Wishing Altar (eBook)

Shaun Donahue (Autor)

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2022 | 1. Auflage
164 Seiten
Bookbaby (Verlag)
978-1-6678-2593-9 (ISBN)

Infos

Shaun Donahue brings you his debut novel, 'The Wishing Altar'. This fantastical story tells the tale of two fairies, Celara and Sunah, who seem to be connected by fate, and the adventures and trials they face in search of the one thing missing from their lives. Filled with magical elements of fantasy, and romance, this is a masterfully written and must-read story.

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Shaun Donahue brings you his debut novel, "e;The Wishing Altar"e;. This fantastical story tells the tale of two fairies, Celara and Sunah, who seem to be connected by fate, and the adventures and trials they face in search of the one thing missing from their lives. Filled with magical elements of fantasy, and romance, this is a masterfully written and must-read story. Celara lives a simple life in a secluded home with only her pet sprite for company. As far as fairy lives go, everything is perfect. It's not until she loses her most treasured possession, a small silver ring, that she realizes she is missing something much more valuable... something far more precious than any treasure. Sunah spends his days lazily relaxing with his pet sprite. Life is simple and quiet, and he likes it that way. Each night he has the same dream. A girl beckons to him, but he always wakes before he reaches her. It's not until he discovers that his dream girl exists that he realizes something special has been missing all along. Two lovers find themselves pulled by the strings of fate, but each chance to meet ends in a near miss. Will persistence be enough to bring these two together?

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Sunah sleepily stretched as the sun rose in the sky. Yawning deeply, he reached down to his side and gently scratched Berl’s head. “It would be a great day to stay in bed.” he told his friend, and said “but I need to go to the village today to buy food.” Berl nuzzled against him, making it just a bit harder for Sunah to get out of bed. Suddenly his mind went to the ring around his finger and he smiled softly. “Besides… maybe I’ll see her there.” He mused before getting out of bed to prepare for the day.

Before long, Sunah had taken flight. Large dew drops covered the leaves as he flitted in and out between the branches of the trees of the fairy wood. He began to glide softly as a light breeze slipped silently under his wings, and he yawned deeply. Sunah was decidedly not a morning fairy. “I must be crazy to make a flight this long so early in the morning.” he thought to himself as he fluttered down to ground level.

Stopping for a short rest, Sunah felt the soft soil of the forest floor beneath his feet. He walked over to a small red and white spotted mushroom and sat gently atop the fungus. “Sometimes I think it would have been better to live in the village. Sure it’s peaceful out here, but it’s a lot of work flying back and forth whenever I need something.” Sunah said to nobody. “Maybe I would have found her by now, too, if I lived among my people.” He whispered to himself. Standing and stretching, he yawned again before taking to the sky with new motivation springing to life inside at the thought of her.

Another hour of brisk flight later and the village was in sight. A small open grove was ringed by several great oaks, each with tens of fairy houses on each side of the tree. In the middle of the grove sat all of the communal buildings. There was a town hall where the mayor of the fairy village, known locally as El’dinath, spent his days. Outside of the town hall, there were rows and rows of market stalls, each with goods the others lacked. Beyond them was a park where the fairy children would gather to play. The school was just a stone’s throw away from the park, and spread about the rest of the grove were buildings of a thousand other purposes.

Landing in front of the town hall, Sunah began to walk through the market stalls. Every step was met with a cry as the merchants tried to sell their products to him. “Ripe fruits! Fresh Fish! Stylish clothing!” the merchants called out, but Sunah wasn’t even looking at the stalls. Instead he checked the face of every fairy that walked near. As he walked through row after row of stalls he began to feel hopeless. “Maybe she isn’t here.” he thought to himself. A shout of “Buy something beautiful for your beauty, boy?” turned Sunah’s head. He slowly approached the jewelry stall. “I know it’s a chance in a million, but did you happen to sell this ring to a girl? She would be about my age. Shoulder length brown hair. Eyes as green as emeralds.” Sunah asked. The shopkeeper took one look at the silver ring on Sunah’s finger and said “I’ve sold many like it, but I can’t be sure I sold that one.” Walking away frustrated but with new determination, Sunah continued his search. He just knew that she must be here somewhere. Each step took him a bit closer to nowhere at all. He wandered aimlessly for the better part of an hour before finally deciding to buy his food.

Another hour later and Sunah had a basket full to bursting with all of his favorite foods, and enough for Berl to feast like the tiny king he was. Closing the lid on his basket, he looked up and his heart began to race. Just out of the corner of his eye he saw her disappear around the other side of a row of market stalls. He started to run towards her when suddenly a shout of “Sunah!” stopped him in his tracks. “I’ll catch up with you in just a minute, Kata!” Sunah said hastily and began to run again. He was too slow though, as Kata caught him by the hand and pulled her younger brother into a tight hug.

