Magic in the Storm by Meredith Bond

Author:Meredith Bond
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Twenty

Adriana’s breath whooshed out of her lungs as she landed hard on the ground. She struggled to catch her breath, but then lost it again when she saw Lady Vallentyn lit by a flash of lightning. Her long, pale face was filled with such hatred, Adriana had never seen the like before, and she hoped she never would again.

“What?” The word formed on Adriana’s lips, but she didn’t have the breath to speak it out loud, nor the voice as her heart hammered in her throat.

“Mother!” Morgan said, spinning around to face her.

Mother? Lady Vallentyn was Morgan’s mother?

“Well, well, Morgan. I heard you had escaped, but I simply could not believe it. I just had to see for myself.” Lady Vallentyn’s voice oozed malice.

Adriana’s stomach clutched with fear, but words kept screaming out in her mind—she was his mother? He had escaped? Escaped from what, why, how? Whatever could it mean?

Morgan paled, his face hardening into a look as terrifying as his mother’s. He took a step backwards, moving away from Adriana.

“You puny little boy, how did you do it? How did you manage to get past my barriers? Did your cousin help you? I know your brother could not have. He doesn’t have the ability.”

His brother, that would be Lord Vallentyn? Adriana quickly worked it out in her mind. And his cousin...

Morgan flinched putting up his arm as if to ward off her harsh words. Yet he continued to stand up to his mother. “Kat had nothing to do with it, and neither did Vallentyn,” he said.

“Yet you managed somehow, even with your feeble little abilities. You know you are nothing, Morgan,” Lady Vallentyn hissed, advancing slowly.

Adriana gasped. She had always had bad feelings about Lady Vallentyn, but that was unnecessarily cruel.

Morgan’s arm stayed raised while he briefly turned his shoulder to Lady Vallentyn as she spoke, but just as quickly, he turned back to face the onslaught of her anger. As he turned, Adriana noticed the arm of his shirt flap open as if it had been sliced with a knife.

“You are nothing, and you will always be nothing,” she spat at him. “Soon you will be less than nothing, just an ordinary man. And you will never escape me again.”

Adriana watched as Morgan flinched and quickly turned his shoulder toward his mother once again. A gash appeared on his chest near the shoulder he had turned towards Lady Vallentyn. Adriana could see something dark beginning to stain his shirt—surely it wasn’t... blood?

“You may have worked some kind of trick, but you will never become powerful. Do not even dare to hold out any hope, it will not come. You... stupid... weak... little... boy!”

“How dare you!” Adriana finally said, gathering her wits, and trying to stand up. “How could you...”

“Quiet!” Lady Vallentyn said, raising her arm. As she did so, Adriana was thrown backwards once again. This time her head hit the tree behind her. White spots danced in front of her eyes with the pain.

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