Lisa Dawn

I am feeling quite generous today so I thought I would share one of my favorite parts from A tale of two witches.



 

Searing anger engulfed me and it felt like hot lava was coursing through my veins.  I could sense my temperature was rising, just like on those scorching summer days.  My heart began to pound faster and faster and a painful tingling sensation flew slowly through my body.  Unable to control what was happening, my body started to twist and bend in ways I never thought was humanely possible, and I swore my bones were breaking.  The pain was so intense that I couldn’t help myself—I howled in agony.

“LEXI!” Tessa cried out and I could tell by the high pithiness in her voice something was wrong.

“That’s amazing.”  Sebastian’s eyes grew big and everyone stopped eyeballing me and gazed at Sebastian like a deer caught in the headlights.

The temperature of the heat streaming through me escalated and I raised my hand to my forehead and jumped back.

“How are you feeling Lexi?”  Delena wondered.

“I feel weird, hot and scared.”  I screeched.

“You are the most beautiful creature I have ever seen and I’ve been around for eighty years.  I have only seen these wonderful beings in books!”  Sebastian couldn’t contain his excitement.

“Creature?  Oh my god what am I?  Am I hideous?  I wish I had a mirror!”  I clamored.

Out of the thin blue sky a full length mirror appeared right in front of me.  I gasped in horror at the image reflecting back at me.  I lifted one arm and then the other, watching the fire bounce upon my body with shades of gold.  An eye catching array of reds, blues, greens, yellows, oranges and purples were covering me like I was being hugged by a rainbow.

“What am I?”

“Um…was I the only one that noticed the mirror falling from the sky?”  Michaela giggled trying her hand at comedy.  We just looked at her and shook our heads.

“You are absolutely exquisite.  You’re a Phoenix.”  Sebastian’s face lit up like a Christmas tree.