“Are your parents majborne, Faye?” Tabitha asked, ignoring the princess’ question entirely.
“What does that have to do with this?” Faye growled. “Are you people incapable of answering simple questions?”
“On the contrary, it has everything to do with this.” Tabitha continued to stare at her.
Faye’s skin itched beneath the witch’s yellow gaze. “My father.”
Raxx’s eyes darkened and his fists clenched.
“Your mother possesses no majick at all?”
Faye shook her head. “Not that I have ever seen, no.”
“Interesting,” Tabitha muttered, turning her attention back to the book in front of her. She flicked through a few of the thick pages of parchment.
“Have you found anything out about Lori or not?” Faye sighed irritably.
“Perhaps. Are you the only one of your sisters that is able to use majick?”
“Yes.”
“Incorrect. You’re just the recessive element,” Tabitha replied, not tearing her eyes from the pages as she spoke.
“Recessive? What does that mean?”
“Imagine, if you will, that everyone on this forsaken realm can be one of three things – dominant, neutral or recessive.”
Faye glanced at Raxx for an explanation, but the shadow demon looked just as confused as she was.
“Dominant elements will never be able to harness majick, no matter how hard they try to learn. Their bodies simply will never support it.” Tabitha sat back in her chair, inspecting her nails. “Neutral elements are, as the name suggests, the happy medium between the two. These individuals can be taught to use majick, but it does not come naturally to them. Theoretically, they may be able to triangulate their abilities for a short-term power boost.”
“Like Lori,” Faye mumbled.
“Precisely. Raxx, yourself and I are recessive elements. Rare, powerful beings that are born with a natural ability to harness all the power the majick planes have to offer, but noonesoul can accommodate more than a single elemencia.”
“Like Raxx’s elemencia being shadow?” Faye asked.
“There are all manner of elemencia, usually decided by early childhood experiences, though I have heard, should a babe be born knowingly majborne, it is possible to influence them to develop a specific talent by exposing them to the right influences.”
“What is your father’s elemencia, Faye?” Raxx asked in a low voice.
Faye hesitated before finally answering. “Fire.”
“Veryinteresting,” Tabitha hummed.
“How have you found all this information, Tabitha?” Raxx turned his attention to the witch.
“Ah, sweet demon, that would be telling. Let’s just say I made a very steep bargain to have this tome in my possession for a single night and day.” The witch smoothed her palm over the book.
Raxx stood and leant over to look at it and shook his head. “The pages are blank.”
Tabitha smiled. “To you perhaps.”
The shadow demon sat back in his chair; his brow furrowed with disquiet. “What have you got yourself involved in now, Tab?”
“Nothing to worry your pretty head about.” The witch snapped her fingers together and the book disappeared in a small flash of light. “Now that mystery is solved, let’s—”
“Hang on, what about Faye and I? Understanding Lephas’s resurrection is one thing, but what aboutthis?” Raxx asked, gesturing between himself and Faye.
