Journeyman Warsmith by Chris Hollaway

Author:Chris Hollaway [Hollaway, Chris]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Sword & Sorcery, Action & Adventure, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Fantasy, Epic, Genre Fiction, Literature & Fiction
Published: 2013-07-30T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 18

The aura of Light that diffused up the stairwell wavered, and Kevon shifted his attention to stabilize it, focusing on the orb down the hallway that he was filtering the power through. The ensconced crystal flickered, lighting of its own accord from the barest leakage of magic.

His companions lay arrayed on the stone landing below him, shaded from the majority of his Light spell, which he had been maintaining for the last two hours. The Mage watched Mirsa slumbering peacefully, and wondered if his strength would hold until dawn, if he should wake her for her shift maintaining a light bright enough to discourage the creatures of darkness. His concentration flagged again, the exertions of the afternoon weighing down, pressing him into weariness.

Half an hour later, Kevon gently shook Mirsa awake, unable to keep the spell steady enough to feel comfortable that the light would deter unwanted visitors. Dark circles under the Master Mage’s eyes, and an unfamiliar crease in her forehead spoke the volumes her cheerful response did not.

The remaining hours before the outside world brightened were strewn with horrific memories of the things he had witnessed in the years since leaving home. Kevon’s fragile snatches of sleep were punctuated with twisted visions of events that had never even happened. Sometimes it was Waine dying at the hands of the Orclord, sometimes himself or Mirsa. Variations of the battle that took place just outside ended with the Mage Pholos stabbing Kevon in the back with a knife, instead of Kevon slaying Gurlin in the same fashion. Marelle lay bound in the hideout far to the north where Kevon had rescued Carlo, brigands looming over with filthy, reaching hands. The darkness between the fragments of dreams swam with warped faces and chitinous limbs.

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