blood-magic

He, as were some of the worst of the Sun-priests of the past, is not limited in power by what he can channel naturally-he can, and has, and will, channel blood-magic, which has no limits other than the number of people that one can kill.

Sun In Glory Lackey, Mercedes 2003

The gardens at Oakhurst, cleansed and scoured of all of the blood-magic Arachne and Reggie had done there-with every vestige of Cold Iron removed and hauled off as scrap-and with a section carefully set aside as a "wild garden" where no gardener was allowed to trespass-made the perfect setting for a wedding.

The Gates Of Sleep Lackey, Mercedes 2002

Children born to a Sidhe/mortal pairing were even rarer than full-blooded Sidhe children, and Perenor had used the foulest sort of blood-magic to father Ria on her mortal mother-not to mention the fact that he'd tried to use Ria to destroy the Sidhe of Elfhame Sun-Descending.

Spirits White As Lightning Lackey, Mercedes 2001

Gone renegade-and he's raising power with blood-magic.

Fiddler Fair Lackey, Mercedes 1998

Violent death always released a great deal of energy-it was a short-cut to gaining vast quantities of it-which was why blood-magic was proscribed by the Guild.

Fiddler Fair Lackey, Mercedes 1998

Drugs sometimes produced that effect-particularly the drugs associated with blood-magic.

Fiddler Fair Lackey, Mercedes 1998

But you must also know that no matter how far you go, there's only one end for a practitioner of blood-magic.

Fiddler Fair Lackey, Mercedes 1998

He also is not anywhere near Kelven's potential, and he isn't dabbling in blood-magic.

Fiddler Fair Lackey, Mercedes 1998

What could she want with this boy, when an ordinary peasant would power the blood-magic just as well?

And Other Tales Of Valdemar Lackey, Mercedes 1997

This could take a while, she's stored up a lot of power, both in blood-magic and from the node.

And Other Tales Of Valdemar Lackey, Mercedes 1997