Light Mage (The Black Witch Chronicles) by Forest Laurie

Author:Forest, Laurie [Forest, Laurie]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2018-07-31T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 9: Rune-Blade

When I stir from sleep, Ciaran is already gone, the blankets around me mussed in a fitful tangle that mirrors my emotions at finding him absent. I touch my lower lip, my face warming as I remember the feel of his mouth on mine, the two of us wrapped around each other for most of the night—a new thrall cast over me that has nothing to do with his rune-sorcery.

This sudden strong attraction to him is what I was supposed to feel for my fastmate on the day of my sealing.

A thought jolts through me with staggering force.

It’s today.

Today is the day I was supposed to be sealed to Tobias. I glance down at my spidery fastlines, my heartbeat kicking up. Nausea sweeps through me and I grip at the edge of the bed, feeling like I’m about to retch.

* * *

“We’ll need to move you soon,” Za’ya tells me gently over breakfast.

Zeymir and Za’ya are sitting inside with me while everyone else is off working. Na’bee has been sent to do lessons in his room. The low table holds a teapot full of amber tea and a platter of fried breakfast cakes made from leftover nu’duls, colorful cave mushrooms, eggs and spices.

“We have a safe house in Eastern Verpacia,” Zeymir tells me, setting down his tea. “Ciaran is there now, warding it against search spells.”

“I can’t leave for good without my sisters,” I remind him.

“There is nothing you can do for them now without endangering yourself, Sagellyn,” Zeymir says. “Your family has reported you missing to the Verpacian Guard and to the Vu Trin forces, as well as to your Mage Council. The Verpacian Guard is going to allow Fifth Division Gardnerian trackers into Verpacia to find you. Postings with your face on them are being hung everywhere.”

Za’ya’s hand comes to mine. “Do you understand now why you need to be moved, ti’a? And quickly?”

I struggle to blink back the tears that well up at the thought of leaving Retta and Clover behind...and the thought of leaving everyone here. But I also don’t want to place them at risk, especially when they’ve done so much to protect me.

And I want a chance at a new life. A life that I can truly call my own.

Za’ya’s emerald hand tightens on mine. “Sagellyn,” she says softly. “We are not abandoning you. We know what it is like to be alone in a strange place. With nowhere to go, and no way of ever going back. We are all headed toward the Noi lands eventually, and there may be a way to get you there as well, since—like all of us—you possess something that is very rare. And potentially very useful to the Noi military.”

I wipe my tears away with the palm of my hand. “I might have quite a lot of light magery,” I tell them. “My parents wouldn’t tell me my Mage level, but I’ve overheard things... I know they were concerned about the Mage Council finding out about my level of power.

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