Hopeless Magic by Rachel Higginson

Author:Rachel Higginson [Higginson, Rachel]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Fantasy, Young Adult, Romance
Publisher: ePub Bud (www.epubbud.com)
Published: 2011-08-06T06:00:00+00:00

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What was most disheartening was that I knew even Avalon wouldn't be able to stop this force of nature from tearing me apart and incinerating every last piece of me into nothing.

I focused again on my waning magic, forcing my mind away from the pain and agony, away from the violent thrashing and away from the deafening scream of the wind. I let the electricity surge through me completely, calling on the very depth of my magic, letting it loose on the tornado without apology.

The colors flashed brighter and faster, working their way through the color wheel in rapid succession. Again, I forced my magic out of me, sending the energy outside the eye of the storm and to the very recesses of the source of the wind.

The flashing colors began to take a more distinctive hue and the royal blue I had come to associate with my shade of magic became more prominent.

I let out more magic, wondering when I would 349/711

run out completely and the glossy blue stayed longer.

The more blue appeared in the color cycle the more the heat lessened and the sound diminished.

The winds continued to speed up, however, and I knew I wouldn't be able to hang on much longer before I lost all control completely.

With the release of more magic and a longer stay of blue, the winds did what I considered playing dirty, they took my weakened, helpless body and threw me into a crumbling pillar, finishing the job time had started. Rocks and rubble fell all around and on top of me as I was thrown through the center of the pillar and forced out the other side. I laid there with a broken body wishing the wind would finish me; this was too much.

There was silence for a moment before the cyclone reached through the wreckage, pulling me and the broken stone into its spiraling circle of hell again. This time the rocks trapped in the tornado continued to batter my broken body and I 350/711

did not have the magic to fight the hateful wind and heal my body at the same time.

I released more magic believing I could win, believing I would be the victor. I had nothing else to hold on to. I centered myself, pulling the electricity with all of the force I had left and letting go, unleashing every last ounce of energy. The air was stained in my royal blue, the wind no longer a rainbow but a solid force of my signature color. All at once, in one final effort to slay me, the cyclone threw me violently into the stone wall and I slid down to the cool cave floor, the blue light glistening off of every single thing in the cave, washing over me, reaching to my soul and infecting me with the color.

I lifted my head, afraid of what I had done and the color itself robbed me of breath. I had hit my head hard against the rock wall of the

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