Another year older

Tomorrow is my birthday, woo hoo right?  I say meh, just another year to mark off the calendar though I'm constantly amazed at how quickly the years pass the older I get.  I decided today that rather than be a little depressed about it I'm going to use it as inspiration, so using age and beauty as a springboard I'm adding onto the story I started of the dark wizard.  Here goes:

Ehbon sprinted from the tavern as quickly as he could leaving the fallen goblin to rot on the floor.  He was grateful for the darkness of night as he could use his black cloak to glide like a shadow from building to building. He heard the screams and rumblings of conversation behind as people yelled out to the authorities to catch the murderer.

He grasped the ruby amulet feeling it pulse with a power beyond his imagination; finally the one thing he desired was in his grasp!  Ehbon slipped into the forest surrounding the town and like a snake slinking through the trees slithered his way to the cave he called home. As he entered he pointed his palm at the embers in the firepit and said "fire".  The wood danced to life with flame and an eerie glow fell on Ehbon's face.  He grabbed the mirror that he had stored on the ledge of his firepit and glanced into it's reflection.  There he saw the horror that had haunted him since his 18th birthday.  His face was covered in scars running not only vertically but also horizontally across his skin, his left eye had turned into a blind milky orb that often emitted puss when he blinked, his nose was harshly crooked leaving him looking like a crow, and his eyebrows had all but fallen out leaving only wisps of hair trailing behind.  He propped the mirror up ensuring he could still see the reflection of his monstrous self.

"I hope this works." he placed the amulet on his neck. "Ageis mevois"  the ruby glowed a deep blood red and flashed one bright pulse.  Ehbon was momentarily blinded as his good eye readjusted to the dark of the cave.  He looked into the mirror, a grin stretching across his face.  Where once was a contorted face now was a handsome youth.

"I have you now Alandra.  You have cursed your last wizard." Ehbon rolled back the stone of his cave and ventured once more into the night.