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they all convened in the living room. Fiona spread papers across the floor and put her considerably larger than usual bag right in the middle.
“ I'll need to draw these out with my enchanted powder. We should do it outside or somewhere that will be easier to clean up.”
“ Sure,” Skylar said, and she and Leo went to clean up the back porch for that purpose.
Fiona rounded on Dymphna. “Now that you're bonded to him, you'll need to take an active role in this. I'll start the spell, and I'll feed it with my magic. Seb gave me some of his earlier, so I'm on a little bit of a high. I'll take care of the cleansing myself, but that will take most of my magic. So you'll be doing the recovery. I've got the runes set up so I can guide you into his mind. From there, you'll need to find his spirit yourself. I'll leave a kind of trail of breadcrumbs, and you'll follow them back. Now, I don't know how it'll all go down. But there's a chance that when you look for his spirit that you can find where his memories are hidden as well. If you do, you can forcibly bring them back. It'll work a lot like your healing magic. If you don't find the memories, we'll search for them again later.”
“ Alright.”
“ Are you ready?”
“ Yes,” Dymphna said. She wasn't totally sure, but she had to do it. For Gage, and for any possibility of a future between them.
“ Yes,” Gage echoed.
“ And you know that there's a strong chance your coloring will end up like my own?” Fiona asked, indicating her brightly white hair and purple eyes.
“ I'll take the chance.”
“ Good. Let's see if Skylar and Leo are ready for us.”
They had completely cleared the porch. The four of them watched on as Fiona drew her runes in some kind of powder, chanting something. She sprinkled a mix of herbs in a circle around the whole thing. Then she spritzed the whole area with some kind of liquid in a spray bottle. All the while, she never stopped her chanting.
“ I'm ready. Gage, sit there in the middle. Right on top of that rune. Dymphna, on that rune. Be careful to disturb them as little as possible.”
“ What can we do?” Leo asked.
“ Skylar's job is to make sure no one interrupts us. I don't care if it's Seb himself, no one but Leo can stop the ceremony. Leo, you need to use your air magic to monitor our magic usage. If we get into dangerous levels of magic left, you need to stop it. Use whatever means you can, from magic to physically moving us out of the circle. Understand?”
“ Yes,” they both said.
“ Good.” Fiona settled herself, then joined hands with Gage and Dymphna to make a triangle. “Let's get started. Remember, this probably will hurt Gage because it's going to strip him down to his soul and perhaps farther. Don't stop if it hurts or if he makes a noise.”
Everyone went silent, and Fiona began. Dymphna wasn't involved in this, but through the link, she could feel the edges of the spell through her bond with Gage. She was ready for it to be time for her part. Dymphna wasn't used to sitting in the passenger seat, and she didn't much like it. Especially not when it came to her own bond-mate. Even in the early days of that relationship, she felt it strongly.
The spell built and built until it became nearly palpable. She felt it moving around between Fiona and Gage for what seemed like a very long time but was probably only a few minutes in real time. Then it exploded, shattering like glass that dealt hundreds of little cuts as the explosion rocked the world. Gage screamed. Fiona had warned them that he would, but when it came time that Dymphna heard it, she was still surprised. It sounded like a keening wail of agony. She didn't like that at all.
Gage collapsed onto his side, and the two women made sure not to break physical contact. Then Fiona's voice spoke in Dymphna's mind. “Come with me.”
Dymphna closed her eyes and let her magic follow where Fiona led. Then, Fiona withdrew. “Call me when you need
“ I'll need to draw these out with my enchanted powder. We should do it outside or somewhere that will be easier to clean up.”
“ Sure,” Skylar said, and she and Leo went to clean up the back porch for that purpose.
Fiona rounded on Dymphna. “Now that you're bonded to him, you'll need to take an active role in this. I'll start the spell, and I'll feed it with my magic. Seb gave me some of his earlier, so I'm on a little bit of a high. I'll take care of the cleansing myself, but that will take most of my magic. So you'll be doing the recovery. I've got the runes set up so I can guide you into his mind. From there, you'll need to find his spirit yourself. I'll leave a kind of trail of breadcrumbs, and you'll follow them back. Now, I don't know how it'll all go down. But there's a chance that when you look for his spirit that you can find where his memories are hidden as well. If you do, you can forcibly bring them back. It'll work a lot like your healing magic. If you don't find the memories, we'll search for them again later.”
“ Alright.”
“ Are you ready?”
“ Yes,” Dymphna said. She wasn't totally sure, but she had to do it. For Gage, and for any possibility of a future between them.
“ Yes,” Gage echoed.
“ And you know that there's a strong chance your coloring will end up like my own?” Fiona asked, indicating her brightly white hair and purple eyes.
“ I'll take the chance.”
“ Good. Let's see if Skylar and Leo are ready for us.”
They had completely cleared the porch. The four of them watched on as Fiona drew her runes in some kind of powder, chanting something. She sprinkled a mix of herbs in a circle around the whole thing. Then she spritzed the whole area with some kind of liquid in a spray bottle. All the while, she never stopped her chanting.
“ I'm ready. Gage, sit there in the middle. Right on top of that rune. Dymphna, on that rune. Be careful to disturb them as little as possible.”
“ What can we do?” Leo asked.
“ Skylar's job is to make sure no one interrupts us. I don't care if it's Seb himself, no one but Leo can stop the ceremony. Leo, you need to use your air magic to monitor our magic usage. If we get into dangerous levels of magic left, you need to stop it. Use whatever means you can, from magic to physically moving us out of the circle. Understand?”
“ Yes,” they both said.
“ Good.” Fiona settled herself, then joined hands with Gage and Dymphna to make a triangle. “Let's get started. Remember, this probably will hurt Gage because it's going to strip him down to his soul and perhaps farther. Don't stop if it hurts or if he makes a noise.”
Everyone went silent, and Fiona began. Dymphna wasn't involved in this, but through the link, she could feel the edges of the spell through her bond with Gage. She was ready for it to be time for her part. Dymphna wasn't used to sitting in the passenger seat, and she didn't much like it. Especially not when it came to her own bond-mate. Even in the early days of that relationship, she felt it strongly.
The spell built and built until it became nearly palpable. She felt it moving around between Fiona and Gage for what seemed like a very long time but was probably only a few minutes in real time. Then it exploded, shattering like glass that dealt hundreds of little cuts as the explosion rocked the world. Gage screamed. Fiona had warned them that he would, but when it came time that Dymphna heard it, she was still surprised. It sounded like a keening wail of agony. She didn't like that at all.
Gage collapsed onto his side, and the two women made sure not to break physical contact. Then Fiona's voice spoke in Dymphna's mind. “Come with me.”
Dymphna closed her eyes and let her magic follow where Fiona led. Then, Fiona withdrew. “Call me when you need
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