Beastwalker (Pharim War Book 3) by Gama Ray Martinez

Author:Gama Ray Martinez [Martinez, Gama Ray]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2016-03-28T23:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 27

“I was sure they were going to attack,” Jez said as he cut away a low hanging branch in his path.

Galine shook his head. “There was no real danger of that. Even if Welb would have, he never could’ve hidden the fact. One of his followers would’ve talked.”

Jez remembered the look in Welb’s eyes and shuddered. “Do you really think he would care about that?”

“A challenge for leadership is done in single combat. So many against one would’ve been disgraceful, and he never could’ve held the position. It might even have been the end of him.”

Osmund looked over his shoulder at them. “You know, it wouldn’t have been just one.”

“I’m afraid you don’t count.”

Osmund’s nostrils flared. “Really?”

“Take no offense. You are not of Aniel. My leadership of the tribe may be weak, but without the support of the traditions set down by the Beastwalkers, his would be nonexistent.”

“I thought he didn’t want leadership.”

Galine shrugged. “Maybe he changed his mind.”

“We’re almost there,” Osmund said.

Jez blinked at him. “How do you know?”

Osmund stopped. He pursed his lips and stared into the jungle. He spoke softly. “I can feel it.”

“I didn’t know you had sensitivity to beast magic.”

Osmund took a deep breath. “Neither did I.”

“Why wouldn’t he?” Galine asked.

“What do you mean?” Jez asked.

“He transforms. How do you think he does that if not with beast magic?”

“But I don’t transform into an animal,” Osmund said.

“What does that have to do with it?”

“Wouldn’t I have to if I were using beast magic?”

Galine let out a bark of laughter. “Beast is a dominion, not a school of magic.”

“I know that, but what does that have to do with anything?”

Galine snorted, and he eyed Osmund’s blade. The metal had been distorted by the heat of Osmund’s working. “What is destruction magic?”

“Fire and air. Physical enhancements to make myself stronger and faster.”

“It’s more than one thing, but all the things deal with destruction.”

“Yes.”

“Beast magic deals the beast, not just with animals.”

Jez and Osmund exchanged glances before Osmund responded. “What’s the difference?”

“Aniel governs the primal forces of life, and few things in all of creation are more primal than true scions. It’s beast magic that brings them out.”

Jez and Osmund exchanged glances. Lina’s jaw dropped a little.

“Can beast magic help me control him?” Osmund asked.

Galine shook his head. “Beast magic has never been about control. Even the animals can’t be forced to work against their will. They have to be convinced.”

Osmund’s shoulders sagged. “Oh.”

“We might be able to help you find a balance. That could quell his violent tendencies permanently.”

Osmund’s gaze snapped to Galine. He stared at him for several seconds. It might’ve been Jez’s imagination, but Jez thought there were tears in his eyes. “Really?”

Galine shrugged. “Ziary may be physically much stronger than the animals we transform into, but his mind is not so different. The animal wants food and water. Ziary wants to destroy evil. They’re the same thing, from a certain point of view.”

Jez blinked at him. “What point of view is that?”

Galine laughed. “Come stay with us when this is all done.

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