Night World : Spellbinder Chapter 17

They walked step forward to Erics jeep. The night air was very shivery and on that point was no moon.Thea kept her pass along on Erics back, ready to recommend if he hesitated. that he never did.At the door of the jeep, Thea looked at Blaise. She was afraid to show any expression. Could Aradia see them? She takeed desperately to go Blaise a last hug.Aradia said, Is t here a window from the shop onto this channel?Thea looked at Blaise. Blaise said, no indeed you can say good-bye. After this youre red ink to have to pretend not to know each other.Thea stared at her, indeed felt a wild choked giggle well up. this instant I know why youre Maiden, she said, in a bare whisper. But-does anyone else net?l dont deem so. Some may wonder, but I think theyll sustentation their m revealhs shut. Say good-bye quick.Thea hugged Blaise, couldnt make herself let go. Thank you. Oh, Eileithyia, Blaise, Ill recede you.Now Im the last of the Harman line, Blaise said in a bad fictitious o f a smirking voice. Ill have a bedroom to myself, she added in more presumptive tones. And Im going to get Sheena good.Who?Thats good, you didnt hear. She was the one who turned us in. Shes one of Tobiass wee girlfriends, Circle Midnight. It seems hes been spying on us. He t gaga her enough that she understood we were doing prohibit spells, and she told Gran.It doesnt matter now.Are you kidding? Im getting sent to the Convent. Im going to kill her. The bells rang as Blaise tossed her head.Then she tightened her grip on Thea. I dont know why you want to be with a human, she whispered. But I hope you keep on wanting it now that you have it.Blaise, when you get back-please dont hurt them anymore. Theyre people. Really.Blaise sighed noncommittally Thea could finger it. But all she said, almost too softly for Thea to hear, was, Ill miss you-sister.Then Thea could let go.When she was in the jeep, Aradia leaned into the open door.Two things, she said rapidly. And theyre all the help I can give you. Mother Cybele mentioned Circle Daybreak. Ive heard rumors that there ax witches somewhere who are starting it up again.Witches who want to forget the tan Times, and who dont hold to Night World law. I dont know if its true. But if it is, peradventure you can dumbfound it.Theas breath was taken away. The possibility leaped inside her exchangeable some unimagined joy.And the other thing, Aradia said, with a rare smile-almost a drawing grin. Word is that some of your Redfern cousins have started going peculiar. Ive even heard that theyre lecture about finding human soulmates, just handle you. You might sift and contact them and see what the story is.Theas breath came back, and with it, tears. Oh, Aradia. Thank you.Good luck, Thea. And Eric. two of you, wherever you go.Eric, who had been sitting quietly behind the wheel, reached out to touch her hand lightly. And you, too. Thea could tell by his voice that he was puzzled and dazed, but he was trying not to show it.Then they host away. Thea turned round to watch Blaise getting smaller and smaller. A little wind blew Blaises hair, and she looked like a dark and mysterious Aphrodite, a goddess who always did what you least expected.Eric drove fast until they were a good distance from the shop, then pulled to the curb on a tiny residential street. He looked at Thea and said cautiously, Am I immune to this stuff? Because Im not forgetting anything. Or is it going to peak in any minute now?Thea kissed him.Then she began to laugh hysterically.No. No.You mean were authentically safe? Youre going to keep your powers?Yes YesShe had to keep telling him over and over to convince him. But finally he got it and his face changed. Was transformed by his lightning-bolt smile. He squeezed her and shook her and finally jumped out of the jeep and yelled All right Way to go, Blaise All right YesEricHe pounded the jeep.Eric, get back in, you idiot There might be Night People around. Then, still laughing unc ontrollably with drive in and gratitude and the abatement of tension, she said, Come in here. And she held out her arms.He jumped back in. They fit in concert perfectly, his arms around her, his breath against her hair.Im so happy, he said. I love you, witch.Thea was laughing and crying at once. I love you, too.He kissed her temple. She kissed his cheek. Then he kissed her mouth and stayed there for a long while. And Thea forgot about laughing, forgot that there was a world outside the two of them.And then they sat in concert in the darkness, resting against each other, just breathing. Safe. Connected.Thea was with someone who k invigorated her, who sawing machine what she saw. Her soulmate. And they were free to be with each other, without being hunted, without fear.She was filled with joy and tranquility.And with quiet sadness, too. It wasnt as if this new beginning came free. She still was an exile, cut off from her family. Gran was lost to her. If she saw Blaise, it would hav e to be in secret. Shed given up a lot. more or less everything.But she didnt regret it. not with Eric warm and solid in her arms. Not with the Night World saved from civil war, and the threat to the humans here over.And what now? she wondered.Strangely, even though there was no clear answer, she didnt feel afraid. She could visualize many futures, and they all seemed equally likely.Now they would go to Erics house, and Erics commence would be puzzled but generous, and Roz would be ferocious but delighted. And undermentioned week Thea would go back to school and transfer into honors zoology.She would get a scholarship to Davis and become a vet and use her powers to find out what was wrong with sick animals. Or she would find herself interested in wolves or elephants and would become a naturalist and visit faraway places to study them. Or she and Eric would adopt a puppy like Bud and write a book together to help people understand their dogs.Or she would find Circle Daybreak and m eet witches who wanted to forget the Burning Times. And they would be the first to reintroduce humans to magic, and Rosamund would grow up fierce and proud, crafty all the legends of Hellewise.Or she would find her vampire cousins and see if the soulmate principle was really coming back. And their group would be like a magnet, attracting other teenaged Night People with radical ideas, starting an underground revolution.Maybe a new generation of Redferns and Harmans were forming alliances with humans. Maybe it was time for hatred to stop.Maybe the old powers were waking and new times were coming. Maybe the world was about to change. simply one thing was sure.There were infinite possibilities.She held Eric and felt his breathing and was at peace with the night.The End