Survivors of Corrica by Courtney Bowen

Author:Courtney Bowen [Bowen, Courtney]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-03-30T06:00:00+00:00

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At that same time, Kozu presented a long barrow to Anya, Wilama, and Corr. “Here’s a burial tomb of an ancient chief in this area.” He said, standing at the entrance and pointing to a couple of objects visible just inside. “Note the staff planted in that corner, pointed up. That probably represents a tree, so whoever this was, they were probably endowed with Plant magic.”

“Are you sure? It could be a bone instead and he had the Animal power.” Anya said and the others stared at her.

“How could you possibly know that?” Kozu glared at her.

“No reason. I was hazarding a guess.” Anya said, certain it wasn’t a good idea to remark she’d heard an incorporeal voice speaking to her and that she was certain it was the spirit of the chief buried in this barrow.

She’d encountered a couple ghosts since arriving in the village, not sure what they were at first when they briefly appeared and then vanished. But then she and Wilama took a test for magical aptitude, after Porran and some of the other Corricans began to display their knacks. Rowena said that Anya might possess the Spirit element, and Wilama showed strong tendencies toward the Bone ability.

Now she knew she might be glimpsing spirits from the afterlife, according to a description of what the Spirit element entailed, especially after her experience in the mist. She and Wilama were just beginning to take lessons from Rowena and the other mages, and it was still strange and new to her, so she didn’t know what to expect, what the extent of her talent might be, or what might be considered normal for a mage.

But she knew that talking to ghosts was a more advanced skill, something more experienced mages would be familiar with, and she was just a beginner, a novice. How could she be able to spot and hear ghosts so well, unless her faculties were much stronger than even Rowena and the others suspected?

What if there were other hazards she wasn’t aware of in her new field of study? Should she be cautious in how she handled dealing with these spirits, if she might be putting herself or others in danger?

Kozu was about to question her, but then he noticed that Corr had wandered off, so he went after the young man instead, worried Corr might be going after his sister. Anya, meanwhile, felt unnerved enough that she left the long barrow behind, with half a mind to return to the village and discuss her problems with Rowena.

Wilama stayed by the tomb’s entrance for a minute, making sure the others were gone before she bent down, ducking inside. She straightened up, though the roof was still low, and wandered down the dark passageway, examining the artifacts up close, but most of all she was fascinated by the human remains.

The supposed chief wasn’t the only human buried down here, but so were dozens of others, men and women of various ages, and she found herself drawn to them.

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