Demigod Rising by John Forrester

Author:John Forrester [Forrester, John]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Fantasy
Publisher: Amber Muse
Published: 2019-04-08T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO

Every night, the memory haunted Shani. The gang of half-elf slavers ravaging their village. She had nightmares and flashbacks of battling the high elf illusionist. Her opponent had cast powerful spells that smashed through Shani’s wards, leaving her broken. The illusionist’s spells had mesmerized the warriors of their village and caused the blades of friends to turn against their allies. After the high elf had dominated her mind, Shani felt the crushing weight of guilt and defeat and powerlessness. The remaining villagers could do little to stop them. She’d never encountered an enemy who wielded such a vast well of power and possessed such a magnificent skill in battle. It was far beyond Shani’s training and experience. Though she blamed herself for failing to protect her tribe, she admitted she lacked the mastery to stop her foe. Still, her stomach felt a twisting pain when she remembered what had happened.

The doctor had told her that she and her people were better off now than before, but Shani didn’t believe it. But at least they’d be well-fed and didn’t have to worry about starvation, especially the little ones. Though she didn’t argue with the high elf doctor, she couldn’t help but feel the pain of separation from her tribe, her friends, and her family.

When the doctor had told her that the old human had bought her freedom, she’d felt worried that he expected her to be his wife. The doctor had laughed and said the man was too old for a young bride and said she was truly free and could go wherever she wanted. Then he told her the reason her freedom was purchased was because of the influence of Jeno and Freyia, the boy and girl she had met in her village. This filled her heart with joy. They were repaying her kindness for saving Jeno and Freyia’s life by securing her freedom. But what should she do? Where should she go? She had asked the doctor where the others from the village had gone, and he’d shrugged and told her it was impossible to find out. They’d gone everywhere and nowhere at the same time. No one tracked sold slaves in Pereth, and besides, many could have gone by boat or cart to distant cities and towns. Anything was possible.

Shani knew it was fate that the gods had brought her back to see Jeno. The boy was imbued with some kind of special power that she couldn’t quite place. But the funny thing was he didn’t know a thing about it. He was ignorant of his own nature. After she’d first met him, she couldn’t stop thinking about him and what she’d sensed in him. It was weird and wonderful at the same time. Not only love, for she had felt love with another boy before him, but with Jeno it was something deeper, more magnificent and worshipful, like what she felt toward the gods. She had felt in awe of him and hated it when he’d insisted on leaving their village.

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