Rae of Hope (The Chronicles of Kerrigan) by May W.J

Author:May, W.J. [May, W.J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: tatoos, boarding school, Magic, YA Fantasy
Publisher: Mitchell-Morris Publishing, Inc.
Published: 2011-09-04T17:00:00+00:00

The rest of the morning continued with little moments where Rae could feel a bit of her gift growing, but then fizzled out. It took more work than usual to concentrate in her classes. There were times when she felt she was on the verge of grasping her ability, and then it would flutter away and leave her feeling empty. She was relieved when lunch was over and it was time to go to class in the Oratory.

Maria met her inside the hall and grabbed her hand. She immediately began talking to her by thought. How’s it going?

I keep having all these weird sensations. I tried to talk to you again this morning but couldn’t.

Maria nodded in sympathy. It’s normal. It took me over a week before I could even communicate. My father has the same ink so I knew what I was going to be able to do. I’d try and the wrong thoughts would go out or I’d scream in frustration and he’d get my scream. It’s a pretty complicated process. Don’t worry. Rome wasn’t built in a day, you know.”

Rae sighed in frustration. She only had one more day before she’d be in the Infirmary, under the watchful eye of Dean Carter and whoever else. She wanted to get this sorted out before then -- before they had a chance to judge her or say she was just like her father and lock her away forever.

Headmaster Lanford entered the hall, handing out a copy of the inking chart. “Students, please gather ’round. I’d like to discuss everyone’s sixteenth birthday.” He stared directly at Rae as he spoke, and she thought she saw him wink. “Let’s discuss the process. Who wants to go first?”

While he spoke, Rae folded her sheet of paper, knowing she wasn’t going to be able to answer anything without admitting the truth. She folded the paper one more time and ran her fingers over it to make the crease tight. As she did so, she felt the paper slice deep into her skin, between her thumb and index finger.

“Ow!” She dropped the sheet of paper and turned to look at her palm.

Charlie stood beside her. He grabbed her hand to see what had happened. He touched the inch-long cut lightly with his finger. “Just a flesh wound.” He grinned. “I’d heal you if I could, but my ability only works on me.”

Rae noticed blood running down her finger. “I’ll grab some tissues from the bathroom.”

Walking toward the bathroom, the familiar inner buzz ran through her body. She kept her left hand over her right, pinching the cut so it wouldn’t bleed all over. The pinching also seemed to relieve the sting of the cut. Pushing the door open with her hip, she slipped into the bathroom and turned the faucet on to run her hand under the cool water.

She stared down at her palm in surprise. No cut. At all.

She brought her hand closer to her face, unable to even find a small lift of skin.

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