Shadow Spell by Caro King

Author:Caro King [King, Caro]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Juvenile Fiction, Fantasy & Magic
ISBN: 1849161798
Google: z_yL3V0r9aIC
Amazon: 144233908X
Goodreads: 7897846
Publisher: Aladdin
Published: 2010-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

All morning, while Nin had been stripping stalks and thinking about Simeon Dark, Jik had been finding interesting things in the town hall cellar.

The Quick clearly had a mania for collecting any bits of old Celidon that they came across, even if they didn’t have a clue what it did. In Jik’s view, that just went to prove how much they missed it and wanted it back, even the deadly bits.

Some of the items were long dead, their stored magic used up, and those Jik tossed aside. There were also things that were useful, but only if you wanted to heat water, travel fast, see in the dark and so on. He was more pleased to find three staffs of varying sizes that had fire power left in them, some wands, and a few charms that could be turned to good use as weapons.

Seth had a knack of spotting live items too – after all, it was how he made his living – and once he had done with digging, he turned up, holding a battered old pack that he dropped at the back of the room, then got working alongside Jik.

They were both ignoring the thing in the corner. Neither of them knew what it was and neither of them cared to find out. The four-foot-long item had been wrapped in several layers of thick cloth, but still shone bright enough to remove the need for a lamp. Jik had promised himself to have a look at it later. If he really had to. The steady, golden glow seeping through the cloth made his mud tingle uncomfortably. Seth hadn’t given it so much as a glance, but he knew it was there all right.

‘Well now! A faerie spindle!’ Seth picked up a slender needle wrapped in an old handkerchief. ‘This is a real find!’

He held it up for Jik to see. The gleam from its elegant shape, etched all over with intricate swirls, looked sharp enough to cut flesh. It was about as long as Seth’s hand from his wrist to the tip of his finger and Jik didn’t like it at all.

‘Nik mikik.’

‘True, it hasn’t got any magic in it as such, but it’s not meant to have. It’s a tool, not a device. A spindle is what you use to shape or move other things, things of power. So, unlike those devices full of magic, this will never die.’

Seth pointed the spindle at Jik, who backed off. For a moment he could have sworn he felt his inner fires twist, pulled towards the spindle.

‘Faeries used to use spindles to weave moonlight, or water into beautiful cloth to wear. Or fire. Fire made a lovely cloth.’

‘Ik!’ snapped Jik.

‘Well, true, but faeries were nasty things all round. Fierce and clever and very, very powerful. As powerful in their own way as the sorcerers. And it takes a lot for me to say that.’

Seth shook his head, his eyes fixed on Jik. ‘You’re interesting, I’ll give you that.’ A fierce grin split his face, lighting his green eyes.

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