Giles Carwyn & Todd Fahnestock - Heartstone 03 by Queen of Oblivion

Author:Queen of Oblivion
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

“That should keep him docile, at least,” Reef said. “We’ll have to give him more in a few hours.”

“Reef, the black emmeria is gone. He’s not going to—”

The Islander turned a fierce gaze on her. “I’m not convinced of that.”

“But you saw it yourself. His blood ran red.”

He grunted and reached for a barrel full of rock salt. He scooped handfuls of salt into the burlap sack, filling it almost to the brim. Crossing the room, he opened a drawer built under the opposite bunk and withdrew a small chest bound in gold. Ossamyr knew what was in that chest. Reef kept it close to himself constantly. He opened the lid, filling the room with rainbow colored light. The ever-shifting colors slid across his tattooed face and his golden eyes started to glow. Reef withdrew one of the precious crystal shards. There were hundreds of them, the product of his people’s grueling sacrifice. She wondered what kind of man Reef would have been if he had not poured all his joy and his hope into those crystals. Would he be so serious? So stern all the time? She tried to imagine Reef carefree and playful, and she could not see it.

“This is the one you saw us create that night in the mountains,” he said, holding up one of the crystals.

“You know them each by sight?”

“Would you know your friends by sight? Your children?”

He returned to the bed and pushed the shards of light emmeria into the burlap sack one after the other.

“Every one of these shards contains the gift of ani from over a hundred souls. The best people I know gave over a month’s worth of their life force to fill these shards. We have thousands of them. Tens of thousands. And we’re nowhere close to matching the supply of raw hate created by the wizards of Efften.”

Slowly and carefully, he cinched the sack closed; tying it so tight the salt could not shift. His motions were slow and methodical, as if the tiniest mistake would be disastrous.

With a weary sigh, he stood and offered his hand.

“Are you ready?”

She nodded, giving one last look at Brophy, who slept peacefully. As she turned away, she noticed something, and spun back.

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