Caspera stammered but was unable to speak anything. Suddenly a gust of wind flew beside her. Her hand suddenly flew up in the sky, blood flowing everywhere. She was dazed for a moment but suddenly her screamed ringed in everyone's ears...
"Y- You..." She stammered while pressing her other hand on her wound.
"Yes, Me. Did you really believe that you will be able to bully MY kids when I am not present here?" The man spoke slowly but firmly walking towards Caspera.
Caspera's face lost all blood. She started shivering and started to crawl back. The blood was still flowing as the wound was deep. She tried to speak but it was as if her voice was stuck.
"Br- Brother I-I can explain" She gave a weak smile and stammered.
"Hahahahahaha...." A laugh boomed. A cold laugh full of mockery.
"You? You now want to explain things to me" His voice was full of mirth.
Suddenly he chanted something. A rush of wind rushed behind him and he dashed forward. He reached Caspera in a second scaring her out of her wits. The man was Rene Woodsman. He was 6'5 in height. He had a unshaven stubble and dark circles.
His hair was also unkept. He had a athletic body with a bit of fat covering his stomach. His eyes were deep brown in color. He wore a baggy shirt with some comfy jeans. Although his appearance was unkept but his eyes were as clear as a crystal.
He raised his hand up in the sky and suddenly slapped Caspera, sending her flying back. A pin drop silence appeared in the surroundings. Even people's breathing could be heard. He slowly walked towards her and crouched down.
"Tell me Caspera, do you think I am dumb?" He slowly spoke, holding her head and staring her eyes.
"Tell me? Did I ever do anything that affected you negatively?" His voice was slowly rising and so was the pressure of his hand.
"You left your husband. I gave YOU shelter. YOU never helped. Even then I gave YOU food." He pressed her face even more. His fingers applying pressure on her jaw.
Caspera tried to move but his grasp was too strong. She tries to speak but the grasp was making her incapable. Seth was looking from the sidelines. He was seeing his father, well at least of this realm. He looked at him, seeing him seething with anger.
"You know Caspera, I gave you a chance. I really did. You nearly killed my child, but I, I did not do a single thing against you." He stared at his his eyes cold. It was as if he was staring down her soul. Caspera shivered with fear.
"I felt really, really relieved to see my son standing here unharmed." He looked towards Seth with a gently smile and then looked back at Caspera.
"I was really looking forward to finally hug my son, but then suddenly my thoughts became chaotic and crazy. I saw that MY sister who had harmed MY SON, tried to kill him when I was not present here. She even used MY family's magic to try to do so." He suddenly pressed with brute force, successfully dislocating her jaw.
Caspera whimpered and shivered. No one could guess if weather if was from fear or pain. She tried to move away but to no avail. Her eyes darted around seeking help from the surrounding people, but she was only met indifferent gazes.
She then mustered up her courage and looked at Rene's eyes. Her eyes were moist and begged for mercy. It was truly a pitiful sight. A woman so beautiful was reduced to such state.
"You want mercy from me?" Rene loosened his grasp and smiled at her.
Caspera quickly nodded in affirmation. She had finally gotten a ray of hope and she tried everything to grasp it. It was as if she was scared that it would disappear.
"Okay. I shall give you forgiveness" Rene smiled.
Caspera suddenly shuddered. She had a ominous feeling well inside her heart. She looked up at Rene only to see that he had bitten a bit of his thumb off. Enough to allow a small trickle of blood to flow.
He was muttering something under his breath. His hands moving so quick that the actions could not be made out, but the actions were too familiar. The actions created a audible gasp from the spectators.
The gasp only deepened the fear in Caspera's heart. She tries to move but suddenly few reddish green chains appeared on Rene's back. Without any warning the chains rushed towards her.
The chains pierced her arms and legs, successfully securing her, making her unable to move. She screamed in pain as smoke rose from the wounds. A thicker red chain appeared above Rene's head.
Caspera whimpered as if scared about what was about to happen. She struggled but to no avail.
"This is my mercy to you Caspera. BLOODLINE AFFINITY SEALER" He shouted.
The red chain rushed towards Caspera. The chain pierced her chest. Caspera screamed in pain and fainted. The chains disappeared and so did her wounds. Caspera was truly in a sorry state. One of her hands was chopped off. Her jaw was dislocated and she was hit with a spell feared by many.
Bloodline Affinity Sealer. It was a truly wicked spell. The spell sealed any dominant affinities that the family member had making it nearly impossible to cultivate abilities.
Think of it as this way. There is a world full of introverts. You are born with a friend or a few of them. Suddenly one day your friends disappear. Now you have to make new friends. Friends in a world full of introverts. It is nearly impossible to make new friends. Here friends are affinities.
The person who can use this ability must be a person who was trusted by the head of the family or most of his family trusts him. Here the second condition was fulfilled.
In the family of four, only Caspera did not trust him. The kids always trusted him, Sarah because she was a kid and Seth because of his instincts. The spell successfully sealed Caspera's affinitiy of wind element. It also destroyed all of her cultivation.
"I Rene Woodsman declare, that from this day onwards, Caspera Baker, if stripped of her maternal family affinity, the wind element. Moreover, due to her sins of attempted murder, torture and attempted use of harmful magic in a village. I hereby banish her from the family." He shouted.
Wind rushed and swirled around both Rene and Caspera. The wind grew stronger and stronger around Rene and weaker and weaker around Caspera. Suddenly the wind around Caspera stopped altogether and she woke up screaming.
"Y- YOU WILL REGRET IT RENE WOODSMAN." She shouted in a crazed voice as she started to flee.
"I WILL MAKE SURE THAT YOU AND YOUR FAMILY PERISHES" She kept of shouting as her figure grew further and further.
Rene and all the villagers did not pay her head. Without her powers she was disabled. Stripped of her powers what could she even do? Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
"Well I am sorry to interrupt, but am I needed anymore?" A calm voice sounded from the side...
A/N : Due to some issues with my laptop, I was unable to post chapters from the past few days. The issues have now been solved and I will resume my schedule. At least 2 chapters will be posted everyday from now on. I hope that you enjoy. Cheers!