Scholomance 9 by Logan Jacobs (inspirational books to read txt) 📗

of violent light hit another beast right in the center of its forehead and sent it tumbling downward in a spiral. Its brains exploded through its eyes, and the pink specs of gore flew in all directions. Akira smiled with bloodlust, pumped her fist in the air, and then jumped up with glee. “Fuck, yeah! Did you see that?”

“Uh-huh, and it was fucking awesome!” Faye agreed before she pierced another creature with a bright white spell, and it disintegrated into a thousand shards of glass.

“Try to aim for their wings!” Vanessa shouted. “It’ll bring them down faster!”

Spells spurted from every direction as we attempted to kill every single creature one by one, but no matter how long we persisted, it seemed like they just wouldn’t stop flying through the mysterious hole in the sky. With my clearer vision, I stared up at the white abyss and wondered if I could find a way to close the opening using the ancient spell of motus. I knew it would be difficult since this attack was based on Samara’s power, but I didn’t doubt myself or my profound abilities.

Not after we’d come so far.

“You’ll soon be mine, Samara,” I whispered, and I could feel the elder goddess’ energy all around me, “and I can’t wait to have you all to myself.”

We’ll see about that, Cole, she hissed. Words are nothing to me. Actions mean everything. You know that better than anyone.

“Oh, I know it,” I replied as I gritted my teeth and stared up at the sky. “Now, watch me as I destroy your summoning portal.”

I pushed the elder goddess out of my head while the other women continued to defend themselves. The familiars without wings did their best to protect their masters, and while chaos ensued, I closed my eyes and willed Satan’s undeniable power to course through my veins and penetrate my heart. I could feel the overpowering darkness like an invisible but potent cloud wrapped tightly around me, and my head spun with supremacy as I pictured the sky closing back up and returning to normal. My heart raced with adrenaline and exhilaration, and when I opened my eyes, I saw the portal growing slightly smaller and dimmer.

“Cole!” Vanessa yelled with wide eyes. “Why are you just standing there?”

“You’ll see,” I said in a low growl while I remained completely still. “Soon, this fucking hole will be dead and gone.”

“With all due respect, professor,” Nyx said as she shot off another spell. “I don’t think we should disturb his train of thought. We should always trust him to know exactly what he is doing.”

“Agreed,” Akira shouted before she burst an ivory-winged beast into dozens of pillowy feathers. “He’s never let us down before, professor!”

I didn’t avert my gaze from the sky, but still, I pictured Vanessa glaring daggers at the blue-skinned Wicca and the ebony-eyed witch. I swallowed hard as I tried to block everything out, and then I closed my eyes once more, regained focus, and then took a deep breath.

With Satan by my side and nothing to fear, I knew I was ready.

“Motus!” I cried out, and when I opened my eyes, I stared up at the bright, white hole and the vast, cloudless sky.

Suddenly, the sky started to rumble again, and my head began to pound like something was crawling inside my skull. It felt like my cranium was going to split in half, but no matter how painful the sensation was, I remained steady on my feet and raised my hand even higher in the air. Soon, the opening above us began to shrivel, and it became more difficult for anything to fly through. I could see feathers and bodies struggling to get past the portal, and as the creatures toiled with all their might, their bodies became trapped, and their appendages were torn from the closing borders.

No! Samara’s voice rang through my head. This shouldn’t be happening!

“Nice try, Samara,” I said through gritted teeth, “but once again, it looks like I have the upper hand.”

Fuck you, the elder goddess hissed. I still have plenty of other traps waiting for you by the time you reach the stairwell.

For a moment, I questioned the word stairwell since I’d only heard about the gates of heaven, but before I could ponder too deeply about it, I pushed the elder woman’s voice away and turned my full attention back to the sky. By now, the opening was the size of a faraway star, and nothing else was getting in. The darkness had subsided, and now the sky was as blue as a robin’s egg.

I’d closed the portal, but still, we had more work to do. There were dozens of creatures on the loose, and we needed to destroy them all.

“Illuminana!” Circe screamed before she set a group of white-winged beasts on fire, and the blonde Wicca’s shoulders shook with laughter as the creatures burned and wailed. “Fuck… smells like breakfast..”

At this point, we’d nearly destroyed them all, but when I searched for my familiar, Alexander was still battling against the largest beast of the pack. The other women took out the remaining animals one by one, and once they were obliterated, we watched as Alex plunged his giant bladed wing deep inside the shoulder of the oversized white beast. For a moment, we thought Alex had him in his clutches, but in retaliation, the holy creature swiftly bit into Alex’s neck, and a gush of deep red blood spurted from his open wound.

“Alex!” I cried out with my wand raised.

I was prepared to rip Samara’s motherfucking beast into a thousand shreds, but something stopped me. It was like a force of some kind, one that was determined to bring my arm all the way down.

D-Don’t do it, Cole, Alexander responded sharply in my head. His voice was weak, but I could also