Author's note: I decided to say screw waiting :) I'm way to excited to get this book up so here' the prologue. Oh a detail I changed is that it takes place roughly 15 years after Roze is executed and her soul trapped in glass. Let me know what you all think!
Love,
Hawk Mistress
BROKEN GLASS
Prologue
Lily Jewelrose crept behind a tree. She looked out, counting ten guards, five of them being magicians hand picked by the counsel for this assignment. Her emerald eyes glinted in the moonlight.
That'll be the last time those jerks make fun of me and call me a coward, she says in her head, thinking back to her first-year classmates.
As the fifteen year-old magician in training closed her eyes to focus, she pulled a thread of power and used it to put all the guards to sleep, even the magicians hit the ground unsuspectingly. Lily stood and ran into the small hut. Sitting on a stand with a cage around it was a small glass figurine. She walked forward, strangely drawn to it. She used magic to pick the lock, which fell to floor with a solid thunk. She lifted the iron bars around the glass figurine and stared at it in awe. Lily picked up the figure.
There was a blue light glowing within it and she thought she could feel heat emanating from it. The Jewelrose jumped when she thought she heard something hiss seductively in her ear. The figurine slipped from her hands at the sudden movement. It seemed to fall in slow motion and a scream caught in her throat. The glass shattered into millions of tiny pieces. When the glass broke she felt a wave of power wash over her skin...
Bain Bloodgood sat in his office, working on old history textbooks that Dax Greenblade had translated. Bain sighed with exhaustion. Being First Magician was beginning to wear him out. He and Irys worked well together and he trusted the Second Magician wholeheartedly. It had been a blow to everyone when Zitora Cowan had decided to renounce her title as Second Magician to leave and search for her missing sister. But Irys adapted well to the new workload. They both had to do twice the work now that there were only two Master Magicians.
He rested his head back and his heart skipped a beat when he felt a tremendous explosion of power, causing a ripplie in the power source. He shot to his feet.
What in blazes was that, he thought, his heart hammering in his chest.
Irys Jewelrose slept soundly, having dreams of riding her horse Silk for hours out on the plains and even into the Zaltanas' forests. She could feel the wind whipping at her face, making her feel wild and free.
"Irys..."
The Second Magician shot bolt upright, her emerald eye wide. She could have sworn she heard Roze Featherstone's voice, whispering her name. And at the same time she had felt a giant rush of power ripple across the power source. She looked out the window to the full moon.
Something's not right, she thought to herself as she lied back down, staring at the ceiling.
Zitora Cowan sat huddled by a fire. She was cold even though she was rapped in her cloak and it was at times like this, she wished she still had Roze to hold her close and spread warmth through her body. Just as she was dozing off, she felt the hair on her arms and neck stand up and a surge of electricity ran across her skin. The power source seemed to shake at the tremendous release of power.
She stared at the sky, knowing that Irys and Bain had felt it too.
It's their problem now, Zitora thought as she fell onto her back and rolled over to go to sleep.
Lily stood in shock, terrified, knowing with her whole being that she had screwed up big time. She turned to walk out and get out of there before someone showed up. She felt a blast of cold air shoot through her body, throwing her onto her back.
Her eyes were shut tight and it felt as if someone's hands were holding her down. Her first thought was that her spell had worn off and one of the magicians outside had hit her with magic.
"Thank you," she heard a cold voice whisper in her ear.
She shivered as she could feel the breath snaking across her ear. She opened her eyes to find, holding her down, the transparent figure of Roze Featherstone.
Author's note: Uh oh O.o She's baaaaack! Dun dun dah! Haha sorry had to throw that in there :) Hope the prologue has caught enough people's eye and I hope you enjoyed it. Keep watch for the next installment!
Love always,
Hawk Mistress
