Ten Days

The Keeper

I'm on my way to the first floor with Olive beside me, I'm curious about what happened while I was out and so I ask. "how long did I stay shut? ". "Two days" in all manner and madness, did he just say two days! That's means the fifth day and the sixth day passed over. So how many days left.

"Stop counting the days left, we've got to find the orb quickly. " I think bossy is a thing in their home so I'm not complaining one bit.

Further more we just get down and I see his car like wow! It's a Benz. A freaking Benz. I'm so jobless I'm drooling over a Benz. Thank God he didn't notice it.

We get in and of course I brought my whiskey.

And we out!

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OLIVE'S POV

Damn he's hot, he's really hot. I feel like touching his chest right now. I really want to kiss him so bad but will he hate it. I'm so insecure about this and I don't know why.

I mean he's single right, and we are in this together. So what's to lose.

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JAKE'S POV

He's so alluring and madly sexy, oh lord I'm a Christian. Wait hold up, I've already killed more than I can count myself and I just remembered I'm a Christian now. Bummer.

I'm for girls, the girls! Not a guy. Why is this getting to me? Is this real? Oh please.

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"We are here Jake " he stops the car and for a minute I thought we were going to kiss finally but we didn't at all.

Can we have a conversation, well no we can't at all. That's sad. Wait up a minute!

Focus Jake focus!

"It's a library, we've got to find a book with spells. It's writing has nothing but blood all over but it's dried.

It has the blood of the innocent all over and over. Time and tide passed with the dripping of blood from their heads.

A long time ago, an ancient ritual would come up for us casters. See here we'll have to bring out a hundred souls each. Innocent or not.

This is done century by century and with the help of the orb I can stop them. The underworld has enough of the dead believe me.

It's coming soon and by soon I mean this year. This year marks the 76th anniversary of the caster union, for ages we've ruled even before most inventions were made .

Most of our forefathers used the blood of humans to stay younger and longer. They drank the bloods of thousands to survive day by day. I hope you understand every detail. "

I just listen in complete amazement at this well, caster story. We get to the shelf at the middle, it has a brown and gold covering. But every book on it is black except one.

This one has an oxblood covering on it, I take it and I open it. The pages are blank but why?

"the book takes some time to open up cause it's looking for a pure heart, that's why I need a human to do this.

Although we had a dark caster with the same intention as mine, his name was Cullen. Cullen lived a hundred and fourteen years before he died.

No he didn't die a natural death, they killed him. He's the starter of my generation and for years upon years no one dared the parliament again.

His eyes were plucked out and his skin burnt to nothing but just ash. Before he died he gave a prophecy, it's hidden right here. They saw it and hid it.

It said long after the horizon of the eighth generation a new born will rise and a mortal shall be his ally. The bloods of thousands shall avenge themselves and the stars of the casters destroyed, every doom of the century shall burn with it and the end shall be Swift but not sudden. That's the first part, I couldn't memorise the others on time and I lost it.

I believe this book can help us find it. It a long scroll. .

"We need to find the wizard ", a wizard for what? " he's the keeper, he knows everything " .

Behind us a voice loud enough to hear is heard.

"Olive it's been years since I've seen you " we turn to it . His nails were short and his hair long, that's not really what I expected from a wizard I guess.

"Mr Williams it's nice to see you again" I guess these two know each other. "hello Jake " I'm surprised he knows me.

"he--llo " I manage to mumble, it's nice someone knows me at least.

"Can you take a step back". I felt insecure and he did step back. "I'm a friend" last time someone told me that I almost lost my life.

"I know you seek the orb boy, is that possible?" Olive looks at him "of course it is, and it's here isn't it?" hold up the orb is here, so all my stresses, pain, race and gain leads here.

Finally.

This means a lot of things but how come he knew it and didn't come here the whole time. Why me in here and not just him, do they need me for a ritual.

"Jake look at the book, it's open to you." " why did you bring me here? Olive! " I feel the quick rage boil up inside me. I don't know why but I'm tired of people trying to use me for their deeds.

"Answer me! " I shout louder as I step backwards while I pull my gun out "am I for your ritual Olive, is that why? "

Olive stays calm looking at me with a numb facial expression. Mr Williams turns my guns to sand so easily, I move backwards and the shelf behind me opens up.

"exactly that's why you're here Jake. " Mr Williams gives me a quick answer.

"I'm sorry you can't get that orb Olive, it's too powerful especially for you"

Olive cannot believe his eyes and ears "what do you mean by that? I'm just --- I don't understand you? "

His face in shock as he somehow prepares himself for battle. Mr Williams himself does the same.

Can I run now? Nope I've got to stand by Olive.

"Step down boy, I'm way out of your league" Olive's face shows nothing but all round disgust for Williams.

"You're a traitor aren't you Williams, Cullens knew and you killed him yourself. My forefather was blamed for a crime he didn't commit. You killed him! . " his eyes filled with regret and sadness, I've never seen him that way and he shouts louder " you killed him! " .

This time his eyes turn to blood red and his skin more pale, I step back and I take the book and scroll. I hide them in my jacket and I make a run for it.

His eyes scare me, and I thought I had a temperament before now. Nothing in this world can compare itself to a caster's anger and spell.

Mr Williams laughs "well seems you know too much, enough for me to end you. " s***h!

I cut him with a blade from his neck down to his heart. Olive blasts him with lightening, frying him up like a chicken for salad.

I step back when he looks at me, the black veins all over his arms disappear and his eyes are now back to his usual lovable look. His body's normal and he moves closer to me.

I crawl backwards and he laughs "why are you running, come to me " I turn to him, he's already with me. Lord knows if I took a run I'll definitely be dead.

"Why'd you do that Olive, I thought you were going to kill me! " he's already on top of me and his hands over me.

The next he says is "kiss me"

I just stay mute and I kiss him, his lips as soft as a pillow or even softer than it. He touches my chest up and down while I pull his hair softly. He moans in my mouth, I find that really sexy.

We release each other and with gentle tease he gets up from me. "I'm sorry about your-- your uhm father I think " he turns to me "it's alright, they're gone now. "

We get out of the library with every reasonable piece we can find in the library.

It's already evening, solar power going down quickly making us note down our jungle movement for today.

"We need to move to an hotel" now he's the one driving and I'm the one at the passenger seat. He turns to me smiling with his dimples well surfaced.

I can't believe I'm falling for a guy. A caster for that matter.

At least he doesn't hear thoughts. I'm so glad he doesn't hear thoughts. "the next phase will have hounds, so be prepared" how come he knows? "how do you know? " "I'm a caster remember, each and every one of us has an ability. Mine is seeing the future slightly. "

"And shape shifting " I add. "yes" he can't deny.

We end up at a graveyard this time. He sure got a good taste for an hotel doesn't he? Well it's now or ever.

"Take this guns, they're better than the ones you had" I take the guns from him. My hand touches his hands. The current between us is something else.

"watch out! " he shoots at the hound behind me.

A pack of hounds attack. Just great!!! I believe you understand my sad sarcasm.