Free River Cast: Part Two in the Tale of Lunarmorte by Samantha Young Page B

But to travel you need to grab
hold of that energy, and wrap it around your body’s system...
cells, muscles, bones... everything, everywhere. You’ll know when
you’ve done it, believe me. It’s hard to explain, but you will.
Thing is though, it takes a lot of concentration, and at first a
lot of time to go through the process. You have the added complication of
having your lykanthrope energy. What we need you to do is wrap your
magik around that energy without merging the two energies
together.”
    Caia blinked, her heart
suddenly picking up speed. “What happens if they merge?”
    Mordecai glanced briefly
at a stoic Marion and then back to her. “We don’t know. We just
don’t want to take that chance. We need you to treat that energy as
carefully as you would an artery, wrap around it, but don’t rupture
it.”
    “ You don’t
have to do this, Caia,” Marion assured quietly.
    She felt the stares of the
trainees burning her cheeks and willed her heart to slow down.
There was no way she was going to fail in front of these guys. That
was exactly what they wanted. And if she was going to make a
difference in this war, then she was going to need to prove herself
to the Daylights first hand.
    “ No. I’m
doing this.”
    Mordecai grinned. “Good.
Now close your eyes... and do as I asked.”
    Quickly and easily, Caia
grabbed a hold of the steely vapour that was her magik energy, and
completely disengaged from the heat that allowed her to change into
a wolf. Now the hard part. So, she was to what... wrap the energy
around every molecule of her being…
    Ohhhkkaaaay.
    She started with her toes,
and Mordecai was right. She knew when a part of her body was
complete in the process. She followed it through until her very
hair tingled with energy.
    “ Done,” she
said, and was surprised to hear a flurry of whispering.
    “ Uh...”
Mordecai seemed to hesitate. Her eyes flew open and he was staring
at her incredulously, whilst Marion smiled, almost smugly. “Caia,
are you sure?”
    She nodded, holding on
tight to her transformation. “Yeah, you said I would know, you were
right... it’s a weird kind of certainty.”
    “ But you did
that in seconds?” He gaped like a fish.
    She frowned. “Is that
wrong?”
    Marion chuckled. “It
usually takes a lot longer the first few times. You’ve done it like
you’ve been doing it for years.”
    Oh. Well, that
was good right?
    Mordecai gulped. “I see
what you’ve been talking about, Marion.”
    “ What?” Caia
quizzed, looking between the two.
    “ Uh, Caia,
now for the next part.” Mordecai now seemed even more excited to
move it along. “I want you to visualise your guest suite. Think of
a suitable spot you can materialise in and go there. But... you
have to have an extremely clear vision in mind.”
    She closed her eyes and
imagined a spot on the thick beige carpet that felt like clouds
beneath her bare feet; a spot that stood just in front of the
chaise longue placed at the end of the opulent bed. Yeah, there was
plenty of room to crash land there.
    “ OK.”
    “ You’re
sure?”
    “ Pretty
much.”
    “ OK. Now
tighten your hold on your energy and picture yourself in that spot;
move yourself into that spot with your mind.”
    She did as he
asked.
    “ OK. Now
what?”
    She was met by
silence.
    “ Guys?”
    Wait. The floor had gotten
awful squishy beneath her feet. And was that lavender air
freshener?
    Her eyes flew open, and
she stumbled back gasping. Holy moly, she was in her guest suite.
She had done it! She had done it!
    “ Aaaahhh!”
She laughed, jumping up and down like a little kid. She had
freakin’ done it on her first go! She grinned out into the city of
Paris. “Take that, Daylight snobs!”
    Her face was about to
crack under the pressure of that grin, her adrenaline shooting
through every part of her body, sending her into shaky excitement.
OK, she had to calm down... it was time for the finale.
    Following Mordecai’s
instructions, she