Spirit of the Sea by Keith Walter & Scott Walter

Author:Keith Walter & Scott Walter [Walter, Keith]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780999746417
Publisher: Walter and Walter Writers at Large LLC
Published: 2019-06-19T22:00:00+00:00

Grace was floating, surrounded by soft light and warmth. She couldn’t recall how long she had been in the place, but something was beginning to change. Instead of an ethereal softness, her skin began to feel pricks and cold out of nowhere. The sensations picked up as they spread across her body, fatigue and pain washing over her in waves. A great throbbing pounded on her cheek and she covered her face with her hands. Then, as if a spell was broken, the real world came tumbling in upon her. She found herself on the bridge, her bridge.

Her eyes fell to the hand on her knee, glowing with light. She could feel a great light like sunshine on her skin, and it pulled her gaze to the left. For several seconds, she didn’t recognize what she saw—what looked like a man, shining like the sun itself. As her eyes adjusted, she made out the closer features, recognizing the face. “Captain?” she asked. But he didn’t respond, and slowly her mind caught up to the images around her. Her eyes darted to the hand on her knee, following it back to the captain and around to Charles, now drenched in sweat as he tried to hold on to the remaining spells containing his power. Realization struck her like lightning and she screamed, “No!”

Grace grabbed the captain by his left shoulder and wrenched him away from Charles. She nearly gagged when she heard a loud crack from the hand gripped tightly on Charles’s shoulder and the ensuing tick-tack like stones hitting the floor. “No, no, no!” she yelled, grabbing the hand on her knee tightly. She focused on the white hot light in the captain’s eyes. A spell flashed to mind—a spell that had been etched into her memory, one she never thought could actually help, and which she had not dared use before. Her fingers dug into the captain’s palm, and she forcefully pulled the remaining magic out of him. She tried to ignore how sweet it tasted, taking the magic of another, and cut off the drain abruptly once the light in the captain’s eyes faded.

Tears fell as she stared at the charred and shriveled arm hanging lifelessly from the captain’s right shoulder. There were no fingers on what was left of the hand, and she refused to look back at the floor, where she was sure they had fallen. Suddenly, she saw the captain’s chest rise as he sucked in air. She wanted to cry with joy, but the tears were already out. If he was breathing, she could heal him, she was sure of it. Grace brought both hands together, palms down, over the captain’s chest. She built up energy in her hands, readying to pour herself into healing. She was shocked to hear a whisper issue from the burned lips in front of her.

“Don’t,” Barclay breathed, which in itself sounded like a struggle. “Gotta…move…” he managed.

Grace’s eyebrows rose in confusion. She whipped her head around, noting the collapsed man behind her and…the lake out the windows.

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