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Riya sat down on her bed and continued reading the book she was previously going through yesterday, she hadn't gone downstairs again since breakfast. She continued to stay in her room to practice some of the spells she found in the book that wasn't really complicated or needed a test subject. She had been reading since Rick left with Elijah and Jimmie to engage in horse racing. They were really having a blast lately. She sighed and continued reading.
A knock came at the door and Riya went to open the door. She saw Voleth Meir standing there and stepped aside so she could come in. She went back to sit down on the bed with Voleth Meir joining her shortly.
"I see you're busy going through the spell books." Voleth Meir commented.
" Yes, and I have questions." She replied as she dropped the book and faced Voleth Meir.
"How do I summon my Demon powers?" She asked
" Why do you ask suddenly?" Voleth Meir asked.
"There are spells here in the book that requires you to seal the spell with demon abilities to avoid reversals from another witch." Riya answered.
"I see." Voleth Meir said.
"Well, you can't summon it, it has to be awakened." Voleth Meir said.
"Ohhh." Riya said.
"When you're ready, I'll awaken it, but you're not ready right now, I need you to first master extraordinary spells before that." Voleth Meir said.
"Alright." Riya replied and picked up the book again.
"Cast this one." Voleth Meir said, pointing at a spell in the book.
Riya read the spell and smiled remembering Adriana's shocked face when she first cast it on her.
"Seems familiar, doesn't it?" Voleth Meir asked smiling wildly.
"It does." Riya replied smiling back.
Voleth Meir closed her eyes for a second and opened them. Some minutes later, the butler knocked on the door and brought in a full turkey that had been properly dressed in a big tray with a knife.
The butler dropped it on the side table beside the bed and left immediately. Riya looked at the turkey and smiled inwardly.
"Well let's begin." Voleth Meir said, taking the book from her and sitting more comfortably.
Riya pulled the side table to stay in front of her and picked up the knife, she whispered the spell and sliced her palm, flinching as the knife cut through flesh. Blood flowed down the knife with Riya still repeating the spell, she stabbed the turkey's stomach and ripped it open. The cut covered up slowly and ripped open again like a broken zipper, and kept on doing that continuously.
Voleth Meir smiled and patted Riya on the head lightly as they watched the repeated process.
"Weldone." She said
"Now undo the spell." She added.
Riya said the spell backwards and placed her hand on the cut, white light surfaced on her palm and the cut started to seal slowly till it completely covered up without a trace.
"Bravo!!!!!!!!!!!!" Voleth Meir screamed and clapped.
Riya smiled inwardly as she watched a successful spell just sitting in front of her. Voleth Meir closed her eyes again for some seconds and the Butler came in shortly again to pick up the tray and knife. Voleth Meir held Riya's palm in her hands and whispered something before the cut on her palm completely closed up without a trace.
Riya smiled and thanked her before going to the bathroom to wash off blood from her hands. When she came out, she met Voleth Meir already standing at the door.
"Let's take a walk." She said and waited for Riya to walk to the door before she turned around and walked away.
Riya followed her quietly as they went down the hallway into the room that looked like a museum and down to the prisons. Voleth Meir stopped in front of a prison and flicked the switch on the wall. The prison came alive with lights and all the prisoners screamed and grumbled. Some begged for the darkness again while others just kept banging at the bars angrily.
Voleth Meir scanned the prison quietly, ignoring all the noise the prisoners were making.
"Can they still use their powers?" Riya asked
"No, the cell prevents them from doing so." Voleth Meir replied.
Riya looked at all the prisoners in their tattered clothes and deranged stares as they banged the bars of the cell. The bars of the cells were very thick and solid.
"What exactly are we doing here?" Riya asked, feeling sick already from staring at the prisoners.
"Command him to speak, or make him scream." Voleth Meir said, pointing at a man that sat down in the corner calm, like he didn't hear or see what was happening around him.
"Him?" Riya asked.
"Yes, he has never said a word since he came here, as you can see, he's the only one sitting calm in the corner." Voleth Meir said.
"How do I make him speak if you couldn't make him speak?" Riya asked.
"I've never tried making him speak, I just kept on observing him over time, his name is Lucan." She replied.
"If you can make him scream just once, I'll awaken your demon side." She added.
Riya's eyes went round in excitement, she immediately set to work by studying the man while Voleth Meir passed her a hand made ragdoll. Riya took the doll and brought out her dagger.
"Let's see if you've been studying hard." Voleth Meir said and turned to look at the man named Lucan.
Riya had seen that spell while she was reading through the journal she recently started to read, and had promised herself inwardly to find a test subject and try it soon. She started to chant the spell as she mentioned his name and started cutting deeply into the doll on different fatal spots, she continued to chant the spell and cut deeply on several spots on the doll. She poked her tongue with the dagger and drew blood with her mouth before spitting it on the doll. Voleth Meir watched her in awe as she chanted the spell one more time before the man started to scream at the top of his voice.
Voleth Meir watched, totally impressed as the cuts on the doll started to appear one by on the man's body. He screamed as each cut that appeared also came with the piercing pain and precision that was used to inflict the doll with the cuts. Riya stopped chanting the spell after all the cuts were complete and just kept watching.
"You really are something." Voleth Meir said smiling.
"Thank you." Riya said, bowing dramatically.
Voleth Meir watched the man for a while as he screamed and stepped back before turning to face Riya.
"Undo the spell." She said.
Riya undid the spell and the man stopped screaming and just laid there in the corner quiet again. By this time, the prisoners had become quiet and stopped screaming and banging the bars.
Voleth Meir flicked the switch and the lights went off again. She then led Riya back to the hallway and down to the living room. Riya went to the kitchen to wash her hands and discard the doll in the waste bin on the side. The butler immediately took out the trash to probably avoid the maids from coming across it.
Riya went to sit with Voleth Meir and waited for her to get off the phone. She looked at the living room and also didn't see a TV set. Voleth Meir got off the phone and answered her question.
"I hate the sound of Tv around me, it disturbs my meditation and hinders me from being able to listen carefully to my surroundings and what's on my workers minds." She said.
"I literally can't tell the difference between the TV and their thoughts." She added
"Ohhhhhhh." Riya replied.
Elijah and Rick walked into the house with Jimmie walking in last. Rick came to Riya and hugged her while Elijah went to whisper something to Voleth Meir who looked shocked before she finally regained her composure.
"What happened?" Riya asked Rick.
"I think someone died again in Sleepy Hollow." Rick said.
"The woman that found the priest body committed suicide." Jimmie said, cutting in.
"The Sergeant reached out to me this morning." Jimmie added.
"Ohhhh." Was all Riya could say.
Voleth Meir stood up and took Elijah with her while Jimmie followed them. Riya went upstairs with Rick who gave her the gist on the outing at the stable with Elijah and Jimmie. He sounded quite excited and Riya was happy about that. She sat on the bed while Rick went to take a shower.
She laid down on the bed and sighed out loud before picking up the book of spells again. She quickly reminisced on the events of the day and the amazing spells she cast and smiled.
"I'll speak to Elijah about awakening your demon side." Voleth Meir said in her head.
Riya smiled inwardly as she heard the voice and closed her eyes.