Chapter 15

Bri

Before my consciousness returned I had a vision of my father’s death again but this time I could hear his words clear as day. In translation, his words were ‘Find The Beast that is your heart, seek out the protectors of the swamp, they will vow to protect you my Bri.’ When I woke, I listened to the two deep voices just outside the space I was in. Groggy, I had trouble focusing on their words. My newly amped magic reached out testing when the massive presence of the dominant one stilled, caressing mine. I felt something rise within him, feral but non-threatening, protective even natural, and beautifully ancient. My energy and his swirled around each other. Testing and pulling, like flames licking at each other’s potential measuring and feeling the othe out. Within moments the pulsing waves were caressing each other, like cat leaning into an open hand, intent on fingers running through their coats.

My brain flickered the memory of wet fur, and hazel eyes with flecks and rims of o