Page 22 of Artemis' Bow
“Wait, why?” Thad asks.
“We could both end up electrocuted. I have experience with that and zero out of ten, do not recommend.” I shrug.
“Um, yeah, let’s not do that. The second your lightning hits my water it could take us both out.” Thad nods, taking a step back.
“Raven,” Jayden yells. “Come over here.”
“Wait,” I say. “Let’s see if my new trick works on her too.”
I focus all my attention on Raven and let my magic do its thing, but nothing happens. Raven is still in the same spot. My shoulders slump in defeat.
“Hey, it’s a brand-new trick. It might just take some practice.” Jayden squeezes my hip.
Yeah, he could be right, or my magic is just a horny bitch. I’m kind of thinking it’s the latter.
Raven jogs over and claps me on the shoulder. “Hey, stop being so hard on yourself. We can practice that until it works.”
“I actually had an idea that could help,” Jayden says.
“What kind of idea?” I ask.
“You’regods touchedtoo and you have battle magic. How do you access that?” Jayden asks Raven.
I frown in confusion, wondering where he’s going with this. We haven’t focused much on Raven or Greyson’s magic. We need to do better in the coming days because we will need every trick at our disposal to win against the queen of the gods.
“I just think about what weapon I need and pull it from the ether, why?” Raven asks.
“You don’t have a well of power in your gut?” I ask.
“Well, kind of, I guess? I never thought about it like that before.” Raven crosses her arms.
“Could you use it to erect a shield?” Jayden asks.
My eyes widen at the possibilities that could mean for us. If Raven can shield herself, then we could practice my magic, but it would also protect her in the battles ahead.
“Hmm, I probably could. I never thought about it because why would I need to when I can call a shield to me no problem. My brothers probably could too if they thought about it. I had battle magic before I wasgods touched.”
“The thing is that metal shields aren’t as strong as magic. They can be broken. If you erected a shield with magic, it would be at the same strength as anything thrown at you,” Jayden says. “In theory anyway.”
“That would be my guess as well. Even though I’m slightly more powerful than you, it should still hold up better than any shield you could call.” I nod.
“Slightly?” Raven scoffs. “You’re insanely powerful. Don’t be dense.”
“Are you in or what?” I tap my foot.
The incessant heat is starting to get to me but there’s no relief in sight. I really would like to kick Apollo in the nuts right now.
“Yes. Let’s do it. How do I access this magic I’ve never used before?” Raven asks.
“When I learned to access mine, I closed my eyes and searched inside for the magic and then grasped on to it and pulled it to my fingers,” I say.
“Okay, I can do this.” Raven nods and closes her eyes.
“Start small. Try creating a gauntlet over your hand made out of magic,” I coach her.
Surprise widens my eyes as a red haze forms over her hands after a second. I grip Jayden’s arm, waving my other hand in her direction excitedly as a red metal gauntlet forms over her hand.
“Holy shit.” I turn at the new voice, finding Dax standing there staring at his sister in awe.
