Thomas looked up to the moon again, and was surprised to see that it was the end of the fourth hour. He switched his gaze down to the book before him. The instructions to end the spell were prosaic and anti-climactic. He closed his eyes, breathed deep, and visualized the power inside of him; willing it to calm itself, to settle within his body, and to be at his command. Then he rose to his feet and, with a single motion of one booted foot, broke both charcoal circles and stepped out.
He was stunned at how bright everything was.
Everything alive glowed, filling the world with energy and light. The grass was edged with a thin covering of deep, green light. The trees glowed green and white gold, their radiance large and spreading out into the night. Thomas stared at it all in amazement. Eve
