The Order Returns (The Chain Breaker Book 6) by D.K. Holmberg

Author:D.K. Holmberg [Holmberg, D.K.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: ASH Publishing
Published: 2021-09-13T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

Gavin came awake slowly.

Everything hurt, but it was more than just pain. It was a fatigue that worked through him. Energy had leached out of him. What he needed was time to rest and recover, but he didn’t know if he had that kind of luxury.

He tried to turn his head, to look over to the others around him, but he saw nothing but blackness. He rolled onto his side, attempting to move and get up, but could not.

Gavin took a deep breath and let it out slowly, focusing on himself. There was a bit of power, but there was something else there as well. A sense of emptiness.

The core reserves were there, and yet they were not. Panic fluttered within him. His heart started to pound, and a cold sweat worked over him.

“Relax,” a voice said.

For a moment, he thought that might be Anna. She was usually there after he had extended himself considerably, but this time, it wasn’t her voice. Nothing other than a strange, soothing deep timbre.

“Thomas,” Gavin said, turning his head to the side and looking up at him.

“You’re going to have to relax. You drew far too much power. I warned you that using the sh’rasn that way is dangerous. It leads a person to call on more than they should. It’s a wonder you survived it.”

“Anna said something about that before.” He shrugged. “Sometimes you just don’t have a choice.”

“I saw how much power you were summoning,” Thomas said, shaking his head. “That’s more than what most would’ve been able to tolerate.”

Gavin felt a hand underneath him, scooping him up, helping him to sit. As he did, he looked around. They were in a small clearing. The ground around them had been trampled. Gavin imagined the fighting that had taken place here before, and he wondered which of the creatures would have stomped down the grasses he sat on. A crackling fire set within stones provided a bit of warmth, though he still felt a sense of cold working through him. His heart continued to hammer, mostly because of the emptiness within him.

“You should not have drawn on that much power,” Thomas repeated.

“Did I have much of a choice?”

“No,” a different voice said, coming from behind Gavin.

Gavin turned, and he saw the Leier man he had met in the Dragon standing across the fire, his arms crossed over his chest, his sword sheathed at his side. He was lean, and his dark eyes stared at Gavin, something unreadable buried within them.

“Who are you?” Gavin asked.

“My name is Timo Inaratha.”

“And let me guess, you weren’t here to harm Imogen.”

Gavin glanced around and saw Imogen talking to Gaspar quietly near the edge of the clearing. When he said her name, she turned and looked over to him, nodding. Timo shook his head, stepping toward him. There was grace in the way he walked, something where he practically glided from side to side. Gavin could see the Leier patterns within his movements.

“I came to find her. I needed help,” Timo said.

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