The Sun Goddess of Cargills Castle by Neisha Nilsen

Author:Neisha Nilsen [Nilsen, Neisha]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-04-28T05:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 13

Everyone was sleeping. I wasn’t, I couldn’t. The snoring around the room was keeping me up along with the expectations the Gold Belts had of me being their light bearer. People lay down where they could find a space and slept, weapons laid out beside them or under them, never too far away. Uar had given me a woollen blanket to wrap around myself, but the floor was too hard and the weight of what I was supposed to do hung heavily on me. I felt like a fraud. I thought about B and hoped he was alright. I felt bad about leaving him alone and giving him no explanation as to why or where I was going. I left Mum and Dad a note and hoped he had read it while they had slept. He’d be angry with me, and I hoped he’d still be there when I returned. The thought of him not being there when I got home broke my heart. I could hear the crackle of the fire from the centre of the room. I sat up and pushed my blanket back. Uar said I may have powers, time I checked it out and see whether I did or not. I glowed tonight and my leg healed completely, which apparently wouldn’t have happened if not for the power within me. Uar once said I should try and talk to fire and it might talk back. Crazy, I know, but this last month has been crazy. There was a strange feeling inside me, an assertive feeling, a feeling of knowing - I think I already knew I could talk to fire. I sneakily looked around the room feeling odd about what I was about to do. Everyone was asleep and paying me no attention at all. Uar was asleep close beside me so I carefully stepped over him as I made my way to the fire. The hanging cauldron had been swung aside so it was not directly burning above the fire anymore. It still had last night’s stew in it. The flames danced and spat in freedom as I approached. Once again I felt entranced. The memory of the bomb fire at Stephen’s house came back to me - the feeling of belonging. Even then, I was entranced by them.

“Hello” I whispered quietly, feeling slightly foolish I was talking to the fire in the middle of the room. I quickly looked around again to see if anyone was watching and breathed a sigh of relief when I saw that they were all still sound asleep. I waited for a response from the fire, no answer. “Hello my name is Brigid.” I repeated.

The flames reached out further to me. I could feel their warmth on my skin. “Welcome home” It whispered back to me in a slow hissed response.

I jumped back slightly. OMG, it worked. My heart raced, this was really happening. “Thanks.” I replied quietly in total shock. I jumped again as I heard someone cough.

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