Spirit Formed by N. E. Conneely

Author:N. E. Conneely [Conneely, N. E.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: N. E. Conneely

Chapter Ten

Shasta sat down hard, all the anger taken right out of her. The earth was silent beneath her, not giving a hum or hint of warmth. She could see now why they’d kept the secret. If they’d told her, she would have asked questions; ones they couldn’t answer without telling her more truth than any child deserved to hear.

Cord plucked the two mugs from her and set them down by the shed. He settled on the ground next to her and held out a hand.

She slid her fingers across his, before clutching his hand tightly. “I had no idea.”

“It was part of why I was around so much after you were settled in with Michelle and Elron. We were trying so hard to protect you, and on several occasions, people broke through the lodge’s protections.” Cord shook his head.

“But we stayed with elves when I was young. We spent time with them, and I learned from them.” Shasta looked at him with moist eyes. “How did they make that work?”

“There are a few groups that have been friends with Michelle and Elron for years. They didn’t see things the way some of the other elves did.” He squeezed her hand and flashed a reassuring smile. “Even the ones who were unsure about you and your brother’s abilities wanted to guide you toward being better people, not blame you for being born.”

“Well, that’s something,” she said dryly. As much as she wanted to call her parents and demand answers, who would want their child to grow up knowing people hated her?

As she sat there with Cord, her thoughts slowly began to clear. She remembered the times her parents had hurried her away from things or the looks she’d received on occasion. The older she’d gotten, the less it had happened. Likely because people were focused on the one picture of her that had been published during her childhood and didn’t look for those features in a teen or adult.

This brought her back to the current case. “You think the elf behind this is scared. This elf believes I have amazing powers of magic and somehow will be the doom for all elves.”

Cord rolled his eyes dramatically. “You got it partly right. Some elves assume you have as much magic as a witch, or even more. Since you and your brother have such different abilities, everyone assumes both of you have the same capabilities and choose which ones to use. In this case, they believe you have enough magic to just fix all of this in the blink of an eye. Whoever is behind all of this is scared of you.”

Shasta picked up a ladybug crawling on a blade of grass and watched it walk across the back of her hand. “Nobody here seems like they’re scared of me.”

He shrugged. “Maybe they hide it well. Maybe I’m wrong, but I doubt our perpetrator is ignorant of your background and our history. Otherwise, they wouldn’t have added more magic to the deer.”

Shasta leaned across Cord to grab the mugs.

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