Inspired by Magic by Katy Haye

Author:Katy Haye [Haye, Katy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Plumshine Books
Published: 2018-07-12T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

“How did you do that?” Rey continued to stare in surprise. Axxon edged me aside and thrust his hand into the gap.

“No magic. It’s vanished.” He watched me, his expression bemused. “Kyann, you’ve destroyed the spell.” He said that as though it shouldn’t be possible. I swallowed, my mind flooded with memories of the night with Essa when she’d tried to share her magic with me and I’d destroyed it instead.

“I—” I looked down at the bag in my hand, the solid lump inside the material. “That’s a good thing, isn’t it? Under the circumstances?”

“Yes.” Rey took the bag from me. “That’s very good.”

“Except that we couldn’t break it.” Axxon watched as though he expected me to sprout two heads or turn to smoke.

I forced a smile. “Well, I am the guardian. There has to be some use to me.”

“We’d be stuck without you right now,” Axxon said, but that tone of anxiety didn’t leave him.

Rey no longer cared about the mystery. He loosened the drawstring top and tipped the bag’s contents into his palm. He sucked in a breath as the gem touched his skin.

“It’s the right stone?” Axxon asked.

Rey nodded without taking his eyes from it. “Oh, yes.”

The Tears of Giera was as he’d described, and yet, nothing like I’d expected. It filled Rey’s palm, a regular oval, its facets sparkling in the torchlight. Its transparent clarity was tinted the palest shade of blue as though it had been sculpted from deep ice. It was beautiful. And compelling. It seemed to glow, a light shining in the centre of the gem. My fingers itched to touch it.

Rey folded the gem inside his hand, closing his eyes with an expression of bliss.

“Do we just leave now?” Axxon asked, his voice a low rumble that stayed within the circle of light surrounding us.

“We have what we came for,” Rey said.

The idea of running away without challenging Leea over what she’d done raised my hackles. “No. You’re the four kings. Not sneak thieves. Lady Leea should never have hidden the Tears of Giera from you. The Baloa family ought to support the four kings. If they don’t, we need to know why. And we must change their minds. We can’t run the risk that Leea runs to the Emperor as soon as we’ve gone.”

Axxon nodded slowly. “Kyann is right. We have the gem, but that’s not enough. We need the support of all the families for the sake of Charnrosa’s future.”

“Do we challenge Leea?” I asked. “Demand to know why she hid the gem?” Now we had proof, perhaps she’d be more forthcoming. Although, perhaps not. I wondered if she was working to her own plan, or whether she was following the instructions of her absent father. I’d dearly love to know what “business” he was about.

“She has deceived us from the start,” Rey pointed out. “I’m not sure an open challenge is the best approach. We should watch her for a day or two, see what we can discover.” He looked from Axxon to me.

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