Daughter of Kali- Awakening by Shiulie Ghosh

Author:Shiulie Ghosh [Ghosh, Shiulie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Aero Productions
Published: 2020-06-27T22:00:00+00:00

I got back to find Em floating a pencil in the air.

She was in the bedroom, the one we'd shared the first night at the Mansion. Perched on the bed, she had her palm outstretched, and the pencil was floating just above it. I swiped my hand through the gap to make sure it wasn't a trick.

"How are you doing that?" I asked.

"Isn't it amazing? It's a simple harmonic set up by a few key words which temporarily changes the value of gravity. I modified a music program to plot the frequencies."

"You lost me after ‘amazing.’ Can you make me fly?"

The pencil suddenly dropped into her hand.

"Nope. Because that happens. The spell doesn’t last long. You'd be floating along and then suddenly, splat. Anyway, you're too heavy. I can only do pencils and feathers so far."

"What about the locater spell?"

Em looked at me, and I saw the answer on her face.

"I'm sorry, Kaz. We tried, we really did. Violet did it several different ways but we always got the same result. Nothing."

I felt my heart beat a bit harder.

"But that doesn't necessarily mean she's... I mean, there could be lots of reasons why the spell won't work, couldn’t there?"

"The demons could be shielding it," said Em, trying to sound reassuring. "Or she's somewhere the frequencies can't penetrate. Don't worry. I'm sure she's still… I'm sure she's okay."

I suddenly felt a wave of exhaustion roll over me. I remembered I hadn't slept since two that morning, and I was still in my grimy clothes. I hadn't even washed the dirt off my face.

I sank onto the bed, suddenly at a loss. I had been running on nervous energy all day, and suddenly I didn't know what else I could do.

"How did your visit to HQ go?" asked Em. I gritted my teeth.

"They're a bunch of stupid old men. They don't believe the demons are planning anything. The Chairman thought I was lying when I said I was Mari's daughter. And he had me kicked out."

"They don't believe the demons are planning anything? But what about the Demon Sphere? What about the missing kids?"

"One or two of them agree with us, but most just think demons are mindless animals." I pressed the heels of my hands into my eyes. "They didn't even want to send anybody to help look for Mum."

"Oh, Kaz, I'm so sorry." Em put an arm around my shoulder. "We'll find her, you know we will, we won't stop looking," she said fiercely. She hugged me, and I leaned into her, glad of her friendship.

"I have to find her," I said in a small voice. "I said some things to her... I have to tell her I didn't mean them."

"Oh Kaz, she'll know." Em pressed her lips to my head, and got up. "I'm going to have another go at the locater. Get some rest."

But I couldn’t. I lay on the bed, dry-eyed, staring at the ceiling. In my mind I replayed over and over the things I'd said to Mum.

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