House of Falling Rain (Eyes of Odyssium Book 1) by C.A. Bryers

Author:C.A. Bryers [Bryers, C.A.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-04-07T05:00:00+00:00

He wasn’t even aware he’d slept until his eyes opened and saw Iriscent’s beaming smile shining down on him, indicating her work was complete.

Most of the feeling had crept back into his limbs, and he sat upright. “Done already?”

“All I did was run some tephic probes through this thing here.” She patted him on top of his wet head. “Both times we came down here this week, I haven’t done a thing to moderate the energies inside of you. Figured it was worth a try to see if, you know, anything happened.”

Salla blanched. “So you were using me as some kind of test subject to see what happened?”

Iriscent laughed. “Please, Salla. What do you think I’ve been doing this entire time since I met you? You have an ancient power locked inside of you coupled with traces of an ancient spirit, and the two fight like crazy old ladies. Do you think there’s some dusty old guidebook laying around that’s gonna tell me how to treat that kind of problem?”

“I suppose you have a point.”

“But come on, you’re missing the point of what I just told you.” She leaned closer, overenunciating her words as if explaining something to a child that could barely comprehend words. “I didn’t fix anything. You did.”

“Wait. So—” Salla hesitated to speak the words. “So you’re saying I’m cured?”

“That might be overstating it, but it kind of looks like our plan is working. Opening a tephic channel and learning even the basics of controlling it has…” She twisted her lips in thought. “It’s taught your mind how to self-moderate other flows of energy within you. Don’t get me wrong, you’re still terrible with actually using tephic, but that doesn’t matter. Internally, you don’t even know you’re doing it once you learn. It becomes as natural as running around naked on the last night of the year.”

Salla arched a brow.

“So you’re stabilized, sure. Cured?” She made a pained grimace. “No. The powers of the Eyes of the One and the Magsem aren’t about to run off and sip cocktails together in Costa Ojo anytime soon. They’re still there, and they still don’t seem to get along too well. For all I know, they might not be able to leave your body until, well, you’re a body. A dead one. You know what I mean.”

Salla sat up in the portable cocoon, wiping the slimy liquid away from his face. “If we’re being honest about how terrible I am with tephic, I should be honest and let you know you’re terrible at talking to people sometimes.”

Iriscent let the remark fly past her as if he hadn’t said a word. “It’s not like you can leave here today and just quit what you’re doing, though, and think you’ll be fine. I wouldn’t recommend it, at least. The Eyes and the Magsem are nice and quiet for the time being, but maybe they don’t like being suppressed like this. Maybe one or the other will get sick of it and start wriggling around in you, looking for some way to push back.

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