Chapter 1
The wind blew at his hair as he carved runes into the field. The dark magic seeped into the air waiting for the ritual to begin. It had taken him 3 days to complete the runes. But now as he walks over to pick up her body, his magic leaving her in stasis to keep her last breath from leaving him, he wasn't sure if he was relieved it was almost over or angry still that it had come to this.
He places her in the middle of the circle. He smells water in the air and when he looks up he sees the black clouds in the distance. He was running out of time.
He begins the encantation. The moment he cut both their hands to spill their blood, the magic in the air crackled around them. It verified how strong her soul and magic was.
He had lost his purpose this time around. He let that old man direct his focus. It cost him his body, his power, his sanity... his daughter. The family she formed. All gone.
For her he would cast the blood magic to go back and fix this. Not for himself. For her.
As the thunderclouds descend over them he lays down next to his daughter and yells out the last of the spell as the lightning comes down to strike them.