The Witch: Book Two of The Sorceress Saga by Taliesin Govannon (important books to read .txt) π

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βHello...β
I heard the voice in my dream. At least, it felt like a dream.
βHelloβ¦ Missβ¦ Sorceress? Annabelle?β
I opened my eyes and saw a blonde woman standing in front of me, dressed in clothes from a Northern Europe from long ago. She stood across from me, the forest crowding close by.
βYes?β I said.
βHi.β she waved. βIβmβ¦ Norn.β
βNorn is your name?" I asked. "Because of my studies of Norse mythologyβ¦ "
βItβsβ¦ more of a title.β she said, cutting me off. βMy sisters and Iβ¦ weβre all Norns.β
βAnd whatβs your name?β I asked, probing deeper.
βWeβ¦ β she began, clearly uncomfortable. βWe donβtβ¦ weβre not supposed toβ¦ β
βOkay.β I said, letting her off of the hook. βBut Iβm not gonna call you βNorn number oneβ or anything. Letβs seeβ¦ β I trailed off, scrutinizing her closely. I snapped my fingers. βGot it! You remind me of the blonde woman from Abba, so Iβll call you Agnetha.β
βVery well.β she smiled.
βSo, what are we doing here?β I asked, looking around.
βWeβ¦ β Agnetha began, βI have been sent here byβ¦ mutual friendsβ¦ to show you something. Something to help you understand.β
I shrugged. βShow me.β
βOkay.β Agnetha waved her hand and an image of me appeared in the air between us. βHere you are.β she said. βAnd here is Vincent.β
She waved her hand again, and Vincentβs face hovered near mine.
βYay!β I said, smiling.
βNow, you and he have a history that goes back ten thousand years.β Agnetha continued. She pulled her hand away from our faces, and myriads of other faces appeared in her handβs wake. Lines went back and forth between the two lines of faces, and soon I realized that all of the faces were us, and these were the hundreds of lives lived in some way together.
The past life tree rotated in front of me until I was looking at Vincent and Iβs daces once again.
βBut you two are not alone.β she said. βYou have friendsβ¦ β
Agnetha waved her hands again, and soon everyoneβ¦ Raina, Jack, Hatsu, Katsu, all of the Fae Iβve met, multiple humans, andβ¦ hovering close by Vincent and Iβ¦ Angelique. Some faces were bigger than others, but all were connected to me.
βAnd you and Vincent arenβt the only two who have a past life connection.β she said, pulling with both hands. What looked like millions of linesβ¦ some thicker than othersβ¦ started crisscrossing each other over and over and over again.
I walked around the three-d multi-incarnational map, my jaw hanging open. So many faces, so many lives! I saw many⦠many⦠lives that connected to either Vincent or Angelique, over and over and over.
I also saw lives that werenβt connected to either of them. In these, I wound up being connected to Raina, Jack, my Mom, and a few Fae. Not all were romantic, but the ones that were glowed with a peculiar glow.
Lots of those with Gaia I observed. Including a few on my side with the same incarnation for her⦠her current one.
I looked farther and farther back in time until just a few remained... Vincent, Angelique, Jack, Raina and myself. They all went back ten thousand years.
I looked farther back, and only one name remained with mine. One out of all of them.
Angelique.
* * *
The sun was shining on Jazzyβs last day. She got up before dawnβ¦ woke Tiffany, who had spent the night by her sideβ¦ and sat to watch the sunrise, the last she would see for four hundred years or so. I had crossed their path earlier, but left them undisturbedβ¦ this was a private moment for lovers.
It had been some months since Tiffany had arranged for Jazzyβs wild weekend, and I was ready for something to happen. I had been training with Angelique to no availβ¦ I still couldnβt make the full connection of the five elements with spirit. I had almost given up, but saw the current weekend as my chance to start over.
Making a vampire can either be a lonely experience or one filled with pomp and ritual. Vincent and Angelique, having been sired by the same vampire centuries apart, shared the experience of being made and abandoned.
Jazzy would have a better experience.
She and Tiffany spent the day nude, so that the sunlight could bathe their bodies every moment it was out. They walked back to Seamusβ castle arm in arm right after the sun sank over the horizon.
βI will see you soon, my beautiful one.β Tiffany said, kissing Jazzyβs human face one more time. Jazzy smiled, and then went into the room beyond, shutting the door.
βHow are you doing?β I asked Tiffany.
βGood.β she smiled. βSheβs been wanting this for some time.β
βIβm happy for her.β I replied.
Tiffany, Gaia, Raina, Vincent, and I waited outside until well after darkness had completely descended upon the land. We were all smoking our herbs of choice as the night stretched on.
βSo, how long does this take?β Raina asked.
βEvery vampireβs different.β Vincent said. βSome go through body death and rebirth in a matter of an hour or so, others take more time.β
βWhat about their first meal?β Gaia asked next. βDonβt they tend to eat before they come out and say hello?β
βIβve already arranged for a suitable first meal.β Vincent said. βSex slaver, kidnaps young girls to sell into prostitution and sex slavery. Heβs awake, so heβll suffer.β
Good. βSo, it should be any time now.β I said.
I was immediately cut off by the door opening. Seamus walked out, smiling.
βMay I present,β he said with a flourish, βthe vampire Tara Brennan.β
Jazzy walked out, and the change was striking. Everything about her⦠her skin, her black hair, her blue eyes⦠were the same, it just looked more vivid. She seemed to slide over the light reflecting off
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