Bound by Fire by D. K. Holmberg

Author:D. K. Holmberg [Holmberg, D. K.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Fantasy
Publisher: ASH Publishing
Published: 2014-12-23T05:00:00+00:00

A gust of wind lifted Roine, whisking him toward the palace. Master Ferran hurried off toward the university. He barely even glanced at Tan before leaving, though his deep frown told Tan everything about how he felt.

“What was he talking about? What does he think attacked?”

Tan sighed. Could the draasin really be responsible for the attack outside the city? Amia’s shaping held, didn’t it?

“I told you the lisincend destroyed my home.”

Elle nodded.

“And Roine—Theondar—searched for something for the king. I helped him find it.”

She looked over at him, her eyes wide. “What did he look for? What kind of power did he find?”

“We found something along the way, creatures long thought lost to the world, elementals of great power…” Tan swallowed. “When we searched for the king, we came across a massive frozen lake. Trapped beneath the ice were three of the draasin.”

Elle gasped.

“You’ve heard of them?”

She nodded. “Only rumors. They are great fire elementals.”

“Roine tells me the ancient warriors hunted them. They were considered too dangerous to live.”

“And you?”

Tan shook his head. “They are elementals. They are a part of the world. Fearsome and powerful, but necessary. And…” He swallowed. “And they saved us from the lisincend. Had they not come when I summoned—”

“You summoned one of the great elementals?”

Tan nodded. “When they were frozen beneath the ice, one of them spoke to me.”

If only it would speak to him now. If it did, he could ask what happened here, why it seemed the draasin attacked.

Tan closed his eyes and relaxed, breathing out slowly. Draasin!

He sent out the call with as much strength as he could. It left him feeling weakened.

“What was that?”

Tan blinked. “What was what?”

Elle had a troubled look. “I felt something. Almost like I could hear it if I tried.”

Tan looked at her. How would Elle have felt him trying to communicate with the draasin?

No response came. Draasin!

This time, he pushed through the memory of the connection. He felt nothing there now, but it still had to be there. The connection couldn’t have been severed, could it?

Or did the draasin choose to ignore him? Would they ignore him if they attacked the city?

After all the time spent wishing for the connection to change, now he wanted to speak to them and couldn’t.

“You did it again.”

The draasin hadn’t answered, but Elle heard what he did. How was that possible?

“I’m trying to speak to the draasin.”

Elle leaned toward him and shook her head slowly. “Why can I sense it?”

“I don’t know. I don’t think you should. When I did it before, the others with me couldn’t tell when I did.”

“Try it again.”

“It doesn’t matter. They don’t answer. And if I can’t get them to answer, then Roine is going to hunt them.”

“You don’t think they should be hunted?”

Tan thought of the way the draasin swooped through the sky, the way their powerful wings beat at the air. They were deadly hunters, but they did not deserve what Roine planned. Once the draasin were gone, the last of the great elementals would be gone.

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