Foretold by L.H. Cosway

Author:L.H. Cosway
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: L.H. Cosway
Published: 2022-03-28T00:00:00+00:00

11.

For a moment, I was hyperaware of Peter ’ s presence beside me. There was something about the dark that made the atmosphere intensify. I heard the strike of a match, and then a candle flickered to life over by Mrs Kanumba ’ s desk, softly lighting the room.

“ Looks like we ’ ve lost our electricity, ” she said, “ I ’ ll check the generator. ”

“ I ’ ll go with you, ” my sister added, standing from her seat and grabbing a tiny torch from her handbag. You could never say she didn ’ t come prepared.

“ All of you sit tight until we get back, ” Mrs Kanumba said before she and Rebecca left.

“ This is bullshit, ” Belinda huffed. “ I only have ten percent battery left on my tablet. ” She glanced at Anna. “ What about you? ”

“ Eight percent, ” Anna answered, glancing dolefully at the screen of her phone.

Nearby, Sophia lit another candle. “ That ’ s the great thing about chess. No electricity is required. ”

“ Go ahead and be smug about it, ” Belinda griped.

Peter nudged me, and I glanced his way. Watch this.

In his palm was a small piece of paper that he ’ d somehow folded to create a cube. He set it down on the coffee table in front of us, and I stared at his hands as they moved in a circular motion. A tiny light flickered inside the cube. Peter whispered a soft, “ Illuminate, ” and the cube lit up, giving off as much light as a small lamp.

How did you do that?

It ’ s just a spell I came up with when I was a kid.

You created a spell all on your own? I asked, impressed.

He nodded. My father had strict rules about lights out. But I always wanted to stay up and read, so after he turned the lights off, I ’ d create my own little light to read by.

Couldn ’ t he see it shining under the door?

I made a tent with my blanket and kept the light underneath.

How ingenious.

It comes in handy during blackouts.

“ How did you create that light? ” The question cut through Peter ’ s and my conversation, and we both looked up to find Belinda and Anna standing in front of us.

“ It ’ s a spell, ” Peter replied.

“ Show me how you did it, ” Belinda requested. Some of the bitchiness was gone from her tone, and she sounded genuinely curious.

“ Why should he do that? ” I asked. “ You ’ ve been nothing but rude to us ever since we got stuck here. ”

Belinda cocked her head to me. “ Was I talking to you? ”

“ No, but I ’ m talking to you. ”

She made an overly dramatic gesture of exasperation. “ Ugh, this constant bickering is boring, and I ’ m already bored, so let ’ s call a truce. We were friends once, right? ” she said, and I arched an eyebrow.

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