Chapter 3

Keira snapped the damned tree branch in two. “I’ve had enough of visualizing! Teach me something useful.”

            Roan merely stood and broke off another branch from the oak they sat beneath. “Stay focused"do you want to regain your Pyre or not?”

            She nodded grimly.

            “Alright, then let’s try again.” He pressed the broken tree limb into her palm, lighting a flame on the opposite end. “Here is the source of your power: a flame that you find within yourself. Once, we were able to channel the energy from that flame through our bodies as magic.”

            “Like the smoke,” she chimed in dutifully.

            “Yes, once the smoke would have been contained within you. Now where does it go?”

            “Well how should I know?”

            “Look.”

            She followed his eyes to the smoke, which rose up into the sky and created a small puffing cloud. “It’s escaping into the air?”

            “Exactly. The Theif has learned how to expel our magic, leaving it floating about the world.”

            “But why would he want to banish the Pyre?”

            “That, miss, is why we go to the capitol. An old friend of mine has studied the Pyre longer than anyone I’ve ever known. He must know how it can be used.”

            Keira frowned. “And abused.”

Reviews

[xx_strawberry_xx]

I agree with Daydreamer54 that this chapter should be a continuation of Chapter 2, just because of how short it is. I also agree with the fact that we get to see that Kiera is impatient. It makes her seem more realistic and human. Well done :)

[Daydreamer54]

i thinbk this little bit should be added on to chapter 2. I like how we get a glimpse of Kiera's character that she's impatient...