Searing Skies, Stolen Flames by Dan Michaelson & D.K. Holmberg
Author:Dan Michaelson & D.K. Holmberg [Michaelson, Dan & Holmberg, D.K.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: ASH Publishing
Published: 2024-06-18T00:00:00+00:00
Chapter Seventeen
âVery good,â Talia said. âI was wondering if you would detect it. It is quite a ways from here, so nothing to worry about right now. Come along.â
She started away from them, leaving Laric and Rowan looking at each other, neither of them speaking for a few moments.
âWhat are we going to do?â Rowan asked.
âI guess weâre going to follow her,â he said.
âBut dragons?â
âWe are with a mage.â
âThat doesnât mean weâre safe.â
âI know,â he said. And he did, though he couldnât quite tell what else he needed to do.
They followed Talia, and as they went, the sense of dragons began to build. It was potent, almost intentionally so, but maybe it was just because Laric had been so focused on that combined power that he was able to pick up on more than he had been able to before. It filled him with an energy.
A shape glowed in the distance.
Laric pointed, and Rowan nodded. âI see it,â she said.
Talia stood out in the open, almost as if unconcerned about the possibility that Korthal soldiers would even notice their presence.
âWhat are you doing?â Rowan whispered.
âThey will not know that weâre here,â Talia said.
âTheyâll see us,â Rowan hissed.
Talia shook her head. âFortunately for us, they will not.â
Laric looked straight ahead, but he didnât see anything. No sign of Korthal. No sign of dragons. There was nothing. But that didnât change the fact that he had detected them.
âWhy did you bring us out here?â he asked. âIs this to try to show us something, or to try to prove something to us? Or did you do it because youâre trying to use us for something?â
âI suppose I did not need to, but I wanted you to learn whether there would be any way for you to detect what they were doing, and the threat they posed. Thatâs a skill you must learn if you are going to serve.â
Irritation flooded him. âWhat if I donât intend to serve?â
âYou have potential, Laric. You have proven that you have it, and you have proven that youâre connected in a way that would allow you to do things that others cannot do.â She turned to Rowan. âAnd you have proven that you have your own sort of potential. It may not be the same as his, but it is useful, nonetheless.â
It angered him that Talia would talk to Rowan that way. She deserved better.
âSheâs learning how to create spellcraft forms,â he said. âShe didnât have the same background with spellslips that I did, so I think you owe her a little grace.â
Talia scoffed. âI owe her?â
Rowan shook her head slightly, telling him not to get in the way, but he was not about to stand down. Not from Talia, and not about this.
âShe, and probably the others, can learn these forms,â Laric said. âIt just takes time. They didnât all have a grandmother like mine teaching them.â
Talia smiled tightly. âYes. Your grandmother. The same grandmother who spent some time traversing through here, from what I have surmised.
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