Enchanted Frost by Kailin Gow

Author:Kailin Gow [Gow, Kailin]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Fantasy, Young Adult
ISBN: 1597480525
Publisher: theEDGEbooks.com, an Imprint of Sparklesoup Inc.
Published: 2012-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 12

It was all over in the blink of an eye. My powers were useless against the powers of the Shadow Puppets. The Wolves howled and roared, trying in vain to make emerald-colored sparks shoot out from their fingertips once again, but ultimately they could do nothing. The shadows ran circles around us, knocking the breath out of our lungs, squeezing our bodies tightly until we choked for air, kneading their dark contours around us until our hands were bound tight and I was gasping, choking, spluttering, trying to inhale one final breath before everything went black...

I awoke in another cell. This one was sturdier than the last – we were underground, I could tell that much from the dank and moldy smell, and no lights shone through any cracks in the walls. I struggled to free my hands from the cuffs I had on, but it was all in vain. There was no hope. There was no freedom. There was only Gail, sitting before me on a golden throne, a disturbing glint in her eye and a cruel smile upon her lips.

“So,” she said, when my eyes had adjusted to the darkness. “You thought you could escape from me – is that it?” She smiled darkly. “Silly boy – you ought to have followed orders. You ought to have done as I said. Instead you grew proud, grew risky. But now you will have to face the consequences of your actions.”

I screamed as black flames seemed to envelop my face, burning with an acid darkness I had never experienced before.

“That's what you get for trying to escape,” Gail sneered. “And that's only the beginning. You haven't even begun to experience the punishments I've dreamed up for you. Not yet.” She laughed, the sound maniacal and terrifying as it echoed through the cavernous chamber, making me shudder as it boomed from the ceiling. “Your magic has only led you into ruin, Fairy King. The magic you have exhibited has only led your land into more despair, more warfare, more hunger, more famine. And now that the Wolves have magic, what use have we for yours? What need do we have for Fey magic at all?” Her laugh grew louder, longer and crueller as she raised her hands. “I'll tell you what I think, Fairy King. I think we should see what happens if you have to do without it for a little while, don't you?”

She pulled back her hands, as if tugging on an invisible rope. Immediately I felt a strange, painful sucking sensation all around my body, as if the air in my lungs were being inhaled by another, as if all of the power and the strength in my body were being forcibly extracted from it. I cried aloud in agony as my body began to shudder in the wake of this mysterious spell.

“Stop!” I cried. “Stop it! By order of the Fairy King!”

“No,” she said calmly. “You stop, Kian. I make the orders now.”

I fell to the floor with a sharp thud, my arms springing loose from the shadow puppets' handcuffs.

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