Christmas Magic by Alexandra Moody

Author:Alexandra Moody [Moody, Alexandra]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-11-14T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

“It’s not normal,” a woman said from nearby.

“I don’t know many clauses, so maybe it is?” someone else replied.

“I’ve never heard of any clauses using that much magic this early in the season…”

I groaned, my arms heavy as I lifted my hands to rub my tired eyes. As I slowly blinked them open, the voices fell quiet. I was staring up at the ceiling of the bus, and I let out another moan as I began to realize how stiff my body felt on the floor. I pushed myself up, my head spinning from the movement.

I grasped the side of my face as I waited for the whirling to end. “What happened?”

Daylight streamed into the bus, highlighting the shiny red seats and the black ash that covered some of the windows. The prisoners and shifters were all gone. I was alone until a head popped inside the front door.

“You awake, claus?” Blitz asked, grinning as he took in my disheveled state. “You look hungover.”

“Well, it was a pretty rough night. Where is everyone?”

“Getting settled.” Blitz walked up the steps of the bus and down the aisle to crouch in front of me. “That was some display of magic last night.”

I tried to remain calm at his observation, but it had my heart pulsing quicker and my mind whirring as I tried to think of an adequate excuse for what I had done. I’d told Dash that adrenaline had enabled me to perform such a powerful summoning, but he hadn’t been convinced. I couldn’t think of anything else that would explain the strength of my magic though, so I was going to have to stick with it.

“Yes, well, I think it was mostly adrenaline. I’ve never done anything like that before, and I’m clearly paying for it now,” I said, rubbing my aching head and hoping I’d said enough to satisfy the curious reindeer.

“Clearly,” he agreed, thankfully not pushing me any further. It was obvious the shifters suspected I was more powerful than a normal claus, but it was impossible to know if they had guessed the true extent of my magic. I’d have to be more careful in front of them from now on.

He held out a hand for me, and I gripped onto it, allowing Blitz to pull me up. Once I was standing, I could see we were out in the countryside somewhere. A large green meadow surrounded the bus, and a pretty stream meandered through the tall grass.

I followed Blitz back down the aisle, my eyes still staring out the windows as I tried to figure out our location. We could be anywhere, and I only felt more confused when I stepped off the bus and into the meadow. “Where are we? Is this place safe?”

There was a small two-story farmhouse in front of me. It was made of large sandstone bricks and had a waft of smoke coming from the chimney. In the far-off distance I could see tall trees surrounded the entire edge of the property, but besides that, there was nothing but open grassland.

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