Child of Fate by Jason Halstead

Author:Jason Halstead
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: magic, warrior, priest, princess, dragon, sorcery, troll, wizard, goblin, viking, ogre
Publisher: Novel Concept Publishing LLC

Chapter 12

After a fitful night of restless sleep, they made ready to set out in the morning. Karthor invoked Saint Leander’s blessing after his morning prayers on their injuries.

“This is miraculous,” Alto whispered when he felt the pain lessen and then go away from the bruises and cuts he’d received.

“Minor wounds such as these are simple to heal. More serious injuries like what Drefan and Gerald had taken far more of Leander’s attention. I have a long ways to go before I’ll be worthy of requesting such intervention. Or at least having my requests answered,” Karthor explained.

Alto frowned. “Like my father.”

Karthor nodded. “Yes, like your father.” Finished with both the conversation and restoring Alto’s health, Karthor went on to give Tristam the aid he could to ease the ache in the warrior’s hip.

Alto moved near Patrina. “I never knew how amazing a priest could be,” he said for her benefit. “Is your leg better?”

Trina glanced at him. Her eyes narrowed for a moment and then she nodded. “Yes, I’m fine now.”

“Good!” Alto blurted. “Uh,” Alto hesitated. He had no idea what to say to her. He grabbed the first thing that came to mind, a conversational tactic he’d seen his father use many times when they went to Monterose for supplies. “What’s the weather like where you’re from?”

Trina’s eyebrows scrunched together for a moment, and then her mouth dropped open. She snapped it shut and answered him in a tone as cold as the weather she spoke of. “The weather? You want to know what the weather’s like? Most of the year it’s cold and wet along the coast. If you can survive the storms and the monsters, you’re sure to make a name for yourself!”

Trina turned and stormed away from him, going to check on Karthor’s progress. Alto watched her go, confused. He turned to Namitus and saw a sad smile on the man’s face. “What’s so bad about the weather?” Alto whispered to him.

“Trina’s like the coast she speaks of,” Namitus answered. “Stormy.”

“Frigid seems more like it,” William offered from where he overheard them. The three chuckled but Namitus and Alto’s laughs were short-lived. It was just as well; Karthor finished with Tristam and it was time to be on their way.

They had only Karthor’s holy symbol and whatever light Kar’s magic could provide to guide their way, so Karthor replaced Alto behind Tristam. Kar conjured small globes of light that resembled overzealous fireflies. His magical lightning bugs floated above them as they walked out of the chamber and through the tunnel that led upwards into the mountains above them.

It curved slowly until a column of rock split the tunnel in two. They approached it carefully, wary of a trap after so much time without being harassed. Tristam saw an opportunity for an ambush at the chokepoint. When they reached it, they found it was more than a simple pillar of rock; it split the passage off into new tunnels.

The larger cave lay on their right but the one to the left showed more signs of passage in the way the rock was scratched and worn smooth.

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