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

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when an Enchanted commits murder upon a human, Angel or other Enchanted. Their
Angel blessed soul which would have risen to Heaven, is instead banished to
burn in Hell. When a Demon enters the human world Goblins come through with
them trying to escape Hell and win back the power they once possessed. That is
why we must fight them. To protect the human world from them.’
  ‘So, if these ‘Goblins’ are real, why haven’t I ever seen one? Or any trace
of this world for that matter?’
  ‘You can see it now, can’t you?’ Caspian concealed a smile as she stared at
him, ‘I can only assume you hadn’t seen any of it before because you didn’t
know to look for it. We conceal it well.’
  She glanced at Caspian, and caught him watching her. Hoping to change the
subject, she pressed on, ‘and Goblins are all that threaten the mortals?’
  ‘God no!’ His eyes flickered away as he laughed, ‘we help to ward off the Demons
that attempt to possess humans. And we are forever battling the Wicked’
  Laura furrowed her brow, ‘I think Stella mentioned them. What are they?’
  Caspian hesitated, ‘at the age of eighteen we go through what is considered to
be the ‘final’ stage of our learning; The Ceremony, where the Gods determine if
we have good or evil in our heart. If we will remain with the Enchanted, or
will join the Wicked.’
  ‘And after that you will either have the red light indicating you are evil or
one of the other colours indicating you are good?’
  ‘Yes, exactly.’
  Learning more about the Spirit World seemed to put Laura’s mind a little more
at ease, and the way Caspian spoke made her believe, really believe,
that this world was capable of all he said it was.
  ‘What do the Wicked try and do?’ She probed him onwards.
  He seemed to pause for a moment, as slight as it was, before he answered, ‘there
are those that attempt to weaken the human race, and it is the job of a
Guardian to protect them. Leo used to be one before he came to work here at the
manor with Stell,’ Caspian explained.
  ‘Gosh, so he was good? At fighting Wicked I mean?’
  Caspian’s eyes widened as if to imply Leo was beyond good, ‘he was fantastic.
He’s quite intelligent, especially when it comes to discovering which tactics
and fighting methods are most effective. We have all learnt so much from him. He
and Stell are some of the best trainers out there. We are all very lucky.’
  Laura’s lips curved up into a smile at that. She thought Leo was nice,
although she didn’t really know him, but to hear that he was so well respected among
his students, was slightly more reassuring. She felt good knowing that he was
on her side, helping look for her mother, ‘that’s very sweet, that you all
admire him.’
  Caspian blushed lightly, but shrugged it off, ‘yeah, well.’
  She glanced sideways at him, ‘so what do the other of the Wicked do?’
  ‘Hmm?’ Caspian turned to her.
  ‘You said that the some of the Wicked try to wipe out the humans, what do the
others try and do?’
  ‘Oh, a lot of the time they actually attack us. Try to anyway. As it always
is, the evil and corrupt seek power, and what more power could you have than
running the entire planet?’
  The statement burnt itself into the back of her mind as her thoughts settled.
  ‘Of course we don’t let that happen because there are at least fifty Enchanted
to each of their one Wicked, and they are poorly trained,’ Caspian added and
she looked up from where her eyes had fallen to the floor, trying to absorb all
she had learned.
  Caspian continued, ‘I remember when I first found out I was a Wizard. There
were so many questions I wanted to ask, so much I felt I didn’t know. The
strangest part was, I had felt like I knew all there was to know; I thought I
understood the world, and suddenly I was dragged into the Spirit World and I
had to learn everything all over again.’
  Laura let out a sigh,