The Phoenix and the Witch by H M Gooden

Author:H M Gooden [Gooden, H M]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: young adult, magic, paranormal, fiction, girl power
Publisher: H. M. Gooden
Published: 2018-03-30T23:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TEN DREAMS

The smell of curry and rice cooking filled the air. The kitchen had the same sunny yellow walls with multi-floral curtains gently blowing in the breeze from open windows Cat remembered from the last time she'd been there. She felt at home in the cottage. It was a safe oasis of warmth in advance of the oncoming storm, one that Cat desperately needed at that moment. The girls had struggled through the week in the city, each reading as much as they could to try to find answers, but they hadn't found the books to be overly useful. Cat thought that she understood more about magic in general, but she hadn't learned anything more about the witch at the dark heart of the evil that lay ahead of them. They'd continued to go out scouting over the previous few days and had each taken out a handful of dark souls. The girls were all becoming faster and more skilled, and except for the one occasion when Mai had accidentally eaten one of their enemies, there had been no casualties for Team Awesome. Vanessa had coined this as their default name, firmly telling them that until someone came up with something better, that was what the group would be called. No one had, therefore Team Awesome it had remained.

Each girl had found a way to fight back against the dark soul-stealers using their own skills. Zahara could now drain the energy out of them and trap them in the ground. Vanessa had maintained her practice of sucking the air out of their bodies, as she found it quick, efficient, and somewhat fulfilling. Mai could control the water in their human shells and Evelyn was now able to control the minds of the dark ones long enough for the others to have a chance to finish them off.

While Cat was proud of her friends, she still worried about the sheer numbers of oncoming dark ones that they'd already come across. They seemed to keep coming inexorably, almost as if they were multiplying somewhere. Cat had the sinking feeling that they were arriving from all over the world now, returning to the source of the power that controlled them and had taken part in their creation.

Turning her attention back to the delicious smells in the cottage, Cat realized Mrs. Khan had started to put food on the dining room table. Zahara's brothers and father were also there, so Cat sat down in the one remaining empty chair. Conversation was light that day and Cat could tell that her friend's family was more relaxed with them there than the last time the girls had visited. Not until supper was over and the girls were able to leave did Cat take a deep breath of relief. She'd been waiting all week to find out if Robin could answer her questions about King James and the tree and she was looking forward to hopefully getting some closure that night.

All five of the girls went out to the backyard, passing underneath the leaf-covered gazebo.

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