Page 33 of Stone Seduction
“Either is fine.”
I held up my left. “Here.”
She removed the bracelet from her wrist and fastened it to mine. The moment it touched my skin, my head spun.
“Oh…” I collapsed onto the bed, clutching at my skull. “What…” Cotton wool. Wet cotton wool. Soaking me up, clogging my system.
“Give it a few moments,” Luna said.
I squirmed up the duvet, caught in relentless buzzing. Not painful, but unpleasant. Dirty. Polluting.
“Please… I can’t… Please make it stop…”
My pleading went unanswered, the edges of my vision turning orange and white. Magic dragged my powers from my grip, throwing them out of reach.
The other me, the one with the dark voice, resisted. He was a great power, underserving of being sealed away. He should be free to display his greatness, to destroy those who wished to manipulate us, to curtail such magnificence.
But goodbye to this dark half. He lost this time. Maybe I’d see him again, maybe never.
Kill her!
No. I can’t be this thing.
A scream, a pop, a final plea for freedom from the other me, and I snapped back into the gray bedroom, curled into a ball on the bed.
“Luke?”
A rush of energy forced me upright. Everything clicked back into place, no more spinning head, no more darkness.
“I think it worked,” I said in response.
I never expected to feel so perky straight away.
Luna stepped closer, narrowing her eyes as she bent to inspect my face. “It certainly did.”
“How can you tell?”
She didn’t answer that point. “Your invisibility?”
“What about it?”
“Test it.”
I did, the watery-like energy rippling across my body, removing me from sight.
“Good,” the enchanter said. “Return.”
I obeyed. “How come it still works but the other powers don’t?”
“The magic is geared to allow you some grace. Your invisibility can be a useful tool to keep you safe.”
Translation: Seth might want to exploit it again at some point. I wasn’t stupid.
“Your odd visions should also work as normal,” she said.
“I can’t test those. They come randomly.”
“I know.” Wow. Did she have to sound so snotty?
