Life Giver by Lisa Lowell

Author:Lisa Lowell [Lowell, Lisa]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Creativia
Published: 2019-06-08T22:00:00+00:00

12

Answers and Questions

This time he conjured a horse worthy of a king and rode as fast as he could across the winter plains, back toward the mountain cavern behind the waterfall. He wanted to get a distance from Rashel that would not bring her to mind where she might be observed in a stray thought. He wanted to shift his brain and his goals so the location for this next confrontation must be somewhere that didn’t bring that precious new world onto the stage of his mind. Besides, Marit kept sending him lonely thoughts, and he needed to settle her as well.

With his faster horse, the trip to the cavern lasted only an hour, but Yeolani’s irritability with this form of travel also rose with every hoofbeat. There must be a faster way for a magician, less dangerous than a tornado. That might be a worthy goal in his Seeking. He added that to his other planned topics for this conversation. He had many, and if Honiea and Vamilion wouldn’t answer, he would simply have to find a way for himself. Right now, he had little patience for any of it.

Marit greeted him heartily, and her pups waddled over with her to smell him. He cuddled the pups, getting them accustomed to human touch before their eyes opened. Marit allowed this as long as she received her share of the attention, and he told her what he had now planned.

“I’m going to send you to look after Nevai. There’s a warm barn and the lady there, Rashel. She will be kind, but you cannot come with me, not with your puppies. Nevai will be there too, and I’ll need you to be sure he is watched. But do me a favor; stay away from the other dogs. You need not be a mother again, and I cannot have you so burdened with these little ones. I would like to take you with me one day.”

Of course, the dog probably didn’t understand, but Yeolani said it anyway, wanting to verbalize his plans if only for himself. He would warn Rashel that she would be having guests of the canine variety in the morning, but for now, he would be entertaining others himself. He encouraged Marit’s family back into their nest for the evening and then surveyed the cavern. Magically, he set a fire, allowing the space to warm up, and then conjured furs as a seating arrangement worthy of the locale. Then, when all was ready, he brought forth a candle, lit it, and held it high.

“And bring Vamilion with you, please!” he added, addressing the candle as well as giving it a mental shove, though he didn’t know if the call would work.

This time it took a bit more time, but the two Wise Ones arrived in the same flicker of the candle, hand in hand. Vamilion looked around the cavern with a grim eye, probably distrusting the stone roof above him to remain steady, but Yeolani didn’t care. He greeted his mentors and invited them to sit.

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