The Enchantress (Wicked Book 1) by Blaire Hammond Read Free Book Online

guess the most obvious
power we possess is the light. It is like electricity, and when inflicted upon
another can shock them, most of the time resulting in death. We call it Lightening.’
  ‘You can kill people with it? That’s awful!’
  ‘Not when you aren’t on the receiving end,’ chuckled Caspian, eyes creasing
slightly at the corners.
  She felt her mouth tug up into a small smile,
  ‘Ah, success!’ Caspian grinned and she allowed the smile to stay.
  ‘How was Erebus created?’ She urged him on. She watched his face as he spoke,
listening intently.
  ‘He was a genius, I guess you could say. A professor who was fascinated by
the alteration of human genes. He wanted to push the boundaries, modify the
human body, and make it do unbelievable things. He begun by experimenting on
lab animals, finding out what made them stronger, faster, smarter.
  ‘He soon pushed the tests too far as he started to try and entwine electric
circuits and lightening into that of an animal’s body. The experiment went
wrong, and he didn’t escape the testing lab in time. When he next awoke, he
possessed a power that soon began to consume his soul. He couldn’t stop there.
He wanted more. Improving the experiment, he lured his assistant and her
husband into the lab.’ Caspian paused, indicating with his hand at the first
two paintings.
  ‘Carmon and Josie Witch. But when the experiment was over, Carmon produced a
blue light and Josie produced a purple one.’
  ‘And he had been producing a red one,’ Laura appended.
  ‘Yes. Evil ran in his veins. He repeated the experiment over and over but
continued to fail. It drove him completely mad. Eventually he went into hiding,
devising a plan to destroy, what he called, ‘the failed attempts’.’
  ‘So he was going to kill all the Witches and Wizards?’ Laura inhaled as she
stared up at Erebus’ stone hard face.
  She wondered what it was that made a person good or evil. Was it something
they did that defined them as one of those elements? Or was it something that
was within them, something they were born with?
  ‘Yes,’ Caspian continued, breaking her out of her trance, ‘but many years
later when it came time for battle, he hadn’t anticipated just how strong they
were. And they had one more thing.’
  ‘What was it?’ Laura pressed, encouraging him to continue.
  Caspian pointed to a painting Laura hadn’t noticed before. It was of the
battle Caspian referred to. Erebus stood on one side of the field, the
Enchanted on the other. Then, Laura saw what Caspian had been gesturing to. A
woman, standing between Carmon and Josie, hands outstretched, green Lightening
flowing from them.
  ‘Mara Warlock. After a long fight, and the loss of many lives, she managed to
wipe out Erebus, who was yet to master the entirety of his lightening, draining
him of his own power, thus bringing the battle to an end and freeing the
Enchanted to live as they pleased.’
  They were both silent for a long moment, Laura peering up at Mara. It all
felt so real. As much as she didn’t want to believe it, she could feel the
truth in the story. She could see how the pieces fit together.
  ‘So after that, the Enchanted just went about their daily lives?’ she finally
asked.
  ‘Not quite. Almost a century after the battle, Evil loomed up on the Human
world and the Witches and Wizards came to realise that they had a power within
them that not only allowed them to defeat Erebus, but to enter a life long
battle with that Evil.’
  ‘The Lightening?’
  ‘Exactly.’
  ‘What kind of danger were they holding back?’ Laura questioned thoughtfully.
  ‘Monsters that lurk in the shadows and hope to feed on humans and Enchanted. We
call them Goblins.’
  ‘Goblins? Like, the ones from movies?’
  ‘Ahh… not quite. Even the Enchanted can turn evil, if they allow the power consume
them as Erebus did. And some did, creating the Goblin race. They are