Branson, T. L. [Soul Stones 01] Soul Render by T. L. Branson

Author:T. L. Branson
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Published: 2018-04-16T22:00:00+00:00

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Shaw and the others continued through the forest. Something or someone was preventing them from finding their quarry. Shaw couldn’t prove it, but he knew it to be true.

Ever since Drygo had given Shaw a piece of himself, Shaw had been able to feel Will. There was a tug pulling them together. But then that tug disappeared the moment they entered the Wandering Wood.

Something about this place was unsettling. Whether it was the eerie glow or the unnatural feeling of it all Shaw couldn’t tell.

“We’re walking in circles,” Tomas said. “And you’ve lost them… again.”

“Got any better ideas?” Shaw asked.

“If you would have let us kill him, he’d be dead already,” Tomas replied.

“Nobody kills the boy!” Shaw roared.

“No, instead, you’ll kill all of us,” said a guard. It was a man Shaw didn’t know personally. He had joined them after Shaw replenished their supplies in Tikani.

Shaw could feel Drygo’s frustration growing. His body went numb as the king once again took control of it. Shaw hated this more than anything else. He felt like a prisoner. Worse than a prisoner. At least a prisoner had the use of all of his senses.

Drygo, using Shaw’s body, grabbed the naysayer by the throat. The colors of the world melted away before Shaw, leaving a dark, black and white world, save for the souls around him and a long, thin tether stretching from Shaw off into the unknown.

Shaw watched as another tether formed, reaching out and grabbing hold of the guard. Power began to flow from Shaw into the guard, his soul glowing brighter and growing within the man’s body.

The guard desperately clawed at his throat, the others watching in horror.

“You will obey your king,” Shaw’s voice said in a growl. He had not said those words. Drygo had. If Shaw had control enough to blink, he would have. He felt his energy waning. What the king did taxed him greatly.

The guard’s soul continued to grow brighter and bigger, as if pushing at the seams of the man’s body. He howled in pain. Then, in one large burst, the man’s soul exploded, sending a shock wave of brilliant white light through the forest. The guard slumped to the ground, dead.

Another tether blinked into view and Shaw felt the return of the familiar tug leading him to Will. The king had somehow nullified the odd magic of the forest that interfered with their connection.

Drygo slipped out of Shaw’s mind and his body became his once again. Exhaustion washed over him and he collapsed on the ground.

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