Sleepers by Megg Jensen

Author:Megg Jensen [Megg Jensen]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: 80 Pages
Published: 2011-07-19T14:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SIXTEEN

By the next morning I needed a plan. I had to learn how to use my magic, and I’d become more convinced every second that was what it was. Magic may have been bled from my people, but who was to say it couldn’t come back?

Bryden knew something. He had to. He couldn’t go that many years after the Awakening, learning to harness his anger without discovering the same thing I had. He’d said when I was ready to learn to calm myself I should seek him out. I only hoped it wasn’t too late.

I ran through the dusty streets, narrowly missing a vendor’s cart and horses. I didn’t care. I had to find Bryden. Time was precious and every moment counted now. The first place I checked was the library. I knew he did a lot of his work in there. The light was good during the day without being too bright and it was quiet, just the atmosphere he needed for transcription.

I burst through the heavy wooden door only to be shushed by the head librarian, an ancient man, whose skin was so pale I wondered if he’d ever left the building. He narrowed his eyes at me and frowned.

“I’m sorry,” I whispered. I couldn’t have talked louder if I wanted. I’d run so fast I had no air left, certainly not enough for a normal conversation.

“Just remember where you are, young lady,” he said. “This isn’t a place for a ruckus. Keep that in mind while you’re talking to Master Bryden.” He bobbed his head toward the back and pointed with a long, wrinkled finger. “He’s waiting for you at the table behind the last row of books. He told me you’d be arriving.”

I shook my head, frustrated that I’d doubted him at all. He’d seen my heart. He knew I’d come to him.

I jogged to the back of the library, catching a second wind knowing Bryden was waiting for me. I wanted, no needed, to see him. As I rounded the corner, I saw him sitting with his head in his left hand, his right holding a quill and furiously copying a ledger. I stood quietly for a moment, taking him in.

“Bryden,” I whispered, remembering the librarian’s orders, “I’m here.”

He looked at me and a smile spread across his face. His red hair stood in spikes and I resisted the urge to sit next to him and touch it with my fingertips. After his injury, he’d always seemed so soft to me. The more I found out about the last ten years, the more I knew he was almost as hardened as I was. Me in body, Bryden in mind.

“I hoped you’d come today,” he said, his smile fading. “I just hope we have enough time. We need to get back to the grove. I have something to show you.”

“I already know,” I answered, dropping my whisper even lower. “A couple days ago, I moved a rock with something from my hand. It was some kind of energy.

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