Free 4 Terramezic Energy by John O'Riley

I’ll wait until Yvonne’s and Charlotte’s parents arrive so we’ll have the best chance of success.”
    “You realize that you’ll still have photographic memory for at least another hour and a half, right?” Mark asked.
    “I should memorize some of those ancient spells in the vault.” Josephine was referring to the hidden room with the door that had been cloaked with invisibility by the previous owner of the house. It was a treasure trove of white magic and advanced enchantments that Arabella and Duncan had created before dying swift and tragic deaths at the hands of the Valituras. The room was located in the back of Josephine’s upstairs office where she kept most of her enchantments. Josephine kept it secure with potent wards that only she and Mark could access. Arabella had created a light energy ward to protect the room but only a white magic practitioner could control it. When the Valituras had murdered her, Duncan had been cut off from the vault because he was a category six. Josephine was connected to two practitioners of white magic so she could work with small amounts of source energy but it was just enough to activate an enchantment and it was only sometimes successful. She had no intention of being cut off from the vault if something ever happened to Mark so she left the light energy ward dormant.
    As Josephine crossed the office floor, Mark issued a stream of light energy to activate the lighting inside the vault. Over a dozen glass witch balls boasting breath-taking, vivid colors hung suspended from the ceiling inside the vault. As Josephine stepped through the doorway to the room, a sense of peace and tranquility washed over her from the light energy radiating off all the enchantments stored on the shelves. Hundreds of white magic and mainstream magic-infused jewelry and wands rested on the many wooden shelves built into the walls and in the center of the room. Josephine crossed over to the spell books that Duncan had kept. She chose one of the massive volumes at random and took it out of the room to the office. She and Mark sat down at the work table on one end of the room so Josephine could start reading through the book. Duncan had performed extremely advanced magic. He’d studied and honed his skills throughout his entire life.
    Josephine lost track of time as she was deeply engrossed in the book. Mark startled her when he shot to his feet.
    “Something’s wrong,” he announced.
    “What is it?” Josephine regarded him with puzzlement.
    There was a loud crash from downstairs. Josephine and Mark rushed down the stairs to the living room to find Perry in his human form lying unconscious next to the wall. Josephine took stock of the empty room as dread welled inside her.
    “Where’s Alice, Yvonne, and Charlotte?” Josephine asked.
    A sparkling white light briefly flickered over Perry and his eyes popped open.
    He sat up and gazed at Josephine and Mark with alarm. “Alice, Yvonne, and Charlotte said the world must be purged. They were going to leave and I tried to stop them.”
    “That’s what Brenda said before she ended up murdering millions of people with her enchantment.” Josephine’s expression was grim. She, Mark, and Perry rushed down the stairs to the entry way where the front door was wide open. Alice’s car was gone. “Alice must still be connected to them and the mind control somehow took over her.”
    “We have to get to Siesta Key beach before they do,” Perry said.
    Josephine, Mark, and Perry piled into Josephine’s car and she drove to the beach which was only a couple minutes away. Alice’s car was already parked in the lot. Adrenaline pumped through Josephine’s veins as she saw the vortex become visible and churn with angry crimson energy. They were already too late. When Josephine, Mark, and Perry reached Alice, Yvonne, and Charlotte, the three women didn’t even acknowledge them. They were staring with deadly intent at the vortex as they wove their deadly