The Shadow Weave (Spell Weaver Book 2) by Marie Annette

Author:Marie, Annette [Marie, Annette]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
ISBN: 9781988153179
Publisher: Dark Owl Fantasy Inc.
Published: 2018-01-12T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fifteen

For two years, Clio had been adrift in an unfamiliar world. Exiled among humans with no ties to the people there, with no purpose, she’d never felt a bond with Earth or with her townhouse in the city. For two years, she’d longed for that subtle but encompassing warmth a real home had brought her.

But now she could feel it. She could smell it in the air. She could feel it in the earth beneath her feet. She could taste it in the soft thrum of power that saturated this world.

Her world.

The moment she stepped out of the ley line, clutching Sabir’s hand, her senses went into overdrive, drinking in everything both familiar and alien. Sand shifted under her feet as she stumbled forward. Sunlight blinded her and a hot breeze carried the scents of sun-scorched rock, dried leaves, and a hint of water. She squinted, her heart throbbing painfully in the back of her throat.

Wind-carved rock formed a deep bowl in the earth, its contoured walls flowing like waves frozen into stone, and natural pillars bent in precarious arches that crisscrossed the bowl. The rock was burnt orange veined with pale blue crystal that sparkled under the two sister suns.

Sand filled the basin, the same burnt orange as the rocky walls with a sprinkling of blue crystal that shimmered as the breeze teased it. In a shadowed corner, two narrow waterfalls spilled from a lip of rock and poured into a small pool. Low bushes flourished around the waterhole and vines with large, waxy leaves climbed the stone walls. The Overworld’s subtle, ancient life filled the air.

She tried to take a step forward and felt a tug on her hand. Sabir was still holding her. He smiled, his eyes behind his black-rimmed glasses warmer than she’d seen before. “What do you think?”

“It’s beautiful,” she answered automatically, her gaze sweeping over the basin again. “Where are we?”

“Near Ra’s northeastern border. We’ll head north from here, then east toward Irida. The journey will take about three days.”

“I’m looking forward to it,” she gushed vapidly, gently tugging her hand out of his. “You should get Lyre before he thinks we’ve forgotten him.”

Sabir’s pleasant expression soured, and it was abundantly clear that forgetting about Lyre would have made his day. With a nod, the daemon returned to the ley line. The rippling band of blue and green light spanned a short gap in the rocky wall, barely ten feet across. He stepped into the line and vanished, his passage causing the steady flow of power to stutter.

Beams of light beat down on the barren sand in the basin’s center and heat made it dance and shimmer like water. She stepped out of the shade and the temperature shot up as though she’d walked into an oven. She inhaled the dry air and tipped her face toward the two suns. After the chill and rain on Earth, the heat felt delicious on her skin.

What would Lyre think of her world?

After their violent parting of ways with Ash, she and Lyre had located Sabir easily enough.

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