Shade of Destiny (The Foreseeing) Read Online Free Page B

as a guide. He felt as though someone had dragged him through brambles, his skin tingled and his head rushed and when he looked around he saw they were now standing outside of Elina’s cottage in the centre of the forest. They had moved such a distance in the blink of an eye. William shook his head and decided he had finally gone mad... around him the forest was quiet; the sound of small animals running in the opposite direction echoed around the silent trees.
         Beside him Aerona studied the cottage, it was a modest place made of stone; ivy crawled up the walls and flowers grew around it. Through a window at the front of the house, she could see a figure in front of a stone fire. The amber light from the flames cast shadows around the small room. The laughter that echoed from inside mocked Aerona. She scowled and placed her palm on the window pane, a tiny crack appeared then suddenly it exploded, shards of glass went flying, a few hit William’s face and blood slowly poured down his cheek, he felt each cut tentatively, finding everything hard to understand. The figure inside the cottage froze and shouted out.
         “ Who’s there?”
         Aerona smirked and waved her hand. The fire blew out. The room was plunged into darkness, the only light came from the moon shimmering through the canopy. Aerona then closed her eyes and appeared beside the figure. William frowned, she had moved like before, he rubbed his eyes but he still saw the strange woman inches away from Elina.
         “ Recognise me Elina?” Aerona sneered.
         Elina gasped and instinctively glanced to her side; there, in a small cot, her baby slept, a mop of black hair falling around her face and a golden necklace against her chest. Elina waved a hand and the fire relit. The room was suddenly lit with a golden glow. Aerona followed Elina’s gaze and smiled cruelly, lifting a hand to stroke Elina’s cheek. Elina shuddered at the touch, it was as though cold water ran down her face, she recoiled from the contact for Aerona’s fingertips were blades of ice. Elina and Aerona stared at each other for a long time, William watched them warily from outside the window. He knew the look of pain on Elina’s face; Aerona was searching her mind. He felt completely helpless, this woman was not human; she was a Sorceress, something unholy and evil which he had never seen before and would never understand.
         “ What do you want Aerona?” Elina gasped managing to break the gaze. Aerona frowned and waved her arm. Every single piece of furniture exploded into a thousand fragments. Most found Elina, cutting her as they went past. Her baby daughter began to cry, the wood narrowly missing the cot. Aerona smiled, control and fear restored. Aerona had imagined Elina to be weak, to fall at her gaze and to beg for mercy. The fact that she had torn herself away from Aerona’s eyes infuriated her. The rage built as she watched Elina bleed.
         “ I want you dead!” Aerona finally screeched, self control completely lost, “You have been a thorn in my side since you came to your powers. And now I hear of a prophecy about you? Well that just makes my blood boil. You are worthless, far more pathetic than I could have ever imagined. And do you know something I laughed when your husband died, the little hero, murdered? That was a sweet taste in my mouth, and he left you to raise the baby on your own... how terribly selfish of him.”
         Elina’s daughter whimpered. Elina clenched her fists and went to move towards her baby, Aerona cackled and lifted her hand. Elina flew into a nearby wall, flung through the air by an invisible force. The wall cracked and debris fell onto Elina’s unmoving body. The baby began to cry again and Aerona walked slowly over to it, leaning over the edge of the cot, her fire red hair near to the baby’s face.
         “ You must be Wynn, you’re too young to understand what I’m about to say but I shall