Holmberg, D K - The Lost Prophecy 08 - The Great Betrayal by Holmberg D K

Author:Holmberg, D K [Holmberg, D K]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: ASH Publishing
Published: 2017-10-09T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nineteen

Jakob didn’t know how to confine his brother in a way that would hold him indefinitely, and he wasn’t willing to do anything more extreme—not yet. When Jakob appeared outside the city, the damahne and daneamiin he’d left to wait for him began pushing out with their ahmaean, using it in a circle that connected them to hold Scottan in place.

“What happened?” Malaya asked.

Jakob realized he still had his sword in hand and slipped it into his sheath. “They were waiting for me,” he said.

“In the city?”

“Beneath the city. They used teralin, thinking to influence me.”

“Why would they be beneath the city?” Malaya asked.

“To capture me, I suspect.”

She frowned and turned her attention toward the city. “They would have had to know you were coming,” she said.

“There should not be teralin beneath this place,” Anda said.

Jakob glanced over at her. “Why wouldn’t there be?”

“The daneamiin have never used teralin, and we have never had it in any of our homes. We have always considered it a dangerous metal that we would rather not interact with. It has caused too many problems for others over the years. We’ve seen the way the damahne have squabbled over it.”

“There was teralin,” Jakob said. Maybe the daneamiin of old simply hadn’t been aware of its presence beneath their city. It could have been naturally occurring, yet gone undetected. Or had it been brought here intentionally?

With the way that teralin could be used to augment ahmaean, he could imagine how Raime would have brought teralin here to attempt to augment the ahmaean stored within the city. Even the residual ahmaean would be strengthened by the presence of teralin.

He glanced to Malaya and then to Paden and Adam. They were the best trained of the damahne and would offer him the most help. “There are five damahne remaining in that cavern. Scottan had brought them with him.”

“What do you want to do?”

Jakob considered his options. He could leave the five damahne in that cavern, but he suspected they would have the ability to shift themselves free. If they did, they could reveal to Raime that Jakob had captured Scottan.

“I need you to come with me.”

“What of your brother?” Anda asked.

Jakob let out a frustrated sigh. There was likely only one place where he would be able to confine his brother, but it meant he had to involve the daneamiin. And he might be here with other daneamiin, but he doubted Aruhn would be pleased if Jakob brought Scottan and other damahne with him to the Old Forest.

But what other choice did he have? They needed to keep Scottan confined, and the Tower had proven ineffective at holding him—or any of the new damahne. It was never meant to prevent the damahne from shifting free of the Tower.

He wasn’t convinced the Old Forest would be enough, either, but it had held Jostephon, though Jakob had taken his Deshmahne markings from him to weaken him.

“I think the daneamiin will need to help with my brother, as well as with others who have been twisted by Raime.

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