(eng) Lindsay Buroker - Heritage of Power 02 by Revelations

Author:Revelations [Revelations]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

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As darkness claimed the Antarctic and stars grew visible over the icy fields, Trip stood at the bow of the ship, gazing at the route ahead. For the first time, a mountain stood out on the horizon, its snow-covered silhouette jagged and dark. He remembered Rysha’s mention of islands under the ice down here and suspected this was one such example. He also suspected it was their destination.

He sensed something powerful in that direction. Not dragons, though he wagered they were there, perhaps hiding their auras. This was something else, some powerful artifact.

I sense it too, Jaxi shared. But barely. If it’s the portal, I’m surprised I wasn’t able to sense it from a long ways away. Perhaps the dragons have muffled its aura. I think it’s underground, but I’m struggling to pinpoint where. There may be some iron in that mountain that’s further interfering with my ability to sense it.

Trip nodded. He hadn’t thought of iron, but that seemed like as good an explanation as any. He, too, struggled to get anything more than a vague sense of magical energy.

Actually, my explanations are usually superior to other ones, Jaxi informed him.

Yes, of course. I shouldn’t doubt you.

Precisely.

A soft clang reached his ears, and Trip looked over his shoulder in time to see Rysha pushing her pack and the boxed sword into the back of Duck’s flier. She was the third person who’d gone out to load the fliers when none of the Cofah were watching.

Trip wasn’t supposed to know about the updated plan, but Blazer had been naive if she’d thought she and four other people could keep a secret when Jaxi was around. If not for Jaxi, he wouldn’t have known about the plan, and it stung him that they hadn’t invited him to their meeting, even if he understood why. When he’d woken up from an extremely long nap—exhaustion had forced it upon him after he’d helped Azarwrath heal everyone—Jaxi had filled him in.

Azarwrath hadn’t said anything about it—hadn’t said anything since they had worked together to heal the Cofah—but Trip wagered he knew everything Jaxi knew. The soulblades didn’t seem shy about scraping through people’s surface thoughts to glean information.

Actually, I try not to do that often, Jaxi informed him. There were rules about invading people’s minds in my time. But in my time, people were a lot better about not oozing their thoughts all over the place too. Your would-be cuddle buddy thought about the plan every time she walked past me today. I think she wanted me to know.

Oh? Why?

Aside from the fact that it was quite rude of Major Blazer to exclude you from the planning in the first place? She objects to our people using the Cofah as cannon fodder.

Ah. Trip wasn’t surprised. Rysha had a lot of heart and a definite sense of fairness. The Cofah hadn’t endeared themselves to him with their talk of ensuring they received the credit for destroying the portal, so he was more inclined to let them fend for themselves.

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