Fire Keep by J. Scott Savage

Author:J. Scott Savage [Savage, J. Scott]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Monsters—Fiction, Fantasy, magicians and magic
Publisher: Find Your Magic
Published: 2015-05-11T04:00:00+00:00

Holding her hands in front of her, Turnip stepped into the blinding light. She still thought she could hear traces of the voices that had filled her head moments before, but now they were only distant echoes, fading with every passing second.

Why hadn’t the fire destroyed her? It should have. It was made to destroy those without magic, and clearly she had none.

Except . . . something was different about her. Turnip had felt the vortex try to react with her body, and then . . . pull back. In some way, it couldn’t tear her apart the way it had done to everyone else. She felt like she should know why, only the reason was lost with everything else she couldn’t remember.

She walked through the light for what seemed like a very long time. Unable to see in any direction, she might have been passing through deserts, mountains, or forests. She might have been within arm’s reach of monsters, traps, or unknown dangers of any kind. She might have been walking in circles. But she wasn’t. She felt an odd assurance that she was going the right way.

At last, the light began to fade—or maybe her eyes had finally adjusted to the brightness. In the distance, a dark rectangle came into view. As she drew closer, she made out a door—twice as tall as she was and nearly as wide as it was tall—made from the same black stone as Fire Keep.

In the center of the door was a flaming symbol, which again tugged at the memories she couldn’t recall. Standing on tiptoes, she traced her finger along the shape, which had a loop on one end and a sort of curlicue on the other. For some reason, the word water came into her head—although there wasn’t any water to be seen.

She stepped back and studied the door. Was this one of the gates the fire elementals had told her about? If so, trying to enter it without magic might be the most dangerous thing she could do. She could still go back. Now that she knew the vortex wouldn’t destroy her, she might be able to learn more that would help her here. Maybe she could convince the lizard to let her read his book. And there were plenty of other people she could help.

She looked back the way she had come, and something on the floor caught her attention. It was a blue ball—her retinentia. It must have followed her into the vortex. But something was different about it. The magical flames, which hadn’t affected her, had cracked the surface of the globe in so many places that the clouds inside were only blue blurs. It was a wonder the ball was still holding together at all. Even now, it shivered slightly, and another crack, larger than the others, ran across one side.

Those were her memories. The Pyrinths had warned her against viewing them. That her nightmares were better left alone. But what if the globe contained

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