WitchsSpell4

“Here. Open your eyes. I’m here.” He spoke clearly, with a resounding timber

Strong hands grasped her waist and lifted her body in the void. Her heart leapt as she opened eyes and beheld the man before her.

Carlos. Dark-haired. Tall. Strong. Alive and young again. Eighteen by the look of his unlined face.

“Damnation Spanish witch, you are incredible. I can’t believe what I’m seeing.” A deeper voice rumbled from behind her shoulder. “And no wonder you wouldn’t leave this human warrior. He’s almost as handsome as me.” The naked werewolf, once more a man, unceremoniously kicked the dead cardinal off the platform.

Tears ran from Isabel’s eyes, “The renewal spell worked. We are transformed by the werewolf fangs buried in our hearts.” She wanted to hold her lover. Take in every vibrant inch of his skin, but first she had to thank their savior. “We are in your debt, brave Koltis. Whatever you name we will—”

“Hush. Nobility did not bring me back to this wretched place. Morbid curiosity lured me. Truthfully, I could not believe you—a witch—would stay and give a mortal back his youth, if it meant you risked death.”

Carlos hugged her closer. “I spied Koltis outside the gates. I did not know he aided my fight. When I saw the faces of the guards, I realized he had joined my cause.”

Koltis hushed Carlos, “No more talk of payment. Looking upon Isabel’s beautiful face is enough. Sometimes even I need to be reminded of the power of magic. But now I must remind you others will soon find this slaughter. I hope you have a plan for escape as well.”

Isabel looked at Carlos and joy overwhelmed her. A cry of glee threatened to burst forth—a new youthful impulse. Instead, she calmly nodded. “We hid clothes and coin in a wilderness between here and the port. We’ll find a ship and let it take us where it will.”

“Then I shall be on my way. I have a book hidden under a wheelbarrow which my King is waiting for. A book I should not let fall into the wrong hands.” Koltis leapt off the dais to the stones below.

Isabel marveled only a moment at the muscles of the supernatural being. Her young body remained unmoved.

Carlos filled her soul. Her mortal companion. Her true love.

The End