Magical Arts Academy 10: Spirited Escape by Lucia Ashta

Author:Lucia Ashta [Ashta, Lucia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Awaken to Peace Press
Published: 2018-12-06T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter 6

“You shouldn’t have come,” the man who must be Albacus said, his voice laden with a regret that stopped me in mid-step.

Nando bumped into me from behind, quickly skirted my body, and then pulled me forward by the hand. He positioned himself in front of Albacus, who’d materialized partially inside one of the thick stone walls of the dungeon.

Gertrude appeared next to us, with a small owl perched on her shoulder, and an indigo firedrake behind her. I peered at them curiously as if for the first time, since Ama and a few of the other spirits put off enough glow to encompass them.

The owl met my stare with wide, unblinking yellow eyes until I had to look away.

“You really should have stayed away. Why didn’t you?” Albacus lamented.

“He says we shouldn’t have come,” I repeated, a beaming smile plastered on my face. Sure, the news was dire, but at least I’d remembered what I was supposed to be doing. Progress was progress, right?

“We can hear him,” Gertrude said. “You don’t need to repeat what he says.” Under her breath, she muttered, “Thank goodness.”

“What do you mean, you can hear him?”

“I don’t know how much plainer I can say it.” Gertrude frowned at me.

“Don’t be mean to her,” Nando said. “What’s happening to her isn’t at all her fault. She’s trying to help.”

“I know, Nando, I know. It just would’ve been nice if she could help us more.”

“I’m sure she’s not any happier than you are about forgetting who she is every few seconds.” Nando squared his shoulders to face Gertrude, who immediately opened her mouth to retort.

She didn’t get the chance. “I can’t believe I’m going to say this,” Albacus started. “But I even missed the squabbles.”

Gertrude returned her attention to Albacus, seemingly forgetting her annoyance with Nando and me. She brought her hands to her hips and swung her long red braid across her unoccupied shoulder. “It looks as though it’s going to be a pickle getting you out of here.”

“You can see him?” I asked.

Gertrude ignored me, squeezing in front of Nando to study the spirit who was currently not just stuck between worlds, but stuck in a wall.

“Can you see him too?” I whispered to Nando, leaning over his shoulder.

He nodded.

“But you can’t see the others?”

“No, I can only see Albacus. Why is that?”

I wasn’t sure who exactly he was asking, but Albacus answered. “Over the centuries of my life, I’d learned to control my energy body quite well. It’s one of the reasons I survived as long as I did. Once I died, it wasn’t a stretch to learn how to control my non-physical form.” He spoke matter-of-factly, but I sensed a deep sorrow behind his words. “I can make myself visible to anyone I choose—well, so long as they’re open to seeing me, I suppose. I can also make myself invisible.”

I blinked, and when I opened my eyes again, he was gone. “Where’d he go?” I asked, unable to hide my shock or panic.

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