The Place of Knowing by D. K. Holmberg

Author:D. K. Holmberg [Holmberg, D. K.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fantasy
Amazon: B08D6YNWS8
Publisher: ASH Publishing
Published: 2020-08-31T00:00:00+00:00

16

Volatar

Coynahl was quiet. Dark. The streets were empty. Despite that, I could feel the energy of everyone who lived in the city. Most of them touched upon the ne’rash. There were those Hith who had lent power to the temple, gifting it in a way to send energy streaming up through the massive tower, creating the bands of energy that wove together and became something more. There were other people within the city as well, people who weren’t necessarily connected to the ne’rash in quite the same way, but still maintained a hint of energy. There was power to them, and I was able to feel that power, and could detect the way that they all connected here.

“Where are you leading me?” I asked, keeping my voice soft.

“You wanted to know about the Vicenz,” she said.

I looked over, and there was a hard set to her jaw, and wrinkles in the corners of her eyes, but more than that, there was the energy of the ne’rash that flowed out from her, settling down from her and out.

“What is it?”

“If you had not helped us with the temple, I probably would not be interested in offering you any answers, Volatar,” she said. “As it is, I question whether I’m doing the right thing by leading you here.”

“I’m not trying to get you to betray your people.”

“It’s not a betrayal of my people. It’s that the questions you asked, the information you seek, are sacred.”

I frowned. “Why is it sacred?”

She stopped. “It is sacred because it is tied to the most holy of the ne’rash.”

She turned, heading through the streets, guiding me to an enormous building near the center of the city. The temple was majestic, powerful, and even here, I could feel the energy of it, but this building was something more.

There was an energy to it, but it was different than the ne’rash.

As I pushed outward, probing with the ne’rash, I could feel the way the building seemed to latch on to it, pulling upon me. It was as if it wanted to try to drag me, to pry my power away from me.

The elaron surged from it as well. The combined effort of the two powers allowed me to avoid the building pulling upon me, but the effect was still noticeable.

“What is this?” I asked softly.

“This is what you wanted to see,” she said.

“This is the Vicenz?”

“This was the Vicenz.”

“What do you mean was?”

“There was a time when the Vicenz served as…” She closed her eyes, pressing her mouth together tightly, and I had a feeling of the irritation within her.

“What did they serve as?”

“The highest,” she said softly.

“You served the Vicenz.”

“Our priests did. They understood the ne’rash, and they understood there were other entities in the world we must serve. How could we do anything other than serve them?”

“Why do I get the feeling you’re upset with me?”

I thought that I knew. My experience with the Vicenz over the years was such that I fully understood what it was that I had done with them and to them.

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