Wolf of Stone novel Chapter 30

He hummed in acknowledgement then went silent.

Liza sat down on the floor in front of me, looking at me expectantly.

"What?" I asked.

"C'mon you can't keep this stuff from us. If it wasn't for Axil I'd thought you was in danger."

I shrugged and told them it was just me accepting my birth rite as a witch. There was nothing else to tell really, it was just that simple.

"So, what now?" Axil asked me, "does that mean you're more powerful?"

I pursed my lips in thought, "hmm, honestly I'm not sure if I've gained more power, I'd like to think of it as gaining more knowledge instead."

Liza grinned and clapped her hands, "great! Then show us something! Anything! I've never seen your magic Ezzy, I'm starting to believe none of this is even real anymore."

I tensed up slightly and unconsciously shifted my gaze to Axil, who looked at me encouragingly, urging me to relax and free myself from the chains I've shackled around myself. I found myself getting lost in that gaze... falling... causing my insides to knot into a twist and scaring me...

I quickly looked away and gazed at Liza reluctantly.

I guess I couldn't hide forever.

I waved my hand dismissively around the room and muttered, "rewind."

I watched as every object that was affected by my burst of magical energy started to rewind themselves and fit back into the positions they were before. Broken glasses began to mend themselves as the bed groaned back into position.

I watched it all through uncaring eyes as Liza squealed on in fascination.

"This is amazing Ezzy! You're really magical!" In her excitement, she got up then bent down and clasped her hands over mine and jumped on the balls of her feet, almost tearing my arms off.

I found it hard to relate to her excitement, as I was already accustomed to stuff like this and tugged my hands away. I got up on my feet shakily and dusted off.

"Yeah, yeah, yeah, it's time we get back to working now." I muttered.

Liza's face scrunched up in disagreement, "no no no," she placed a hand on her hips and stared at me pointedly, "this is supposed to be our relaxing day and you turned it into work. It's been a while since we've visited that karaoke bar, we're going tonight. "

"What? No. We c-"

"Karaoke bar?" Axil asked curiously.

My eyes were wide open as the sound of gunshots continued to go off threateningly, echoing loudly in my ears. The room that I had just repaired began to shatter once more.

I acted immediately and called forth the magic that festered around my heart, muttering, "rebound."

A magic circle appeared around the three of us, causing the bullets to bounce off the barrier I created.

The sounds of the bullets shattering my bedroom items faded slightly as the barrier managed to reduce outside noises.

I peeked out from underneath Axil, peering over at Liza to make sure that she was alright.

Both of us made eye contact, fear shining clearly amongst our gazes.

We've never experienced this before. Of course, we'd be afraid. I was lucky enough to have reacted so quickly. If not... we might have died...

I tightened my hold on Axil's shirt, my thoughts scattering all over the place.

"We need to leave," Axil said, drawing our attention to his face that was void of expression. As if what just happened didn't affect him. His eyes were firm and commanding, telling us that this was his area of expertise.