IW-02. A Bond Broken by Wright J T

Author:Wright, J T [Wright, J T]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: LitRPG
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 14

Maven shivered. Her teeth clicked as she shut her mouth hurriedly. She knew what those dark clouds represented. She recognized the Voice which reprimanded her. Swallowing nervously, her hands brushed and smoothed the leaves of her dress. Now, was not the time to argue. The Garden could be reasoned with, occasionally. That Voice could only be obeyed.

Trent also shivered in response to the Voice. There was something undeniable contained in those words. Though they hadn’t been meant for him, Trent still felt the urge to kneel. He didn’t, but it was close. He had only knelt twice in his life. In the presence of Darak Fairdor, the last king of Al’rashia, kneeling had felt natural, and before the Goddess Terah, it had been required.

Fear locked his knees now. The presence of Darak and Terah was a gentle summer’s wind compared to this Voice. This Voice held the authority of a raging typhoon. If it had addressed him directly, Trent would have cowered and knelt in awe. He expected to see the Fairy Queen blasted to pieces by the Voice’s disfavor.

He was more than a little surprised when the Fairy, instead of ceasing to be, cast hard eyes his way. They didn’t look like eyes promising a reward, however. Maven’s expression spoke of blame and vengeance. She bared her teeth in a malicious imitation of a smile, her wings bringing her close to Trent’s face. The boy was owed? Yes, he was! Maven intended to give Trent exactly what she thought he deserved. The boy’s circumstances were very apparent to the Keeper. She knew exactly how to reward him.

“Poor thing. Poor Bond.” Maven’s fluttering brought her circling around Trent’s head. He kept his neck stiff and his gaze forward as she whispered in one ear and then the other. “You are owed. Queen Maven always pays her debts. Always.

“Poor, poor Bond.” Tiny fingers lightly pinched Trent’s ear. A chill ran down his spine. “Your Bond Mate must be very cruel. A Loyalty Rating of 10? How mistreated you must be. Queen Maven will make it better. What a fitting reward indeed.”

Trent wanted to stop her. He didn’t need a reward. Defeating the doppelganger had been too easy to be called a challenge. In fact, hadn’t he already received a new Secondary Attribute? That was more than enough.

There was no time to refuse. Maven had already acted. Her fingers snapped next to Trent’s ear. It was purely a dramatic gesture. Her magic had no need for snaps, weaving fingers, or trigger words. Maven just liked the finality of the clicking noise. It was fitting.

There was no spell that could accomplish what Maven did. A bond could be neglected and lost, but no outsider could break it. Only old magic, Fairy magic, could sever a Bond. And only a Fairy that had fled the Awakening could still use that old magic. Fairies that had accepted change still lived in the world. They couldn’t have done what Maven had just done. There were perhaps four beings in the world that still used the old magic.

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