Into the Dark (Light Chaser Book 2) by J. B. Cantwell

Author:J. B. Cantwell [Cantwell, J. B.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-03-03T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 16

Arte waited until we were well out of earshot of anybody else in the group. It was suspicious at best, his behavior. Finally, after checking a few times that we hadn't been followed, he spoke.

"I… I don't know how to say this. But my brother, Angus, well, he had magic."

"What?"

"Angus was my twin. We were just kids when Torin came to Ezvar, only about twenty years old. Back then, magic was more common than it is now, and Angus had a gift. Since we were little, he had always found a way to prank me. He never had a wand or any kind of weapon, but he didn't need one. It seemed that all he needed to do to use his magic was look your way. As we grew older, he refined his skills and eventually became well known in the village."

"Well known for doing what?" I asked.

"For everything. He could heal people, kind of like Duna, and people began to come to him for all types of problems. Magic wasn't so unusual back then, though only a few in the village had the talent. Some people could move things with nothing more than a glance. Others could run at great speed. There was even one who could fly."

"What happened to them all? If the Ezvar tribe had magic back then, how did it become such a terrible thing in your village?"

His eyes shifted away from me and glazed over as he recounted the memory.

"Torin came, and everything changed. He had magic, but he was far more powerful than anyone in our village. He stayed with us for some time, training those with talent. Soon, he had a group of six trained sorcerers from Ezvar."

He looked back over his shoulder at the tribe, and when his eyes met mine again, they were full of shame.

"It became clear after a time that Torin wanted to leave and bring all of the sorcerers with him. My family was against this, as we would lose Angus for who knew how long. In fact, all of those with magic were young, and every family resisted Torin's desire to leave with their sons and daughters.

"Those in Torin's group also didn’t want to leave with him, not just their families. But he insisted, and when Torin insisted upon something, he got what he wanted. In the end, there was a battle. He used his powers to overcome those with magic and turned them against the tribe. The giants fought bravely to protect their sons and daughters, but they didn't have anything close to the abilities that Torin's group did, and they were quickly decimated.

"It was a massacre," I said, eyes wide.

"But that wasn't enough for Torin," he went on. "He instructed each of the young men and women in the group to murder their own families. Angus was no exception. He killed everyone in our family, including our young sister. I'll never forget the look on my mother's face as he turned his gaze upon her.

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