A Backfiring Curse Kicks Teacher On His Back in Son of Ruin

A Lesson on Throwing Flame Goes South

Borgin is surprised as he finds that his student has found a way to redirect a curse meant for him, unable to digest this new information Borgin reacts poorly to this turn of events. Will the new ideas of his young student change Borgin's approach or will it drive them deeper into conflict?

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I am posting a portion of the book per week. If you like riveting stories at the price of FREE this is for you. Here is the seventy ninth installment of The Demon Curse Series Book #1 entitled “Son of Ruin” written by David E. Hiatt.
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Chapter 12 Overthrown by Fire 79

Succubus knew what was coming next. His teacher would demonstrate it, using him as the subject to be burned.

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His brilliance was not to fight the curse, but to redirect it with the whirlwind funnel he had developed, not something that would normally ever cross a demon’s mind.

Borgin gathered fire and cast a painful burst down onto Succubus’ head. But rather than torching his skin, it slipped forward in front of his face. Then with a sharp hiss, it shot a shimmering blue flame directly back at his instructor.

How The Mighty Fall

Borgin had just seconds to leap away. As he did so, he lost his footing, slamming onto the slate floor and smacking his shoulder into the wall.

Memories of what Succubus had imagined about beating his teacher crossed his mind.

The demon system will be overthrown. Where is this going? Succubus thought.

But looking at the surprise on his teacher's face and his obvious confusion about what had happened seemed suddenly humorous to Succubus.

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Disoriented, Borgin looked up to see the large demon student of his with his head down and his body shaking with suppressed laughter.

Wrong Response

Enraged, Borgin leapt to his feet, his head pounding and his blood boiling. It would have been good for him to pause a moment and consider how the demon spawn had cast that fire at him, but he was beyond thinking and only felt rage. The other students quickly moved to the side of the cave, covering their heads.

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