ALTOR The Shadow Rebellion (The Chronicles of Ageron)

ALTOR: The Shadow Rebellion (The Chronicles of Ageron)
‘What was that?’ I ask enquiringly, confused at not having
known of his latest power.
‘My most recent ability,’ he responds, clearly impressed with
himself. ‘It only arrived yesterday, but I’ve already been able to
control it.’
Abilities can often take weeks, or even months to master. I
have been relatively lucky with mine. The longest it has ever taken
for me to master a power was a week, and that was for
envelishment, but I have never been able to control a power
within a single day.
‘Why didn’t you tell me?’
‘I was going to, but I didn’t think the timing was right,’ he
says. ‘Besides, I wanted to surprise you by kicking your butt.’
I offer a laugh, but it emerges as more of a cough than
anything else.
‘That you did!’
‘You don’t need to tell me that,’ he responds with a smile
wider than I have ever seen him produce.
I can’t help but laugh. It’s not often that I am taken by
surprise during training, but today has most certainly been an
exception.
‘I really am sorry,’ he offers, interrupting the short silence that
had filled the space around us.
‘Don’t mention it. You’ll get yours!’ I say.
‘But, I don’t understand?’ he asks mockingly, prompting a
short-lived silence. ‘How am I supposed to defend myself against
a girl?’
I reach out to grab him and place him in a headlock, but
before my arm reaches him he reduces himself to a ball of green
light that vanishes instantly from in front of me.
Just as I prepare myself to envelish and join him back home,
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