Primal's Wrath: Book VI of 'The Magician's Brother' Series by HDA Roberts

Author:HDA Roberts [Roberts, HDA]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-09-24T20:00:00+00:00

Chapter 32

Somehow, and I still have no idea how, I managed to surround myself with a Will Shield before the explosion hit me, catapulting me out of Camelot and through the now shattered Trap Shield. It wasn’t my best work with my head so scrambled, and I was braced for burns and broken bones... but that didn’t happen.

I felt heat and force penetrate my flimsy defences, but as soon as they hit my Aura, my Magic flared and the energy was simply absorbed before it could hurt me. I was dimly aware of noise, energy, power and my own Well just drinking in everything around me, drawing off anything that might have been even remotely harmful.

There was a moment there when I thought that the sheer power of the explosion was going to overwhelm shield and stolen Affinity alike, but then I was in the clear, in the open air above the lake. My Magic flowed into the world around me, completely instinctually, like I’d been doing it for years. The air responded, cushioning me, flowing around me; it was like being cradled by the world’s softest pillow...

But then my stupid brain rebooted and I panicked, thoroughly ruining the effect. The cushioning air dispersed and I fell a hundred feet into the lake (which hurt, by the way), where I panicked again at the sudden lack of oxygen. My Magic flared once more, and the lake froze for a good hundred metres in every direction, startling me further and causing a small earthquake that knocked down what little remained of Camelot (amounting to one very wonky turret and two badly mangled latrines by that point).

My Well felt overloaded and stuffed, my brain full of things I'd never seen before. It was like I was being pulled in a hundred directions by forces and powers I'd only glimpsed before. Everything suddenly seemed so primal, if you'll pardon the term, everything was vital and alive. Even the rock beneath the lake felt like it wanted to rise up and shake my hand; it was overwhelming...

And I was still stuck in the ice, which somehow didn’t even feel cold! That was nice, but I was now starting to worry about suffocating. My heart rate picked up again, the world started to shake...

RELAX, YOU IDIOT, YOU'RE GOING TO BREAK THE WHOLE COUNTY! Kron’s wonderful voice boomed into my head. I felt her probe leading back to her own mind and latched on to it like it was a life preserver.

Van, what do I do? I can't control it!

Don't be ridiculous, boy, of course you can! she said firmly, and yet with almost glacial calm, reassuring me instantly. You are Mathew Graves, damn it! You are not a toddler, you are a Magician and an Archon. You can control this crap in your sleep! All you need to do is relax. They're just Affinities responding to your distress.

RELAX!

I did as she told me, focussing on my heartbeat, just like she'd taught me. As I calmed, so did everything else.

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