A Realm in Ruin (The Chain Breaker Book 14) by D.K. Holmberg

Author:D.K. Holmberg
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Publisher: ASH Publishing
Published: 2023-12-11T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER EIGHTEEN

They continued their patrol, and they found nothing more.

Gavin had worried that the creatures now inside the sphere might have some way of escaping, but so far there had been no change to that.

“We need to bring the girl with us,” Gaspar said as they made their way back toward the town.

It was still late, at least as far as Gavin could tell, and completely dark. They hadn’t found anything else and all agreed it was time to return. Not only that, but Gavin also felt as if he could anticipate the need to return. He didn’t know why, but he felt drawn by some invisible strand of energy.

“I’ve been saying that for a while now,” Gavin said.

They got back to town, and they settled in. He took up a position on the outskirts, the same way he had the night before at the ruins. Imogen joined him.

“Something was different with you there, Gavin,” she said. “I can see it, but I’m not sure why I can see it.” She held his gaze for a moment. “And I think you know.”

Gavin turned away and stared off into the darkness. He attempted to shift some of his core reserves and some of the bralinath power to enhance his eyesight, but it never cleared the darkness completely. And he found that he didn’t need it, as he still had a sense of where he needed to go without it.

“I don’t know,” he admitted. “I’m aware that there is something out there, and I could pick up on the different fighting styles. It’s like a pattern.”

“What sort of a pattern?”

“How a pattern would unfold.” He was less careful with sharing this time, as he felt as if Imogen needed to know the truth.

“Have you ever had anything like that happen before?” she asked.

“No,” Gavin said. “Well, with patterns, since that’s been part of my ability, and something Tristan had trained me to do. It’s why I’m able to learn fighting styles as quickly as I can. It was how I could learn different fighting techniques and replicate them quickly too.”

“But I don’t remember you having that ability before.”

“Not quite like that,” Gavin said. “When I fight, I can see things, but I haven’t been able to see patterns like I did that time. It seemed as if I was able to anticipate what you were going to do, and what the others would do. I could… predict… what was going to happen.”

She breathed out slowly. “I wonder if Benji knew about this,” she whispered. It was mostly to herself.

“It just feels like something is still changing with this power,” Gavin said.

“We always change,” Imogen said.

Gavin grunted, and then he looked off into the darkness, feeling the energy out there. “Well, in this case, I feel as if some part of me is changing in a different way than I expected. I can feel this place. I feel it drawing me. It’s unlike before.”

“Do you think that might be tied to her?”

He hadn’t considered that, but it was a reasonable possibility.

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