The Responsible Witch (The Ward Witches) by Lauren McMinn

Author:Lauren McMinn [McMinn, Lauren]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 2012-10-17T21:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SIX

Finally, Dymphna was able to get back to her video game, and Gage got back to his reading. Before Skylar started cooking dinner, she took him out into the back yard to practice.

She set up a barrier with her magic around a fire pit in the back yard so that any errant magic wouldn't get out of hand and damage something. Gage stomped his feet in the snow. Hopefully using magic would increase his body heat because he wasn't at all used to how cold it was in Boston in the middle of winter versus Miami at any point. Skylar gave him a sympathetic look. “It gets better. You'll adapt.”

“I sure hope so. What do we do first?”

“You were doing the reading. You tell me. That way I'll also get a good measure of how much you absorbed from just reading.”

“First you advised candle lighting.”

“Good. I brought the candles too,” she said as she procured them from a back pocket. Gage was grateful he didn't have to go back inside and waste more time. “I shouldn't use my magic any more than I can avoid. Dymphna hasn't been able to give me a magic infusion in the past few days, and having twins means that I need all the energy I can muster.”

“I understand. So I go into my meditation breathing like I've practiced for years to control my magic from escaping. But instead of dampening my power, I'm going to try to draw it out of myself. Then I manipulate that feeling into lighting the candle.”

“Good, yes.”

“I assume that the execution is not as easy as the theory.”

“Not at all. But give it a try.”

He did his best to pull his magic out from within himself. He really tried, but wasn't having much success. Luckily, Skylar was patiently waiting.

“Here, I'll do it, and see if you can sense my magic and how I pull it so that you'll know for your own use.” He concentrated on Skylar. When he tried, Gage was able to sense, as she said, a red-colored thread of magic reach from her chest and pull towards the candle. It caressed the wick, and the candle lit. “Now you try.”

Gage tried the same thing. He was able to access the magic and pull it to him, but he didn't have any control over it from there. The candle in the middle of the fire pit went up in an inferno, lighting the wood that had been there before as well. Skylar quickly put it out with her magic.

“Unfortunately, I need to go make dinner. I'll leave the barrier I put up there and I'll bring you a fire extinguisher. Feel free to try for as long as you can stay warm enough out here.”

“I will.” He stayed out about another hour, but by the end of that time, he was getting a controlled burn on the candle three-quarters of the times he tried to light it. However, he was about to freeze, and Skylar was gesturing that dinner was ready, so he came in.

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