The Cypher Wheel by Alison Pensy

Author:Alison Pensy [Pensy, Alison]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fantasy, Young Adult
Publisher: Alison Pensy
Published: 2012-06-27T13:10:08+00:00

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN

Faedra met Faen's uneasy smile as she wandered down the carved out corridor that led towards the conference room they had been in earlier that day. A little way past the entrance to that room Faen was standing outside a heavy door, waiting patiently.

“Has she said anything?” Faedra asked when she reached her Guardian.

“Nothing,” he replied.

“I'd like to speak to her.”

“Would you like me to accompany you?” Faen asked.

Faedra sensed he was trying to hide his apprehension from her but she could still feel it. She put her hand to his cheek and smiled. “No, thanks. I'll be fine. Hopefully, she will talk if it's just me.”

Faen closed his eyes for a second and inclined his head. “I will be here if you need me.” He took hold of Faedra's hand and lowered it from his face as he stepped aside. “Be careful.”

“Always.”

Faedra's hand slid from her Guardian's as she stepped forward and opened the door. She pushed the heavy wooden door open just enough for her to squeeze through and gave her Guardian one more poignant look before closing the door behind her.

Faen resumed his position in front of the door.

The tiny room was sparsely furnished. A long wooden bench that doubled as a bunk ran almost the length of one wall. A chair and small table rested against the other wall. The glow from a candle cast warming flickers across the walls and the ceiling. Faedra leaned back against the door. She couldn't see the girl, who chose to stay invisible, so she decided to try something. She closed her eyes and let her mind wander. Her eyes moved about under their lids. Faedra sensed the girl's energy as soon as she stepped in the room but couldn't pinpoint its location. She let her mind relax a little more until, to her astonishment, she could see the outline of the other occupant through her closed eyes.

The hazy orange glow of a figure sitting down lit up the blackness behind her closed eyelids. The figure had her hands in her lap and was looking up at Faedra. A second passed and she looked back down at her hands.

Faedra was starting to enjoy the optimization of her given power. She was finding that there was no end of ways she could now manipulate the energy within and around her. She opened her eyes and the outline disappeared, but Faedra knew where the other person was now and moved to sit in the chair opposite to where the girl was sitting on the bench.

“Are you hurt?” Faedra asked.

She heard a shuffle.

“No,” came the reply.

“Would you like something to eat or drink?”

“No.”

“You've caused quite a stir,” Faedra continued.

Another shuffle.

“Who are you?”

After yet another shuffle, Faedra decided she couldn't stand talking to thin air so she closed her eyes again and relaxed her mind. A moment later the girl's hazy figure came back into view. She was looking at Faedra, her head cocked slightly to one side.

“Will you at least tell me your name?” Faedra asked.

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