FM - June - "If you don't risk anything you risk even more." - Erica Jong
Jude knows all about risk. Every day he risks being found out, he risks giving into the temptation. The magick, his powers, they're so seductive. But he fights them, only uses them on occasion. His father has talked to him about it, told him stories of the others. The ones who've succumbed to the temptation and paid the ultimate price. Jude doesn't want to be one of the statistics, but he likes the power, he wants to be able to use it, even just a little.
He's not due to ascend until he turns 18, just like all the other first born males before him. That's when he receives his full powers and the real danger plagues him. Now it's just a test, the powers given to him when he turned 13 to see if he could maintain them, not abuse them, not give in to that seduction. So far, he's managed to stay within the realm of not taking any risks with them.
But somewhere in his mind he wonders if he doesn't take that risk, if he doesn't use his powers, doesn't he risk losing them?
He's not due to ascend until he turns 18, just like all the other first born males before him. That's when he receives his full powers and the real danger plagues him. Now it's just a test, the powers given to him when he turned 13 to see if he could maintain them, not abuse them, not give in to that seduction. So far, he's managed to stay within the realm of not taking any risks with them.
But somewhere in his mind he wonders if he doesn't take that risk, if he doesn't use his powers, doesn't he risk losing them?