Just a little something for you on this Teaser Tuesday. :D
“Kendall, please. Sit down.”
He barely glanced at Jasper before resuming
his pacing. “What’s taking so long?”
“Kendall, I need you to sit down so I can
heal your face.” Hayden blew an
exasperated breath out of her nose.
“I’m fine.”
“You are not fine!” She walked into his path and he was forced to
stop. Before he could move, she’d
pulled a green healing wave from the air and pressed it onto his face.
He hissed as the cut over his eye repaired
itself.
“Here.”
Brice handed him a shot of jeckden and a mug of sloan.
Kendall shot back the first and gulped down
the second. The alcohol did nothing to
ease the heavy feeling in his chest. He
sat heavily, his face in his hands.
“I need you to try, Hayden. You’ve done it twice now. You can do it again.”
“Kendall, I can’t! The first time was an accident and this last
time I knew who I was moving and to where.
I can’t send you to Thistendal on purpose. I have no point of reference. What if I send you in the complete opposite
direction?”
“I can’t just sit here!” He resumed his pacing.
Everyone looked up as the door opened to
reveal Marilynn. Her eyes found
Kendall. “Is the bluebird telling the
truth?”
He nodded.
“I need to get to Thistendal. I need to bring them home.”
The high sorceress ran her hands over her
face. “I don’t have the power to send
you that far. No one does.”
“Hayden does!” The words echoed in the cabin. He took a long deep breath to calm
himself. “I’m sorry, Hayden. I….”
He swallowed hard.
She hugged him close. “It’s alright. We’ll figure it out. I promise.”
“What if you, Marilynn, and Rainen got
together?” Brice took a drink of his
sloan.
Marilynn shook her head. “While we’d likely have enough magic, we have
no idea what Thistendal is like. For us
to displace that far, we’d need an exact point of reference to focus on.”
“There has to be away.” Kendall looked from one sorceress to the
other.
“The Gysps?” Knowing how torn his friend was, Jasper tried
not to laugh at Hayden’s glare. She’d
never forgiven the sea faring folk for calling her cursed.
“Maybe.”
Marilynn chewed on her lip thoughtfully.
“Though they won’t be back on our shores for at least another three
months.”
Kendall poured himself another shot of
jeckden and made it disappear. “That’s
too long.”
“Wait!”
Hayden’s grin gave him hope. If
anyone was going to be able to figure something out, it was going to be
Hayden. “I know how you’ll get
there!” She stood on her tiptoes and
kissed his cheek. “Go home, clean up,
and pack your bags. I have an idea but it will take me a day to see if it will
work.”
He frowned, though her excitement was
starting to rub off on him. “What are you thinking?”
She shook her head. “Just come back tomorrow. I don’t want to get
your hopes up in case it doesn’t work.”
She gave him another hug. “Now,
go.”
