Restriction: Age Of Magic - A Kurtherian Gambit Series (The Rise of Magic Book 1) by CM Raymond & LE Barbant & Michael Anderle

Author:CM Raymond & LE Barbant & Michael Anderle [Raymond, CM]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: LMBPN Publishing
Published: 2017-03-15T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWELVE

Ezekiel puttered around in the area he had designated as a kitchen.

The smartass girl was special, there was no doubt in that, but seeing the amount of energy that it took her to move the tiny rock, he started to wonder just how long the training would take.

She was old—to start in the arts, that is. Hannah had learned how to be normal. Her body, for the sake of self-preservation, had taught itself to withhold her magic since she was born.

A body would go to extraordinary lengths keep itself from implosion. It always amazed him.

Students in the Academy didn’t start fresh. That’s why Adrien had created a prep school in Arcadia. While the younger children weren’t taught magic proper, they were trained in the arts of meditation and mindfulness. By the time they got to the Academy, they were ready for what it had to teach them.

Hannah had none of that.

Her body had naturally developed defenses against itself. Now Ezekiel had to breach the self-control the girl never knew she had. Aware that she would need some food to replenish the energy her body was using, he grabbed a tray with his right hand.

This might not work, he thought as he turned the knob of the door to the training room.

But as Ezekiel stepped through the doorway, the rock launched toward his face at lightspeed. Hannah screamed a warning at him. Raising a finger, he stopped the rock a foot from his face and let it float in the air. When he snapped his fingers, the rock burst into a thousand pieces inside a glowing, three-foot sphere of his own design.

Hannah gawked at the little tiny pieces enveloped within the perfect globe before he waved his hand again and the magical orb vanished, dropping the bits of rock to the floor.

He managed to do all of this without dropping the food tray in his hand. There was a small smile on his face.

My doubts were ill-founded. She’s ready for the fire.

“Making some progress, I see,” the old man said, raising his brows.

“Shit,” Hannah sighed. “I didn’t—” she started.

Ezekiel put a finger in the air. “No apologizing for your magic. Now let’s go. It’s time for the next lesson.”

He led her to another locked door. Behind it was a room identical to the last, only this one had a pile of wood and a bucket in the middle. A leather couch was shoved against the far wall. A small table at its end held bowls and a plate of crusty bread. “Let’s sit. Why don’t you eat something while I tell you what’s next?”

Hannah sat back on the couch and dove into the meal—a meaty soup to accompany the sourdough. Crumbs rained from her mouth as she tore into the bread. Ezekiel sat on the edge and told her about fire magic.

While it was part of the physical arts, it had been years before Ezekiel had discovered fire magic, and even longer until he mastered it. His first use was completely by accident.

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