Lost Spirit: Book Four of The Bound Spirit Series by H.A. Wills

Author:H.A. Wills [Wills, H.A.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2022-08-19T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter 15

Kaleb

Sitting on the far side of the hospital’s cafeteria, tucked into a small nook surrounded by windows, Callie and I finish something that resembles dinner before preparing to head back for our volunteer shift in emergency care.

“I have an idea that I want to try,” she shares with a look that says I’ll be the guinea pig for this experiment.

“Oh?” I ask casually, hoping that I won’t have to say no. She looks excited, and I want to be a part of it. “What’s the idea?”

Callie leans over the small, beige table and stage-whispers, “I think I can help calm and stabilize patients without anyone knowing.”

“How?” I whisper back, leaning in close. There doesn’t appear to be anyone who could overhear, but I’d rather not take any chances.

“By doing what I already do, holding their hand,” she explains with a pleased grin. “Magic is all about intent, so I don’t need to say any incantations if I think about it with enough focus. Also, healing is easier when I can touch the person.” She lightly touches my wrist as if to demonstrate the need for physical connection. “While I hold their hand to comfort them, I can send small threads of magic to both soothe and, at the very least, get a sense of what’s wrong with them. It shouldn’t require any verbal components.”

She takes her hand back and nervously pushes loose strands of hair behind her ears. Her expression turns guarded as she waits for me to tell her all the reasons her plan to help people is wrong. That she’ll expose herself. The Council will come for her. That every time she uses her magic on mortals, she risks her very life. It makes me tired and sad. With her, I was supposed to be different. It was a chance to be more than the know-it-all, stick-in-the-mud everyone thinks I am.

Aware there are numerous reasons I should say no, instead I simply ask, “What do you need me to do?”

“Really? Thank you so much!” she squeals and runs over to give me a hug. “Once I perfect this spell, we can help so many people.”

“I trust you,” I announce in earnest while hugging her back. Before she can pull away, I hold her gently by the shoulders. “I know I’ve been… difficult when it comes to your healing magic, which is wrong of me after promising to help you explore your abilities.”

“To be fair, that was before you found out I have deity strength magic… and, ya know, brought someone back from the dead.” She shrugs, her eyes cast downward as her bottom lip becomes firmly trapped between her teeth.

Carefully, I cup one side of her face and lead her to look up at me. While my thumb tries to save her lip, my gaze locks with her crystalline gray eyes. “I’m sorry, Callie. I meant it then, and I mean it now. I want to help. Tell me what to do.”

“You’re forgiven, and for this spell,

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