Nocturne by Natalya Capello

Author:Natalya Capello [Capello, Natalya]
Language: eng
Format: epub

Ilia tended to Arryn’s burns, glancing occasionally at Lorelei with a contemplative expression. Dae just continued to stare. Heat suffused Lorelei’s face, and the air in the room became even more difficult to breathe. She needed to get out.

She strode to the door leading farther in the citadel and yanked it open, barely glancing inside before she entered. She stopped short a few feet into the room and turned in a circle with her eyes wide. The room was much larger than the others they had been through. A vaulted ceiling arched well over her head, the ribs barely visible in the low light of her lantern. Violet marble tiles covered the floor and walls with large fissures running through almost all of them. Scones lined the walls, but all were burned out except for one which held a sickly green magelight. In the center of the room rested three white marble sarcophagi.

Lorelei moved closer and stared down at the farthest left one. An image of a sleeping sidhe male with his hands crossed over his chest was embossed on it. The lid had been shifted to the side and darkness was within.

“Lorelei,” Arryn called from the door. He stepped into the room. “Don’t run off like that.”

“Sorry.” She turned from the sarcophagus, ducking her head and not meeting his gaze “I needed a moment without the stares.”

He crossed the room and rested his hands on her shoulders. “Your episode was worse this time.”

“Something with the music triggered it,” she said in a soft voice.

Ilia and Dae stepped in the room. Ilia held her hands in her pockets. She glanced at Dae who nodded.

“Right.” Ilia cleared her throat. “Before we travel any deeper, we would like you to explain what just happened.”

Lorelei bit her lip and sighed. “It’s something I’ve had to deal with since I was a child. I have these nightmares…and when I’m awake…I have visions. It wasn’t much of a big deal until I started developing a magical aptitude. Then…the episodes became a problem. It was why my parents sent me to the Aimsir.”

“Well, that and most likely the prestige of having two daughters who were magi,” Arryn said.

“If that will even happen,” Lorelei muttered. “The apprentice training helped some of the episodes as I was able to use small bits of meditation and concentration. However, as you know, I struggle with anything more advanced. I can’t keep the concentration up for more than a few moments.”

“You have visions while casting?” Ilia asked.

“Anything that takes a lot of concentration.” Lorelei stared at the wall as tears pricked her eyes. “Today was the first in a long time I lost control without trying to cast.”

“And your professors know of this?” Dae asked. “Why aren’t they doing anything?”

Lorelei shrugged. “The techniques that they have tried don’t seem to work. They believe it’s reincarnation sickness. Clever Camden is ready to have me committed, I think.”

“I said before we left that I think you should talk to someone,” Arryn said. “Maybe going to a place like an Elemental Order Church and staying for a while could help with this.

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