I turned to the mountains in the moonlight and tried dropping all my walls once more.
S’Kir lit up like a bonfire, and the magic pulsed everywhere again, creating a second skin for the reality around me.
Blue.
Everything was blue.
This time, the mountains were not angry, but slumberous. Sleepy, lazy, tired.
Which explained why the tremors seemed slow and lazy, and not in any rush to get anything done. I watched the power slide toward the Spine. As it got closer, it changed color to a brighter blue, and Iknewthat it was gathering energy there.
Still, it wasn’t time to let the Spine be broken. I couldn’t allow one single color or emotion to be the ruling force as it fell. I needed all of them to work together.
I dropped to my knees, slapping a hand on the ground this time, and yanked on the magic, pulling it back from the mountain.
It wasn’t listening.
I pulled harder.
Still nothing. It just wasn’t obeying me more than locally.
“What the hell…”
“What’s going on?” Drez gasped, sliding through the dirt and landing on his knees next to me.
“It’s not listening to me. I need the tremors to stop.” I panted.
Trying again, I pulled as hard as I could on the magic. It wobbled and almost started reversing, but it was localized and weak…
I flopped back on my backside and slapped both of my hands on the ground. “I have to stop it.”
His hand dropped on to my shoulder, and he gasped. “Jallina!”
She ran over and knelt next to me, grabbing my hand.
“Oh, Kimber. When was the last time you had sex?”
“What?”
“Drez, your hand.” She held hers up, and Drez slapped his hand into her palm.
A shock of energy went through me. Pure, clean power and I slapped my hand back on the ground again.
“Stop!” I drew the magic back, down, away from the Spine where it was trying. “Stop, stop, it’s not time. Come back and rest.”
The tremors started to slow this time. There was no sudden stop as there had been the last time. This time, it took its time settling, relaxing, and I saw the blue blending back into the other colors.
It finally stopped.
I pulled my hand off the ground.
I let go of Jallina’s hand.
“No, no!” Drez tried to stop me from moving away from him.
Then everything went black.
Chapter Seven
