They are slaves to me to my bidding and no one else."

"Now, you want them back right, but I can't undo this spell. Not with my blood anyways since it isn't pure and it was my blood that sealed them to me anyways."

She stood up against her throne and looked down at Zelenia. A wicked glare in her eyes.

"From you expression I  figure you already guessed that, but you're missing one tiny little piece to the puzzle."

A dark aroma began seeping from her and she took a step forward.

"Unlike your Blood Sacrifice, a bonding will be the least of your troubles.
"Because to break my dark forbidden magic you will have to do the ultimate sacrifice."