Search for the Brights [02] Rise of the Citadel by Aaron Thomas

Author:Aaron Thomas [Thomas, Aaron]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Young Adult, Fantasy
Publisher: Aaron Thomas
Published: 2016-02-24T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 18 - The Crimson

Kilen still felt very safe, even being only a short ride from the Fire Realms defenses. He sat, sleepily watching the fire cook the rabbit Max had found, killed, and skinned. Jace had assured him that the small tendrils of smoke wouldn’t be noticed by the Fire Realm. Max, Jace, and Joahna had all taken a form of one sort or another to penetrate the defenses of the Fire Realm camp. Jace said they would only get one chance to get close to King Elric Rekkan.

The last couple days of riding were uneventful. Kilen had wished he could have caught up on his book. The ideas rolled around in his head about the changes in the land, a chapter on pirates, and he even wanted to write down the differences in the new and old world weapon bearers. Crackling of the wood was the only sound besides Kilen’s quill in the book. He wrote about the trees and the how they had thinned the further south he had traveled. High in the mountains the trees were low to the ground and always green. A large population of squirrels, birds, and deer had shown themselves to Kilen. He was sure that not many people hunted these woods. He was glad about that.

The area Jace had chosen for a resting place was a small opening surrounded by a veil of these trees. Max had sunk the ground down so the fire would not be directly visible if someone was looking under the trees while lying on the ground. Kilen had even aided the trees growth so that there was no space to walk between the branches that surrounded the tiny clearing.

The meat over the fire was starting to turn black in some areas, so Kilen retrieved the stick holding it in place and stuck it in the ground next to him to cool off. The trees rustled and Kilen sat up to see if someone had found him and watched the smoke coming off his cooked rabbit twist in an unnatural way.

Jace’s voice on the wind let him know he was still safe, “I am coming back inside your mind.”

Without anymore warning or time to prepare, Kilen felt the concussion. He wavered a moment, but stayed steady. His friends rarely came into his consciousness in the last few weeks. The feeling felt foreign again and he knew he needed to practice if he was to protect himself during battle. He knew it would only take one person dying before he once again felt the concussion and having that happen during battle could cause him to miss a vital block of a sword.

“I have seen every bit of their defenses. I would like to show you what it looks like,”Jace said.

Images from Jace’s elemental memory flooded into Kilen’s vision. He watched as Jace detailed the entire camp of the Fire Realm forces. Fortunately for Kilen, all the forces were facing towards the south west, where King Atmos would be forced to attack from.

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