Page 64 of A Highland Gargoyle's Lucky Star
“Excellent,” Nasser says. “Now, hold on to that feeling and spread your awareness out.”
“With my mental tentacles?” Noah asks, his expression full of mirth.
“Aye.”
Noah closes his eyes again, his brow furrowing in concentration.
Just when I think he’s going to tell us he can’t sense anything, his eyes fly open and his mouth opens in an “O” of surprise.
Nasser grins. “Found it, did you?”
“Holy shit. It’s so strong. I don’t know how I didn’t notice it until now.”
“It’s all about honing your awareness.”
“Right. So I found it, but what do I do next?”
Nasser waves a tentacle airily. “You need to tap into the line.”
Noah does a double take. “Huh? How am I supposed to do that?”
Nasser rolls his eyes as if to sayduh. “With your magical feelers.”
“Let me get this right.” Noah blinks at him. “You want me to, what, feel up a magical ley line with my mental tentacles?”
“It’s not quite as pervy as all that, but if you’ve got a dirty mind and that helps you do this, then I say embrace it.”
It’s Noah’s turn to roll his eyes. “Fine. Let me take a stab at it.”
“A wee poke, if you will,” Nasser says, grinning from ear to ear.
Noah turns his glittering gaze on me. “He’s trouble.”
I snort. “Aye, that he is.”
Nasser continues to murmur words of encouragement at Noah as he concentrates on what he’s doing, but my attention starts to drift.
Although we’re a fair distance from the shoreline, my gargoyle senses are warning me that something’s wrong. My eyes scan the trees along the water, searching for any hint of trouble.
“Elryk! I did it!”
Noah reaches over and clasps my hand.
I gasp as he unintentionally channels a rush of raw, overwhelming power from the ley line directly into me.
“Noah, let go of the line!” Nasser shouts. “You’re channeling too much, too fast.”
My nerve endings feel like they’re on fire.
I also have the slightly outlandish thought that I could bench press DarkWing Castle with how powerful this is making me at the moment.
Naturally, when we’re all distracted, is precisely the moment that someone attacks.
Chapter fourteen
Noah
Mama Delilah’s Daily Horoscope Reading
