Chapter 157 Practice (1)
Alessia's POV
The door is knocked again
I freeze my eyes widening with fear as I turn to Lucy first then Angelica..
“It's okay.” Lucy soothes as she gets up and walks to the door to open it.
Angelica squeezes my right hand “Alessia relax, Even if they are knocking because they have heard from Padre” She sighs “We will handle it together” I summon up the courage to give her a small smile.
Sometimes no matter how hard fear grips you when you remember you have family like Luca, Angelica, Alex and Luc? It lessons, we will handle it Together is such a powerful sentence.
My breath hitches as something call it intuition urges me to get the door myself!
“Lucy stop.” I whisper as she pasues by the door , I sprint reaching the door in record time nudging her aside and yanking it open myself!
Alex stands in the doorway still wearing his black on black outfit for the journey with a rough day-old stubble on his chin.
“Alex has he - “I can't even finish my sentence pausing I take a deep breath to soothe my nerves.
Alex stares at me with an unreadable expression for a moment before his eyes soften “Alessia calm down he hasn't, can I talk to you for a moment?”
Lucy still standing by my side behind the door leans towards my shoulder.
“Alex is it about Padre -”
“I haven't heard from him yet,” Alex replies calmly
My shoulders relax a bit as I step out into the corridor and shut the door behind me.The passage light has been dimmed to give an appearance of a house in slumber. The house is so eerily quiet.
“Alex what's up?” I ask
He watches me intently for a few moments, his eyes travelling over my face, my stance, my still slightly taut shoulders.
“Why are you wound so tight?” he asks finally
Sighing inwardly me and the girls were working on that when you knocked out of the blue and threw their work out the window.
Not wanting him to feel bad I just shrug “ I am okay.”
“Alessia, you still seem a bit shaken” Alex insists
I stiffen annoyance filling my voice “All of you seem to be obsessed with me tonight.”
It's like I can't catch a break first the girls now him
He cracks a small smile
“Alessia come with me.”
He takes a few steps away heading towards the main corridor and I follow him reluctantly.
“Alex where are we going? What is this about?”
“Since we are still waiting for word”he says quietly
“We can use our time constructively.”
Puzzled I arch an eyebrow “I do not understand”
Alex purses his lips “You can practice using Glamour.”
Something twists in my stomach
Ah I see where he is going with this, it's not a bad idea.
He tilts his head for a moment perhaps expecting an objection once I dont he asks “what do you think?”
I shrug “Its not a bad idea but where will we practice?”
I look around the long corridor, noting there are no chairs or benches in sight. Alex gestures with his hands around the empty corridor
“Here in the corridor by the wall, No one will disturb us and we will be quick.”
“Whoce face is my test subject?” I ask because I know we have not received the dossier yet.
Alex turns to me with a twinkle in his eye “I want to see how fast you can turn into someone you know. He pauses “Once you are in position I will let you know”
Interesting.
I can't argue or fault this decision because once in La Geneva I will need to be able to pull up the High council members face quickly at random times.
I pause for just a moment before nodding he moves closer to me and clutches my hand leading me towards the east wall where we crouch low into the folded-legged position.Once I am in the position Alex gets up and paces around “Center yourself and take deep breaths” Alex instructs and I smile
He was paying attention during my glamour lesson. I love that.
I look at the woven carpet I settled on the only thing we don't have is a protective circle or sigil here but it should be fine since the house is warded.Closing my eyes I take a deep calming breath, in through my nose and out through my stomach.
Once
Twice : freeing my mind of all doubt and worries
By the third my inner eye is open and the glowing lines of protection magic are visible all around me
“Are you ready Alessia?” Alex's voice is lowered to a low hum I nod once. I feel him leaning towards me “ I want you to turn into Angelica, imagine how she was today. You have spent some time together in the bedroom and at the coven.”
\-I take a deep breath once more then pull up Angelica's image in my mind, the way she breathes.
\-The way she arcs her eyebrows when she is confused.
\-The way she talks.
The way she walks
Calling on my power this time it's faster My bones start reconstructing the pain ever present is more bearable, When everything stills I open my eyes slowly. Alex gasps his eyes full of equal parts shock and admiration “I have not seen the effect this up close before it is uncanny...”
I smirk and moist my lips now for the first test
Speech
“Do I... Do I sound like her?
Alex smirks “Exactly like her in fact if I had not watched you transform I could have sworn.” I watch him amused by his reaction he reaches for my.…well Angelica's face and his hands still mid air.
“I could have sworn it's Angelica…”
Warmth fills me but I do not let his words of praise distract me. The trick of being able to hold a glamour is to control your emotions. It's very vital that I remain as calm as a dove.Any emotional surge can cause a ripple that will give me away.