A City in Ruin (The Dark Sorcerer Book 2) by D.K. Holmberg

Author:D.K. Holmberg [Holmberg, D.K.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: ASH Publishing
Published: 2021-04-26T16:00:00+00:00

13

Jayna wandered carefully through the streets, heading back home after her conversation with Rosal, reaching into her pocket every so often to squeeze the stone. She had never seen anything quite like it before.

It didn’t surprise her that the stone would somehow augment Rosal’s power. Even without any enchantment within it, Jayna felt as if the stone itself surged with power and energy, as if the stone itself carried something more.

It was terrifying.

Mostly because the people who were after the stone terrified her. They were willing to destroy, without fear of who might get caught up in the explosions. They had gone after Rosal, and failing to get to him, they had targeted her home. That was bad enough, but having targeted Rosal at the market meant countless people had been caught up in their attacks.

She had to keep the sone safe, but she had to learn more.

Thankfully, Rosal had agreed to meet with her in the next day so they could go to his father and see what they might be able to learn about the merchants who had come through the city. She had hoped to uncover just who those merchants were and what they were selling, then they could figure out what else they would need to do to stop the attacks.

As she moved away from the higher-class section and made her way deeper into the city, the appearance of the buildings gradually changed. No longer were they two or three stories tall. Many of them were single stories out here without any walls surrounding them, and the thick layer of moss glowed along their surface, leaving a trail of luminescence. At one point, when she turned a corner, Jayna could swear she felt somebody trailing after her, and she hurried her steps. It was intuition trained into her by her brother when he’d hoped she’d end up working with him.

She readied power within the dragon stone ring, and prepared to unload if it were to become necessary, but the feeling faded.

It was just her imagination. Perhaps all the talk about Asymorn and others like him, along with this Sarenoth, had her on edge.

To be honest, ever since taking up the role working with Ceran, she’d been on edge, but staying in Nelar had given her a chance to settle, to feel like she could ease into things. She had felt a sense of comfort, which was a dangerous feeling given the type of work she was involved in.

Jayna reached her home, looking in either direction before entering to make sure there was nobody there, and when she pushed the door open, a blast of heat radiated out toward her. She looked over to the fire, unsurprised to see Eva sitting in front of massive flames crackling within the hearth; she must have built it up. An empty bottle of wine rested near her feet, along with a tilted-over glass and a trail of wine spilling across the floorboards.

She hadn’t even drunk all of it.

She was asleep, which Jayna figured was probably for the best.

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