Reckoning of Fallen Gods: A Tale of the Coven by R. A. Salvatore

Author:R. A. Salvatore [Salvatore, R. A.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Epic, Fiction, Dark Fantasy, Fantasy
ISBN: 9780765395313
Publisher: Tor Books
Published: 2019-01-29T08:00:00+00:00

16

BODY AND SOUL

There was no place she had ever been that she’d rather be.

For Aoleyn, the music of this cavern, the feel of the divine song vibrating in the air, enchanted her, and more importantly, it made her feel as if she was growing in her understanding of the magic, the notes coming clearer to the point where she could anticipate them and predict them with great accuracy. And she felt as if that, in turn, was allowing her to grow personally, to better understand her place in the world, to better appreciate the bonds between her physical being and her spiritual, magical being.

Every now and then, she put all of her thoughts into the graphite bar set in her anklet, and with a stomp of her foot, released the thrumming energy in the form of a blinding shot of lightning. She had been able to do this for a long time, of course, had even sent her energies across great distance through her connection with Brayth that long-ago day to shoot lightning from his crystalline spear tip.

But nothing like this. Nothing of this power. She could imagine ranks of goblins falling dead under the strength of the strokes she was sending forth now, in this place. She had never imagined the thrill of having such energy coursing through her body, leaping out from her in such brilliant destructive beauty.

Yes, this was the place she wanted to stay forever. She had all the drinking water and food she could want, protection from the winter’s cold, and heated water, too, for relaxing and bathing. From here and through the God Crystal, she could go out into the wider world, possessing owls and foxes and coyotes, even a cloud leopard once (and she hoped it was the one that she had saved from the grip of the demon fossa, but she had not been able to tell). With this freedom and help from the animals, she caught food, or stole food from the Usgar, and delivered it and firewood to Bahdlahn in his snowbound cave.

He seemed to be doing quite well, appeared healthy and content, and indeed, more than once, he had called out thanks to the “spirit of Aoleyn.”

If only he knew the truth!

One day soon, he would, she had determined. One day, as winter let go of Fireach Speuer, she would leave this place and go to him in his cave.

She looked forward to that day very much.

But for now, she was content, she was warm and safe, and she was happy. And even more than that, Aoleyn was intrigued, for even above the greater power she was finding with the gemstones in this place, there resonated something else, some type of magic she had not known before, and so she spent hours each day trying to find the source.

When at last she determined the exact area, on this very level and not many corridor twists from her cavern, she understood why it had taken her so long to properly locate it.

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