Crystal Crawford - [Legends of Arameth - The Lex Chronicles 01] by Crystal Crawford

Author:Crystal Crawford [Crawford, Crystal]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Hewlett-Packard

The glimpse quivered and faded, and the world around Lex rushed back into full substance. He swayed, disoriented. The chaos of battle was dissipating. As one, the Aiacs screeched and leapt skyward, the wind of their wingbeats causing the campfire to gutter as they fled. The Alowens slowed to a stop as the last of the farmers they pursued fled through the open gates. There were no cheers of victory. A hush fell across the camp, then the Alowens burst into motion, rushing to help the injured. The whole camp was a flurry of motion, except for one still figure on the ground beside the fire – Amelia.

Lex ran to Amelia and dropped to his knees beside her. He tipped her face toward him, brushing her hair back from her eyes.

She groaned, then blinked. “Lex?” she murmured, her eyes focusing on him. She pushed up and threw her arms around him, almost knocking him backward. “I knew you’d come for me.”

Lex swayed under her sudden weight but steadied himself and returned her hug. Amelia pushed back suddenly and looked around. “What happened?”

Lex was still trying to figure out how to explain when Acarius strode up, his face drawn tight. “This isn’t good,” he said. He nodded toward the tents. Lytira stood, head bowed, as the old man with the staff waved his arms and railed at her in a rumbling tone, his cheeks puffing with each word. Lex couldn’t make out what he was saying, but Acarius was right… it didn’t look good. Baram stood beside Lytira, glaring at the ground while his hands pumped in and out of fists.

"What's going on?" Lex asked.

“Alowen is a sanctuary of sorts,” Acarius said. “They have existed for decades by blending in. No Sephram or Alomman has shown their powers in front of humans for over a hundred years. Back then, the humans feared them and attacked them because of their natural magic. They survived by making people forget about them, by slipping from reality into legend, into stories told at bedtime. No one believed their magic even existed anymore. And now they blame Lytira for exposing them, and for putting her own people in danger. Because of the war she brought here, they were forced to show their magic, and the humans will not let this go. It may start a war all over again." He paused. "She could be banished from her clan for this.”

Lex turned to him. “I caused this. Not her. She was only trying to help me. We have to do something.”

“There’s nothing we can do. Outsiders do not have a voice in clan decisions," Acarius said bitterly. "To interject would be the utmost disrespect. It would only make things worse.” He glanced at Lex. “Besides, according to their law, we have blood-guilt upon us. We will be lucky if they do not call for our deaths.”

Amelia gasped, but Lex’s attention was drawn across the camp to where Naya’s mother knelt, face tipped upward and tears streaming from closed eyes as she rocked her daughter’s small, lifeless body.

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