Taste of Secrets

Chapter Nineteen

My eyes widened, the pace of my heart started to quicken. "What?" I said, "What are you talking about?"

"I know what's been happening," Daniel said, "I know what you and 'your friends' are doing." I quickly grabbed the pouch of white powder I had stolen from Alyssa. I grabbed a pinch of the powder and blew it in my 'boyfriends' face. Daniel fell to the ground, his backpack fell beside him. I looked around to make sure that nobody saw what had just happened. I shooks Daniel's shoulder, he woke up. "Uh...what just happened?" he asked. "We were talking about our relationship when you fainted," I said, "Have you been drinking?" I grabbed his hand and helped him up from the ground.

"Uh, no?"

"Oh well, I've got to go," I said, "I'll see you later." He slowly waved me goodbye. I turned around and sighed in relief. Now, for the hardest part of the day: Getting through the nerves of what I was going to do.

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I sat on the leather couch in Hamish's apartment, playing with the end of the blue pillow. I bounced my leg up and down in a nervous manner. "So he's always had this place and he chose to live at the den," Jack said as he walked around. "Well," Randall sighed, "It's only got on balcony." The door to the apartment opened up, Hamish walked in. "Sorry I'm late," he apologized. "What happened to you?" Lilith asked.

"Nothing," Hamish shook his arms, "What....happened to you?" Lilith looked at Hamish. "Come on, let's go," Ham-dog said, smirking. "I still think this is a bad idea," Randall and I said (GIF Above). Randall walked over to me and sat beside me. "Your objections will be noted in the minutes," Hamish said, pointing a finger at us. "We're supposed to make minutes?" Jack asked.

"Shall we?" said Hamish. "Zecchia who sees each in its place and knows the place in which each can hide, we ask you to steal from our enemies," Lilith, Hamish, and Jack said, "Zecchia, we The Knights of Saint Christopher, do summon you to do our bidding, and no more nor less." Randall and I exchanged another nervous glance. Zecchia appeared from the middle of the circle. "Finally," she sighed, "You ready?"

"We are, are you?" Jack replied. "I was born ready," the demon answered, "Although, technically, I wasn't born. I spawned from the husk of a cosmic being on of thousands-"

"Zecchia," Lilith interrupted, "You shall take all goods and chattel from the vault of the Hermetic Order of the Blue Rose and remand these goods into the possession of the Knights of Saint Christopher. In this place we have anointed." I slowly stood up from the couch as I listened to Liliths. Randall stood up with me, slightly pulling me back. Zecchia disappeared like she did last time. Hamish stepped forward and waved his hand. "Okay, so how does she...." I trailed, scratching the back of my neck. All of a sudden our items appeared all around us. "Is this what you wanted?" Zecchia asked, walking towards us.

"Uh, yes," Jack said.

"Contract fulfilled,"Zecciah said, then disappeared. "It can't be this easy," I said and looked around. "Randall," Hamish called, "You're gonna want to see this." Hamish opened up the top of the trunk. "Midnight!" Randall cheered, picking up the hide and stroking its fur. "We're free, motherfuckers!" Lilith exclaimed, throwing her hands up.

I smirked and walked over to one of the trunks. I lifted it and found a bunch of bow and arrow equipment. "Oh sick!" I said, picking up a small velvet back of silver arrow tips. I slipped the bag in my back pocket. Hamish walked over to the sword that was stuck in the stone and tried to take it out, but unfortunately didn't. "Hey Y/N!" Lilith called, "Check this out!" She held up a book. The front cover had bold red letters that read: Imperium Carmen

"Its in latin," I said, "I can't read latin."

"Let me try," Lilith said, grabbing the book from me. "Power incantation," she muttered, "Y/N, this can help you." I grinned and put the book next to my bag to read it later. Lilith and I glanced at the sword and smirked. "Ladies first," she said, bowing. I rolled my eyes and walked over to it. I gripped the handle, feeling it slightly move. Lilith walked over to me and helped me out. With both of our strengths the sword slipped free like butter. She put the sword back and gave me a high five.

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The five of us plopped down on the couch. "Oh! Demons are so scary," Jack teased. "Okay," Randall sighed, "Some demons are scary." Randall put his arm around my shoulder, playing with my hair slightly. I looked up at him and blushed. "We just confiscated the Order's entire magic arsenal," Hamish said, "I think the Knights of Saint Christopher are back in business."

"So how do you want to tell the Order that they take magic orders from us now?" I commented, smirking. "With big shit-eating grins on our faces," Jack responded smirking as well.

"I second that," Hamish agreed, "All in favor?"

"Aye," we said. Our phones suddenly vibrated. I picked it up and noticed a text message from my mother.

Mom: Temple now!

"She must be pissed," I said, earning a nod from all three of them.

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We walked down the steps of the temple, approaching our fellow Order members. Daniel walked over to me and grabbed my hand. "Y/N," he said, "Are you okay?" I furrowed my eyebrows in confusing. "Yeah, why?" I asked, "Is everything okay? Did someone get hurt?"

"Nope," he replied, "not yet." He walked away from me and went to speak with Alyssa. I walked over to Randall, who continued to stare down Daniel. I nudged his shoulder and glared at him. "Let me dispel the rumors," my mother walked in, "We are all going to die." 

The group around us all gasped. "In less than 46 hours, a demon will break through the veil between our realm and the demon realm. Now, it has long been the Order's sworn duty to stand between humanity and this demon and escort him back through the gates of hell, but unfortunately..." My mother paused till everyone calmed down. "The weapons forged for this sole purpose have vanished," she continued.  "She's hiding the fact that the vault's been cleared out," Hamish said as he looked at us, "That's smart."

"Dude, are you hot for teacher?" Randall said.

"ew," I said, "That's disgusting. That's my mother you're talking about." Hamish rolled his eyes and focused back on my mothers speech. Alyssa grabbed my hand along with Jacks. "Guys," she said, "You two did this."

"Correction the Knights and I did this," I said. Jack hit my shoulder and glared daggers at me. "So this is your way of getting back at the Order?" Alyssa retorted, "By killing everyone?"

"We weren't trying to kill everyone," I said, keeping my voice down low. "The Order took our stuff, so we took it back," Jack added for me. "

"Yeah, along with everyone else," Alyssa countered. "Yeah, we're the Knights," I said, "We fight bad magic, all right?" Alyssa rolled her eyes, crossing her arms. "Besides, we met a demon," Jack continued to back us up, "It's no big deal."

"Rogwan is an emperor demon," Alyssa said, "The demon who controls fear. You know what he caused the last time he got out? World War II." My eyes widened at her information. "Allright," I sighed, "We'll bring them back....the...."

"The Sickles," Alyssa finished. "Sickles," I said, scratching the back of my neck.

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"So we went through all this trouble just to give everything back?" Randall said, walking beside me. "We're not giving anything back," I replied, "We're lending them the artifacts they need to do the job." Hamish walked over to the door, unlocking it. "Under the circumstance, I think that's fair," said Hamish as he looked back at us. Hamish opened the door rather quickly and rushed in, but to our surprise the items were completely gone. I ran over to the couch and realized the book was going. "Look," I sighed, "I'm not someone who says 'I told you so' but...."

"I told you so," Randall and I said.