Ascension of Death by Andy Peloquin

Author:Andy Peloquin [Peloquin, Andy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: The Fantasy Fiends Publishing Inc.
Published: 2019-04-16T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Six

“Aisha.”

Briana’s voice stopped Aisha in her tracks. Turning, Aisha met the girl’s dark eyes.

“I-I’m sorry.” Briana’s gaze fell away.

“Sorry?” Aisha cocked her head, puzzled.

“For giving the Secret Keepers your potion.” Shame darkened Briana’s face. “I used the last of the Shadow Root and Whispering Lily to make it. I-I know how much it meant to you.”

Aisha drew in a long breath. Briana had been experimenting with the two plants in the hopes of finding a solution for the madness that accompanied her Umoyahlebe abilities. The madness that had claimed her father, and which threatened to claim Aisha as well. She had felt her mind pulling away from her flesh, losing its tether to her body. The unearthly chill in her limbs, a sense of weightlessness, the desire to float free of her mortal bonds—all of these presaged the Inkuleko, the Unshackling, a fate that awaited all Spirit Whisperers who vented too deep into the world of the Kish’aa.

The potion had offered hope for her future. Without the Serenii pendant Aisha had found in Suroth’s belongings, she would be as vulnerable to the Unshackling as her father. Yet Aisha had clung to hope for more than just herself. Briana’s potion could help all Spirit Whisperers, every Umoyahlebe alive in Ghandia today, and every one born in the future.

Imbuka, the Spirit Whisperer shaman on the Cultivator’s Tier, had chosen to work with the Iron Warlord in the desperate hope of getting his hands on more Dy’nashia pendants. He’d watched his brother and father succumb to the Inkuleko, and it had been his life’s mission to prevent more deaths. In the end, he had been willing to kill Aisha for the sake of that mission.

Fear drove men to do terrible things, and Aisha had been forced to kill Imbuka in self-defense. Yet as she’d absorbed his spirit, she had also felt his desire to save Spirit Whisperers. She’d taken that onto herself, a mission she’d accepted to lay his spirit to rest.

The Iron Warlord had promised Imbuka that the Vault of Ancients guarded Dy’nashia pendants, and he’d offered those in exchange for Imbuka’s Umoyahlebe abilities. Somehow, the power of the Kish’aa would prove critical in opening the vault—or, perhaps, the Tomb of Hallar. Aisha held little hope that the Iron Warlord had actually been truthful; she wouldn’t trust his word, or expect to find any Serenii pendants within the vault. The only hope for her people was Briana’s potion.

“Briana, look at me.” Aisha placed a soothing hand on the girl’s shoulder, tilted her face up so Briana met her eyes. “You made the right choice. Shalandra needs it more than I do. At least for now.” She held up the pendant. “This solves the problem in the short-term. And once this is over, you can make more, right?”

Briana’s face brightened. “Yes.” She tapped her temple. “As long as we can get more ingredients, I’ve got the alchemical formula. We still need to test it to be absolutely certain it does what we want it to, but I have every hope that it will work!”

“Perfect.

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