Page 6 of Rapunzel Unchained
Zane glanced back to where I was before clearing his throat. “No. Not unless we have something personal of hers to trace. Even then, if she’s working with another mage or if she’s figured out her powers,” he stared hard at me. “it won’t work. They’ll have cloaked her.”
I didn’t know why Zane was hiding that I was there, but I was grateful.
“Well, it’s worth a try,” Adam conceded, putting his chair right and sinking back into it. “I won’t call in the mage force until we have exhausted all other options, alright? Will that make you happy?”
Luke grunted. “And the she-bitch?”
Adam pulled out his book from some magical pocket and threw his feet up on his desk. “Don’t worry about Rebecca, she won’t be a problem.”
I almost laughed. No. She won’t be a problem. At least, not in the way they thought.
Chapter 4
Something shoved my shoulder, throwing me back into my body with a violent force. It pushed me again. I grunted and blinked my eyes open with a frown.
Rebecca leaned over me. She cocked her head to the side and blew out a breath. “I thought for a second you’d fallen into some kind of magical slumber but, no offense, I don’t particularly want to kiss you awake.”
My eyes widened. I jerked out of the bed, waving my hands in front of me. “No. No need. And besides, that doesn’t even work if you aren’t in love with the person.”
“I suppose you’re right. Though I heard sleeping spells were all the rage back in your day.” She shifted back from the bed and picked up a tray off to the side. “Here, I brought you some lunch. Did you have any luck tapping into your powers?”
Drawing the tray closer, I poked at the brown blob in the middle of the plate. What in the world is this stuff? Better not take the risk. I grabbed a few grapes and popped them into my mouth, musing over what Rebecca asked.
“I’m not sure I can say I tapped into it. The magic kind of just moved on its own. I wanted to see the others so suddenly I was there.”
“What?” Rebecca screeched. “You left the house?”
I shook my head. “No, not physically at least. It’s like my mind separated from my body and I could see and hear them but I wasn’t there, not really.”
“And did they see you?”
I rolled a ball of melon between my fingers. “I don’t think so. Though I think Zane could feel me there. I’m not sure. He didn’t say anything about it.”
Rebecca sank onto the bed next to me. “And has this happened before?”
I busied myself eating the melon ball, grinding it slowly between my teeth. There was another time this happened. Part of me wasn’t sure if I should tell Rebecca, though.
In fact, while she had saved me I didn’t really know her very well. In fact, until a day ago Rebecca was my sworn enemy. The sight of her throwing herself all over Adam was still ingrained into my mind. Even thinking about it made me boil inside.
Could I really trust her?
Knowing what I knew now about Rebecca, anyone would think she was on my side. However, separating who she was now and who I thought she used to be was hard. How much could I tell her?
Well, she already knew about this magical experience. So it wouldn’t hurt to tell her about it happening before? Right?
I swallowed and nodded. “Yeah, once before. But I was dreaming... I think. It seemed like my magic kind of did what it wanted when I wasn’t thinking about it.”
“So... your magic is responding to what you want.”
“Huh?”
Rebecca picked a grape off my plate and popped it into her mouth. “You wanted to see them right?” I nodded. “So your magic anticipated what you wanted and made it happen. Should make things easier.”
“I don’t know how that makes it any easier. I can’t make my magic do what I want regularly.”
“Normally, when your magic first comes in, it reacts to strong emotions. It's when you learn to channel those emotions that you can control your magic. Maybe try that?”
My nose scrunched up. “And when the queen decides to make an appearance?”
