It's Called Magic, Susan: Welcome To Midlife Magic: Book Two by Lauretta Hignett

Author:Lauretta Hignett [Hignett, Lauretta]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-05-30T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter

Seventeen

Alight shone in my eyes. It was bright, too bright, ultraviolet, intense, and almost violently strong. I tried to squeeze my eyes shut, but they were already closed.

“Gah.” I put my hands out, trying to block the intensity, but my fingers hit something right in front of my face.

“Chosen.” Cecil’s voice sounded awed.

“Cecil? What’s… what’s going on?” I took a deep breath, confused. The light was still blinding me. “How long have I been out for?”

“Less than ten seconds. Stop waving your arms around. You look like a dick.”

“Too bright,” I moaned. “What the hell is that?”

“It’s the spark stone. It’s right in front of our face.”

Candice’s voice shook with emotion. “You did it, Susan. You won the challenge. The protective wards have opened for you. The stone is right there in front of you.”

I patted the air in front of me, and my hands closed around a hard object about the size of an apple. It vibrated at my touch, a recognition as well as a welcome. Some of the light dimmed, so I cracked my eyes open and held it at arm’s length so I could look at it.

Oh, it was gorgeous. A long oval shape, brilliant bright purple facets gleaming, throwing a million shades of lilac and lavender and violet. It preened beneath my fingers, showing off. Look what you did, it said. You stepped up to the challenge, and you won.

“Uh, I don’t suppose you could hurry this up, Susan?” Candice poked me with her toe. “The games start in eight minutes.”

“No pressure or anything,” I muttered. God, I was exhausted. The stone appreciated it, though, I could feel it. I’d given everything I had to win it, every last ounce of energy, and it loved me for it.

I held the stone carefully and silently spoke to it. I get it. You’re not just strength, you’re not just power. You’re the journey to those things. You’re the challenge itself—the path between emotion and action. The time has come for you to protect yourself, to keep the challenge for your people alive.

A pulse of magic pounded through my fingertips like a victory punch in the air. This time, I knew what it was. The stone had gifted me some of its magic.

A thank you wouldn’t do. I held the stone above my head, then put the stone to my lips and kissed it as if it were a trophy. It buzzed happily in my fingers.

It’s your turn, I told the stone. Time to face your challenge. Sleep and rise again to triumph when the time is right.

The berserker stone responded immediately. The violet light grew brighter, then deeper and deeper, as the magic retreated to a tiny space in the center of the stone. The outside condensed, growing harder, then harder still, until it was unmoving and impenetrable.

I glanced up. The berserkers all surrounded me, swelled with emotion to such ridiculous proportions that all of them looked like misshapen purple balls. With a little difficulty, I picked out Candice.

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