The Sea Stone by Nicolette Andrews

Author:Nicolette Andrews [Andrews, Nicolette]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Magpie Publishing
Published: 2018-01-13T06:00:00+00:00

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"What happened?" Suzume gazed at the smoldering fire that scorched the ground where the balls of fire she had shot had gone astray.

"Kazue took a hold of your body and sealed the yuri." He gestured toward the stone she was holding in her hand. Suzume uncurled her fingers and stared at the rock for a moment before dropping it to the ground as if it burned her.

He should have known once he spoke Kazue's name it would put distance between them. She took a few steps back, and hurt painted her face before it was hidden behind a mask of anger. Flames danced along her body. The heat radiating off her forced him to step back. As he recoiled from her, fearing the damage her flames could do to his already weakened body, her expression hardened further.

The pair of them stared at one another for a moment and distrust warred with desperation within him.

"I'm not Kazue!" Her voice shook through the forest around him. It rippled with power. Power that did not belong to her, but to Kazue.

A new tension settled between them. They'd never completely trusted one another, but they'd had a mutual understanding and a common goal forged by Kazue's influence on both of their lives. Suzume had always been a wild card, lacking control of both her power and her emotion. Now the two were so heavily entwined they reacted together. Before he had been stronger than her and it didn't matter, anything she could throw at him, intentionally or otherwise, he could handle. For the first time, he felt weak. And that made him angry.

"How do you explain the stone? The burns on the ground? You don't have that kind of power yourself. She possessed you!" he snarled. Under normal circumstances he would have felt the rise of his spiritual energy with his temper, but it remained just as dormant as before.

"Why can't you just believe it's my power?" she snapped back.

Her eyes flashed red and for a moment he saw a hint of that same power he had glimpsed when she was sealing the yuri, he felt it roll over his skin. Raw, untamed power. If she attacked now, she would destroy him. He was already losing his grip on their group, and the cracks in his authority were showing. Even Rin suspected his fragility. If he didn't assert his dominance now, he'd lose all control entirely.

"Because you're just a temperamental brat. If you were taking your training seriously you'd have gotten control of this by now." He growled.

"I can control it!" As she said it sparks shot off her hair, nearly catching onto nearby branches.

"That's enough," Akira said, gliding in between them. It seemed she had regained consciousness after the yuri drained her and her brother.

"Don't interfere." Kaito growled at her too.

"You prodding at her is only making things worse," Akira said. Her voice calm and even, which was even more infuriating. Could none of them see what a liability Suzume was?

Kaito glared at her, not wanting to hear reason.

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