The Mistress of Magic ✔

Chapter 19: Into the Light

Blair closed up her shop after the sun set and she drove down the freeway over to Maddox's penthouse. A lot of things were buzzing through her head like for one the girl Holly, the crow and Maddox, but the one that didn't sit well with her was Alexander Ainsley. She hoped that Maddox washed his hands of such a man by now or else trouble was near wherever that man went.

Blair parked her car and strolled inside the busy hotel. She would've passed by the crowd of people like she was invisible, but an eerie force blocked her from entering. Blair didn't panic nor did she show any restraint.

"Ma'am, are you okay?" asked the doorman behind her.

"Yeah," answered Blair with a bright smile. "I just felt a little light headed."

The doorman smiled and went back to his duties. Blair lifted her foot once again and stepped over to get inside; this time there was less restraint on her body. Blair looked around the crowd of people and spotted Alexander. No one in the crowd could see what she saw; a foreboding darkness loomed behind that man like a plague that was growing into an entity all on its own.

"This is bad," she whispered and the strange force nudged her when it heard her voice.

It didn't speak or have any thoughts but Blair understood it clearly; it was here to do evil and only sin. She now realized why she got such bad vibes from Alexander. Blair wondered if Alexander was evil because of the dark spirit or if the dark spirit chose Alexander for a reason. However, Blair knew that these evil spirits didn't latch themselves onto people that weren't already evil. Alexander Ainsley was a good target since he had heinous thoughts in that head of his.

Alexander didn't pay heed to her as he passed by.

"Mr. Ainsley," she called out to get his attention, but more so of the evil spirit behind him.

Alexander's black eyes looked at her plainly. "You were Maddox's date," he pointed out.

"Ms. Lightwood," she reminded him although he looked quite disinterested.

He quirked a brow. "What do want?" he asked bluntly.

"Just wondering where you're headed," she said. "Visiting the town for some sight-seeing, perhaps?"

"No," he said bitterly. "I'm leaving town and headed home."

Blair looked past his eyes and into the void behind him. She recognized that murky smell that petrified her body, but she also realized that this ghoul was still at an infant level, which was a good thing. "That's too bad," she said. "I hope you had a good trip though?"

He grumbled something under his breath, she didn't hear him because she was too busy looking dead straight in the eyes of the ghoul behind him. "I have to go," he said. "Did you need something, Ms. Lightwood?"

She beamed a smile. "No," she said as she purposely blocked the exit. "I would love to give you my business card though. In case you decide to visit Meadow-Mist again-" she shuffled through her purse- "I swear I put it right here." Blair dug through her purse to find her card and the hex that could save Alexander from this ghoul.

"I don't need your card," Alexander moved to leave.

"Here it is," she said as she held the card in front of him and the hex secretly in her other hand. "I hope you have a safe journey back to where you came from. Far away, back into the mouth of your dark home." Alexander didn't understand her, in fact, he looked at her like she was insane. But she had to chant the incantation before she could slip the hex into his coat pocket. He pushed past her after he called her crazy and strode into his car.