VOL 2 : FORTY SEVEN : THE MEDIAN REALM (PART ONE)

“Wait here,” I told Dominic and took slow steps towards the clearing. I could sense magic everywhere, creeping over my skin like a slithering snake. I tapped the ground beneath me with the sole of my shoe. I could sense the ground was an illusion and only a witch could see through it.

I closed my eyes and allowed my senses to be awake to their full potential. I could hear the birds chirping, the smell of forest and the ground beneath me. Gradually, they all faded and I felt my shoes immerse into the ground which had turned soft like mud. The mud turned more moist and almost felt like water.

I opened my eyes and saw the ground beneath me had turned into water, like a lake. I dragged my feet over it, feeling an invisible ground that allowed me to walk on the water. As I kept moving forward, the intensity of the magic grew around me and when I reached the center of the lake, I saw something flash beneath the clear water.

The water had no color of its own, reflecting the dark sky above li