“Where are you off to in such a hurry that you can’t stop to say hello to your own sister?” Kata pouted, making Sunah feel guilty. “It’s her, Kata. The one from my dreams!” He said as he tried to squirm free. Suddenly her grip released and he shot off like a rocket towards where he had last seen her. “She’s real?” Kata asked, but her brother was already too far away to hear. She followed just behind as her brother rounded the corner of a row of market stalls and stopped.

“Which one is she?” Kata asked, but Sunah just frowned and said “She’s gone…” The girl of his dreams had been so close… only a few feet away… but she evaded his grasp yet again. Taking his sister’s hand, Sunah walked through the rows of stalls with Kata, telling her of all that had happened over the last few days. By the end of the story, her mouth hung open and she stared out among the crowd of fairies in disbelief. Snapping herself out of her trance, she pulled at Sunah’s hand and said “Come stay with me tonight. It’s a long flight home and we can talk about this more, and catch up on everything else.”

Kata’s house was the opposite of Sunah’s in every way. The walls were covered with pictures of friends and family. The furniture was a hundred shades of bright pink and purple and red. There was a large dining room where Kata could entertain guests, and quite noticeable to Sunah, though less so to others… There was no sprite. Kata was allergic to the adorable little creatures, but Sunah felt no house could be a home without one.

Sunah sat at the round oak table on a vibrant blue pouffe as his sister poured two steaming hot cups of dragonflower tea. Coming into the dining room, she sat directly across from him and slid him a bright yellow cup, the color of dandelions in bright sunlight. As he sipped his tea, she stared at him with wide eyes and waited patiently for him to begin his tale. Sitting in thought for a moment he wondered to himself where to begin. “I found a dragonflower grove.” he said reluctantly, unsure if it was wise to let others know it existed. “You can’t tell anyone it exists, and I can’t tell you where it is.” he said, though he trusted his sister more than any other fairy alive. Her eyes were bulging and her mouth hung low. She stared in disbelief for a second before whispering “No way…” Sunah Nodded and Kata continued “You’re right… it has to remain a secret. A natural grove hasn’t been found any time in recent memory, and it wouldn’t be long before it was flooded with fairies… but that’s not what we are here to talk about. Tell me about her!”

“The grove is where I first saw her. I fell asleep in the sun. The scent of the flowers and the cool breeze made it perfect weather for a nap.” Sunah said. “I know about your dreams…” Kata interrupted, “I thought you said she was real.” “Shhh.’’ Sunah said. “As I was saying, I was napping, but then I woke up. I sat up and rubbed my eyes and there she was, walking slowly away from me, and then just like she was never there, she flew off before I came to my senses well enough to call out to her.” He continued. Kata asked “are you sure that you saw her? It wasn’t a daydream, or just a waking memory?” “No… I am positive she was real. I found this silver ring by the flower she had picked her petals from.” He said, holding his hand up and pointing to the ring.

As Sunah recounted the rest of the events from the last few days, he absent mindedly tapped his finger against the cup. The ring made soft tinks with each tap. Before long their cups of tea sat empty and the tale came to an end. “So what do you plan to do?” Kata asked. “I’m not sure.” Sunah said, continuing “I was thinking about going to the wishing altar… I haven’t made my wish yet…” Kata smiled softly at her brother, reaching a hand across the table and resting it on his arm. “Little brother… Even the alter’s magic isn’t strong enough to bring about love.” She said, gently squeezing his arm. “I know...” he said with a frown “But maybe if it can bring her to me, I can manage the rest. I’ve known since the first dream that it wasn’t a coincidence. I’ve been dreaming about her because destiny wants us together.”

“If that’s what your heart believes, then maybe you don’t need to use your only wish to get her near.” Kata said with a smile. “Give it some time and let destiny do its job. Then, when you can’t wait any longer, if you’re still waiting, make your wish, but know that it’s your only wish. Know for a fact that it’s what you want to wish for, or you may regret it someday.” Sunah smiled a small sad smile and whispered “She is the only thing worth wishing for… but I will wait and see what happens. I’ll see what adventures lie in the coming weeks and if I truly have to, I’ll use my wish… let’s get some sleep.” Sunah stood and walked over to the couch and Kata disappeared into her bedroom. A moment later she reappeared and said laughing “I have a better idea! It will be just like when we were kids!” She walked to the middle of the floor with two sleeping bags and laid them out. Sunah and Kata spent half the night reminiscing about their childhood before sleep finally swept over them and carried them well into the next day.

As the sun poured through the windows, Kata woke and found her brother already making breakfast. “Good morning” she yawned, and he replied “Good morning, sis.” with a yawn of his own. Sitting down at the table, she was...

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.2.2022
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• ISBN-10: 1-6678-2593-3 / 1667825933
• ISBN-13: 978-1-6678-2593-9 / 9781667825939