Keeper's Justice
Copyright© 2025 by Charly Young
Chapter 25: Elisabeth
The kids all cheered when Elisabeth pulled her Forerunner to a stop in front of Keeper House. Charlie excitedly opened the rear door, and Elisabeth’s raven immediately launched himself into the afternoon air with a triumphant caw. Close behind him came Buttons. Both animals despised car rides. Both had spent the trip complaining about the inconvenience. They immediately set about investigating.
The kids followed in a tumbling cascade of laughter and unbridled energy. Feet barely touched the ground before they were racing across the yard, their shouts and squeals echoing through the forest clearing like bells.
Mandy appeared on the porch, her face lighting up with a smile. “You kids, don’t go too far and stay away from the forest.” She hugged Katherine. “Thank God you came.”
Elisabeth, however, was frozen in place in the driver’s seat, staring at Keeper House in awe. Her harmonizer magic had automatically opened her third eye to the deeper reality of the ancient place. Nothing—nothing—in all her training had prepared her for this.
The energy aura surrounding Keeper House was overwhelming.
The ancient log house sat like a quiet eye in the center of an impossible hurricane—a maelstrom of pure, concentrated magical power that defied every law of power Elisabeth had ever learned. This wasn’t the shimmer of protective wards or the structured geometric matrices of carefully crafted hexes. This was primordial chaos magic. A soundless raging torrent of primal energy. The vortex originated in the forest behind the house. It spun in layers upon layers of complexity, each stratum rotating at different speeds, different angles. Electric blues crackled like lightning frozen mid-strike, their intensity making Elisabeth’s eyes water even though she was seeing them with magical sight rather than physical vision. Fiery oranges blazed through in waves, carrying with them the heat of forge-fire and the fury of summer wildfires. Vibrant purples pulsed in rhythm with something Elisabeth couldn’t identify—a heartbeat?
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