Aerthen Sight by K. A. Gandy

Author:K. A. Gandy [K. A. Gandy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: K. A. Gandy
Published: 2022-07-19T00:00:00+00:00

Once again light assaulted his senses, this time with a tinge of pink, and a rosy sunset coalesced before him. He stood on top of a bald mountain, with wind lashing his cloak against his body. A shimmering teardrop-shaped opal the width of his forearm rested in the middle of a field of cold gray stones. Veins of pink striated the exterior, and it gleamed and pulsed in a way he’d never seen before. Saolf took an involuntary step forward, but magic pulsed in the air around him, pushing him away from the glorious stone, and rooting him in place. The gentle curve of the land created a massive bowl, and he heard voices from beyond the far lip.

Snapping his eyes in that direction, he held himself stock still lest he be pulled back from the vision before he found out why he was brought here. It would be many moon revolutions before he could return to the Aerthen pool, for the journey was long and arduous. Besides, there were no guarantees the light would choose to show him this scene again, and he had a burning need to know about the enchanting stone.

The voices drew closer, and pebbles sliding down the far lip of the mountaintop preceded two travelers. A young woman stumbled over the edge first, her hair a shining auburn mass in the waning sunlight. A tall male elf cleared the rim of rock with lithe grace behind her, and she grumbled under her breath.

“You make everything look easy, and I kind of hate you for it.”

He snorted with derision, but didn’t respond to the jab.

“I just feel something—” She stopped in her tracks as her eyes landed on the enormous opal. The girl quickly stumbled across the field of stone, eyes fixed on the gem and not her path. She slipped, and her knee crashed painfully to the small rocks littering the way. “Oh, gods above. Really?”

The elf reached down and effortlessly lifted her to her feet, a strange pendant swinging from his neck with the motion. She ignored the fresh gash in her knee, bleeding steadily as she hobbled the last few steps across to the enormous opal. She froze, eyes locked on the jewel.

“That can’t be it, right?” she asked, the tremulous question barely audible even from Saolf’s position.

“It’s much larger than most talismans . . . but there is only one way to know for sure.” The elf’s voice rang with confidence, but his eyes held a shadow of doubt.

The young woman squared her shoulders and held her breath as she extended her hand, inch by inch towards the smooth, pink-and-gold-flecked surface of the gem. The instant her palm kissed the stone, the ground beneath them shook forcefully, and a blinding white light flared from the surface of the opal.

A feminine gasp ricocheted around the mountaintop, but before Saolf’s vision recovered from the stone’s magical flare, the white Aerthe magic surrounded him and snatched him back into the stream of visions.

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