Rival Mavens
Floreen left her lover’s corpse. Weeping, she drew signs and chanted. A portal opened, and she stepped through to Nadezdha’s tower. Wrapped in a shadow cloak, Floreen breached the sanctuary and entered a laboratory unseen.
She dropped the cloak. “It was you.”
Before Nadezdha could cast a ward, Floreen stabbed her with the sigil-etched dagger she’d pulled from Mauritio’s body.
Nadezdha screamed and writhed, defeated by her own magic.
Floreen ignored her agony and scanned the laboratory. On a shelf, her lover’s essence glowed silver in a soul jar. “I’ll take this, and yours… Yours can go to hell.”
Friday Fictioneers: 100-word stories
photo prompt: Janet Webb
Meta-story: Once again, a photo prompt opened another entirely different world in my mind. I wrote a ream on this idea and finally clipped to this 100 words. I hated to give any of it up. Witch Fight!
July 12, 2017 at 10:20 am
Lovely magical take.
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July 12, 2017 at 10:23 am
Thank you for visiting and commenting. I appreciate it.
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July 12, 2017 at 10:59 am
Wow, it’s so impressive how you’ve painted this world so well in so few words!
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July 12, 2017 at 11:16 am
That’s really nice to hear! Thank you.
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July 12, 2017 at 11:06 am
Sounds like the world of magic is filled with death and revenge…
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July 12, 2017 at 11:16 am
Could be. Thank you for reading.
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July 12, 2017 at 1:07 pm
Kecia, this was pretty cool. Liked it a LOT.
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July 12, 2017 at 3:50 pm
I liked that you liked it a LOT. Thank you, and welcome to the blog.
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July 12, 2017 at 7:33 pm
Oh, I have been doing this for a few years now. I want to say I have been on yours before. If that’s true, shows you how long it’s been for me. 😦
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July 12, 2017 at 6:39 pm
Wow! That was a powerful experience. Thanks
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July 12, 2017 at 10:09 pm
I’m glad you thought so! Thank you.
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July 12, 2017 at 9:56 pm
Yoiks! Revenge is certainly sweet. Well done.
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July 12, 2017 at 10:10 pm
Thank you. I appreciate that.
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July 13, 2017 at 4:59 am
Wow, I could see it happening as I read it! Brilliant.
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July 13, 2017 at 7:25 am
That’s awesome. Thank you.
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July 13, 2017 at 11:08 am
Great action and emotion in your story. What will happen to his essence, will it bring him back?
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July 13, 2017 at 5:22 pm
I’m wondering the same thing! Thank you for reading.
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July 13, 2017 at 12:38 pm
Hell hath no fury like a woman whose love has been ripped apart from her by evil. Loved the opening line and the escalating tone of revenge. Cheers, Varad
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July 13, 2017 at 5:14 pm
Aw. Thank you.
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July 13, 2017 at 3:52 pm
Well done. I love the last line.
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July 13, 2017 at 5:15 pm
😀 Thanks!
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July 13, 2017 at 3:55 pm
essence glowed – nicely worded.
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July 13, 2017 at 5:16 pm
Thank you for reading and commenting.
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July 13, 2017 at 4:14 pm
A magical story, revenge in this case seems appropriate.
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July 13, 2017 at 5:16 pm
I think so! Thank you for commenting.
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July 13, 2017 at 9:13 pm
Well well well…got what she deserved, didn’t she? Well done!
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July 13, 2017 at 9:37 pm
😀 Thank you.
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July 14, 2017 at 4:50 am
Revenge, nice!
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July 14, 2017 at 6:46 am
😀 Thanks.
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July 18, 2017 at 7:14 am
Wow, powerful magic, Kecia. Floreen wasn’t a person to hurt and take from. Good writing. 🙂 — Suzanne
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July 18, 2017 at 7:31 am
Thank you. 🙂
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