Blood Wyne (Otherworld/Sisters of the Moon 9) - Page 55
I was cut off by another loud crash behind me. We turned in unison, just in time to see a chair sailing through the air toward us. Smoky leaped in front of Tril ian, who was about to get hammered by the wooden seat, and met it with upraised arms. He sent it careening to the floor, where it smashed into pieces.
Tril ian met his eyes. “Thanks, bro. You saved me from a nasty crack on the head.”
“No problem,” Smoky said. “Camil e would have been pissed if I’d let you get hurt.” Even though he tried for a joke, his voice was clearly rattled.
Camil e looked at Morio. “We need some sort of protection. I say we weave a moving pentagram to keep the beasties at bay.”
Morio nodded. “I think you’re right. It wil mean another five minutes’ delay, but we’re not going to be very effective if we have to stop every minute to ward off an unseen attacker.”
“What about Shade?” I asked, looking around.
“He’l be along,” Smoky said. “He’s probably off ahead somewhere, scoping out the situation.”
They motioned for the rest of us to draw near, then clasped hands and closed their eyes. “Don’t let anybody jostle us until we finish,” said Camil e.
Vanzir, Tril ian, Smoky, and I formed a circle around them, facing out so that we could see anything coming our way. Morio and Camil e began to whisper. I couldn’t see what they were doing, but the energy began to filter through the area, so strong that even I could feel it. A pale purple light encircled us, like tracers or quick, neon flashes in long narrow lines. I’d seen them work together enough; I knew this was one of the signature colors of their death magic.
“Weave the circle, tightly sewn,
Let nothing evil or unknown
Enter within. Stay without
On pain of death, we cast you out.”
Their voices blended as they slid into a cal -and-response chant, with Camil e leading and Morio responding.
“Ghostly creatures hear me . . .”
“Heart of the night, deep in the dark . . .”
“You of the Nether realms heed me . . .”
“Heart of the night, deep in the dark . . .”
“We weave this spell against your land . . .”
“Heart of the night, deep in the dark . . .”
“We build this circle to stay thy hands . . .”
“Heart of the night, deep in the dark . . .”
“A star of five points, the elements we call . . .”
“Heart of the night, deep in the dark . . .”
“A circle round star, to bind them all . . .”
“Heart of the night, deep in the dark . . .”
“Flaming light blooms from karmic flower . . .”
“Heart of the night, deep in the dark . . .”
“Bind this spell till the Witching Hour . . .”
“Heart of the night, deep in the dark . . .”
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