Drake Sisters 03 - Oceans of Fire

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    These things say she
    Who holds the gifts of the seven
    Who walks at twilight
    Holding the seven golden lamps
    Seven sisters intertwined
    Controlling elements of air, land and sea
    Cannot control the fate they flee
    One by one, oldest to last, destiny shall claim them When the locked gate swings open in welcome
    The first shall find true love
    As the sisters stand in wonder
    At what destiny has done
    Within each sister’s heart now beats passion
    While love turns as a key

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    By the time the year is ended
    Each will follow thee
    Remember therefore from whence you came
    Knowing that in the end it is the seventh
    That will renew the line again
    Seven daughters of a seventh daughter
    Each gifted each giving each tied to one another
    For those who have ears let them hear
    For those who have eyes let them see
    For all that I have said shall come to be
    To the eldest is gifted agility, grace
    And the knowledge to see what future we face
    Second in line speaks peace with a word
    While the third calls truth from the unspoken word
    Next comes the healer with hands that can find
    That which is deadly and make it unbind
    The fifth harnesses elements of air, wind and sea
    As the sixth sister sings a spell over thee
    Last of the seven youngest of all
    Possesses the greatest gift of them all
    To her falls the bearing of children to be
    So that the line will continue and forever more be
    Each gift has a challenge which must be overcome
    The seven free sisters must act now as one
    With grace and agility comes great bodily fatigue
    While speaking peace raises ire and continual need
    The calling for truth from the unspoken word
    Gives way to illusion for naught has been heard
    She whose hands can undo death for another
    Will take on the illness and hope to recover
    The harnessing of wind tides and sea
    Gives way for the unknown to be
    As the spell singer sings casting her spell
    One misspoken word and all’s to no avail
    For the seventh child of the seventh daughter
    New corridors open holding illusion, power
    But which path to take and where does it lead
    Choices to make while each plants a seed
    These things I have spoken so harken ye well
    For lives you are changing with each casting of spell But know in your heart when you must turn away

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    For some will be lost as it is destiny’s way
    Yours is a legacy not easily borne
    So beware of the pitfalls and careful of thorns
    The gifts they are many
    Born from the past
    Surviving the years for the future to last
    From mother to daughters
    And back through the line
    The gifts that you carry always will bind
    Prophecy written by Anita Toste,
    eleventh daughter in the infamous
    and magical King family,
    in the year before the great wars
    between Magick and Science

Chapter 1
    BRIGHT colors; orange, pink, and red streaked across the sky, turning the ocean into a living flame as the sun set low over the sea. Twenty feet below the surface of the water, Abigail Drake stilled, mesmerized by the sudden, rare beauty of fire pouring into the sea like molten lava.
    The dolphins swimming in lazy circles around her took on a completely different appearance as the bands of orange shimmered through the water, casting shadows everywhere. She was suddenly, acutely aware of night falling and that just a few feet away, murky darkness could so easily hide danger. She knew better than to dive alone. It was one of the stupidest things she’d ever done, but she hadn’t been able to resist when the day had been so perfect and she’d spotted the wild dolphins and knew they’d come looking for her.
    Sea Haven on the northernCaliforniacoast was her hometown. Abigail was one of seven sisters born to the seventh daughter of the magical Drake family, each gifted with unique talents. The Drake sisters were well known in Sea Haven,