The Knowing-Preque
Epilogue

Two weeks had gone by. The girls had been sent somewhere safe, assured that the others were safe as well. Willow and Ethan had performed the rituals and had taken the souls of Riva, Fiona and Jessie. So far so good. And then Carly's soul was removed and sent out into the ether, safely on its way to the Elysian Fields as Ethan had planned. But by this time Willow was getting worried about the prudence of their plan. She left their house late one night and went to make sure the hiding places were all secure so that nobody would disturb the bodies.

Ethan stayed behind to perform the rest of the spells on his own. Because it sapped them of so much of their strength they had to rest in between each spell. Sometimes the two of them had to wait for over a day before they could move on. Since Willow was so weak, magically, she decided to let Ethan handle the next one on his own while she was out doing 'field' work.

She went to check on Fiona first. When she got there she found the body beaten and drained of all its blood. Though she knew Fiona's soul was safe it still pained her to see the girl's body destroyed. Willow tried to connect with Ethan telepathically but she was still too weak. So she moved on.

She found Carly's body in the same condition - battered and drained. Willow needed to tell Ethan what was happening. She tried to call him but she was way out in the boonies and couldn't get a signal on her cell phone. Though she tried, again, to connect with him with her mind, she was still weak.

After finding all four bodies destroyed Willow took it upon herself to go to the other girls, the girls whose souls they hadn't performed the spell on, yet. India was next on Ethan's list. Willow figured it was safe to go to her. Since the other bodies had been destroyed she assumed Kek was on the move. And if she got to India and found her alive it meant Ethan hadn't gotten to perform the spell, yet. If she found her body destroyed it meant Kek had gotten to her and moved on. One possibility never occurred to her.

Ethan had been trying to connect with Willow all day, psychically and also by phone. But he was unsuccessful both ways. Though his strength had returned, with a little help from friends that Willow didn't need to know he still kept in touch with, he knew hers was weak. He was strong enough to perform the next spell. In fact, he was stronger than she was, though he knew it wouldn't last long. When he did, he found that India's body was empty - Kek had been living inside of her all along.

Again he tried to connect with Willow. He managed for a brief moment but not long enough to say anything other than"Willow, can you hear me?" Like a radio, his voice fizzled out before she could respond. Ethan was frantic. He knew she'd gone out to check on everyone. Though India was not on Willow's list, Ethan had a feeling that she was headed in the girl's direction. He knew he had to do something.

Willow got to India's safe house and found her body drained, like the others. Though she knew the girls were, technically, safe, it still hurt her to see their remains. As soon as she found India's body Ethan managed to connect with her. "Willow," he told her, "Kek is using India's body. I tried to perform the spell...her soul was missing."

"It can't be India, I'm with her right now. The body's been destroyed like the others." Willow never noticed that the doors and windows were still locked from the inside when she got there, unlike the other safe houses whose doors had been broken open.

Ethan's heart sank. He knew she was in trouble. Using the magick he had borrowed from a friend, Ethan took a deep breath and said,"Brace yourself, love."

"For what?"

~~The End~~



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