Shades of Light by Justin Sloan & Michael Anderle

Author:Justin Sloan & Michael Anderle [Sloan, Justin]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: LMBPN Publishing
Published: 2017-05-17T22:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER ELEVEN

It was weird, smelling the scent of death and hearing the sounds of warfare before the real fighting had even begun. Rhona stood at the top of the castle walls. Spells of fire and wind that the mages created flew out to attack the remnant, laying siege to the walls below. Whenever one fell, two more seemed to rise up in their place.

“Where are they all coming from?” Donnon asked in amazement.

“My best bet?” Alastar shouted over the winds. “They’ve come across from Sair Talem.”

Rhona’s heart clenched at the thought. She had heard stories about the people who still remained on the large island to the west, men and women whose recovery after the Age of Madness had left them in a state of constant ferocity, and a lust for death and destruction.

“What matters now isn’t how they got here,” Garrett said, standing behind them with an army of his wind mages in their blue and white colors, standing at the ready, “it’s that you kill as many of the damned beasts as you can.”

“We’ll make them reconsider ever setting foot here again,” Alastar said.

“If only they were capable of rational thought,” Donnon said. “I fear we’ll have to kill every last one of them if we ever hope to have a land free of remnant.”

“Let’s get started then,” Alastar said, drawing his sword.

“You asked for it,” Garrett said, and he raised a fist.

“Wait,” Estair said, climbing the stairs to reach them. She came to Alastar and looked between him and Rhona. “If you ever need shelter or help, do not hesitate to come to me.”

“Thank you,” Alastar said, and to Rhona’s surprise the woman gave him a hug and a kiss on the cheek.

Alastar blushed and kissed her hand.

“No kisses necessary,” Rhona said when Estair looked her way, earning her a laugh from the woman. She shared a look of excitement with her brother.

Volney and Larick’s eyes both went white and Volney said, “Now!”

The army of remnant below turned as one, like a swarm of bees homing in for their new target.

Garrett’s fist pushed forward.

As one, his soldiers moved their hands in a circle and then motioned up and forward, as if lifting something into the air. Sure enough, the wind grabbed ahold of Alastar, Rhona, and Donnon, and carried them into the sky.

It was like they were flying, the wind soaring past, throwing them forward. Blasts of ice were pushed aside as an invisible fist broke through the sky and created a path for them, and then they were landing, the ground and the remnant coming up fast beneath.

“Swords at the ready!” Alastar shouted, and even Rhona had a dirk in one hand, a small shield in the other. It wasn’t much, but she had figured it could be useful and was fairly lightweight.

Faces turned, teeth bared in snarls. She could see the red in their eyes, the glints of sunlight on their dull weapons, and then they hit the ground and the insanity began.

Lokane’s squad of fighters landed off to the right, so that the remnant were thrown into a confused state.

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