A Corrupt Alliance (The Chain Breaker Book 11) by D.K. Holmberg

Author:D.K. Holmberg [Holmberg, D.K.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: ASH Publishing
Published: 2023-05-15T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER FOURTEEN

Gavin stayed up later than he’d intended. He sat in the Dragon, drinking his ale, quiet for the most part. Others around him were more boisterous and talkative, but given all that he had gone through, he didn’t think that was much of a problem. He suspected that they also understood that he needed the quiet. If anybody got too obnoxious, Gaspar pulled them off to the side and had words with them, which gave Gavin the chance to feel as if he could settle and not have to worry about talking to anyone.

It was reassuring, but it was more than that. It was comforting having somebody like Gaspar, who recognized what Gavin needed.

By the time he went up to one of the rooms in the Dragon and settled onto the bed, he crashed from exhaustion. Some of it came from the way he had used magic, but not all of it. Gavin had been drawing on considerable power, but he had grown accustomed to doing so, and he’d also grown accustomed to the ache of that energy as it worked through him as he found himself needing to call on more and more power. This time, and in this way, the power he was summoning was a bit different, and perhaps a bit less of a danger to him. Gavin had been holding on to that energy through himself, drawing on what he could so that he could feel everything.

When he awoke, his head pounded. He focused on his core reserves, and a wave of nausea worked through him, almost as if in punishment for having had as much ale as he had. His core reserves seemed to be rebelling against him, trying to tell him that he needed to exercise more caution with how much he drank. Or perhaps it was simply tied to the fact that he was still tired.

He looked over to the table next to the bed, noting the bowl of white sh’rasn powder he had asked Anna to restock. He was not surprised that she had sent it to him—though he was surprised that somebody had slipped into his room while he’d been sleeping and filled the bowl.

Gavin grabbed a leather pouch, and as he poured the sh’rasn powder inside, he was tempted to take a little bit of it. At this point, having some of that powder might replenish him in ways he could not otherwise, but then again, he also didn’t know if it was going to be necessary. Unless he needed that connection to his core reserves, and the power and connection that the sh’rasn powder gave him, he didn’t know if he should even risk drawing on it in the same way.

He got to his feet and noticed that he had set his sword next to his bed, looking as if he had done so carefully. Even in an intoxicated state—something Gavin was surprised he could still experience, given his connection to his core reserves and the El’aras side of himself—he had still been careful.

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