Withhold by Andrea Pearson

Author:Andrea Pearson [Pearson, Andrea]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fantasy
Publisher: Andrea Pearson
Published: 2017-07-17T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Sixteen

Blackness and pain collapsed over her at the same moment Nicole grasped the edge of the symbol, pulling it closer.

The power embraced her body and soul. Fire rushed over her, making every inch of her tingle. The pain was washed away immediately after, giving her an enormous rush of endorphins.

And suddenly, she was awake, her body and mind energized, her heart invigorated. She whooped in excitement.

“That was amazing!” she exclaimed, or at least tried to. Nicole frowned—even though she felt alert and attentive, her body was sluggish to respond. She hoped that would wear off soon.

“You’re awake!” Lizzie said, dropping to her knees next to where Nicole lay on the couch.

The Fat Lady, Akeno, and Jacob hovered at the edge of the room.

“Keitus has fully enslaved earth—all dimensions of it,” Jacob said.

Nicole couldn’t think about Keitus right then. She had to know if what she’d seen—what she’d done—in her dream or vision had been real.

Her magic obeyed her the moment she knew what she wanted. A fire lit right in the middle of the air above her. Nicole felt a grin stretch across her face. She was a Silver now!

When Lizzie looked up and saw the fire, she gasped. “Holy cow, woman!” she said. “What happened while you were unconscious?”

Nicole thought about it. The amount of work, the pain she’d gone through to get those last elements must have equaled the pain and work she would’ve had to do in real life, but over a much shorter period of time. She’d definitely earned it. She whispered a thanks first to Onyev and then to Keitus. There was no way he would have been able to predict that by stealing her magic, he would make her a hundred times stronger. She knew her mastery of all the elements was perfect. The way they danced in the air around her, practically begging her to command them—none of that had happened before. This was so amazing.

“I—I think I’m a Silver now,” she said.

“That’s so cool,” Lizzie said.

“Where are Austin, Coolidge, and the others?” Nicole asked.

Jacob rubbed the back of his neck, not meeting her gaze. “I’m unable to see earth, except briefly here and there. It seems Keitus is using his powers to hide the entire planet from my vision. But what I have seen has been horrible. People are being enslaved, tortured, and killed.”

Nicole didn’t want to ask the question, but it tumbled out anyway. “What does this have to do with Austin and Coolidge?”

Lizzie regarded Nicole with serious eyes. “They insisted on going back to fight.”

Nicole’s heart stopped beating and she felt the blood in her veins stop. “No! They’ll be destroyed! I need to see what’s going on. Now!” Why had they gone back? What could they gain by fighting?

Jacob made a calming motion with his hands. “They’re fine—I was able to pierce Keitus’s blocks a couple of hours ago. But we have to get help. The last thing they said was to recruit as many Silvers as possible. We need to start doing that.

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