The Hunted Wolf – Chapter 34
ADIRA
“Can we take a break?” I asked Ginger, sliding to the floor.
“You don’t have time for breaks.” Ginger walked over to me and hit me in the head with a rolled up piece of paper. “If the Council of Magic is after you, you have to access that internal power source.”
ort to move.
do you mean?”
suddenly able to expand your abilities.”
n all that had happened. The first time I used magic was when I was scared. I was able to escape Theron because I was hyped up on adren
my magic because it can grow out of control.”
old bones don’t work as well anymore.”
hen pulled Ginger to her feet. I heard the creaking in her body as she got to her feet, and it really reminded me of her old age. She was spritely and spunky most of the time, so it was easy to forget how up there in age she was.
explained. “That’s probably why you’re having issues expanding your powers. You are holding back out of fear.”
ted to let myself get to that point. When I felt the dark magic from Theron enter my body for even the briefest moment, I felt the craving to be stronger, no matter the cost. I didn’t like that feeling.
aned against the wall in the conference room. Ideally, we would be practicing the magic outdoors,
idn’t want to share the full e
the intention of lighting a fire and warming your friends, or you can light a fire with the intention of burning someone alive. Those two flames may both be fire, but the flames themselves will be very different
against a dark force that wanted to spread destruction across the world.
ed to burn enemies is more powerful.”
k hearing this. It was making it difficul
. The flame in her palm was the only source of light in the room now, and it was soft and warm. The tiredness in my body seemed to float away.
er out there.”
. I stepped forward, looking at the light and feeling its energy. There was something special coming from this light, and I could feel the power Ginger was describing.
e, Moon said in my
e flame into my own palms. It floated just above my hands, and even though I could feel the heat, I knew there was no risk of injury. As I watched the flame, I could feel the intention Ginger created it with. I could feel the ball of energy inside of me brightening and cou
l flame. A female figure that looked just like me joined him, and he picked her up, swirling around. As they parted, a third figure appeared between them, a happy family.
ronger was about protection, not the survival I had been relying on.
ied to compose myself.
him yet?” Ginger asked.
what she was asking. “Told him what?”
d in return. “Let’s continue our lesson. I want you to practice redirecting energy to create new thin
at Ginger, still trying to figure out what she was talking about, but there wasn’t time to
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MARK
fore the council came after Adira. We weren’t ready yet. We needed more time.
e. We had to work out communication procedures and make sure everyone was on the same page.
our territory. I picked up speed the longer we followed the trail. It was possible this person was just someone who had wandered onto our territory, but I assumed everyone was the enemy until proven wrong. There were too many people who wanted to take Adira away from me, and
mach grew. The trail circled around our territory, but there were no signs of whoever made the trail around. Whoever it was had