Children of Prophecy by Stewart Glynn

Author:Stewart, Glynn [Stewart, Glynn]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Published: 2014-11-12T23:00:00+00:00

Car stood outside the black granite archway that marked the entrance to the Last Chapel, a place as central to Death Magi as the Chapel of Life was to Life Magi. He watched as the three members of the ruling Council of the Magi approached.

He inclined his head to them. He didn’t have to, but even a Hawk remembered courtesy. “Shej’mahi, Kir’ani, Lor’dals,” he greeted them, the Battle Lord and High Priests of Silsh Tekat and Shet Ronen, respectively. “Thank you for coming, my friends.”

He gestured for them to follow, and stepped through the black, murk-filled archway. He felt the spellmind that guarded this place touch him and admit him. The murk faded to a different kind of light.

The light somehow showed everything clearly, yet was not visible in and of itself. A black stone altar held the facing busts of Silsh Tekat and Shet Ronen, the Gods of air and fire.

“What is this about, Car’raen?” Shej’mahi demanded after he’d entered himself.

Car waited for the other two members of the Council to enter. “Milords, milady,” he said quietly, “I must request that my apprentice, Tal’raen, be raised to Adept tonight.”

“Wait a minute, Car,” Shej said harshly. “You haven’t spoken to the boy in well over a year. Why do you ask this now?”

Car faced the Council squarely. “Two days ago, the Chaos Mage and spy Jia’har was rescued by other Chaos Magi,” he said flatly. “Two of them. They cut their way through an entire fort full of Magi, and escaped with him.

“I do not see what this has to do with Tal,” Kir’ani, High Priestess of Silsh Tekat, said quietly.

“I was there, Kir. I fought one of them,” Car responded.

Lor’dals shrugged. “One less Chaos Mage,” he said dismissively. “I take it he died to allow the others to escape from you?”

“No. I was defeated,” Car said flatly as he met the shocked gazes of the Council. “He may be merely an unusually powerful Drake Mage, but… I fear there is more at work here. We must defeat him. I need another Hawk Mage, and Tal is the only one who is free to come.”

Shej looked at the others. “He is ready,” he said unwillingly. “Normally he would not become an adept for another two months, but he can if he must.”

“We must stop this Mage, Stret’sar, from reaching the mountains,” Car said quietly. “Only Tal does not have responsibilities he cannot safely leave, and I must have the help of a Mage of great power. He must face the Trial.”

Car watched them, holding each of the Councilors’ eyes until they nodded. “Then let us send a messenger,” Shej’mahi said finally, “and we shall be his Swearers.”

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