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Authors: Dorothy McFalls
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wasn’t just one big scam.
It’s not a scam.
Still, she needed time to...adjust.
“If you’re a wizard, can you do magic?”
He flashed her a playful smile. “Nothing up my sleeves,” he said as he skated by her. He spun in a wide circle on the ice and raised his hands to the gray sky. A bright glowing ball formed in his hands. He spun again and sent the ball of light to the top of the large Christmas tree in the nearby square where it twinkled and sparkled before fading away.
The people around him clapped. Hadrian seemed startled that so many people had noticed his light display.
“Aren’t you afraid that they’ll find out that you’re magical and, I don’t know, storm the castle doors with pitchforks and torches?” Holly whispered.
“There’s nothing to see here,” he said. Holly felt a wave push out in all directions around her. There’s nothing to see here. There’s nothing to see here. “I did a little mind push,” he said. “The other skaters won’t remember seeing anything other than a man skating on the ice with a beautiful woman.”
“You can do that?”
“With some training, you’ll be able to do it, too.”
Holly shivered. “I’m not sure that I like that you can control other people’s minds. It scares me.”
“I can’t seem to control your mind,” Hadrian said.
“That’s supposed to make me feel better?” It did. A little. And she did like the beautiful ball of light he’d created.
She thrust her hand in the air. “Do you think I could call the powers of the storm to my hand?”
He was on her in a flash and lowered her arm as if frightened she just might cause a blaze of lightning to rip down from the sky. “Let’s not try that yet.”
She looked at her gloved hand. Her fingers tingled. And little sparkles of light danced on the tip of her thumb. Hadrian rubbed her hand between his until it felt normal again.
“Try not to pull the heavens down around our heads tonight,” he said as he skated off. “It’s harder to get people to forget something like that happening.”
“Am I still allowed to go to church?” she asked. “I mean, I’m not endangering anyone by being there, am I?” She swallowed hard and rushed on, not sure she wanted Hadrian to answer any of her questions. “God’s not going to strike me down for entering into his domain...will he?”
Hadrian skated past her. “Has he before?”
She shook her head. And then laughed. “Okay, okay, I get it. Still, I’m falling off the deep end a little.”
“Personally, I have nothing against going to church,” he said and then skated a full-circle around her. “I’ll go with you to the midnight service tonight. I like looking at all the candles.”
“Are we demons?” she whispered the question, afraid someone might overhear.
“Not that I know about,” he said as he skated by her again.
He seemed so at peace with the knowledge that he wasn’t even the same species as everyone around them. They were different. Sprang from the earth, perhaps. Found under a cabbage patch. Fell from the sky. Who knew? Holly certainly didn’t.
“Are you sure you’ve skated before?” Hadrian asked the next time he glided by her.
“Of course, I have,” she answered quickly enough and then suddenly got nervous that her non-humanness was showing. “Why?”
“Oh, no reason. Most skaters I know usually move around the rink, though.” He twirled around and skated backwards, smiling at her.
“How can you act so normal?”
His grin turned wry. “How else am I supposed to act?”
Good question. She used her toe pick to push off and glided across the ice. Nothing had changed in her life. Not really.
So, she wasn’t human. Several of the guys she had the misfortune of dating over the years weren’t human either...they couldn’t have been. Hadrian, on the other hand—
No, she probably shouldn’t get all gushy over him until she understood how things worked in this non-human world of his
It’s not a scam.
Still, she needed time to...adjust.
“If you’re a wizard, can you do magic?”
He flashed her a playful smile. “Nothing up my sleeves,” he said as he skated by her. He spun in a wide circle on the ice and raised his hands to the gray sky. A bright glowing ball formed in his hands. He spun again and sent the ball of light to the top of the large Christmas tree in the nearby square where it twinkled and sparkled before fading away.
The people around him clapped. Hadrian seemed startled that so many people had noticed his light display.
“Aren’t you afraid that they’ll find out that you’re magical and, I don’t know, storm the castle doors with pitchforks and torches?” Holly whispered.
“There’s nothing to see here,” he said. Holly felt a wave push out in all directions around her. There’s nothing to see here. There’s nothing to see here. “I did a little mind push,” he said. “The other skaters won’t remember seeing anything other than a man skating on the ice with a beautiful woman.”
“You can do that?”
“With some training, you’ll be able to do it, too.”
Holly shivered. “I’m not sure that I like that you can control other people’s minds. It scares me.”
“I can’t seem to control your mind,” Hadrian said.
“That’s supposed to make me feel better?” It did. A little. And she did like the beautiful ball of light he’d created.
She thrust her hand in the air. “Do you think I could call the powers of the storm to my hand?”
He was on her in a flash and lowered her arm as if frightened she just might cause a blaze of lightning to rip down from the sky. “Let’s not try that yet.”
She looked at her gloved hand. Her fingers tingled. And little sparkles of light danced on the tip of her thumb. Hadrian rubbed her hand between his until it felt normal again.
“Try not to pull the heavens down around our heads tonight,” he said as he skated off. “It’s harder to get people to forget something like that happening.”
“Am I still allowed to go to church?” she asked. “I mean, I’m not endangering anyone by being there, am I?” She swallowed hard and rushed on, not sure she wanted Hadrian to answer any of her questions. “God’s not going to strike me down for entering into his domain...will he?”
Hadrian skated past her. “Has he before?”
She shook her head. And then laughed. “Okay, okay, I get it. Still, I’m falling off the deep end a little.”
“Personally, I have nothing against going to church,” he said and then skated a full-circle around her. “I’ll go with you to the midnight service tonight. I like looking at all the candles.”
“Are we demons?” she whispered the question, afraid someone might overhear.
“Not that I know about,” he said as he skated by her again.
He seemed so at peace with the knowledge that he wasn’t even the same species as everyone around them. They were different. Sprang from the earth, perhaps. Found under a cabbage patch. Fell from the sky. Who knew? Holly certainly didn’t.
“Are you sure you’ve skated before?” Hadrian asked the next time he glided by her.
“Of course, I have,” she answered quickly enough and then suddenly got nervous that her non-humanness was showing. “Why?”
“Oh, no reason. Most skaters I know usually move around the rink, though.” He twirled around and skated backwards, smiling at her.
“How can you act so normal?”
His grin turned wry. “How else am I supposed to act?”
Good question. She used her toe pick to push off and glided across the ice. Nothing had changed in her life. Not really.
So, she wasn’t human. Several of the guys she had the misfortune of dating over the years weren’t human either...they couldn’t have been. Hadrian, on the other hand—
No, she probably shouldn’t get all gushy over him until she understood how things worked in this non-human world of his
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