Zed: A Wizard's Abuse of Magic

This is a work of fiction in the genres of Urban Fantasy and Paranormal Romance. The short stories are in the 'Rings of Gaia' domain. Zed is a prequel to the series "Samantha’s Journey”. The theme is ‘reincarnation’.
The stories contain adult material. Do not read if under 18 years of age or are oversensitive.
Gaia is the soul of Planet Earth. She serves God the creator by looking after herself. Gaia’s intention was to create leaders who could educate and protect the Earth. Man is self-destructive, and Gaia needs agents who would go out and repair the damage.
The Zoe family arrived in Havana, Cuba, in 1600AD. Their large villa, the Villa Zenith, was southwest of the city; some people might call it a ranch. Zed was born, at home, on the 2nd of May 1610AD.
In 1640AD, Zed Zoe was a lawyer; he acquired a ring as a bribe to lose a case. Zed mistook the runes as hallmarks. Zed put the ring on the middle finger of his left hand.
After retiring for the night, ZED looked at his ring.
‘What are you?’ Zed thought.
‘Close enough. The question should have been, “who are you” now, are you going to speak to me properly?’ The reply came into Zed’s thoughts as if his own.
‘But of course. I had no idea that you were sentient.’ The thought conversation continued.
‘Strictly speaking, no. The ring is just a magic ring containing permanent magic-essence that is programmed for many tasks. You might say I am an “artificial intelligence”. Call me, Rezi.’
‘Ok, Rezi. Can you teach me?’
‘Yes.’
Zed was not blessed with long life like Merlin Parnassus, but by using the magic of a ring of Gaia, he had avoided his ‘Day of Reckoning’. With the ring held by Zed and a pregnant woman at 26 weeks term, Zed’s spirit moved into the new baby, his memories were saved in the ring, and his old body died.
First Reincarnation - Female. - Zenobia, born 8-Jan-1680AD - ZEN's story with Maximilian - the duelist.
Second Reincarnation Female. – Zena was born 4-Jul-1760AD. - Zena's story with the Santeria religion. - Magdalena and Panterra.
Third Reincarnation Male. - ZED is reborn on1-Jun-1820AD.
Fourth Reincarnation Female. - Zilla was born 14-Aug-1900AD.
Fifth Reincarnation Male. - ZED is reborn 1-Sep-1974AD. - Abuse of magic by hypnotising Whitetail.