A Perilous Power (Arucadi Series Book 5) by E. Rose Sabin

Author:E. Rose Sabin [Sabin, E. Rose]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-06-24T22:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER FOURTEEN

ENTANGLEMENT

While Veronica gathered materials from tables and untied objects from strings, Les sat beside Miryam on the fur. He wanted to encourage her but could think of nothing to say; he could only pat her hand.

Veronica came up beside him and put her collection of items on the pelt. They looked harmless enough: a candle, a needle, a mass of black and white yarn tangled together, a pair of sewing scissors, a china cup, a sprig of some sweet-smelling herb, a pot filled with water, a hand mirror, and a smooth, oval stone that might have come from a river.

“It is essential that you both trust me,” Veronica said. She sat opposite them on a pelt with broad gray and yellow stripes. “This is an extremely delicate procedure. If you resist at a critical moment, it can be fatal.”

“What are you going to do?” Les asked.

“I’m going to separate the strands of Carl’s power that are entangled with Miryam’s.”

“Carl always told me that could never happen,” Miryam said in a timid voice. “He said we were bound for life.”

“He certainly intended for that to be so,” Veronica said. “Yet I think separation is possible. The fact that your power allows you to enter another plane and he cannot follow you into it shows that a point of uniqueness remains to you. That is our starting point. We can work from that area to disentangle the mingled strands.”

“He’ll know what you’re doing,” Miryam said. “He’ll fight it.”

“Yes, of course he will,” Veronica said. “That is where Les comes in. Because he has power but his talent is inactive, he provides the perfect buffer. I’m going to follow a complicated procedure. I can’t explain it all, but briefly, Miryam, it involves channeling Carl’s power into Les as I separate it. It will be unpleasant for you, Les, but it won’t do permanent harm. The risk is to Miryam, not to you. It will put the power where Carl can’t draw on it. As he grows more helpless, you, Miryam, will be able to take over more of the work from me and direct your own freeing. You will see clearly what to do.

“The process is extremely painful, and once begun, it cannot be stopped. If you attempt to halt it, you will not survive. You must understand that.”

Les looked at Miryam. Always pale, her face was bleached of all color. Her hands shook. But she said, “I do understand. Go ahead. I’m ready.”

“You, Les?” Veronica turned her gaze on him. “Are you willing to let me use your mind as a trap for Carl’s power?”

“You’re sure he won’t be able to use me?”

“I’m sure,” Veronica stated firmly.

“His power won’t stay in my mind, will it?” Les asked.

“I don’t know.” Veronica frowned. “It won’t be of any use to you if it does stay. It won’t combine with or change your gift. And the discomfort will last only while the procedure is under way. Afterward you won’t be aware of it at all.

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