Holmberg, D.K [Dark Sorcerer 04] A Society in Decay by D.K. Holmberg

Author:D.K. Holmberg
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: ASH Publishing
Published: 2022-01-27T16:00:00+00:00

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THE SHADOWS CONTINUED to press into her. It was almost as if the night was trying to swallow her, directly attacking her, trying to consume her. Jayna could feel that power, she could feel the way that energy was working into her, and she could feel that power practically overwhelming her. She tried to fight, trying to resist, but with every passing moment, there wasn’t anything within her that would hold back against it. She had to find it within herself.

Jayna wasn’t alone here, though. There were others of the Society here. They would fight dark sorcery if she could draw them to her.

The problem for her was that she did not know if any of the Society could even help. She didn’t know how to stop this kind of power. It seemed as if it wanted to consume her. There was an overwhelming energy building.

It was only a matter of moments before she lost control over it. Only a matter of moments before it consumed her power. She tried to fight, drawing through the Toral ring, but did not have enough strength.

Every time she surged more power, this other entity etched away at it, practically consuming it. Jayna struggled against it.

Then she collapsed.

She could feel Char through the linking spell. There was a moment of panic, almost as if he were aware of what was happening to her, and she wanted to try to send him away. She didn’t need him getting close to her and certainly didn’t need him to fall to this Sul’toral as well.

Where was her strength?

How could she have strength when this person was burning it away from her?

She didn’t need strength, though, did she? She could fight without it. She didn’t need magic. She released her hold on the Toral magic.

It was a risk. If she were to lose that connection, or if someone managed to sever her from her connection to magic, she wasn’t sure if she might be able to use the linking spell to regain it. But she had to try.

The strange energy burning down upon her faded, but not completely. There was a hint of energy, a hint of something working through her, but not like it had before.

She could get to her feet. Strength returned.

The darkness felt all-encompassing, and it was all around her. Despite the darkness, Jayna had the sense that something had moved toward her.

Jayna braced herself, lowered her shoulder, and launched herself forward.

It was a trick she had learned fighting one of the other Sul’toral. She didn’t need magic. She just needed to startle them.

These were ancient people who had lived for centuries, an impossibly long time, but in that time, they had also forgotten about anything other than magic. They believed their magic could either control or overwhelm everything. Jayna just knew there were certain things it could not.

She slammed into what felt like a painful mist.

The strange crawling sensation that she had felt once before began to work through her, beginning to crawl up her arms, her legs, and then all over the rest of her body.

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