Chapter 64

Well, good for Adeline. The only tokens I had were battle wounds and a deep-seeded aversion to not being able to breathe.

At the sound of rushing water across the hall, I pulled the blinds open and creaked open the window enough for me to climb out. Two more hours until training time.

She bled out her true Sorceress essence onto the token. "It should say something," Adeline said, "for me to chant while I hold it and then my powers will return to me." After a pause, she said, "You set free my strongest gift."

Wait a minute. I'd heard that before. You set free my strongest gift. With...with... I blinked at my guitar in the corner of the room then lunged for its neck and my pick. Fingers settled over the right strings, I dragged the pick down in a quiet and horribly out of tune chord. But I kept playing, softly, so Dad wouldn't hear.