"What are you doing here?" Morgan asked curiously.
"I asked him to come," Ciaran replied, drawing her attention away from Cal.
"Any particular reason?" Morgan asked.
"I thought we might have a circle," Ciaran replied.
Thinking about the circle that she would most likely forgo that very evening, Morgan nodded, "That sounds like a good idea."
Ciaran pulled out a stored box complete with the necessary establishing ingredients for a circle. Purifying their area, he beckoned them to join hands. Morgan found herself between Ciaran and Cal, across from a silent Killan. As they sent out their energies, Morgan felt the reassuring presence of Cal, his energy familiar to her from earlier experiences, and the energy of her family so like her own. Instant connection was achieved and she found herself asking, "Do you send your energy toward a purpose?"
Ciaran nodded, "What would you like to use yours for?"
"The strength to make decisions," Morgan replied.
"The patience to wait for what I want," Cal's words sounded eerily familiar like those of Robbie's when he had been pursuing Bree.
"The ability to trust," Killan said quietly.
"The fortitude for the tasks ahead," Ciaran added firmly.
Morgan felt the energy swarming into every cell of her body. It was invigorating and unreal. They slowly lowered their arms and the floating forces began to drift into the ground but their own reserves of the power did not dwindle. Figuring that she would have to release the energy, she began to ground herself, but a tentative hand stopped her. She looked up to see Ciaran shaking his magically ringed head slowly.
Confused, Morgan asked, "Then what?"
"Assimilate it," he replied. "Then release the excess."
She watched as her tugged in the spiraling tendrils of shimmering energy into his body. Slowly, all the light had disappeared from around, but she felt his radiating strength. Turning to her other companions, she saw similar processes, though neither had the capacity Ciaran had and allowed some of the energy to drift back into nature. They were similarly enforced by the power. Turning to her own body, she pulled it in, strand by strand, feeling invigorated as she brought more and more power in to couple her own. She did not need to let any of the power escape, though she felt full to the brink of its surging beauty.
"Wow," was all she could manage. "Wow."
"I asked him to come," Ciaran replied, drawing her attention away from Cal.
"Any particular reason?" Morgan asked.
"I thought we might have a circle," Ciaran replied.
Thinking about the circle that she would most likely forgo that very evening, Morgan nodded, "That sounds like a good idea."
Ciaran pulled out a stored box complete with the necessary establishing ingredients for a circle. Purifying their area, he beckoned them to join hands. Morgan found herself between Ciaran and Cal, across from a silent Killan. As they sent out their energies, Morgan felt the reassuring presence of Cal, his energy familiar to her from earlier experiences, and the energy of her family so like her own. Instant connection was achieved and she found herself asking, "Do you send your energy toward a purpose?"
Ciaran nodded, "What would you like to use yours for?"
"The strength to make decisions," Morgan replied.
"The patience to wait for what I want," Cal's words sounded eerily familiar like those of Robbie's when he had been pursuing Bree.
"The ability to trust," Killan said quietly.
"The fortitude for the tasks ahead," Ciaran added firmly.
Morgan felt the energy swarming into every cell of her body. It was invigorating and unreal. They slowly lowered their arms and the floating forces began to drift into the ground but their own reserves of the power did not dwindle. Figuring that she would have to release the energy, she began to ground herself, but a tentative hand stopped her. She looked up to see Ciaran shaking his magically ringed head slowly.
Confused, Morgan asked, "Then what?"
"Assimilate it," he replied. "Then release the excess."
She watched as her tugged in the spiraling tendrils of shimmering energy into his body. Slowly, all the light had disappeared from around, but she felt his radiating strength. Turning to her other companions, she saw similar processes, though neither had the capacity Ciaran had and allowed some of the energy to drift back into nature. They were similarly enforced by the power. Turning to her own body, she pulled it in, strand by strand, feeling invigorated as she brought more and more power in to couple her own. She did not need to let any of the power escape, though she felt full to the brink of its surging beauty.
"Wow," was all she could manage. "Wow."