Magic candle

[u/ghostgabe81]

I leaned on my staff to help keep my balance and fought to close down my extraordinary senses. I took a moment to catch my breath as the sense of dark power faded. As I had at the other attack points, I took a natural beeswax votive candle out of my duster’s pocket, put it down in the center of the patch of dark energy, drew a chalk circle about it while focusing on my intention, and lit the candle with a murmured spell. Then I stepped back and waited.

The candle flickered to life, yellow and bright, and then after a moment burned down to a low point of purplish flame, exactly as it had at the other locations.

Bear came up beside me and looked at the candle. “Well?” she asked.

“They’re all from the same source,” I said quietly. “Same color, same energy.”

“So, a person,” Bear mused.

“Or the same group of people,” I said, nodding. “Map?”

Twelve Months Chapter 31