Lair of the Deadly Twelve (Storm Phase Book 2) by Hayden David Alastair

Author:Hayden, David Alastair [Hayden, David Alastair]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: Typing Cat Press
Published: 2012-11-17T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 37

On Chonda Tower a seam in the stone outlined a door, though it didn’t have any hinges or a handle.

Lu Bei rapped his knuckles against the stone. “Only you can open it, master.”

Turesobei touched the door. “And how do I—”

The stone rectangle shimmered then vanished. Not an illusion … so where had the door gone? His companions oohed and awed. But he was speechless. This was ridiculously powerful magic, though not as grand as resurrecting the entire tower, of course.

“So no one can open the door but me?”

“Or anyone you designate.”

“Why me?”

“Because you—” He clapped his hand over his mouth. “Because you are the heir of Master’s kavaru.”

Turesobei stepped in. Hanging lanterns flared to life and flames blazed in a fireplace on the other side of the room. No wood. No coal. Magical flames rising from rune-carved stones. Was the entire tower enchanted? Where did all the power come from?

Mahogany-stained reed mats lined the walls, holding in the warmth. But cold marble stretched across the floor of the tower. A six-pointed star contained within a circle decorated the center of the floor. A shaft of white light shone down onto the pattern. Otherwise the room was entirely bare. No furniture or wall scrolls or plants.

The door reappeared and closed them in.

“You might want to let the others in, master. Touch the door and invite them.”

He let them in and, following Lu Bei’s instructions, gave them all the right to open the door any time.

“There’s no staircase,” said Enashoma.

“No need, Lady Shoma.”

“Then how do you get upstairs?”

“Step onto the star, master, and name the level you want to go to. There are seven levels.”

Turesobei walked onto the star. “Level Two.”

His feet came up off the floor and he levitated upward, as if the by the spell of levitation. He stopped rising up at the second level.

“What now?”

“Step off if you want to enter the room.”

He stepped into another bare room. The only difference was that the floor had reed matting and the walls had six windows, matching the orientation of the points on the star pattern. That was weird. He hadn’t noticed any windows from the outside. They seemed to be made of normal glass, but when he touched one it disappeared, just like the front door had. When he thought about it returning, it immediately reappeared. This magic, used for such common purpose and still lasting, exceeded anything described in tales about the Kaiaru.

Now the part that required trust. He shut his eyes and stepped into the glowing shaft of light. He didn’t fall. He hovered again. The white light shone down from a matching star pattern on the ceiling of the seventh floor.

“Level One.”

He drifted back down.

“Lu Bei, there are windows upstairs. I didn’t see any on the outside.”

“You can only see them from the inside, master. Master valued privacy.”

His companions wandered over, eager to try a turn at levitating.

“Is the High Wizard’s Tower like this?” Awasa asked. “With a levitating … portal?”

The tower was off limits to

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