Slightly Spellbound by Kimberly Frost

Author:Kimberly Frost
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Penguin Group US
Published: 2014-05-05T16:00:00+00:00

22

I WOKE IN a cocoon of blankets with an explosive headache that felt like a grenade had gone off in my skull.

Oxygen prongs blew air into my nose, making it itch, and Dr. Suri and Bryn stood over me.

“Tamara?” Bryn said, clasping my hand.

“That’s my name. As far as I know,” I mumbled, clutching my head. I coughed, which sent knives slicing through my brain. “Ow, ow, ow,” I whispered.

Dr. Suri flashed a bright light into my eyeballs, and I tried to squeeze them shut. “Don’t do that.”

“It’s all right,” Bryn said, pushing Dr. Suri’s arm away. “I knew you would wake up,” Bryn whispered, stroking my face.

“You were in a coma for three hours,” Dr. Suri said. “A very deep coma.”

“I think I should’ve stayed there for a couple more. My head’s killing me.”

I felt Bryn’s lips against my forehead, and the verse he whispered delivered a sliver of soothing magic. I closed my eyes. “That feels better. Do that some more.”

I felt the bed sag as Bryn sat next to me. “Give us a few minutes, Prashat.”

“Of course,” Dr. Suri said, and I heard him go.

Bryn’s cool palms rested against my temples, his fingers gently stroking my scalp. He whispered a melancholy poem against my mouth, and magic eased into me. I gasped as my head tingled and went numb.

“Wow,” I said, my lips abuzz. I noticed the pain in my ribs for the first time. “How are you? You okay?” I asked, knowing that our connection caused trouble for him, too, when I got injured.

He nodded. “My head hurts. My side feels like someone pummeled it with a bat.” He raised his shirt, showing off a massive purple bruise that took up most of his right side.

“Matches mine?” I asked.

“It does.”

“You fished me out of the water?”

“Just in time,” he said. “Another minute, and you’d have gone over the falls alone. That I don’t think . . .”

“You don’t think I could’ve survived? Me either,” I said, sitting up. “These swamp people witches are becoming a real problem.” My voice was cool and hard.

“I agree. I’m fairly sure you were right about Oatha using a voodoo doll.”

“I’m a hundred percent sure. I saw her. Had a vision clear as cable TV.”

“I wrote a special protection spell. I’m not sure if it’ll work, but—”

“Go ahead,” I said. Bryn’s considered one of the best spell writers of the age. He inherited the talent, along with his blue eyes, from his momma.

“It will hurt when I close it around you.”

“Can’t hurt worse than falling into the Amanos from halfway to heaven.”

“The voodoo doll’s been connected to you by the spell Oatha cast. If I cast a spell on your body that makes it painful for anyone magical to touch you and link it to the doll, she won’t be able to touch the doll again, even with an implement, without causing herself serious pain.”

“Sneaky. I know I told you that you should only use your powers for good, but I’ve decided that sometimes there are going to be exceptions to that rule.

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