Beneath An Ivy Moon (Legacy Of Magick Series, Book 4) by Ellen Dugan

Author:Ellen Dugan [Dugan, Ellen]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Garden Witch Press
Published: 2016-06-24T18:30:00+00:00

CHAPTER EIGHT

For a split second I thought who I was seeing was Jessica, but no. It’s someone or something else, I realized. The fact that I could see right through the red-haired woman didn’t frighten me. What scared me was that she appeared to be crying— over Jessica.

“Calamity will continue to fall,” she warned us.

“Who are you?” I managed to ask, even though my voice wobbled.

The image of the woman seemed to be across the room one second— and then up and in our faces the next. “Find me. Restore my name.” The spirit’s image seemed to flicker, but her words sounded clearly over the passing storm. Suddenly the apparition appeared very real as it stood in front of us. “You must uncover the truth!” she said, reaching out.

I flinched when I felt a hand touch my hair. That was so not cool! “Hands off, lady,” I said, yanking my head away from the ghostly touch.

Beside me, Cypress flinched as well. “How is it doing that?”

“It’s pulling juice from the storm,” I said to Cypress out of the side of my mouth. I tried to stand firm and not show fear— but facing off with an unknown entity that was able to touch me— that was new for me. I took a deep breath, and stood tall. “You are not welcome here,” I said to the spirit.

Cypress took my left hand, raised her right, and pushed power out in front of us like a shield. “Baron Samedi, help your daughters.” Cypress held her other hand palm facing out as she stalked confidently forward. “Leave. This. Place!” With each word she spoke, Cypress’ voice became deeper, more powerful. And with each word, the apparition was pushed farther away.

I’d never seen Cypress like this. Though Cy played it cool most of the time, she was a very strong, very capable practitioner. Sometimes I forgot how powerful of a magician she was. I moved with her, holding up my free hand in an ancient gesture to ward off evil.

I pushed out with my own magick, adding it to the shield Cypress had conjured. “We banish you from this place!” I said. With a whoosh of sound the spirit was blown back by our magick. It seemed to shoot away, stopping to hover directly over Jessica.

“Get away from her!” Cypress growled at the specter as the two of us moved together, towards the girl on the floor.

The spirit was suddenly less there, less in the room. “You are of the blood.” Frowning, she held up her hands as if to placate us. “Sisters, I am not your enemy.” She shook her head, as if she were confused. “Not your enemy...” She faded away entirely, a crack of thunder seeming to punctuate her disappearance.

“It’s gone,” Cypress shuddered, and her voice sounded almost back to normal.

We dropped hands and made our way over to Jessica as quickly as possible. As I climbed over the debris on the floor, my hands started to shake both in reaction, and from pushing out with my magick.

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