Dragon's Gift: The Amazon Complete Series: An Urban Fantasy Boxed Set by Linsey Hall

Author:Linsey Hall [Hall, Linsey]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Bonnie Doon Press
Published: 2021-01-11T00:00:00+00:00

10

“You can’t be serious.” I stared at her, dumbfounded. “I can’t possibly move the moon.”

“You’d better.”

I began to pace. WTF. This was nuts. Make the moon rise? “It’ll be terrible for the tides. I can’t just screw with the moon, assuming I even have the ability.”

“Pshaw.” She waved her hands, clearly not interested. “The moon is almost here. It won’t be so bad, just give it a little nudge. We are the daughters of twilight, and it’s been over a hundred years since we’ve seen the moon. I want to see the moon!” She sounded so irate that I expected her to stomp her foot.

I held up my hands. “Okay, okay. I’ll try.” This was insane, but so was she. And she clearly wasn’t going to take no for an answer. “Let’s go outside and get this show over with.”

I really hoped the moon was close. I had no idea how to pull this off, but if I managed it, I really didn’t want to screw with the tides too much.

We walked out onto the front steps of the temple. Dusk had fallen, turning the sky a moody gray. Night insects created a horrible orchestra that battered my newly sensitive ears.

“Prove yourself, DragonGod,” said the blonde. “We’re getting tired of waiting.”

I turned to scowl at her. “Hold your horses. I’m getting there.”

Jeez, this was bonkers.

I shook my head to try to ignore the infernal buzzing from the night insects and turned my gaze to the sky.

What the heck was I supposed to do? Shout at the moon? Yell at it that Artemis had given me her magic and that it needed to follow my orders?

Yeah, that wasn’t going to work.

I pursed my lips.

I probably had to do this the way I did anything with magic. I sucked in a deep breath and reached inside of me, looking for the magic that Artemis had given me. It was probably my favorite gift, so it wasn’t hard to find. It felt like a breath of fresh air and the warm fur of a friendly cat. It even glowed a bit, like the moon.

Just like with my water magic, I tried to feel the moon’s presence. It took a while—and I could feel the unimpressed stares of the Hesperides the whole time—but finally, I thought I could sense it, right at the edge of the horizon.

It really was close.

Thank fates.

Using my magic, I called to the moon. It was almost impossible to understand how I was doing it, but I could feel it. Like it was part of me.

That didn’t make it easy.

It felt like pushing the Titanic toward the iceberg. Sweat dripped down my temples as I worked, using my magic like a lasso to draw the moon up over the horizon. Strength and energy poured out of me, all of the life that I’d taken from the vines going into this job.

It didn’t take long for my muscles to weaken and my posture to sag. But I could feel it working. Slowly, the moon rose over the horizon.

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