The Pegasus Project: Pegasus Academy Founding: The Pegasus Enchantment, #1

By Kit Muse

Once a celebrated concert pianist, Sonia Morales retired to the New Mexico countryside after her RA made it impossible to continue her career. She cared for her special plot of land and some magical equines as best as she could. She never imagined getting close to them or forming a bond until the night a storm knocks down their shelter and the fate of their filly is revealed. If she doesn't bond with a human and fly, she'll die. Sonia fears her body isn't up to the task, though her magic and spirit are willing. Discovering the reason for the filly's fears of humans makes her more determined than ever to protect them. She's offered the chance of a lifetime and an opportunity to help not just her filly, but all pegasus. Is she strong enough to take it? And can a disabled woman and a pegasus with PTSD bond enough to fly?

 

Note: This cozy read was previously published under a different pen name. This book has been edited slightly from the original version. This book is part of the Radio Arcanum universe and you never know where characters from the other books may appear.

 

• Language: English
• Publisher: Charmed Chicken Media
• Release date: Feb 25, 2024
• ISBN: 9798224631193

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The Pegasus Project

The Pegasus Enchantment Book 1

A Radio Arcanum Story

Kit Muse

Table of Contents

Title Page

Copyright

Newsletter CTA

The World of Radio Arcanum

The Pegasus Project

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About The Author

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THE PEGASUS PROJECT

Copyright © Kit Muse, 2019

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Original Electronic Publication Date: March 2020

Original Print Publication Date: March 2020

Updated Edition Published Digitally in February 2024

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Radio Arcanum is the name for the world which encompasses all the magic and mythological players within our own world. They’re connected through Radio Arcanum a hybrid VOIP and amateur radio network which allows magic users to communicate amongst themselves without the mundanes knowing. Part vestiage of a bygone era, part unique tool to enable communication outside of traditional channels, Radio Arcanum has been the meeting place for mages since its inception in 1896.

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The Musimagium

The Musimagium is a secret magical society (Music Mage in Latin) which dates back close to the fourth century CE. They are but one group within the world of Radio Arcanum.

Also by the Author

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Queer Equestrian Lit

Second Joy Stables Series

Fresh Horses

Fantasy

The World of Radio Arcanum

The Pegasus Enchantment Series

The Pegasus Project

Pegasus In Flight

Pegasus Gathered (upcoming)

Pegasus Unchained (upcoming)

Chapter One

Who needed to check a weather app when my knuckles told me when storms were coming. The one headed in our direction would be a doozy, if the throbbing in my fingers were any indication. I rubbed my hands and watched clouds gather on the horizon. A bolt of lightning cut through the rapidly darkening skies, bringing with it the scent of ozone. A cool breeze washed over me redolent with the scent of rain. I breathed deeply.

Summer humidity always made my joints hurt more and I longed to have the air release its heavy load and bring both of us some relief. Supposedly this part of New Mexico wasn’t supposed to be that humid, but we were close enough to get the storms that popped over the plains. A shadow darkened the sky overhead, bigger than the vultures that occasionally circled the property. I wasn’t dead yet, I’d tell them with a laugh, though with the piano in my living room perpetually silent, I might as well be.

Thunder rumbled as the large Pegasus stallion landed and cantered to his small herd, no doubt to urge his mare and their two-year old filly into the shelter I’d built. I knew if I hiked over the hill, I’d see the unicorn pair already inside the sturdy structure. How these magical creatures had made their way to my eastern New Mexico ranch, I’d never know. I lacked a node to hold power, though one or two ley lines crossed the property and perhaps they’d followed them here. Either way, they had arrived, and I’d accommodated them the best I could.

Drops of rain began to fall, fat, hot globules of water that splashed on my head and ran down my cheek. I titled my head to the sky as if the rain could wash away the fear and worry I’d held over the last several weeks. It couldn’t. Not physically of course, but as the energy coursed through my veins, I hoped it would work emotionally.

I slicked back the strands of lightly gray-streaked brown hair to keep them from my face. The elastic still held my ponytail in place, though it was beginning to hang heavy off the back of my head.

The rain fell harder now, finally settling the dust and scrub around the ranch house that I’d purchased back when I played concert halls all over the world with royalties that still came each quarter from recordings and radio playlists. Reluctantly, I stood and went inside. Another crack of lightning split the sky that had turned dark as night. The booming thunder shook the walls of the house and drove me away from the windows as the wind picked up to bend the tops of trees in my yard. Out of habit, I flipped on the weather radio. No watches or warnings, though I knew that could change at any time. Mother Nature didn’t bother to listen to the National Weather Service but unleashed her wrath wherever she wished.

I curled up in my favorite chair and closed my eyes as I listened to the rain pounding on the roof. Outside, the world had turned to a dark gray with sheets of water dropping from the heavens. In my mind, a counterpoint of piano notes played mostly with my left hand unfurled. I listened to the melody, hearing it intertwined with the steady percussion of the rain. The simple notes turned complex, my feet twitching as if I were working the piano pedals. My fingers twitched, and had I wanted, I could have held them before me and played air piano notes to