The Rise of the Dawnstar by Farah Oomerbhoy

Author:Farah Oomerbhoy [Oomerbhoy, Farah]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Farah Oomerbhoy
Published: 2017-04-24T04:00:00+00:00

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After a quick lunch I picked up from the kitchens, I spent the rest of the afternoon walking in the gardens with Tristan’s grandmother. We sat down on a smoothly polished stone bench in a flowering gazebo overlooking a little fountain.

“I want to hear your whole story,” said the dowager. “Start from the beginning, and don’t leave anything out.”

I recounted my story for the hundredth time. When I told her about healing the pegasus and my encounter with the archmage in Calos, she raised her eyebrows but didn’t interrupt. Finally, I told her what my grandmother had said, but I didn’t tell her about the Dagger, the Book of Abraxas, or the Dawnstar. I would ask her about them another time.

I was not under any illusions anymore; I knew everyone who befriended me had an agenda, and the politics between the High Fae Courts was as complicated, if not more so, than in any of the other kingdoms. At least Tristan had made sure I could move about the castle unharmed. The dowager’s protection saw to that. I wondered if he did it so he didn’t have to watch me all the time, or if under his scowl he cared what happened to me.

“I can already see your magic is powerful, Aurora, but stupidity can get you killed. The water magic you performed in Calos was virtually impossible to do.”

“I don’t understand what you mean. It wasn’t difficult to tap into. I felt the magic within the water, and it responded to my call.”

The dowager nodded. “Yes, but when using water magic, especially on the sea, you need to be very careful and very experienced. You are a conduit for the water, not the water itself. You must isolate the water you are using. Connecting to the water like you did was very dangerous—it could have drained your magic completely, turning your body to liquid and trapping you beneath the waves, never to return.”

I looked at her in horror. I had no idea what I was doing, and I was lucky to get this far. Fae magic was vast and complicated and I had barely scratched the surface.

“I hear you are experienced in healing, so we will leave that for now,” the dowager continued. “Tristan will help you hone your fire and warrior skills. Since you have found your water talent, I was going to start with that. But after hearing your story about Lilith and the portal you opened, I think we should concentrate on your spirit magic, which is the rarest and most dangerous if something goes wrong.”

I nodded.

“What you did for the pegasus should not have been possible. Opening a portal to another world is a rare talent, and usually you need at least ten experienced spirit-fae to combine their magic to open one. Your mother had that power, but even she should not have been able to do what she did for you that day when she opened a portal and sent you through.

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