Taken by the Wisps: A Cozy Fantasy Monster Romance by Evers Ali

Author:Evers, Ali
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: anonymous
Published: 2023-11-02T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter nineteen

Arrick

She looked so terrified. Her hands reached for me. She fucking reached out for me. She needed my help, and I couldn’t save her.

I run my fingers repeatedly through my hair and down my face. Worry spreads through my soul like poison. A tamped dirt ring forms a path where I pace back and forth. My composure threatens to break under each crush of my foot on the clay ground.

Still pacing, I scratch at my skin and pull at my clothes. It feels like the open space of the night is crushing me under its expanse. All that space; all the places she could be.

All the places.

I pause and take that in for a moment. My hand runs over the dappled runes that band around my torso. The spell. The spell with enough power that it can call me to any other Vaki.

The rune raised under my touch is pulsing with the beat of my heart, as if it’s asking to be used. The more I think about it, the more it makes sense.

There is only one logical place those harpies could have taken her. If I call myself to the Stormlands, it won’t take me directly to her, but it’s a start. The rune under my fingertips heats, as if it can read my thoughts.

If I do this, I’m giving up on the wisps. I’m forfeiting my calling and protection of the woods to seek out and save Yera.

My pacing begins again. The implications of what I’m considering could have ripple effects that cost others their lives. More people can and will fall through the veil.

My rune pules and beats in time with my heart, harder now. Fury blooms in my thoughts. It takes over, spreading in my bloodstream like an ink stain. I have to get her back.

There is also an aching suspicion in my mind that this is all somehow connected. The spells are thundering in my head as if they agree with the direction my thoughts are taking. As if they want Yera back as intensely as I do. The things those horrid creatures could do to her boils my blood.

I close my eyes, focusing on the rich black behind my lids. Taking in that color, I work it around in my thoughts, pulling out blues and greens when they appear. Magic beats a steady hymn in my body. Rich emerald churns in my vision, mixing with gray and white. My chest hammers, and I let myself go to the magic.

Everything around is both calm and thunderous, like the forest after a snowfall, but also as turbulent as a ship navigating a hurricane. The duality of my transition shakes my stomach, and I fear I will be sick.

My eyes are still closed, focused on my point of contact, but unusual lights and colors flicker behind my closed lids. I am everywhere and nowhere. Floating in the expanse of space and time, yet grounded to the forest floor.

Green and stormy gray bleeds into my sight as the space around me settles, and my feet touch the soft, spongy ground.

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