Courtlight Series Boxed Set by Terah Edun

Author:Terah Edun [Edun, Terah]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: teen, Coming of Age, magic, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Romance, Fantasy, Teen & Young Adult, Literature & Fiction, Epic, Women
Amazon: B00HBF56E2
Published: 2013-12-14T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 23

Meres looked at Ciardis and put his hand on top of hers.

“At least you can feel the barrier,” he said. “Perhaps if you act as a conduit we can broadcast my thoughts through to the struggling mother inside.”

Ciardis nodded and put her hands back on the enclosure. She closed her eyes and opened her mind to the protective invisible barrier that vibrated under her fingers. She couldn’t feel the griffin or see it in her mind, but she saw the wild burst of magic emanating from the griffin’s core.

It wasn’t so much a sign of agitation as it was the feel of natural, wild magic. Human mages trained, pruned, and bound their mage cores so much that the presence was muted. In fact, it was considered a social affront to leave your magic leaking in a presence of another. Or a sign of a pompous twat, Ciardis thought with satisfaction while she remembered a certain count’s son who took joy in puffing up like a peacock and displaying his magic for all to see.

Outside of the wild magic of the griffin, she felt the cautious and steady beat of a complex system of magic surrounding the fence. It was built layer upon layer with all the efficiency of a seamstress’s prized cross-stitch. She wouldn’t be able to get around it; it had been built too well. Ciardis began to grow frustrated as she searched for a way in. She could hear the griffin’s magic and feel the distress in its mind. Both called to her, but in different ways. The magic felt like a power she could meld with, enhance, and push to greater heights. The mind was one she wanted to soothe and comfort through its agony.

Ciardis surfaced and looked behind her. Meres Kinsight couldn’t help her push through the barrier, but she had a hunch who could.

“Vana,” she called as she caught the woman’s eye. The mage was watching her with a cautious expression, legs crossed as she sat on a large rock conveniently placed nearby.

Sighing Vana asked Ciardis, “Do you know what you’re asking for?”

“Yes,” replied Ciardis, but she was beginning to wonder whom she was asking. She didn’t know much—okay, anything—about the background of the woman known as Vana Cloudbreaker. She knew that she was mage of the unknown—a dark specialty of mages whose powers took unique forms. But exactly what the extent of Vana’s experience was happened to be information that she didn’t know and she doubted anyone else knew, either.

Walking forward, Vana came to stand to Ciardis’s left. Over the girl’s head, she caught Meres’s eye and shook her head slightly.

To Ciardis she said, “I’ll help you get through this barrier, but understand this: we will not break it. We will only unlock it.”

Ciardis nodded in acceptance.

“Do you understand?” Vana repeated slowly with a glint in her eye.

“Yes,” Ciardis said, returning the look with a firm gaze.

Assured but wary, Vana latched onto Ciardis’s other hand and melded their magic.

Taking the lead, Vana formed a purple spear of magic in her mind.

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