Sky Breaking 301 by Viola Grace

Author:Viola Grace
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: magic, mage, kitten, gryphon, weather, seer

Chapter Eight

The box was carved with designs, and she could feel the magic humming inside it. It was a holding box, and the glyphs were designed to keep the consciousness as fresh as the day that the deceased passed on. It was a bit unpleasant to think of it in such terms, but the spectre she was going to be releasing was not the original man. It was a copy.

The Deegles were waiting for her. She could hear the tapping in the rock to prime the hole. She would do most of the work, but a niche to start with was always appreciated.

Imara looked down at her robes. Packing them had been a whim based on what Kitty had mentioned. Now, Imara realized that they were at least two inches too short. She had grown since she started as apprentice.

Are you ready for this?

“Yeah. I have done this before.”

I thought you had to be a master before you activated a spectre.

“Only if the family is watching. This isn’t a first for me.”

Well, well. The more I live in the modern age, the more I learn. Are you ready?

“Stop asking that. Yes. I am ready. Here we go.”

She opened the door with the box held carefully in her left hand. Leaving the small house was symbolic. It was a neutral site that had nothing to do with the family. There were no ties for the spectre to attach to, so it was the safest place to start from, just in case she activated him early. It wasn’t going to happen, but protocol meant that someone had been stupid at some point.

She crossed the yard with Mr. E at her side, heading up slope from the house and against the trees, geographically in the centre of the property.

The family was waiting, even the grandmother was standing with her burned-out orbs on her fingers, around her neck, and held in her hands.

Andy was standing with the hammer and chisel in his hands.

Imara smiled, “Please set the tools down.”

He nodded nervously and set the tools at the base of the stone that held the chisel marks.

“Does anyone here not wish to see the spectre of the deceased?”

The family looked at each other, and they shook their heads. Andy cleared his throat. “We are in agreement. We want as much of him as we can have.”

“Very well. I will let you know when you can speak to him. Please, allow me to work without interruption.”

They nodded again and stepped back. The grandmother was watching her with fascination, so Imara smiled to her before she picked up the implements and set to work.

The first strike took her an inch into the hard rock. The second made the cavity she needed. With care and reverence, she opened the box and removed the stone that carried the residue of the man who was beloved by those around her.

Imara took the glowing gem and rammed it into the cavity in the stone. The rock melted as she focused on joining the stone and the gem together.

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