Chapter One Hundred and Seventy Eight

It had been scary at first.

The knowledge that Nick was in total control was scary, but when I ignored those fears, it was simply amazing. I looked down; from this height everything seemed smaller.

I lost track of time as we ‘flew‘, but too soon we plummeted downwards, and Nick landed elegantly. Only then did I notice how tight I had grasped onto his shirt.

“You could come down now,” Nick says, and I nodded, but my legs wouldn’t cooperate. He chuckled, helping me down.

“That was… wow,” I commented.

“I know right?”

“Is she here?, the sorceress, I mean.”

“Yeah, come with me,” he says. I followed after him.

We were in the woods; this had not been what I expected. A nervous feeling settled over

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    our view from what lay ahead. Nick pushed aside the tendrils of the plants and walked in. I

    the little space, there were even more flowers, their intertwined vines

    the sorceress for the first time.

    me of those of

    had been around for a long, long time. Her face was grim, as if we had disturbed her peace

    just as

    cut Nick off. “My services are not cheap; pay up.”

    bag to her; she ripped it open and then stared at it. Her eyes found mine. She had this eerie feeling to her. She

    feel Nick’s gaze on me, reassuring me that everything was fine.

    my face; her hands

    her words cut deep. I didn’t like this woman

    came here for…

    “I know what you came here for; I see it in your eyes; you are in search of a gift never freely given to you; you are here because

    seen. She kept us waiting for five whole minutes, and when she returned, there was a knife in her hand. I backed away,

    chopped off a small portion of my hair. “This is payment enough,” she says, placing the strands of my

    pointed the knifé to Nick. “Come,” she ordered, and he lifted the sleeves of his shirt before approaching her. “You do know what you are

    pour into a bowl; her voice rose as she chanted foreign words, and then she took the same knife, splitting her own skin and also

    to me with the bowl.

    you will be powerful. This is

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