It’s #BookQW and no one ‘misses’ Luna.
More from Chapter 4:
Strolling onto the beach below the looming headland, Luna loosened her silver energy. It swirled over her back and formed white-feathered wings nearly her height. Spreading them, she checked the breeze off the water to prepare for flight.
A burst of conversation sounded on the tavern decking behind her.
“Wow,” called the high voice of an awestruck kid, followed by a second, younger child’s high-pitched calling of, “Mum! Mum! Mum!”
Curses. Another minute and she’d have been airborne and not as noticeable.
“Shh,” the mother hushed them. “She’s a wizard, the same as you.”
Aye, but pure-white feathers were rare among Windborne and always attracted attention. Luna’s magic spread throughout her channels to buoy her body for flight, and she flapped hard, drawing additional squeals of delight, and rose with the wind. She circled with a warm thermal, letting it lift her alongside the headland known as Kittiwake Point. The family on Fintail’s deck continued to watch, their eyes shaded against light reflected off the whitewashed cliff—a natural whitewash from the colonies of seabirds nesting here: guillemots, razorbills and the point’s namesake, kittiwakes.
As she rose, their evening calls became distinguishable from the surf pounding the rocks below. Hundreds of birds swirled into the air, flying out and back again. Spotting her, they spun to circle her, wings everywhere, bills open in cries that merged into one piercing shriek. She flew straight through, letting them worry about missing her larger body and wings. Though she shouldn’t really take the time, Luna reached out with spread fingers.
It was their game.
Their cries growing frenzied, the birds dove, racing each other for a dip below her hand and a pet of their head feathers. Still she rose, moving the target, always amazed at their skill in making contact, her heart swelling with each brush of feathered silk.
At the cliff top, the rocks greened with clinging grasses and shrubs. The land flattened out, topped by the gray stone tower of Kittiwake Point Lighthouse.
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Soar into magic along the rugged coast of Scotland with Keepers of the Sea Cliffs. Download this sweet cozy fantasy everywhere ebooks are sold.
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On a personaly note:
It’s been a long month and a half since I posted here. We’ve traveled to check on our cabin, see the total eclipse and get in lots of bird watching along the way! With this excerpt of Luna flying among the birds, I should post my bird sightings, but I’ll come back to them, because our most exciting event was the eclipse viewing.
Since the 2017 eclipse, we’d planned to travel to relatives in Texas to see the April 2024 totality. And we did–but just barely. Clouds plagued our day and made us question our decision. However, we had plans, and with my my 85-year-old mom, sister and daughter who had never seen a total eclipse. We could drive around like Chicken Little looking for completely clear skies or stay in the comfort of a relative’s home and hope for the best.
All morning we played peek-a-boo with the sun.
Then, the clouds cleared and the best came.
And darkness! The garden lights came on!
Our photos won’t win any awards, but we saw the eclipse!
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