Sinful Mates 1-3

　　Imogen’s POV

　　Astral and I made a huge pentagram on the grass with salt. Luckily, it was a clear day today, only a soft breeze. The sky clear as the sun shone brightly down on us. Tobias watching his perfect lawn with not a blade of grass out of place.

　　“You know I only just repaired the grass from you last time you destroyed it, and now your mixing salt in it,” he whinged.

　　“For someone as dominant and intimidating as you, I never pictured you being a green thumb when I met you,” I retorted.

　　“I just like my lawn and gardens looking nice, nothing wrong with wanting nice grass.” I shake my head as I hear multiple cars driving down the driveway. Looking up, five cars drive toward the house before stopping out the front.

　　“Are you sure they won’t notify the council?” I ask Astral, worried they might come for my son if they find out.

　　“Positive, witches stick to themselves, especially when it comes to magic and power, none of us want it falling into the wrongs hands” She tells me as we walk around greeting them. The car doors open, and women jump out. There were about twelve women who got out, all looking around nervously. Astral introduces everyone and explains what’s going on with Thaddeus. Some look sceptical, others scared, and I realise the situation is more dire than I first thought.

　　I also noticed by their Auras that there were three air users, three water, three earth and three fire users here. Leaving me and the oracle the only spirit users.

　　“Why so many?” I ask Astral. Making her turn to me.

　　“His magic at the moment is contained inside him and still weak, but once we draw on it. It will awaken and fight against us. It won’t be trapped easily. Unfortunately, you and I are the only spirit users alive, so it will take its toll on us the most. Especially you because your magic is tainted and you’re Thaddeus’s mother so it may even try to reach out to you recognising you as a safe place, but you mustn’t give into it.

　　Suddenly Josiah and Caroline pull up. Caroline jumps out of the car. “What’s this I hear about witches coming and doing stuff to my grandson I demand answers now” She says walking over. Josiah walks over calmly placing a hand on Caroline’s shoulder making her relax. Tobias and Theo walk out.

us suspiciously before stalking inside. The witches all walk out the back to the pentagram and I watch as each one lines up behind their elemental point. Astral moves to the centre and pulls five small blades from her pocket. She then walks over and hands the first witch at each point a blade, before bringing the last blade and standing on the top point with me. I watch horrified as each one

the same before handing me

tell her as I slice my palm

your dead already anyway what the worst that could happen” She laughs. Each witch, then circles around

of hair on that kid’s head and I will eat every one of you,” she says flashing her fangs for emphasis before placing him in the centre of the Pentagram. He grabs fistfuls of the

power. When the magic hits Astral, she shudders, and her eyes glaze over before turning an eerie white. Thaddeus must be able to feel the power as he stops and watches for a second before going

roll over me. I shudder and become frozen in place, my lips moving yet I don’t understand the words leaving them, but I can feel power building to immeasurable levels. Suddenly Thaddeus squeals loudly and my eyes snap to his. They burn brightly flickering

him, growing in size. The clear sky turned to night as strong winds whipped around us. The cold of the wind stinging my skin. Lightening cracked above us, and I looked towards Astral.

be blown away when suddenly I felt the ground move. Roots shooting from the

my son’s magic and it terrified me. I thought my magic was dark, but I couldn’t imagine anything more terrifying as the magic that was my son. If my magic were dark, his was a black hole nothing could escape it as

it break” Astral screamed. Sweat beaded all over my body as I fought against the urge to let go

straining, trying to hold on when suddenly I felt it pierce me. The magic hitting me in the centre

who was left to find the only happiness she could, in the bottom of a bottle. Only to return and her light would return, only

of Tobias and Theo and the months of being together. Every

find my grounding and push the magic out. That’s when the picture stills and I find it. My grounding place, my meaning for living. The very person my life is worth fighting for. The one thing that matters most in this world. My son smiling back at me as he grasps air for me to pick him up. That one image, yet in it I felt nothing but love. Nothing but acceptance. The one person I would lay my life down

a strength I never knew I had built within me as I feel light consume me. I scream as I feel it burst from me, shoving the darkness back before wrapping around the darkness, gripping it tightly. My surroundings becoming that of the yard and the witches surrounding me. Like an elastic band, everything snaps back into place. I watch as my magic grips the darkness, strangling it and holding it in place, when suddenly Astral breaks the circle but my magic still holds. She then walks to the centre of the circle with my bracelet in her hand and I watch amazed as it is sucked into the charm before I feel the ground shake and air rushes past us before everything stills. The clouds up above clearing and storm

in my hand. “Keep this safe” She says. I nod before placing it

before everyone murmurs excitedly, and I am left feeling nothing less than whole. For once, my life finally making sense as a new sense of clarity washes over me. Bending down, I pick up Thaddeus and he happily tugs on my shirt.