Free Healer (Brotherhood of the Throne Book 2) by Jane Glatt Page A

been assigned to watch over Brenna and see that she learned how to manage her magic. He remembered Avery and Neal when they’d first met at the border - neither one of them had looked comfortable at finding an unknown witch with so much power. It must be a good sign that Laurel was willing to let them leave.
    “How do you feel?” he asked Brenna after an hour of riding. It was a sunny day, and the trees were starting to bud. The road had wound around the lake and now they were heading towards the town. Blaze had spent a quiet few months in a barn – it was time to make sure she was reacquainted with a town and other horses and carts.
    “Fine.” She grinned at him. “But I always think that until I get off.”
    “So get off and then tell me,” he said. She looked at him in surprise before she laughed pulled up on her reins and slid to the ground.
    “I’m fine,” she said, then laughed and disappeared.
    Brenna’s horse snorted when her reins were dropped.
    “I agree, Blaze, invisible people are so tiring,” Kane said.
    “We are not,” came the response from on his left. “Just for that, I’m going to try something new.”
    Kane looked around, trying to figure out where she was. Blaze’s reins moved and then to his surprise, the horse disappeared. And snorted again, louder this time. Not a good sign.
    “Kane, I did it,” Brenna shouted above the sounds of a distressed horse.
    “You did, but Brenna.” He kept his voice calm to avoid further spooking the horse. “Make Blaze visible. Now,” he said firmly. He could hear Blaze stamping her feet and Runner pranced nervously in response.
    Both Brenna and her horse popped back into view, and Kane slid off Runner and grabbed the other horse’s reins.
    “It’s all right Blaze,” he crooned to the frightened horse. He ran his hand down her neck until her skin stopped twitching.
    “What were you thinking?” His voice was calm, but he was furious. “What would happen if she ran? Would she become visible? Could we track her? What if she’d hurt herself?”
    “Oh,” Brenna said. “Sorry, I didn’t think far enough ahead. I just thought of it and decided to try it.”
    “Exactly,” Kane said. “You don’t think things through. You can’t just try out spells. It’s too dangerous.”
    “I said I was sorry,” Brenna said. “I didn’t know the horse would react like that.” She hung her head. “I wasn’t even sure I could do it.”
    Kane sighed and handed Blaze’s reins back to Brenna. “Well now you know,” he said. “And I can see that it could be very useful, but you need to practice that in a safe way. With both horses.”
    “All right,” Brenna said. She tugged on Blaze’s reins and started walking back down to town. “I’ll practice with them. And I’ll let you know if I have any other ideas for using magic.”
    “Thank you,” Kane said. “We may not want Laurel to know you can do this. I’m not sure we should trust her with all of your talents. Do you think Mistress Utley gave her full reports on your progress?”
    “I don’t think so,” Brenna said. “Mistress Utley is a stickler for students trusting her. I’m sure she’s told Laurel that I have control over my power, but did she tell her I can control the weather, or,” Brenna looked over at him. “Make a horse invisible? I don’t think so.”
    “Can you?” Kane asked in surprise. “Control the weather?”
    “Yes, for a short time. Enough to send it somewhere else, although Mistress Utley councils that I must have a care for whomever unexpectedly gets that weather.”
    “I’m impressed,” Kane said. And he was. Already he could see the possibilities for battle. “How accurate are you when you redirect it?”
    “Not very,” Brenna said. “And so far I’ve only dared try to manage gentle breezes and small snow falls. I don’t think even Mistress Utley realized how much restraint I was using.”
    “Good,” Kane said. “You definitely should practice