Awakened by Shei Darksbane & Annathesa Nikola Darksbane

Author:Shei Darksbane & Annathesa Nikola Darksbane [Darksbane, Shei & Darksbane, Annathesa Nikola]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Urban Fantasy, Fiction, lesbian, romance, paranormal, Magic, Amnesia, Werewolves, Vampire
Publisher: Darksbane Books
Published: 2015-07-19T22:00:00+00:00

18

Training Wills

Nita was assigned to tutor me. Ralof said he wanted to go check on a few pack members who lived in the area while I was busy, so he would be gone for a few hours. He told me to call him if I needed him, double checked that I had his number on my cell, and enough charge to last me, then agreed to leave me in Nita’s care until he returned. I smiled at his concern, overcautious as it might be, and thanked him. He reminded me of Nan-how she used to check on me before I went on a school trip or a vacation with the family, asking over every little detail and stuffing a twenty in my sock in case of emergencies.

Nita led me across the building into a big, empty room with some padding on the walls. I glanced around the barren expanse. “So what’s this place for?”

“Normally, we use it for various forms of combat training. In this case, it’s just a big enough room that we can attempt this without as much danger of setting the building on fire.” She set down a cast iron bowl she had picked up from a storage closet along the way, then dropped a piece of paper in it.

“As much?” I grimaced.

Nita gave me a level look then gestured at the paper. “The first step will be for you to set the paper on fire— Not yet!” she slapped my hand as I raised it to comply with what I’d incorrectly perceived as a request. “And then you will snuff it out. First I will explain a bit about how magic works.”

I crossed my ankles and dropped to the floor, Indian-style. Nita did the same. “I’m all ears.” I was grinning despite myself.

“Magic is when a construct of will is used to overcome the mundane order of the universe.” She rolled her hand at the wrist and brought her palm upward, and an orange flame sparked from her hand, flickering in the air before me. I leaned closer, peering with interest at the incredible sight. Nita pulled her hand back, giving me a disapproving look. “There are two kinds of magic: sorcery and wizardry. Wizardry is when magic is learned through memorization of techniques which carry power. Sorcery is when forces of nature are bent through sheer will. Like so.” She indicated her hand. “Sorcery is what I do, and it is what you will attempt to use to control the power that you have come to possess.”

For the next few hours, Nita drilled me in the ways of mental control. I produced the Hellfire and she showed me how to snuff it out again successfully. After that, I projected the Hellfire onto the paper in the cast iron bowl. She showed me how Hellfire was incredibly dangerous, far more so than normal fire. While I would expect a normal fire to die once the paper was gone, Hellfire was not so easily defeated.

When the paper was devoured, the Hellfire clung to the bowl and began to spread and destroy that as well.

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