Hemlock by Jesse Teller

Author:Jesse Teller
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: vampires, wizards, pirates, sword sorcery
Publisher: Jesse Teller

He was set outside a cave, and Whelter placed an arm around Rayph’s shoulders. The man smelled of blade oil and leather. He also smelled of violence and death.

“I have talked with her. She has agreed to see you,” the shield bearer said. “She already knew you were here to see her and was waiting for your agreement before she accepted you. Evidently, she knew you had seen Aaron. Don’t ask me how she does that, but her sight has served us many times in this war.”

Rayph nodded. “You will be coming with me to ensure her safety?”

“I will. And if you move to harm her, I will make a mess of you that I will be cleaning for days. Do you understand?” the young man said.

Whelter laughed and smiled, patting Rayph on the back. “Be careful and good luck. I hope she can help you.”

Rayph nodded and entered the cave. As he stepped in, he felt the eyes of some great power fall upon him, and he stopped. “I come in peace and with dire need.”

“Come, Ivoryfist. You have been expected.” The voice sounded young, and Rayph wondered at that.

He stepped into the gloom, fighting to see anything before he opened his third eye. He saw moving currents of cool air and a warm aura radiating before him. He sat before it, and it giggled.

“How may I help you, Rayph?”

“A friend of mine has been attacked by a member of your order. I need to know how to save her and how to kill her attacker.”

“You are an outlander. The only possible person you could be referring to is the Lover.”

“Tell me of the Lover,” Rayph said.

“He came to us many years back, in my mother’s time, when I was her assistant. I would venture to say that was about two hundred and some years ago. He begged our help. Told us his love was in danger and he needed a way to save her. She had come down with some blood disease and only our magic could restore her. We told him her disease would kill her before he learned how to help her. He told us a time-stopping spell had been cast on her. We did not understand this magic, but we took him at his word. My mother refused to teach him, and he was cast out.

“But Tristan the Lover would not leave. He haunted our lands, our guardians attacked him, and he took beating after beating, near death many times and calling out for our help. After many months, my mother took him as a student. He learned how to purify blood and how to wield its power. When he left, he thanked us and gave us a gift.

“He came back not long after. He said there must be a way to reverse death, said his lover had been killed by a blood beast and he wanted us to reverse the plague. He told us of a creature that devoured blood to continue in its living death, and he was laughed away.

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