Soul Forge Saga Box Set by Richard Stephens

Author:Richard Stephens
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Published: 2019-03-02T22:00:00+00:00

They followed the treed shoreline south, along a high ridge. Before the weak sun had crested overhead, Melody pointed to an island not far off the lake’s eastern shore. “Do you see that island? That is what people mistakenly call Grimward.”

“You mean the island we’ve been able to see since we hit the lake?” Silurian asked, the mocking tone in his voice informing her that he would have to have been blind to not see the vast island sporting a decent sized hill on the shore facing them.

Melody shot him a look and slapped his shoulder. “No, silly boy. The one tucked against the shoreline. You can just make it out, between the trees.”

Silurian squinted. “Of course, I see it. I’ve been watching it for a while now.”

Melody saw the playful smirk on his face. She rolled her eyes. “Isn’t that just swell. Zephyr depends on you to help deliver us from Helleden and you can’t even see an island. Fat lot of good you’re going to be.”

Silurian laughed.

The animal trail they followed split off to their right, descending the ridge toward the lake.

Melody stopped and considered the side trail.

Silurian waited a few steps ahead. “What’re you thinking?”

She didn’t respond at first. Finally, she looked him straight in the eye. “Come on. We need to do this.”

“Do what. Find that ghost who kills people? No thanks.”

She swallowed. “I’ve been thinking. Ya, ya, I know, but listen to me. If we’re to have any chance of defeating Helleden, you need your sword enchanted. It’s the only way.”

“No,” Silurian said, his tone unequivocal. “I lost you once to a Wizard of the North. I’ll be damned if I’ll lose you to his ghost. How do you expect me to defend you against something like that?”

“We don’t know it’s a ghost.”

“Come on, Mel, it’s close to what? Five hundred years old? What else could it be?” His words lost their luster at the end as he remembered Wendglow’s tale about Saros and Yarstaff. If the Voil elder could be trusted, the three of them were over four hundred and fifty years old themselves.

Melody chewed her lower lip. She thrust her chin up and said, “Well I’m going. You can come or not.” With that said, she jabbed her staff on the ground, spun around in a flurry of dark blue wizard robes, and strutted off.

Silurian stared as her cloaked head disappeared from view down the embankment. He threw his arms in the air. There was no feeling quite like the one that filled a person when they planned to pay a surprise visit on a killer spook.

He didn’t catch up to her until she was well down the bluff. Grimward Island lay a short swim from the shore. With winter upon them, he didn’t relish the thought of the ice-cold water.

They walked in silence until they were directly across from the closest point on the island.

“And just how do you expect to get over there?” Silurian said, and pointed at her staff. “I don’t suppose that thing will carry us.

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