Cursed Daughter

Chapter 17

    I was still in shock at Kyle's outburst. Between the news that my powers had been bound by someone I knew and finding out Kyle was my old guard, my head started to give to a pounding headache.

    "Kyle get up. I'm not taking your life that was centuries ago."

    He looked up at me, making no move to get off the floor. "But Austin I failed you. I took an oath to protect you. We grew up together so I could protect you better. I failed you by leaving my post the day of the fire, you got horrifically burned because of me. If I had onl-"

    I cut him off, "Kyle stop. As I already said that was centuries ago! Yes I got scarred but you saved my life in the end so you did your job. You never failed me."

    I  could see the conflict in his eyes. I knew the words of that oath myself as I swore in many guards. He let me get harmed by getting burn scars but he never actually failed because I still lived. I gave him a stern look and he nodded at me finally getting onto his feet. I looked over to Dimitra who was still kneeling by my side.

    "How do we undo the binding spell?"

    "Well you would have to give me a couple hours to dig through my old journals. I have to remember how I bound them to even begin undoing it." Her gaze started looking far away as if she was already thinking about where to search.

    "What about me?" Kyle asked "I have powers too right? That's how I was able to save Austin the night of the fire."

    Dimitra thought for a second. "Katerina!"

    Within seconds she appeared in the doorway. "Yes mother?"

    "You are to train Kyle for the rest of the day. He is a full blood elemental with a fire affinity. Please find your old books and teach him everything you can within a day or so."

    Katerina's eyes widened but she didn't dare argue with her mother. "Yes mother," she glared at Kyle, "follow me."

    Kyle shrugged and followed her out of the room. I was a bit lost but I made a mental note to ask Dimitra about it later.

    "Austin I think you should actually come with me to help me look. Your memories are still broken but most are back so you might be able to catch something I might look over." She got to her feet and motioned for me to follow her.

    I quickly got up and followed her through the house to the store in the front. "Why are we in the store?"

    She smiled at me, "You think these books are just decoration? These are all Trina's and mine journals through the centuries. In them is all the spells we have completed and even some we have failed at. Our mother had us write everything down when we were young and the habit just stuck. Of course many of them have been updated so that way younger witches who wander in can still understand them."

    I looked at the many bookshelves feeling defeat creep in. How were we supposed to find the book she needed in only a few hours? Had she finally lost her mind? As if Dimitra sensed my thoughts she spoke further.

    "You were a child in the fourteenth century and we placed the spell on you in the beginning century turn.  Those books were originally just manuscripts but we updated them to a red cover with gold binding. That shouldn't be hard to find, right?"

    I looked at the shelves and saw a whole case was nothing but red covers and gold binding. I sighed and looked at Dimitra, she gave me an apologetic glance then shrugged. I let my head hang then started going though the shelves. This was going to take hours.

    "Dimitra I do have a question." I asked as we scoured the books.

    "Yes?"

    I took a deep breath, "If no one back then could control me then has anything changed now? Is there actually a way to control my power if it gets out of control again? I created a whole earthquake as a child so what would happen now?"

    "Honestly I truly don't know." Her brows furrowed as she thought more, "you are supposed to be the strongest supernatural ever born but they faltered having you train as a child. They should have trained you first to control your emotions and not taught you to anger yourself to unlock more potential."

    I let the conversation drift into silence as I thought about what she said. As the minutes passed I slowly realized that I had learned control in the Academy. Since the moment I entered they taught nothing but restraint and control. All our fighting classes had been about never acting rash and staying calm so you could get ahead of your opponent. I was so lost in thought that I didn't register the book I just threw to the ground in front of Dimitra.

    "Austin! You found it!"