The Wizard (2)

It was still morning, the eclipse was set to happen in a few hours now, and Robert had already wasted enough time when he had went back home to get the important ingredient he had forgotten due to the excitement he had felt, but came home to a surprise no man would ever want to come back home to.

But now as he was driving towards his destination with his wife's lover inside the trunk of his car, he chose to leave that ingredient behind, because today they were going to perform a different ritual, one that would at least soothe the anger that was pushing him to kill Shawn at this very moment.

Today's ritual should've been something that would grant them immortality by using the energy of the sun and moon at the same time, which is something inconceivable for wizards, but now he was going to waste an opportunity like that as make Shawn pay for angering and humiliating him.

Thinking about Shawn made Robert clench his jaw, and tighten his hold on the stirring wheel. To calm his nerves, he hit the gas paddle and accelerated the speed of his car, at first only by a little.

He was in a freeway with no more than a few cars in sight, he stepped on it with breakneck speed, he rolled the car window down and felt the breez of the wind on his face, the sound of his exhaust rumbling.

He was at peace, but that peace didn't last long as he had reached his destination. He changed road and entered inside a forest that led to the spot no sane human would ever go to anymore after many reports of mysterious deaths here.

But it worked out for the wizards because it was a perfect place to hide and not be disturbed during their rituals. The long trees casted long shadows that made it seem like it was already dusk.

He moved his car with now a moderate pace inside this eerie forest, that's always unusually quiet and gloomy, even for wizards. When they found this place they had found the reason for all the death, and had disposed of it, but even so this area had many secrets that even put the bravest of wizards to quake in fear at night.

Because at night this place is transformed into a nightmare, that many dread. Many wizards are used to this eerie place but are still very cautious about it.

Robert stopped thinking about the horrors of this place as he had reached the meeting spot. It was a clearing where there were no signs of trees. He saw other wizards already there with their cars parked on one side.

He drove his car to the parking spot and cut off the engine. He took a breathe sigh and got out of the car. It didn't no longer than second after he closed the door shut when an approaching figure came to him.

He was a man who looked to be in his late 60s, grown a full beared that had become grey. He was taut, and walked with an air of confidence, he was wearing a blue robe just like all the members of the cult.

When he was close enough to Robert, he slightly bowed and said.

"I pay great respect to Grand Wizard, I see you are exceptionally late, as usual. Did you bring the 'thing'?"

When he said the thing he meant the ingredient. The old man lifted his gaze to Robert's and those cold icy brown eyes told a story that no normal human would be capable of understanding.

Robert swallowed, and shook his head. "I did not."

The old man didn't flinch or so much as to show any emotion. "May I enquire the reason for such.."

"Tardiness." Robert finished.

The old man seemed amused as the corners of his lips slightly quaked. "I was leaning more towards Irresponsibility, but I am curious as to the excuse to such.. tardiness, as you so nicely put it?"

Robert didn't say anything, he went past the old man, towards the back of his car, to the trunk. He opened it and gestured the old man with his head to come here.

The old man came without saying anything, he looked inside the trunk and saw a handsome man, very young maybe in his early 30s right now, but the old man was judging him based off his human age.

In terms of looks, Robert was also in his late 30s but his mental age and true age dates back to hundreds of years ago, times when the existence of Wizards were believed and were held in contempt for simply existing.

But those times were gone now, and there was no need to recall anything about them. The old turned his gaze to Robert and saw how he was holding himself back not to kill this man, and he already had some idea to what this thing was about, but he still asked nonetheless.

"Grand Wizard what's this about?"

Robert took his time, trying to find the right words to say but nothing came to his mind, it was a blank canvas because a part of him refused to even think about it, let alone remember it properly.

But he still had to say something so without thinking he opened his mouths and words rolled out so easily as if they were just there at the tip of his tongue. "My wife.. and this man, they.. I was cuckolded old friend, and and it left me feeling humiliated and disgusted with myself.

I couldn't bring myself to just kill him, he needs to be punished, I want him to be punis-"

"Say no more old friend, this bastard must face the consequences of mistaking the stars reflected in the pond to being the stars up in the heavens." The old man said. His eyes sharp and hard while staring at Shawn's unconscious body.

Robert wasn't surprised that the old man agreed to help despite how petty his revenge was especially because it was hindering years of hard work but he also knew the next eclipse was something set to happen in the next 23 years, for wizards, it wasn't very long.

"So old friend.. how do you want this piece of shit to suffer?" Asked the old man.

Robert turned to Shawn, his eyes molten with anger that he was trying hard to bottle up. He replied, his voice hard and slightly cracked, because of all the anger he was trying to suppress.

"The worst fate possible." He said. "A fate that would even put the most shameless cuckolded man to shame and despair. He will be cursed with cuckoldry that will brand his very soul, then be given knew life in a new world.

There he will most likely try to start afresh or most possibly continue his wicked ways, it doesn't matter. What matters is that every single women who will ever mean something to him would be fucked by another man, and be enslaved by that cock.

Be it a mother, sister, lover, friend, teacher even grandmother. He will find himself in an inescapable fate that would drown him with despair no man would ever want to face.

Whether he will learn his lesson and try to break the curse, because there will be a way to lift it or he will break and accept his new life as a miserable cuckold is up to him."

When Robert was finished, the old man swore in his heart to never even dare think of betraying this man even at the cost of his own life, because his punishment was simply too cruel.

How could he condemn only a single party to such a cruel fate but forgiving another that's left in his house? Did he already forget it takes two to cheat? Or does he have other plans for her?