Pursuit of Shadows (The Keeper Chronicles Book 2) by JA Andrews

Author:JA Andrews [Andrews, JA]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-09-17T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Six

Will went to the door. As Killien and the guards topped the path and disappeared, the flat blue sky settled back down like a glass lid, clear and empty.

A smooth shape glided over the edge of the rift and toward him, Talen’s white chest glinting against the sky. Will held his arm out and leaned his head away as the small bird flapped onto his shoulder. “You’re getting better at landing.”

A thin green shoot swung from Talen’s beak, its roots still entangled in a clod of earth.

“And that’s better than your usual offering of a mouse.” Will let out a long sigh. “Let’s take it to your nest.”

Will cast out toward the bird and found the coil of energy. Even when Talen rested, he was poised to burst into flight. Gently he took hold of the vitalle in the little hawk. There it was, solid, malleable. Will could have drawn it out, shifted it, anything.

Whatever Killien had done to keep him from manipulating energy, had ended. Will thought back over his time with Killien. Had he ever tried to use any vitalle near the Torch? Maybe one of Killien’s rings had the power to stop him, but he couldn’t think of a single time he’d tried. He’d read people’s emotions, but he’d never tried to move any energy.

Will opened up to Talen, searching for the birds emotions. But the hawk had only slight sense of anticipation.

“It seems like I should find some sense of loyalty. Or companionship.” Will settled Talen on back of one of the chairs. “You’re free to leave this charming place, and yet every day you come back.”

He reached out slowly and ran the back of his finger down the front of Talen’s wing. “Things don’t seem to be going well. If you come back and I’m not here…” Talen’s heartbeat thrummed against Will’s finger. “I’m sure you’ll find plenty of mice.”

He sat down in the other chair. “If you get a chance, will you keep your eye out for Rass?” He tried to push the idea of the little girl at the hawk. To resonate his desire to know where she was, but he could sense no change in the little bird. “I doubt anyone’s taking care of her.” Talen turned his golden eyes toward Will, then with a rush of air, winged out of the door, and out of sight.

Will stared at the empty door. “I didn’t think so.”

He dropped his head into his hands. It really didn’t feel like a night for storytelling. He needed something impressive, but easy enough he could tell in what was bound to be a stressful situation.

Sable would be a good choice. An orphan adopted into a traveling theater company, she’d grown famous and wealthy. But after the death of her friend, she’d become disgusted with it all, given her money to the poor, and lived as a simple peasant. Until day she met the man who would be king.

Yes, Sable was long enough to feel epic, intriguing enough to be keep his attention even with Killien and Ilsa there.

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