Manannan's Magic (Manannan Trilogy Book 1) by McGrath Michele

Author:McGrath, Michele [McGrath, Michele]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: UNKNOWN
Published: 2013-12-02T16:00:00+00:00

14

I shouldn’t have meddled, but I did, and my peace began to slip rapidly away. On many evenings, when the long day ended, we often sat and talked together. We chatted about the things we had done before we met each other. We told stories and we spoke about what we would like to do in the rest of our lives. We used to sip mead, or one of the cordials McLir had shown me how to make. We sat beside the fire, if the evening was cold. If the weather was fine, we went to the top of a hill. We used to watch the glory of the sunset painting the western sky with gold and crimson.

One night, for no reason I can remember, I asked McLir again about his visions. His uncanny ability to foretell the future fascinated me. I wondered what if I might be able to find out about what lay in store for us, myself. He had never had another vision since the one I had witnessed and I wanted to ask why. How did his dreams happen? I was curious to find out more about them. When I asked him, he looked at me broodingly, as if he had read my unspoken thoughts again. Then he answered the question I had not spoken aloud.

“Each person dreams in a different way. I asked my mother about her visions, when I was young. She wouldn’t – or couldn’t – describe them to me. Mine vary. I never expect what comes; anything or nothing, angels or demons.”

“Do you think, if I breathed in the purple smoke, I might find out for myself what the future holds?”

“Perhaps you might, but the experience can be harmful. At times I have experienced a darkness which I found difficult to escape.”

I hesitated for a moment, but my curiosity was greater than my fear. “You told me once you can make your visions come at a time you want them to. That’s why I am asking you to let me do the same. Why do you think I might be harmed?”

“Seeing into the future can be painful. You might witness things you don’t want to happen, horrors sometimes. They’re difficult to forget and bring their own darkness after them.”

I shivered. “Perhaps I would see nothing at all.”

“Very likely. Few people are given the gift of the true sight. I have heard of others, but I never met anyone who had it, except for my own family.”

“You said you only learned how to make your visions come at will when you grew up. Perhaps anyone can, if they use the method you discovered.”

“Far more likely you would see nothing.”

“But would you let me try? You speak so often of leaving the island. My life will be so empty if you do. I’d like to find out a little of what lies before me, if I can.”

“Very well, you may try. But if you’re in distress, I must bring you out of the trance for your own safety.

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