The Gems of Raga-Tor (Elemental Legends Book 1) by CA Morgan

Author:CA Morgan [Morgan, CA]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: General Fiction
Publisher: Toughnut Press
Published: 2016-05-01T22:00:00+00:00

Eris shivered as he stepped from the water and chided himself for having fallen asleep in the wee hours of the morning. He had stared into the hypnotic fire a bit too long, mesmerized by watching little tongues of fire slowly curl back slivers of wood and then the flames would flash high and as quickly a silvery piece of ash would fall into the embers.

Reaching behind his head, he wrapped Erisa’s long tresses around his hands and squeezed the water out. Cold rivulets trickled down his back making him shiver again. From atop a nearby bush, he pulled a blanket taken from his bedroll and wrapped himself tightly.

Something…a sound, a movement, he wasn’t quite sure what made him turn and stare up at the great mound of rock that was their destination. Something made him uneasy. He had the sensation of being watched, but knew that was a foolish notion. There was nothing in this forest but trees and animals. The dragon folk of legend, who supposedly inhabited this land, were long dead and gone.

He remembered what Raga had said about powerful magic surrounding the last of the gems and wondered if that was what he sensed. He wondered if the third gem really was hidden somewhere in those dark caverns. Neither of them knew for sure, but that was the place where their individually found information converged. Yet like all stories that came out of the Moren Forest, the truth was buried somewhere between the terror experienced and the braggart’s exaggeration in the tale’s telling.

Whatever the cause of his uneasiness, Eris was determined to face it. He had to. It seemed to him that as the days and weeks passed, Raga’s power waned and the pull of his curse grew stronger. It was powerful enough now to invade his subconscious, to influence his dreams. On bad days, his thoughts felt confused. Some days his confidence rode high, on others he worried they would starve to death though he knew very well how to hunt and catch a meal.

“Damn!” he swore quietly and shivered again, but this time not from the cold. One more stone and he and Raga would have their revenge. He decided then to forsake the vow he had made to destroy all vestiges of sorcery for a new one—to stay as far away from it as possible.

He tossed the blanket back onto the silver-green bush and pulled on his black tunic and breeches. Using the green strip of fabric he often wore around his head, he fashioned a sash to gird the slack fabric around his waist. As Erisa, his boots were too big, but he didn’t care. The ground was too damp and cold. Most important were the two matching bracers, which still held the green gem secure and hidden. Those he laced around his wrists and then slung his sword across his back.

As he stepped through a clump of bushes, he tossed the blanket over one shoulder and wondered if Raga was awake. He looked up and stopped short.

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