When There Is Magic

read. She walked to the washroom to rinse her mouth off and found her bath water steaming inside the stone tub. She rinsed her mouth wi

of Nomar. She had even forgotten about him. How bad

eal and have your wash. We shall cont

it. The meal was delicious and within few minutes, she was done with it. She gulped the cup

it open. Beatrice selected a blue dress that she could move easily in because of the training session she had later,

er. Besides, waiting for Lucia to come in to help her would be a waste of time. She knew Nomar wa

nto the tub and laid there for a few minutes. Beatrice liked being in the tub. The sense of peacefulne

ia to assist her, it was strenous and took a lot of time. When she was done putting them on, she slipped her dress on and sl

rm your magic," Nomar said. " Even though you have been blessed with water magic, you have also been blessed with a bit of wind mag

sh all the negative emotions out of her. She needed to reassure herself that she c

y whereabouts if he does not find me later," Beatrice said. " I think I rem

living area admiring the whole chamber before she finally closed the

of the castle. The door was made of teak wood and burnished with fine silver wax. It had a brass door knocker which Beatrice raised up and used to rap on the door the

exander had heard the knocks or not before a mu

in, my dear,"

shelves of books and documents on another side and a huge work table and chair to the other side

iration before the sound of Alexander clearing his throat b

iet reflection time. I came here to inform you in order that you may not be

at the lake side in as much as it is helping you and

usband, I would like to ta

t be sure to be back in t

office and closed the door gently. She briskly made her way out of the keep to the l

Nomar said. " Then repeat this chant after me. You must commi

aw that she was done with it, he started speaking the

ever ends, neither doe

ns of history itself jo

all be

all be

ngs life, ma

living, may life spark

eys, may your own jour

ake to my voice an

speak, I will listen,

she did so, the water in the lake rose up to the level of her

of controlling water to do your bidding. Now raise your

t to the right. The water followed the direction of her hand. She was in awe at the vision before her. So, she could now control

stage of the controlling of water. He asked Beatrice to go into the water, push a rock aside and stand

leaving only her undergarments on. She stepped into the lake warily and bit her lips at the chillnes

d. "It will make you immune to any form

of water i

skies above, and as it doe

figure, legs tremb

ul earth

fire canno

ng wind cannot

not out

ot withs

vine pun

as she did so, all the water flowed out of the lake to the bank. He also asked her to

thought. I never knew I co

e water flowed back into the lake once more. Then