Day and night I spent it within those walls, feeling defeat I couldn't leave until I had a win; Christine would come and go providing only with the essentials to keep me moving. When I wasn't trying the spell hunter and Leo would came check up on me, Lord Orpheus was back; he equally couldn't get me moving away from the spot I was but just check on me; everything kept going backwards for me.
Marcos provided the pale looking wood two months ago, I had her duffle bag and took one of her shirts; I acquired the sapphire salt from Lucinda. After clearing the center of my room, I sat there before I draw a circle with the sapphire salt and placed down her folded shirt. I positioned a clean slate bowl cut through my palm, letting the blood collect at the bottom of the bowl before I unwrap the chunk of wood nestled in a white cloth; and chipped some of it off. I placed the bowl and chip of Orgime shaft side by side, before I closed my eyes to remember what I had read of the chant. It was just three lines of similar syllabic words, foreign language; before I started chanting I dipped my hand into the bowl of blood and sprinkled in on her shirt as soon as I had the first line down; a fire rose inside of me. I started to chant faster reaping over the lines over and over again, my body started to shake heavily before just out of nowhere the chip of Orgime got up in flames forcing me to stop mid chant.
In the description of the spell the Orgime wasn't supposed to go in flames but at some stage of the spell it would start to lose its pale color and that was when I would combine it with my blood
'Something's wrong' I thought
It was only good that I didn't use the entire Five inch chunk at once; I will have to try again. I repeated the procedure again but as soon as I started this time the Orgime set in flames again clouding me with its smoke, I coughed heavily.
"Why can't I get it right?" frustrated again by the failure I stood to my feet cleared the barrier of salt and kept everything aside. Then I had another thought
'Am I still not strong enough?'
After the Orgime shaft was provided I hurriedly performed the spell but I got the same result, I decided to put it to rest and continued to try and locate Jake. I contacted ruby once on the cell, I just saw her call and I answered thinking it would be Jake
"How are you?" she asked her old voice really heard in the phone
"I am fine Ruby, the spell didn't work"
"What?"
"The Orgime caught on fire,"
"That is a bad sign; it means something is not right" she sounded afraid
"I followed the rules of the spell; there is nothing wrong with it"
"Not necessarily, it means something else. It's a sign Gianna you have to stop"
"No, I need to go on. I need a solution to this" The phone started to break up as we speak
"Hello?" I could hear her voice speaking but I couldn't understand what she said but I heard something about 'weakness' before the line went silent. At the time it was the day of the night I gave six bags of blood to Marcos and I was indeed weak but how could I still be weak after two months. A knock sounded on the door before it opened; Cassuis again.
He came by and I pretended to be asleep and now he's back "It burned again? You still haven't figured out the problem?" he asked as he came in the room; it's very obvious to tell something was in flames.
"I am getting to it; hopefully I don't run out of Orgime before I do" I saw the color in his face change as soon as I said that
"There is no sign of Marcos anywhere" He informed, as he had also been gone for a week now; searching for Marcos afraid that he might be up to something. He disappeared about six days after I provided him with my blood, although it did confirm my doubts about his intentions with my blood I didn't need to worry about it yet. Since after he disappeared Cassuis had spread eyes out to look for him not even in his coterie was he found; we had seen less of each other which was good to me.
"I will not worry about him as of yet, if he does do something out of line with my blood then I will be sure to undo it. It's not the first time something like such happened"
"You don't understand how merciless and dangerous he can be to not just you but everyone that you wish to protect. I must find him and stop him in time"
"What do you care for the world or is it just to protect your growing coterie?"
"Yes not that I give a care to anyone else, they can all rot under my steps" I shook my head and took away the last sitting item in the middle of the room, the bowl of my blood that had now deepened in color
"I can't understand how you can't think of anyone else but yourselves" I mumbled under my breathe, he darted towards me after I carefully placed the bowl on top of the dresser and grabbed me by the shoulders
"Do you wish to protect the people you care about?" He asked earnestly
"I will protect every single creature from evil. That's what I'm meant for"
"Then you will wish to find Marcos sooner" I could see the degree of distaste inside of him grow
"You have no faith in your brother Marcos, he's not a lost cause; you all are not"
"No" he took his hand away and turned away from me
"I will try to locate him then,"
I did the same spell with Jake just that this time I held on to a hand of Cassuis and closed my eyes; places started to form, images and disturbances, they were not stopping and I wasn't willing to stop either until it just stopped. I opened my eyes confused of what I just saw
"Where?" He asked impatiently
"He's everywhere"
"That's impossible" As soon as I rose to my feet the door stood opened and Prince Orpheus came in
"May I have a word?" Orpheus stated plainly, Cassuis left almost immediately
"Certainly"
he proceeded farther, "Again, when will you be ready?" he asked pulling his voice hard
"You can see what I have up in my throat,"
"I had adhere to all your settings, it's time for you to keep your end"
I snorted as I was already might exhausted and I had no will in engaging him in another bicker "You want me to bear a child in such condition, that child will not develop fully with all the spells I will have to keep drawing"
"I will have the best witches in the world at your service"
"None of the spells will take space without the need for me or my blood"
"So what do you propose?" he asked clearly he was exhausted too, I haven't thought he would ask my opinion again seeing that he had been on to me for a while, now I stood quiet pondering
"I think you let me finish with what's at hand" He turned on his heels devoid of a word and started walking towards the door when my brain sparked
"Wait," I stopped him
"What if I trade you the most powerful thing on the planet?"