Calling On Fire (Book 1) by Stephanie Beavers

Author:Stephanie Beavers [Beavers, Stephanie]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: fantasy
Publisher: Stephanie Beavers
Published: 2014-11-15T00:00:00+00:00

The next day, Kessa woke them with breakfast as usual. They chowed down and started dressing, as usual, although Esset’s curiosity was getting the better of him—as usual.

“I don’t want to look a gift horse in the mouth, but I have to admit, I’m curious where you got all this food from,” Esset confessed, waving the last bite of his toast at his plate before stuffing it in his mouth.

“There is a small town not too far away,” Kessa replied. “We deal with the people occasionally. Not often, but often enough that they do not fear us overmuch and we can trade for some items when needed.”

“Convenient,” Toman remarked. He stuffed his hat on his head. “Okay then, I’m off. See you two later.” He didn’t waste any time vanishing out the door. Kessa and Esset watched him go, then picked up their plates from the beds.

“Well, let’s drop these off at the kitchen, and then I’d like to go talk to Nassata,” Esset said, heading for the door himself.

“What about?” Kessa was curious to know.

“Well, I want to run an idea past her. I think I might be able to perform a little espionage on the Reshkin using one of my summons. I don’t use this particular one often, since it’s not useful in many situations. Now, however, I think it would be good to get some good intelligence on where the Reshkin are gathered and whether they have any new surprises planned. They were too quiet yesterday.”

Esset and Kessa actually found Nassata in the kitchen as they were dropping the dishes off—she was just finishing breakfast herself, as Toman had gotten an earlier start than most of the city. Esset managed to convince her to put together a squad so he could attempt to get some good intelligence on the Reshkin.

“Okay, let’s see if I can do this,” Esset said. He had his ear pressed up against the coiled snake that was blocking the tunnel. They had agreed that they shouldn’t open the tunnel—they didn’t want to chance a Reshkin invasion. He took a deep breath, then murmured a small incantation. The Nadra didn’t see anything happen, but a moment later Esset whispered a triumphant little “yes!” Unlike the other creatures that Esset called upon, this summon’s heat signature was so small they were only able to find it after looking for it.

“Okay, I managed to summon a bat on the other side of the wall. I’m afraid this is going to be rather boring for you—I’m going to go into a trance and do some scouting through its eyes,” Esset was already sitting down and crossing his legs beneath himself. “If anything happens, give me a shake—I’m not going to react to anything else.”

“Okay,” Nassata agreed.

Moments later, Esset was perceiving the world through a very disorienting set of senses. The summoned bat was instantly careening around the top of the tunnel. It’s tiny, thin, ashy wings fluttered madly, narrowly keeping its tiny, ashen body from colliding with the walls.

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