Blood Of Kings: The Shadow Mage by Paul Freeman

Author:Paul Freeman [Freeman, Paul]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Lir Press
Published: 2016-08-29T06:00:00+00:00

His eyes flashed open. Aliss was leaning over him, her white hair reflecting in the moonlight coming through the window. “I…” He was disorientated as he slowly became aware of his surroundings, of the ache of his swollen loins. “I was dreaming.”

“Yes, I know, love. She is close, I can sense her. She was in your dreams.”

His face flushed. How did one explain such a dream to the love of their life? “Yes,” he simply answered.

She stroked his brow and cheek. “She is gone now. I was not sure how to fight her, or if I even could. But now I know. Now that I have tasted her power, I can combat it. And I can follow its trail.”

“She didn’t try to kill me.”

Aliss shrugged, not understanding his meaning.

“She could have killed me. She knows we are hunting her, but she did not. Why?”

Before Aliss could answer they heard a scream. They both looked at each other and realisation dawned at the same time. Horace.

They ran from the room and down the corridor. Tomas put his shoulder to the door, which gave way easily and both burst into the room. The tracker struggled alone in his bed, his hands gripping his throat as if he were trying to prise fingers from it. His eyes bulged in their sockets as he gasped for air. Aliss ran to his side and placed her hands on his head. She put her own head back and drew in breaths in a slow easy rhythm. Horace instantly calmed. Her eyes were open wide. Storms raged there as even the whites of her eyes filled with swirling, dark clouds. Although Tomas was looking straight into them, he knew she could not see him.

Horace suddenly bolted upright, gulping down air. “It’s horrible! Horrible! It’s after me, it won’t stop.” He began sobbing then. “Please help me,” he squeaked in a pitiful voice.

Aliss blinked and then regarded Tomas. “Now it begins.”

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