As Viviana walked away from the house carrying little Isabela, she felt the power of Esme inhabit the house and reach out for her. It buzzed inside her head like a sick headache and brought nausea to her throat. She used every bit of her will and pushed her grandmother back. She regretted not being able to bring her sister with her, but questions would most certainly be asked if she carried a dead body down the middle of Main Street.
She wouldn’t be able to take care of the child forever and she knew it. She didn’t have the persuasion powers her grandmother possessed, but she had a few tricks of her own. She went to the store, gathered the things she’d need for the baby, then distracted the clerk long enough to walk out with the things. Baby …show more content…
His mother had been a witch and he got only some of her gift, but he was indispensable at helping Viviana develop her powers. Even when she felt she couldn’t grow anymore, he encouraged her to stretch further than she felt comfortable with. Socorro could have told her, get control of your fear and your power can grow beyond all imagination.
Her fear was her undoing. Jacob became her lover and they spent the next ten years together, traveling and learning all they could about Viviana’s powers. She knew many of the incantations to speak, only the lack of will to wield them.
Then came the greatest tragedy. She woke up in the middle of the night to Esme lying beside her in bed, cackling wildly. Her head buzzed with a spasm-inducing migraine and she couldn’t control the words from her mouth.
“Sithe Eani Nothestaree!”
The witch beside her burst into flames. Viviana leapt from the bed. It was only after she started to collect herself, she realized it wasn’t her grandmother burning in the bed. It was Jacob. She knew no counter spell for the fire curse, and she tried to grab him with her bare hands. Burning her hands, she fell back, sobbing wildly.
It was done.
Jacob was gone.
Esme had gotten into her head and won. Even from a
She wouldn’t be able to take care of the child forever and she knew it. She didn’t have the persuasion powers her grandmother possessed, but she had a few tricks of her own. She went to the store, gathered the things she’d need for the baby, then distracted the clerk long enough to walk out with the things. Baby …show more content…
His mother had been a witch and he got only some of her gift, but he was indispensable at helping Viviana develop her powers. Even when she felt she couldn’t grow anymore, he encouraged her to stretch further than she felt comfortable with. Socorro could have told her, get control of your fear and your power can grow beyond all imagination.
Her fear was her undoing. Jacob became her lover and they spent the next ten years together, traveling and learning all they could about Viviana’s powers. She knew many of the incantations to speak, only the lack of will to wield them.
Then came the greatest tragedy. She woke up in the middle of the night to Esme lying beside her in bed, cackling wildly. Her head buzzed with a spasm-inducing migraine and she couldn’t control the words from her mouth.
“Sithe Eani Nothestaree!”
The witch beside her burst into flames. Viviana leapt from the bed. It was only after she started to collect herself, she realized it wasn’t her grandmother burning in the bed. It was Jacob. She knew no counter spell for the fire curse, and she tried to grab him with her bare hands. Burning her hands, she fell back, sobbing wildly.
It was done.
Jacob was gone.
Esme had gotten into her head and won. Even from a