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Keeping her glamour in place for form, Olivia stepped out onto her balcony. Barricades still blocked off flooded roads and docks where ships had to be righted and set back onto the river or hauled away for repair or disposal. As she had done previously, more times than she could remember, she compiled ingredients for the ritual and spoke the words. Now she would use her power to call the demon to her.
Ygyvisha had belonged to her since she realized she could use the dark arts to bring her beloved to her from the leveled realm where he’d been created. She missed him, if that was the emotion she felt when she was alone and much time remained before she could call Ygyvisha to be at her side.
Raising her hands, she smiled at the full moon, unobstructed by clouds, and pulled her power fro
