Cloak Games: Mage Fall by Jonathan Moeller

Author:Jonathan Moeller [Moeller, Jonathan]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: cloak games, morvilind, nadia moran
Publisher: Jonathan Moeller
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 8: Mars

Morvilind, Riordan, Tyth, Rosalyn Madero, the slayer golem and I all walked along the Warded Way towards the boundary of Earth’s umbra.

That was a grim walk, let me tell you.

Rosalyn stalked forward in bleak silence, her mouth a hard, angry line even as tears slid down her cheeks from time to time. I kept a careful watch on her, not because I cared about Morvilind, but I thought she might attack me (or worse, Riordan) in a burst of rage. Tyth seemed to agree with me, and she kept watch on Rosalyn as well, axe ready in both hands. Though I didn’t know what an axe would do against Rosalyn’s magically-augmented armor. I also tried to keep an eye on the Shadowlands around us, and I kept glancing at the inferno of Venomhold. For one thing, it was hard to look away from the horrifying spectacle of it. For another, I was worried that something else might emerge from the flames, though it was hard to see how anything else could have survived the explosion of the Sky Hammer.

Rosalyn had, though.

Several times I saw packs of Shadowlands creatures moving through the bleak plains. Three times I saw a group of anthrophages, twice packs of wraithwolves, and once a group of cowlspawn, their tentacles lashing at the ground beneath the ragged hems of their heavy black robes. The creatures veered towards the Warded Way as we passed, considered us for a moment, and then moved on, unwilling to subject themselves to the spells upon the road.

Just as well we had reached the Warded Way. I wanted to avoid any more fights if possible…but I suspected Montrysar and the Archons would be back.

Then Rosalyn started talking.

“The Quantum Nihlus Stone,” said Rosalyn. “You found it at last?”

Morvilind glanced back at her. “Yes.”

Rosalyn smirked, her black eyes glittering. “How many people did you kill to find that information?”

I almost said that he had killed a lot of people. At least seventeen thousand people had died during Nicholas’s attack on New York, and a lot more would have died if I hadn’t wrecked the Rebels’ plans. I was angry enough at Morvilind that I wanted to gang up on him with Rosalyn, but my brain pointed out that was a terrible idea, that using the Quantum Nihlus Stone to end the war was worth working with this ruthless and cold man.

“How do you know what a Quantum Nihlus Stone even is?” I said.

Rosalyn glanced back at me and burst out laughing. It wasn’t mocking or malicious. She just sounded amused. It gave me a brief glimpse of what she must have been like before she had gone insane and started killing people to extend her lifespan.

“Nadia,” said Rosalyn, “I made the Nihlus Stone that’s riding along in your jacket pocket. And I like that jacket, by the way. Suits you. But, yes, I know what the Quantum Nihlus Stone is. Karst had many volumes of lore in Venomhold that she obtained from the Archons, and I read all of them.

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