The Spirit Binds (Elemental Academy Book 5) by D.K. Holmberg

Author:D.K. Holmberg [Holmberg, D.K.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: ASH Publishing
Published: 2019-08-12T16:00:00+00:00

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The power continued to build around him, the steady sense of shaping energy, the kind Tolan could feel swirling all about him. He wasn’t able to detect what type of shaping was used, or whether there was anything within the shaping he needed to be concerned about. He couldn’t even detect the intention of the shaping.

Many times, when he was at the Academy, there were aspects to a shaping that he could uncover, but it was almost as if this were hidden from him, twisted in such a way so he wouldn’t be able to determine what caused it. And if that was the case, then whoever was there preparing to attack must have had some idea Tolan had an awareness of shaping.

They had either come for him specifically, or they were prepared for the possibility they would encounter someone like him.

Tolan focused on the wind all around him, focusing on the heat in the air, the earth and everything coming from within the landscape. He tried to draw on that energy, prepared for the need to shape, wanting to connect to everything here in order to do so. The moment he relaxed, the moment he wasn’t prepared, would be the moment the attack would strike in a way he wouldn’t be able to counter.

There was something off about the air, though he wasn’t sure what it was. It was probably whatever Tanner had wanted him to experience, as if he could somehow use that against Tolan.

And perhaps he could.

“Why are you doing this?” he asked.

Tanner only shook his head. “I’m not doing anything, Tolan. This has been the Academy’s doing.”

The strange thing about a comment like that was how Tolan actually agreed with parts of it, though he doubted it was the same part Tanner agreed with. While he understood there were things the Academy had done, and ways they had addressed the elementals over the years, thinking them something to fear, he also recognized there was more to it. He didn’t fear what the Academy might do. They might be misguided, especially when it came to the elementals, but the Academy itself was not the enemy. There were those within the Academy who might be, but the more he learned, especially from people like Master Minden, the more Tolan felt as if there was a desire for greater understanding.

Only, that desire was mixed with the anger and hatred targeted at the Draasin Lord. They blamed him for whatever had happened, almost as if he was the one responsible for the events transpiring, but that was not the case.

“Who’s coming?”

“I wouldn’t want to ruin the surprise.”

“I already know you view the Draasin Lord as something to fear.”

“Fear? You should fear the Draasin Lord,” Tanner said.

“Why?”

“With everything you went through, everything your parents did, you would question that?”

“Do you know anything about what my parents did?”

“It’s what everybody said, Tolan. I know you like to believe they were innocent. And for the longest time, I went along with you, trying

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