She stood in front of the new Gap in a wide stance with her hands held out on either side. White lightning coiled around her body. Every inch of her glowed so bright it burned my eyes. I needed to look away but I refused. The ground rumbled under her feet. Thunder roared over our heads. Wind crashed through the shattered windows and whipped around her. Her hair flew around her body. Ice shot out from under her feet and covered the wooden floor.
Her palms filled with white light so pure and bright it made tears run down my cheeks. It was the most magic I’d ever seen a witch summon. No witch should’ve been capable of having so much magic…but she had it in the palm of her hands. It was our magic. All of it. Combined and funneling through hers.
She lifted both hands above her head. The sky cracked, and a lightning bolt three feet wide struck her fingers. The shadow demon hissed and started to climb out of the Gap. The greater demon growled and spit its venomous saliva.
Tegan flung her hands right at the Gap. For a moment, everything turned white. I threw my hand up to shield my eyes. A scream that would forever haunt my memories echoed through the gymnasium. Lightning flashed. I uncovered my eyes. Flames flicked out of the Gap…that was closing. That three-foot circle was shrinking by the millisecond. A wave of ice surged up from the ground and covered the opening. Smoke billowed from under it.
She waved her hand in the air then curled her fingers into a fist.
The Gap flared with purple light then vanished out of sight.
“Oh my Goddess… She just…she just…”
She spun on her toes, and a cold chill slipped down my spine. Tegan’s eyes were the purest of white with golden rims around golden irises. Not golden like Emersyn’s, but actual gold. They looked just like Gabriel the Angel’s.
She smiled and took a step toward us.
Chapter Fifty-Four
Tennessee
She took a few steps then rolled to the balls of her feet and charged straight for us.
For the first time, I was afraid of her. I scurried back, though it wouldn’t matter. If she wanted us, she’d get us. There was nowhere we could go or run. She was too powerful. My pulse beat faster than I thought possible. My fingers trembled from the adrenaline rushing through my veins. The air I sucked in burned. My heart climbed into my throat like it wanted to jump overboard and abort mission.
She pumped her arms and raced toward our cage. Her mouth moved and a spell rumbled softly from her lips, but I didn’t recognize it. The magic bars of our cage changed from white to yellow, then yellow to orange, orange to red. They morphed through every color in the color wheel and then some. Colors I didn’t even know existed. It was mesmerizing and confusing. The energy around the bars surged brighter, wrapping around the color-changing bars until they were completely covered.
Tegan raised one hand, and her fingers flexed. Emersyn flew back and landed in our cage.
A wall of white appeared behind Tegan. She slid to a stop and swung her arms like she was swinging a baseball bat. Her magic shot out of her hand as a thick white rope, sizzling with magic like our cage bars had been. The white wall loomed behind her. The rope wrapped around our magic cage like a lasso.
My eyes widened. What are you doing?
Tegan gripped the rope and pulled. Our cage flew forward, carrying all of us toward her and through the white wall.
There was a pop, and then the bars exploded like fireworks. I threw my hands over my head and braced myself. Everything fell silent. Cold air brushed over my back. Voices murmured in the distance, but not too far away. My senses went into overload.
I uncovered my head and looked up.
My breath left me in a rush. We weren’t in our school’s gymnasium anymore. We weren’t inside anywhere. It was dark out with a golden moon glimmering above in the black sky. We sat in the center of a small, rectangular grassy field. Tall trees surrounded us, towering above. On two sides of the field, huge chunks of gray stone were built into a short wall.
What. The. Hell.
“We’re not in Kansas anymore, Toto,” Deacon mumbled.
“Holy Goddess Mother,” Easton grumbled between coughs. “What the hell…”
I glanced over my shoulder. All of the Elders looked around with wide eyes and their mouths hanging open. They knew where we were. So did I. I’d been in this exact spot before. My father had taken me more than once. My friends looked around in confusion, but I was just shocked. I didn’t need to walk over to the stone walls to know there were benches built into them. I knew there was a cemetery on the other side. This was a memorial, for all of those lost.
Light flickered. When I looked up, I found Tegan standing there with that glowing basketball of our magic in her hand.
She spun around in a slow circle, taking in her surroundings. Then she turned and looked at us with a big, devious smile. “Welcome to Salem.”
The Coven has finally made it to Salem. Want to know if Tegan and Emersyn close the Gap or rip it wide open? Find out in Book Five of the Elemental Magic series, THE ETERNAL WITCH. CLICK HERE to sign up for my newsletter and you’ll receive an email alert when it’s available late summer 2018!
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Chandelle was born and raised in South Florida. She is the ultimate fangirl. Her love of Twilight, Harry Potter, and The Mortal Instruments inspired her to write her own books. When she’s not writing she’s on the beach soaking up the sun with a book in her hand. Her favorite things in life are dogs, pizza, slurpees, and anything that sparkles. She suffers from wanderlust and hopes to travel to every country in the world one day.
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