Song of Shadow and Light by K.M. Woods

Author:K.M. Woods
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: K.M. Woods

Emelia looked under a microscope as she adjusted the slide dusted with ash. The night after Kalee was attacked, she found parts of her wooden floors scorched, covered in a mix of two different Kaffirs’ blood. She jotted some notes down, the ash seeming to sparkle gold under the scope. She picked up the vials of blood she’d collected, hoping to find more insights there.

Shifter’s blood was so dark, it was nearly black, Kalee’s a bright red. She separated the two samples from each other, watching as the black blood sank to the bottom of the vial as Kalee’s rose to the top. She placed a single drop of the black blood on a slide and swapped the ash slide out. She watched the black blood separate, splitting apart, some of it turning red. She took a few notes and looked again, watching as the black blood started to smoke and evaporate.

Shocked, she pushed back from her chair. The doors to the keep opened and her dad, Relar, walked in.

“Sun Drop.” He made his way to her and kissed her forehead. “You’ve been locked in here since sunrise.” Emelia sighed, removing the safety glasses from her face.

“I know. I’m just trying to figure out who this shifter is. I’ve seen shifter blood separate, but I’ve never seen blood react this way.” She ran her fingers through her ponytail nervously.

“Let me take a look.” Her father was not well versed in medical things, but he was highly educated in history ,which was convenient for her role as keeper.

“Huh.” He looked into the microscope and studied the sample.

“What is it?” Emelia sat up, her heart racing with excitement.

“The dark blood is burning.” Emelia nodded.

“I’ve only ever heard of this happening with Phoenix shifters.” Her father looked up from the scope. “But they haven’t been around in more than 5,000 years. They were eradicated soon after Eros was established. They were known for their extreme tempers and had strong attachments to their kin. When Eros passed the segregation laws, they tried to burn, well, everyone.” Her father crossed his arms over his chest, and Emelia held up her finger as she stood from her seat.

She made her way to the wall of books and up the ladder.

“F576,” she mumbled, and the ladder moved on its own. She scrolled her finger through the books and records, looking for a book she’d only seen briefly. She grabbed a book and her fingers stung from heat. She shook her fingers off before reaching for the book again. This time, it didn’t burn. She walked down from the ladder and back to the table, where she opened the book and scrolled through the pages.

“I studied this months ago, just out of curiosity.” The page she turned to showed a bird, wings spread. It had three talons where feet would be, a long feather tail, and wings of orange, red, and yellow. “It says that the shifters prefer their bird shape and choose to stay in it more than their humanoid figure.

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