Rise of the Magi by Jocelyn Adams

Author:Jocelyn Adams [Adams, Jocelyn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: unseelie, fairy, seelie, destruction, fae
ISBN: 978-1-937744-29-8
Publisher: J. Taylor Publishing
Published: 2013-06-12T04:00:00+00:00

18

Light footsteps preceded another set of knees landing beside mine on the center mound of the Court. When I realized who it was, I wondered if the Goddess had heard my plea after all. Laerni tucked her white skirt beneath her knees, the rest of her towering over me. I’d never been so grateful for her presence than I was then. My family comforted, but they couldn’t help me or impart any wisdom. Not anymore. I needed some wisdom, fast, because I hadn’t a clue what to do beyond gathering the masses again.

“Cas asked if the magic Talawen used belonged to the Magi or to the elves,” Laerni said. “Although we can conceal ourselves from others, we cannot conceal our presence from our own.”

Needing a few more minutes to collect my questions into some sensible order, I nodded. “So, it was the Magi’s magic. But Talawen’s dead, so she can’t very well teach me how it works now.”

“I suppose that is true.” Laerni released a sigh, one full of some strong emotion I couldn’t nail down. “Cas had the most loving home life of any fae here, did you know that?” At my shaking head, she continued, “A mother and father who loved him, encouraged him and taught him how to survive in the horrors of the Black City without losing his soul to its darkness. So, it should mean something to you that it is not his parents he thinks of when he wants comfort, but you and Liam. And he’s not alone in that sentiment, even though many aren’t consciously aware of it.”

I paused to let it sink in. I’d never known anything about Cas, but it didn’t surprise me he’d had a good family given his kind nature. It warmed me that he saw us as security and comfort—after all, that was what a king and queen were for, right? Though, I found it hard to believe many others outside of my closest circle looked to us as Laerni said. Not yet, at least. Maybe if we survived the next few days intact.

I stared at her for a moment. “What do I do when I find them?”

A long, slow sigh escaped the elf as she cast her large eyes skyward. “Alas, I do not know what the Goddess wishes for you to do. This is an unprecedented event in my eternity upon these lands. Whatever path you choose, whatever decisions you make, will shape the future for all.”

I shot up and made a wild gesture of hands. “No pressure, or anything. I don’t need you to state the obvious here. I need you to give me a clue. She can’t mean for me to kill them. Hell, I can’t even find them.” Her persistent calm took me down a notch. “I know you were afraid of them, so you must have encountered the Magi before, or at least heard some stuff. Gallagher didn’t get a chance to tell me what he learned from you. I need to know everything.

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