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Samantha POV

My knees lock and my body falls on the cool grass. I could feel the warm blood dripping out of my nose. The familiar feeling of being winded comes over my body.

"Sam! Are you okay?" Blake's voice rings through my ears as Audrey picks up my head.

"Yeah, I'm good. Just need a break." Blake stands up and surveys the area while Audrey helps me sit down. I look up to the charred remains of my house. The logs are all but gone, and the roof is caving in.

My mind is still buzzing about the attack on Zack's house. Someone must be tracking my teleportation spells.

Namely Hannah.

I need to get the wards around my cabin back up, they have been growing weak.

"Help me up." I hold out my hands, the couple pulls me up and I stand there for a moment, feeling the head rush.

Then I lead Blake and Audrey through the house.

Some of the sheets are thrown over my old furniture. The moving boxes are piled by the door along with the new furniture.

Everything else is covered in thick layers of dust and grime. Broken glass and candles litter the floor with anima droppings.

I walk through the short hallway to a dead end. A closet is on my left, but with a simple revealing spell, a door to the cellar appears.

I open the door and walk down the steps. I summon all of Holy Light and I rush down the last few steps before I could fall.

My shoulder leans against the wall, I can hear the blood pumping through my ears.

The light illuminates the large room, my old witch stuff is covered in cobwebs and dust. then the glass bottles in the large cabinet shine. I suspend the all of light in the air before I open up the cabinet. Dust flies everywhere, causing me and my company to sneeze and cough.

"Sorry about that." I grab two blue bottles and one red bottler. The blue mana potion has about a shot of liquid in it. I down both of the mana potions and the red one.

My body hums with delight, the mana refilling my own magic source.

I take a deep breath as my powers allow me to become aware of how weak my wards are, and how the Moon Dust is becoming stronger. Audrey's spirit is becoming weaker.

I take a drink from a second health potion and then set it on the ground.

"Alright, love birds. Imma does some major magic so please join hands with me and keep your eyes closed at all times." I switch my eyesight to the pure Holy Light.

A ball of Holy Energy charges up in my hands. Once the ball becomes hot between the three of us I disperse the energy, creating a ward around my house. The barrier extends about 100 yards in a perimeter around the house. Next, I tap into my own powers and start a restoration spell at my house. The spell combines mine, Audrey's, and Blake's thoughts on what the house will look like.

A couple of moments later the spell is done and our feet land back on the ground. I never even noticed that I was levitating all of us.

I let go of their hands and look around. The basement is clean, no cobwebs, dust, or dead animals. My jars are organized, my ingredients are hanging in their respective places above my cauldron.

Then there is a tugging sensation at my gut. My eyes automatically change into what I call awk vision. I now see above my house, high in the sky. There are three demons being thrown away from the border. One of the demons dies, the second shadow travels away. The third look in my direction.