safety and security of both Halls of Care.
Flora felt the nagging need to find Fern, something was not quite right, and she almost ran to the hovel they had shared before her move into the Hall with her new mates. She found her mentor struggling to rise from her sleeping pallet as the vacant eyed girl Fern had insisted she needed, sat in the corner quietly.
She helped Fern to sit and after a short discussion, which was more of an argument on Flora’s part, the three women headed to the lake very slowly as Fern’s energy was almost depleted.
Hawk watched from a distance. The haste of Flora’s search for Fern alarmed him. The sight of her struggling to hold the bent body upright and moving in the direction of the lake bothered him enough for him to move in behind the two women and pick up Fern into his arms to conserve her energy for the remaining walk. The vacant brained female shuffled behind them as they made their way.
“Lord Hawk, you must listen to my words, the day you pulled me from this water, I was being possessed by the soul of Flora’s ancestor, the Lady Copper. Over one hundred years ago, she was killed in battle in this very lake, she killed her enemy before she herself succumbed to her wounds and sank into the deep waters here. Her soul could not complete the transition to me, thus leaving me with half a soul with both hers and mine fighting for supremacy and control. The time has come for me to reunite the souls, and my sacrifice to the Goddess has been answered. You see the woman’s shell yonder playing with the flutterby’s, I see the shell that will house the soul of the Lady Copper. She was the greatest Witch that this Hall has ever seen. I would allow her the chance to live again, to finally complete the life she was fated to enjoy before her untimely demise. Flora knows what must be done, by the Goddess, please do not interfere.”
As soon as they reached the water’s edge, he set her on her unsteady feet, holding her arm as she waded into the water. He and Flora stood watching as the woman slowly continued toward the center of the lake and disappeared as the water closed over her bent head. After several minutes and Fern did not bob back to the surface, Hawk felt the hand on his arm, stifling his urge to rescue the woman. She whispered, “No interference.”
No matter how much she wanted to stop herself from completing her instructions, Flora followed Fern’s directives to the letter. It was simple really, all she had to do was lead the pretty shell of a woman to the water and tell her to go, “Your soul lies deep, there is nothing to be afraid of, you will become whole again.” The woman smiled widely and splashed her way into the water as Flora stood back, clasping Hawk’s hand in hers.
“Fern told me that she has been at war within herself since the day you rescued her from the water. She told me that she had breathed her last before her body hit the water, and when she sank, she felt a mighty tug deep inside where her soul was departing. At the same time she felt a push inside as if something large and fiery had lodged itself inside of her body. The last she remembered was you pulling her to the surface, as half of her soul was torn away. Her visions have shown her what happened and now she seeks to make the mistake right.”
They watched from the shore as the woman disappeared beneath the surface of the water, just as Fern had. After a few minutes Flora pulled him away from the water’s edge. “We must stand back, the last time a Witch went under this water, she made it rain lightening and hailstones, while she gathered energy to fight in the battle. I am staying back for now, until the transfer of souls has been completed, and the Lady Copper surfaces to walk among the living, whole and full of purpose.” She did not tell Hawk that if this transfer of souls didn’t work then she would be the one taking on her ancestor’s soul until she could find one worthy of using it.
Flora felt the nagging need to find Fern, something was not quite right, and she almost ran to the hovel they had shared before her move into the Hall with her new mates. She found her mentor struggling to rise from her sleeping pallet as the vacant eyed girl Fern had insisted she needed, sat in the corner quietly.
She helped Fern to sit and after a short discussion, which was more of an argument on Flora’s part, the three women headed to the lake very slowly as Fern’s energy was almost depleted.
Hawk watched from a distance. The haste of Flora’s search for Fern alarmed him. The sight of her struggling to hold the bent body upright and moving in the direction of the lake bothered him enough for him to move in behind the two women and pick up Fern into his arms to conserve her energy for the remaining walk. The vacant brained female shuffled behind them as they made their way.
“Lord Hawk, you must listen to my words, the day you pulled me from this water, I was being possessed by the soul of Flora’s ancestor, the Lady Copper. Over one hundred years ago, she was killed in battle in this very lake, she killed her enemy before she herself succumbed to her wounds and sank into the deep waters here. Her soul could not complete the transition to me, thus leaving me with half a soul with both hers and mine fighting for supremacy and control. The time has come for me to reunite the souls, and my sacrifice to the Goddess has been answered. You see the woman’s shell yonder playing with the flutterby’s, I see the shell that will house the soul of the Lady Copper. She was the greatest Witch that this Hall has ever seen. I would allow her the chance to live again, to finally complete the life she was fated to enjoy before her untimely demise. Flora knows what must be done, by the Goddess, please do not interfere.”
As soon as they reached the water’s edge, he set her on her unsteady feet, holding her arm as she waded into the water. He and Flora stood watching as the woman slowly continued toward the center of the lake and disappeared as the water closed over her bent head. After several minutes and Fern did not bob back to the surface, Hawk felt the hand on his arm, stifling his urge to rescue the woman. She whispered, “No interference.”
No matter how much she wanted to stop herself from completing her instructions, Flora followed Fern’s directives to the letter. It was simple really, all she had to do was lead the pretty shell of a woman to the water and tell her to go, “Your soul lies deep, there is nothing to be afraid of, you will become whole again.” The woman smiled widely and splashed her way into the water as Flora stood back, clasping Hawk’s hand in hers.
“Fern told me that she has been at war within herself since the day you rescued her from the water. She told me that she had breathed her last before her body hit the water, and when she sank, she felt a mighty tug deep inside where her soul was departing. At the same time she felt a push inside as if something large and fiery had lodged itself inside of her body. The last she remembered was you pulling her to the surface, as half of her soul was torn away. Her visions have shown her what happened and now she seeks to make the mistake right.”
They watched from the shore as the woman disappeared beneath the surface of the water, just as Fern had. After a few minutes Flora pulled him away from the water’s edge. “We must stand back, the last time a Witch went under this water, she made it rain lightening and hailstones, while she gathered energy to fight in the battle. I am staying back for now, until the transfer of souls has been completed, and the Lady Copper surfaces to walk among the living, whole and full of purpose.” She did not tell Hawk that if this transfer of souls didn’t work then she would be the one taking on her ancestor’s soul until she could find one worthy of using it.
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