Stolen Magic (Dragon's Gift: The Huntress Book 3) by Linsey Hall

Author:Linsey Hall [Hall, Linsey]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Bonnie Doon Press
Published: 2016-06-17T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER NINE

“Oh, hell no,” I muttered as I stared up at the mountains that soared above us.

We’d transported to Stechelberg a moment ago and now stood at the edge of town. Dawn sun illuminated the mountains around us, casting the harsh faces in a soft glow. The craggy stone peaks rose vertically into the air, straight out of the green meadows in the valley.

My chest felt achy and empty, no doubt the Nullifier blocking my magic. It was awful. Nauseating.

“How the hell are we supposed to get up there?” I asked. “I can’t see a road.”

“I can’t use my magic,” Aidan said. “He must be blocking it. Feels like hell.”

“Yeah, it sucks.” I pressed a hand over my heart and sucked in a shuddery breath, then pulled out my cellphone and searched Gimmelwald. Damned data charges were going to kill me, but at least it was a business expense. “Yeah, no road access, according to Google. But there is the Stechelberg-Murren-Schilthorn aerial tramway.”

“A cable car?”

“It’s our best bet if there’s one leaving soon.” Instinctually, I called upon my dragon sense and thought of the tram station. When the familiar tug pulled against my waist, I opened my eyes.

“My dragon sense works,” I said, surprised. Despite the gross feeling of having my power suppressed, my FireSoul ability still worked.

“Why?”

“I don’t know. I didn’t expect it to, but I’m so used to using it that I tried it when I wanted to find the station.”

“Good. Don’t look a gift dragon in the mouth. Use it.”

“Come on, this way,” I said. “It’s not even half a mile.”

We hurried through the small village of Stechelberg, passing down what looked like the main street. The wooden buildings scattered on either side had flower boxes hanging off the windows. Purple and red blooms tumbled out. It was all so charming that my eyes almost crossed.

“I swear, Heidi is going to run out any minute,” I said.

Aidan laughed.

The houses gave way to open meadow, but at the end of the road, I caught sight of the station. It looked like a big, modern airplane hangar with cables rising into the air and up the mountainside.

We bought tickets and were the first—and only—passengers on the early morning ride up the mountain. As the cable car swung over the vast open space and the mountains below, I sat on the bench and lowered my head between my knees.

“Oh, I’m not built for this.” My stomach heaved.

“You’ve ridden on my back just fine.” Aidan sat next to me and rubbed my shoulders.

I reached for his hand and squeezed. “That’s different. This was built by humans.”

“They’re good at building things. Better than Magica, really.”

“They built the Titanic.”

“True. But I doubt this will hit an iceberg.”

“Knock on your head. Don’t jinx this.”

I looked up to see Aidan grin and knock on his head. The view out the window was spectacular, the craggy mountains reaching up to a pure blue sky. The higher we rose, the bigger they seemed, as if ever-extending vistas were being revealed with every meter upward.

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