Witch Chosen: A Fantasy Young Adult Series (The Order of the Cursed Book 1) by Lisa Morrow

Author:Lisa Morrow [Morrow, Lisa]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-12-03T16:00:00+00:00

11

Rose

The stone at my neck warmed as I stumbled, managing to keep myself from falling. I reached for my necklace, gripping the leather tightly, taking comfort in the familiar. My dizziness faded, and I turned my attention from the deadly drop on either side of us, to what was ahead.

We stood on a bridge nearly as long as our village. It stretched out to meet an island of land, rising from the valley as if called forth by The Protectors for their purposes alone. The island the bridge connected to was formed from massive, flat slabs of stone, varying in color from deep red to soft brown.

My gaze followed the impossible height of the slabs of stone up from the valley to where they connected with our bridge, and it was upon this that I knew our destination stood... It was a castle made of glass.

“Rose. Did you look at the bridge?” Sirena’s voice wavered as she asked.

I frowned and almost answered her, but then looked down at my feet. Dreading what I was doing even as I did it, I kicked snow off the bridge, allowing it to fall into the abyss below.

My breath came in rapid bursts. The bridge, it seemed, was also made of glass. Glass so thin it looked as if we might fall through it at any moment. Thin and clear, it could’ve been the same glass used in our windows back home. I wanted to touch it, to see if it radiated any kind of magic, but I couldn’t bring myself to do it.

Nausea washed over me.

“For goodness sakes!” Bethenny yelled. “Let’s keep moving.”

She was frustrated and scared. And for once, I understood where she was coming from.

“Is the bridge really made of glass?” Sirena whispered.

“Maybe,” I said, my voice coming out higher than I intended. “But the witches don’t seem afraid, so we shouldn’t be either.”

“Still, I’m not going to let go of your cloak,” she said, and I felt her grip the fabric tighter.

I crept over the valley, picking up speed as I went. I’m not sure how much time passed, with the snow falling, and the freezing air clawing beneath my cloak, but it seemed a lifetime before I finally reached the other side.

No one was there when I stepped onto the earth, so I paused outside the open gate to take in the magnificence of the extraordinary place. More red roses surrounded the castle, looking impossibly beautiful as they peeked out of the snow. I was tempted to pick one, but something made me hesitate. Each one looked the same, a single rose on a single stem, petals unfurled just enough to look full and healthy. There was no doubt they were magical, but what purpose could they possibly serve?

“Why would they make the whole thing out of glass?” Sirena’s voice was filled with awe.

I looked up, forgetting the roses as I stared at the castle once more. “It can’t be glass, or we could see inside.”

More than that, the

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