Wynter's End by K R Thompson

Author:K R Thompson [Thompson, K R]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-11-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seven

Soaring through the air felt natural this time, like I’d been made to travel this way the entire time. I wasn’t sure if it was a matter of being more comfortable in my form as the crow, if it was the fact that Claire was flying alongside me, or if it was the rush of adrenaline coursing through me now that I realized I might still be able to save Adam.

There still might be time. Please, let there be time.

My human thoughts took over for a moment, and I faltered, unsure of which way I was supposed to go. I knew the crow had been one of Efflehurt’s, and it knew the way back to him. I was going to have to relax and let it take us there.

I took a deep breath and spread my wings out, letting the wind catch beneath them. It brushed against my dark feathers, and I enjoyed the way it felt. The sky must have wanted us to be there. It was a part of us, and we were a part of it.

So this is what it’s like to truly be a creature of the air, I thought, glancing down at the wide expanse of forest below. The trees were a canopy of vibrant greens, both light and dark, as if nature had painted them just to be seen by us as we flew above.

We were heading east. Claire came closer, making a gesture with her head toward the forest below. This wasn’t the way we’d come before. We had long since passed the spot where we’d seen Efflehurt’s hut last time.

I knew she was worried we were going the wrong way, but I was letting my crow lead us there, and I trusted he knew where we were going.

Claire continued to fly near me as we continued onward, and a few moments later, I lowered myself to fly just above the treetops.

Then I spotted it, a small curl of smoke that wisped upward between the branches of a rather large oak tree.

We were here.

I led us down, and we landed a short distance away. Magic zinged along the surface of my skin like tiny electric currents.

“His magic is strong,” Claire whispered, no doubt feeling the same display of power as she rubbed her forearms.

The previous times I had come to Efflehurt, he had known the instant we were near. He had also been picky about those who had come through the magical shields surrounding his home. I knew he’d know we were here now, and for the first time, I wondered how he would feel about Claire being with me.

Feeling horribly guilty about being a terrible friend, I had just turned to warn her she might want to fly back up and away until I was finished with this visit when none other than Efflehurt appeared in the doorway of his hut, a scowl painted deep in the wrinkles on his face.

“Ah don’t know why I bother anymore. No matter where I move to, ye always manage to find me in some fashion or the other.

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