It’s that time again and we’re doing another fight scene, in particular with the heroine. So back to the witches we go. The time it’s book three of Pentacles of Magick with Raven. Raven is hardly a good girl and has honed her fighting skills well. Even then though, sometimes everyone has to accept a little help.

Excerpt from Pentacles Of Magick: The Healing

“Raven my dear, it’s about time.” A cold chill snaked down her spine as she lowered her gaze from Severina.

“Scott?”

“I see you got your magick back. You can thank me in person shortly.”

“Thank you? You’re the one that broke the binding? But how?” Like she even needed to ask.

“Actually, Raven, I think I’m the one who should be asking questions. You have a lot of explaining to do.” The dark tone of his statement was unmistakable. There would be hell to pay for her fucking up. Death or sacrifice, she wondered.

“I can—”

“Not now, Raven. Right now you need to head outside to the alley and meet my associates, who will bring you to me. So hang up the phone, say goodbye to the Voodoo bitch, and go outside.”

The tension in Scott’s voice rose with each uttered syllable, and stark fear ran rampant in Raven. She couldn’t let Scott or his goons near her or she could forget it. She closed the phone and looked around the tiny shop. “Do you have a rear exit?”

“Yes, but what you need to do is call Denn and tell him what is going on. He can help you.”

“Severina, you’re wrong about that.”

“No, Cherie, Severina is never wrong. Here take this, it belongs to Denn and I believe he is finally ready for it now.” She held up a rolled scroll of parchment paper sealed at the edges with a waxy looking substance. “Take it, Raven. You came to me for help, now trust me. Go out the backdoor and make sure this gets to Denn.”

When Raven reached for the paper, Severina grabbed her hand and locked gazes with her. “Stop being afraid of what you are to him. It is meant to be, it is what you were created for. Trust in him. Trust in them both.”

Raven stared at her dumbfounded. Despite her own abilities and the many things she had seen, she would never understand the gift of sight and how eerily accurate it could be.

“Go now, Raven, Go!”

Raven stuffed the parchment into her back pocket and ran behind the counter. Through the dingy back room filled with beads, herbs, doll parts and an altar that took up an entire wall, She burst through the metal door marked Fire Exit Only.

Swiveling her head left, she saw one of the Rev’s “associates,” and in his dark tee, black jeans, and shit kickers he did not look friendly. She took off in a dead run in the opposite direction, raising her magick as she went. She listened to the pounding feet of her pursuer not far behind, knowing she didn’t have much time.

What am I doing? Why am I running from them? She whirled on the balls of her feet, casting her arm out at the same time, releasing the power she’d called. The hired muscle had just enough time to throw up a partial shield, blocking some of her magick. The rest knocked him back several steps and doubled him over. When he stood and howled in pain—or maybe frustration, she couldn’t be sure—she ran toward him, launching herself onto his wide back. His body was hot and smoke came from his hands.

Damn. Fire witch. They sure weren’t going to get very far in a fight.

She wrapped her arms around his neck, wrenching with all her strength, trying to choke him. He staggered backward, slamming against the wall of the building with her in between. The force squelched the air from her lungs, loosening her arms from their grip, giving him the opportunity to drive his elbow into her ribs. Pain erupted in her body, her vision wavering, and she vaguely saw reinforcements surrounding her. With sheer will she fought to regain her strength and magick despite a new and unfamiliar magick wrapping around her and pinning her to the wall.

She frantically looked around for another idea or weapon as whatever was cloaking her was also dampening her power. The air shimmered around her as she sensed a solid blast of earth magick coming their way. Lucky for her it provided enough of a distraction that the magick coursing through her chest broke free from their bindings. With no time to waste she ran again, straight into Denn. Momentarily stunned, he grabbed her hand and pulled her along.

They only needed to make it to the end of the alley and they would be back on busy Bourbon Street where she was certain they could get lost in the crowd. About to turn the corner to freedom, or at least a better chance at it, a black SUV screeched to a halt, flinging its back door wide.

Denn pushed her with his solid strength. “Raven, get in. Now!”

Knowing at least with Denn she wouldn’t become a human sacrifice stripped of her power, she jumped inside, sliding along the bench seat.

“Go, Jake, go!” Denn yelled into the front of the vehicle as Raven lay sprawled across the floorboard, her breath sawing in and out of her heaving lungs. The car surged forward, pressing her back against the ridge of the seat. She closed her eyes, focusing on controlling her breath.

This isn’t what I wanted.

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