The Greater Challenge Beyond (The Southern Continent Series Book 3) by Jeffrey Quyle

Author:Jeffrey Quyle
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Ingenairii Press, LLC
Published: 2015-09-08T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 17

When Grange woke in the morning, the clouds were gone and the moon was visible. It had risen above the horizon, and he immediately went to the roof, where he sent a message to Brieed, letting the older wizard know that he was available and ready to receive instruction.

He sent the message, then cleaned up, and ran to the dining hall, where he grabbed a quick collection of fruits and breads that he planned to take back to the roof, so that he could eat while waited and listened to Brieed.

“Where are you stealing away to with those?” a fancily-dressed courtier asked as Grange headed toward the door.

He paused, provoked once again by the reference to the story of his pickpocket origins, as released by Hockis.

“Energy, cause a strong, small wind to strike that man and push him over here towards me, please,” he called softly.

The courtier instantly cried out as he was blown out of his chair, and sent sliding across the floor toward Grange, bumping off table legs along the way. He arrived at Grange’s location, and Grange put a foot out to stop the man’s progress.

“Did you have something you wanted to say to me?” Grange asked him.

The man looked up, murderous anger in his eyes.

“You can’t do that to me!” he shouted as he stood up, all eyes upon him.

“I think I just did,” Grange replied coolly.

The man looked at Grange and saw that he was unarmed, then pulled his own sword free and held it threateningly.

“Ariana, come to me,” Grange said calmly.

“Let’s talk about your bullying, foreign ways, shall we?” the courtier sneered.

Grange held his hand out, and Ariana flew in through a window and slapped against his palm. His opponent’s jaw dropped.

“Do you want to talk, or do you want to fence?” Grange asked as he moved his blade into position. “Because it looks like you want to do something else besides talk, and I’m ready to oblige you.”

“We don’t need that now, not here, not this early in the morning,” a voice called.

Grange turned to see who had spoken, and as he did, his opponent took advantage of the distraction to stab Grange in the thigh, making him drop the pastries he still held in one hand, and cry out in pain and surprise.

He dropped to one knee, and called upon the energy to cast a protective dome over him as he caught his breath. He thought back to the time he had used the energy to heal Jadie’s wound when she had been injured during the great Melee at the arena in Kilua.

“Energy, please heal this wound in my leg now, as you healed my friend in Kilau back then,” he asked, and was astonished at the disappearance of pain, and the simultaneous healing of the puncture mark in his flesh.

He stood up, and looked at the astonished man who still held his sword.

“Energy, please lift this man to the ceiling, and hold him there until I ask for his release,” Grange commanded.

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