The Tempest Spell

Chapter 22

Ronan watched Macie's body explode into turquoise ashes slowly flying away in the wind. He moved her sword over the ashes and they flew into it. He sunk to his knees. He did this. And for what? He turned around everyone was gone except for his sister.
He watched her turn into a ball of black then morph back into, hmm, A. Daunt, B. A, C. B, or D. All of the above.
"What did you make me do?" He growled
She laughed "I didn't make you do anything hun, you did what I wanted by yourself." she lifted her hand and the sword flew from Ronan's hand.
Ronan went to take it back but she stopped and looked at him "I wasn't gonna take it. I just want to do this." She blew on it. A teal mist flew up from the sword and she put her hand over it. It flew to her finger and created another ring, black with a aquamarine gem. she handed it back. "There. Keep it safe" She left him with the sword.
He walked back to Nova's house and realized he still had his bow, and the necklace. He was still a leader of an army. He turned around. He was gonna remember it the Nova way.
He went to his car and put the weapons in the trunk and drove to a tattoo parlor. He has seen Nova go into it before and ask for someone named Beatrice.
He burst through the door and stomped to where a lady was cleaning a bar table. "I need to see Beatrice. "
She looked up at him "she isn't working today."
Ronan turned around hand lifted the back of his shirt revealing his very own set of words.
"I can take you in the back" she agreed with shock.
Ronan studied her has she led him to the back. She had long curly black hair, deep brown eyes and a nose ring. She was wearing a black tank top and a pair of jeans. She didn't have many tattoos actually, on each wrist there were black vines curling up her arms. there might be others that weren't visible but those were all he could see now.
She stopped at a closed door and banged on it vigorously "Gal get out of my studio!!"
The door opened and a large man opened the door "I'm with someone" he grumbled .
"You are with a beer can get out and sober up before you get a customer Gally" she pushed him out of the room.
"Geez, Beatrice, it's just a little boy." he burped and walked away.
She turned back to the studio. A little boy was sitting on a chair, he looked a lot like Nova, he had Nova's general face. That was before she put jewelry in it. "Here Christian, call Nova and see if she is home yet." She held her cellphone out to him.
Christian moved out of the room taking the cellphone on his way. That's right Christian was Nova's brother. He had heard they were close and she must have trusted Beatrice to watch him. Which meant he could trust her too.
"Sorry about that." Beatrice said she showed him to the chair "what can I do for you."
He took off his necklace and gave it to her.
"Okay. This seems do able. Where do you want it?"
He wanted on his left wrist with the word Stagg going up his arm. He also told her to do the actual necklace around his neck.
They talked while getting the tattoos done. Ronan had found out that his word, had grown, the curves of the letters and lines around them and has now visible as they climbed up his neck and around the front of his shoulders.
" So you're a friend of Nova's ?"
"I think I have to be more then that to her." He lied he still had the memories of them trying to kill him wether Macie said they were fake or not.
"You are a lot a like." she ran her hand over his word. She was finishing the back of his necklace the last couple beads, then he'd be done.
"I guess" he said
" Are there more of you?"
He nodded
"Oh I see, so it's like one big puzzle."
Ronan wondered what Nova had told her as he nodded.
"There. Don't scratch it or try to touch it for a bit and if it's still irritating after a week or two come back."
"Thanks"
Christian came back in the room. " She just got home."
"Okay you wanna go?"
"I could drive you" he offered "I know where to go."
Christian studied him then nodded.
Ronan put his shirt back on and got in the car with Christian. Ronan wanted to see Nova any way. This time not to kill her. But to warn her. Her brother seemed normal and a lot like her. Quiet, secretive, closed, beautiful. He'd be a huge hit in high school. He looked like a kid in middle school now but high school wasn't too far away.
He got out of the car. His rain had turned to snow, small, white crystals floating in the December sky. It reminded him of Macie floating away in ashes after he shot her. Was it gonna be like that when he died?
Christian was already at the door. Nova opened it and hugged him. Then she saw Ronan in the drive way. She smiled and waved us in.
"Thanks for bringing him home Ronan. I need to talk to you before you leave though."
Ronan nodded
"Nova? Who's at the door?" A voice said from upstairs
Ronan froze. He knew that voice. The memories Daunt returned to him had him as Astrik, her dragon. When he was in Stagg he had to defeat him before he defeated his kingdom. Astrik took his other sister back to Chrystler and many other people. He was a ruthless wanton. But most importantly he was in Nova's home.