This was why I preferred to work alone. Parking my car on the side of the road, I hopped out and scoped the area.
Tessi appeared beside me, using a magically enhanced gps of the map we had at home to track the activity of the spirit connected with Eric’s ashes. “We need to go north.”
After three steps, I quickly cast the spell to silence my feet and instructed them to do the same. “Everything will be ruined if we’re heard. No talking,” I hissed.
They nodded, the picking and bickering from earlier replaced with sincerity. We trekked through the area, following the careful laid outline from the screen. Through the weeds and sand we went, all three in a line as we surveyed our surroundings. The device showed we were close, so we slowed to keep our breathing from being too loud and simply watched for whatever it was we were tracking to reveal itself.
Melody leaned in, lips almost touching my ears, and whispered, “It’s fae. Water fae. I can feel it.”
A woman appeared before us, a shimmering pool of moon-reflected water shaping into her body, then her features. She was tall and blonde and focused directly on us. She held her hands in front of her, sending icicles straight toward us. Mel reacted, creating a wall of ice in front of us to shield our bodies. I motioned to Tessi to follow me and we backed away, allowing Mel to do her thing.
Both of them released the ice. It fell in waves of water as it sunk into the sand. Mel was quick, creating a rainstorm so thick and enclosed around the fae that it would have drowned a normal person. She counteracted, waves washing over and soaking Mel’s body, but Mel held strong. Soon both were nothing but a mixture of magic and water.
Tessi dug through her sack, pulling potions and charms out only to toss them back in and go for another. I didn’t know what she was doing, and didn’t really care, because the fae disappeared.
Running to Mel’s side, I checked her over. “You ok?”
She nodded. “She’s still here,” she said breathlessly.
A wave grew in the ocean, headed for us. It was larger than any wave I’d ever seen, at least fifty feet in the air, and I knew it was meant to hurt us. A voice called from it, laughing and mocking us.
“She is the water,” Tessi said beside us. “I can douse her with this,” she said, shaking a small jar. “And it’ll eliminate her ability for five minutes.”
Glancing back at the giant sea swell coming at us, I said, “Then we wait.”
This wasn’t the first time a fae endangered my life. There was the earth fae, Shanna, who attempted to swallow me whole with a crater the size of the United States she created at my feet. Luckily, I was quick on my feet and conjured a rope to pull me out before she could fill the hole. The fire fae, Duke, was the worst, though. I thought ahead and had a fire-proof bubble around my body, so his attempts at throwing flames were futile, but he was relentless. For six hours we fought. Over and over I had to strengthen the spell to ensure I didn’t meet my fiery end.
And now I was facing a water fae. It wasn’t my first, but it was my first near a large body of water.
It was a bit alarming.
The waves crashed around our feet, the tsunami gaining speed. Shifting my eyes to Tessi, I caught her gaze and nodded. Looking to Mel, I mouthed “now.”
Tessi threw the potion, using her magic to spray it along the length of the swell, while I threw my hands up to freeze the fae. Mel took control of the water, sending it back to the ocean with a loud crash. While I held the fae steady, Tessi balled her fist in the air, sending the potion to concentrate on the fae. Once she was subdued, we moved closer.
“Why are you here?” I asked.
She snarled. “Like I’ll tell you anything.”
Mel conjured a fountain of water, spraying it at her stomach so she doubled over. “Will you now?”
She shook her head, so Mel
Tessi appeared beside me, using a magically enhanced gps of the map we had at home to track the activity of the spirit connected with Eric’s ashes. “We need to go north.”
After three steps, I quickly cast the spell to silence my feet and instructed them to do the same. “Everything will be ruined if we’re heard. No talking,” I hissed.
They nodded, the picking and bickering from earlier replaced with sincerity. We trekked through the area, following the careful laid outline from the screen. Through the weeds and sand we went, all three in a line as we surveyed our surroundings. The device showed we were close, so we slowed to keep our breathing from being too loud and simply watched for whatever it was we were tracking to reveal itself.
Melody leaned in, lips almost touching my ears, and whispered, “It’s fae. Water fae. I can feel it.”
A woman appeared before us, a shimmering pool of moon-reflected water shaping into her body, then her features. She was tall and blonde and focused directly on us. She held her hands in front of her, sending icicles straight toward us. Mel reacted, creating a wall of ice in front of us to shield our bodies. I motioned to Tessi to follow me and we backed away, allowing Mel to do her thing.
Both of them released the ice. It fell in waves of water as it sunk into the sand. Mel was quick, creating a rainstorm so thick and enclosed around the fae that it would have drowned a normal person. She counteracted, waves washing over and soaking Mel’s body, but Mel held strong. Soon both were nothing but a mixture of magic and water.
Tessi dug through her sack, pulling potions and charms out only to toss them back in and go for another. I didn’t know what she was doing, and didn’t really care, because the fae disappeared.
Running to Mel’s side, I checked her over. “You ok?”
She nodded. “She’s still here,” she said breathlessly.
A wave grew in the ocean, headed for us. It was larger than any wave I’d ever seen, at least fifty feet in the air, and I knew it was meant to hurt us. A voice called from it, laughing and mocking us.
“She is the water,” Tessi said beside us. “I can douse her with this,” she said, shaking a small jar. “And it’ll eliminate her ability for five minutes.”
Glancing back at the giant sea swell coming at us, I said, “Then we wait.”
This wasn’t the first time a fae endangered my life. There was the earth fae, Shanna, who attempted to swallow me whole with a crater the size of the United States she created at my feet. Luckily, I was quick on my feet and conjured a rope to pull me out before she could fill the hole. The fire fae, Duke, was the worst, though. I thought ahead and had a fire-proof bubble around my body, so his attempts at throwing flames were futile, but he was relentless. For six hours we fought. Over and over I had to strengthen the spell to ensure I didn’t meet my fiery end.
And now I was facing a water fae. It wasn’t my first, but it was my first near a large body of water.
It was a bit alarming.
The waves crashed around our feet, the tsunami gaining speed. Shifting my eyes to Tessi, I caught her gaze and nodded. Looking to Mel, I mouthed “now.”
Tessi threw the potion, using her magic to spray it along the length of the swell, while I threw my hands up to freeze the fae. Mel took control of the water, sending it back to the ocean with a loud crash. While I held the fae steady, Tessi balled her fist in the air, sending the potion to concentrate on the fae. Once she was subdued, we moved closer.
“Why are you here?” I asked.
She snarled. “Like I’ll tell you anything.”
Mel conjured a fountain of water, spraying it at her stomach so she doubled over. “Will you now?”
She shook her head, so Mel
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