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Chapter One
A light breeze ruffled Agnon’s oily black feathers The being sat on a hillside, soaking in the pleasant heat of the afternoon sun Below it, nestled into the golden hills of Northern California, ran a dull gray track Metal boxes of all shapes and sizeswith the contours of the land
Such stupid creatures, hu for their expiration date
Agnon closed its eyes and homed in on its duty It had been sent topside for a specific purpose Ruhter powerful enough to rule the vast kingdonon succeeded in validating the ruher level of power unto it
It was getting ahead of itself It was ained their pale knowledge froic
Witches
Delusional creatures They thought their chalk and their books could contain sonon They chanted and they danced, issuing co shuddered in annoyance and dug its claws into the soft dirt of the hillside
Regardless, they served a purpose The being would allow theuided conceptions of power For now
Fro and turning against the deep blue of the sky The throng drifted apart for athe hundreds of individual birds that ed direction, heading Agnon’s way
The being could feel the evil e fro was old, and it was strong At least the witches had gotten one thing right
The birds thrunon shouted "You have your orders Find Reagan So east
The aswang thought it would be passing its evil to a new host Andmore than a powerful hu’s seed couldn’t take root, Agnon would have the first sign that its purpose topside was of utmost importance That the Great Master had a capable successor
It ell known that the Great Master longed for a disciple Only once had it nearly happened, but the mortal elements of the son’s body had finally withered away That would not be the case with this new find, or so it hispered The girl had the blood of gods on her mother’s side, as well as her father’s That was the secret elixir She could survive
If she was genuine
Runitude had surfaced before Once in every few hues more powerful than their peers Humans with the unique ability to suic To unravel spells
In each case, the Great Master had gotten his hopes up Found the human in question Taken hidonon had been sent to scout the truth of the rumor before the Great Master was informed of the possibility It was better for all involved If true, a select feould reap impossible rewards If false, no detri for a fraction of athat lasted an hour in hus and launched into the sky
Below, in one of the cars winding along the California highway, a child looking out of a cara great black bird sail above "Look, Mom! What kind of bird is that?"
"What’s that, honey?"
But it was too late The winged creature was already gone, beating the air with itsfor the aswang to infect the girl
Chapter Two
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Clarissa, the healing witch eical Law Enforcement office, or MLE, filled the entryway ofsince escaped the bun in which she’d tried to contain it "We got so Wanna come?"