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The Arrival
Alessia
The tiny town of Twin Willows, Maine, looked like a toy village from five
hundred feet in the air. Most people never got to see that view, but most
people didn’t have my ability. They couldn’t pull their soul away from their
body and transform into a Falcon as I could. They couldn’t fly high into the
air and see their houses in miniature. There were only two other people I
knew who could do this. One was another Benandante like me, who
transformed into an Eagle. The other was of my enemy Clan, the
Malandanti. It took the form of a Raven, and it was currently bearing down
hard on my tail.
I swerved around the tip of a pine tree, shaking needles loose in my wake.
The Raven couldn’t match me in speed, but its need for revenge spurred it
on. Not long ago, I had broken both its wings in an all-out battle between
the two Clans, and it clearly wanted to return the favor.
Moonlight shot through night clouds. The Raven appeared at the corner
of my vision. Its silver aura gleamed. I dropped below the treetops. In the
distance I saw the copse of birch trees, their bark ghostly white in the
darkness. Just beyond it lay the Waterfall that was the source of all this
conflict, the reason the Benandanti and the Malandanti were here in this
dead-end, know-nothing town . . .
I heard the Waterfall before I saw it, rushing end over end. The silvery
glow of the Raven disappeared. I didn’t look to see where it had gone. The
birch trees loomed in front of me. I soared between them. Through the
brush, I saw the celestial light of the Benandanti that protected the
Waterfall. Once I reached that, the Raven couldn’t touch me.
A flash of silver blinded me. I screeched, blown backwards as the Raven
blocked my way. Its little trick of turning off its aura was extremely
frustrating—and useful. I needed to learn how to do that.
Alessia! Where are you? The voice of my Guide, Heath, rang through my
head. The Benandanti communicated telepathically—a convenient, if
sometimes annoying, power.
The Raven sniped at me. I circled up and away, out of its reach. At the
birch trees. The Raven’s giving me some trouble—
I’m coming. It wasn’t Heath but the Lynx, another member of our Clan.
Ever since we had regained control of the Waterfall, there were always two
of us on patrol there, and we were not allowed to leave until our
replacement showed up.
Far below on the ground, the Lynx appeared. I climbed, keeping the
Raven’s focus as it chased me upward. When it was just a feather’s distance
away, I stopped. All right, jackass, I thought, although the Raven could not
hear me. Let’s see you catch me now. And I dove.
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