(eng) Martha Carr & Michael Anderle - Leira Chronicles 07 by Enemies of Magic

Author:Enemies of Magic [Magic, Enemies of]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SIXTEEN

Leira walked up the long grassy pasture toward the dense forest in the middle of the sanctuary just outside of Austin. She was there to test out a theory. She came up to the crest of a hill and thought she saw something moving at the edge of the forest.

Perrom... good.

She waved her arm over her head as he emerged from the forest, the squares on his skin flipping back to their natural resting state of honey brown skin. He stood there, patiently waiting for her to walk the last mile. She was in no hurry this time to get there.

The battle to rescue the animals and shut down the operation took a toll on her, if only temporary. She wanted to enjoy the quiet solitude and listen to the sound of the Texas wind blowing across the grass, the sun warming her face. Hagan signed on for this work long before you were his partner. He gets to decide his fate, not you.

Leira had been having this argument with herself since she got Hagan home, safe and sound. You would never let anyone tell you what you could or couldn't do. "Give him the same respect." She stopped and shook out her hands, breathing in the warm air deeply. She smiled and started back up the hill. "Better enjoy the calm moments while I have them. Start adding up the gratitude. Come on, Berens. Remember where you were just a little while ago? Mom in a psych ward, Nana missing in action? Now you're a magical badass and you met your father. Bonus, he's not the dick you thought he was all these years."

Perrom called to her out in the field. "That's a peculiar thing that people like to do here. I could hear you arguing with yourself halfway up the hill." Perrom tapped his pointed ear. "Exceptional hearing. These points are like antennae."

Leira ran the rest of the way, her legs responding easily. Running was still one of her favorite things. "Using magic to do it doesn't hurt, either."

"No, it doesn't. Shall we go?"

"Thank you for meeting me here." Leira followed Perrom deeper into the sanctuary.

"You said it was important and involved the animals, and you're a friend of Correk's." He looked over his shoulder at Leira. "I can see that he trusts you." He glanced back again. "You fight like a great warrior."

"Warrior... never thought of it like that. Where I come from they call it doing your job."

Perrom laughed, surprising Leira. "That sounds like a version of something Correk would say. I can tell there's Elven blood in you." He looked back again. "Jasper blood."

"Correk told you?" A tall vine growing around a tree with large white trumpet-shaped blossoms turned toward Leira's voice. The blossom closest to her head blew out a fine powder that she breathed in before she could stop herself. The rest landed on her face, sinking in to her skin. "That can't be good."

"It's harmless. You'll see colors when you hear music but the effects are temporary.

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