As Winter Spawns by Jason Hamilton

Author:Jason Hamilton [Hamilton, Jason]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Story Hobby Media
Published: 2019-05-23T18:30:00+00:00

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With a wave of his hand, Bretton signaled to the others of his kind to come join them. As they approached, Jak noticed that they all had the same blue-gray skin and white hair. There were both men and women, all of the scouts that had accompanied Bretton in the first place.

They had to be Fae. That was undisputable. But what would they call this particular variety? Snow Fae? Ice Fae? The latter sounded better to Jak, but perhaps they had a name of their own that they wanted to use. And how had they formed? Was there a Relic buried nearby that had sparked their transformation? Somehow, Jak doubted that. Perhaps it was the planet itself, a planet that likely radiated magical energy so soon after its creation. The formation of new Fae species, thus far, had been unpredictable. Who was to say it happened the same way for these Ice Fae as it had for the others?

The reunion of Bretton with the others was heartfelt. One of Bretton’s former followers was among those that accompanied Jak, and they were all happy to see that such a large group of people that were supposed to be dead, were in fact still alive. Only Girwirt seemed uneasy, though that was understandable, given the nature of Bretton’s Fae powers, polar opposites of what gnomes were capable of doing.

“Ain’t right,” he said. “No one should have power over the cold. Too dangerous.”

Jak looked down at the gnome and narrowed her eyes. “And just how is it any more dangerous than what you do?”

“Because it is, simple as that,” responded Girwirt, as if that was sound reasoning.

Bretton turned his attention to the two of them. “Don’t worry, little man. We bear no ill will towards you or your kin. In a way, we are very much alike. Our powers are not unlike your own but where you can create heat, we create frost.”

Girwirt grumbled something about those two things being complete opposites. He said it under his breath but Bretton laughed anyway. “Yet we both deal in matters of climate and temperature. None of the others could say the same. So perhaps we’re more alike than you think.” He then turned to Jak and asked, “So I assume we return to the camp?”

“I suppose so,” Jak replied. “We were supposed to continue for a few more days, but now that we’ve found you, all that has changed. The others should also know that there’s a chance of demon attacks.”

“Good,” said Bretton. “Our supplies are running low and we were about to return to the camp anyway, though some of us were afraid of doing so. I hope the others don’t take our transformation as too much of a shock.”

“Skellig won’t, but I can’t speak for the others, like the other humans from the valley.”

“Those of my company will follow me, but I can’t speak for the others.” Bretton said, rubbing his icy chin.

“They’ve seen other Fae before, I imagine they would be okay with this.

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