The Summoning by Dale Britton

Author:Dale Britton [Britton, Dale]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Dale Britton
Published: 2019-10-29T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Sixty-Six

The party passed another spine-chilling night camping inside the ward, with demons surrounding them and occasionally attempting to break through. There was a tense moment during Ian's watch when a huge demon rushed the border. The creature was roughly human, but with the antlered head of a deer, and was over nine feet tall. It lowered its head, roared, and rushed directly at Ian with superhuman speed. It hit the ward with a loud ringing sound, and Ian could feel a tremor pass through the air around him.

But the ward held, and the beast was thrown back, howling as red sparks swirled around it and burned its skin. Ian watched the darkness closely, but the demon did not return. It was a long time before the others managed to go back to sleep.

In the morning Jordan felt strong enough to travel. One of the horses had been injured during the battle, but the healing potion turned out to work just as well on animals as it did on humans and the party was able to get an early start.

"There's a three out of eight chance for a random encounter in the game for this distance," George said.

"If we're lucky, we'll make it back without any more excitement," Ollie said.

It was a tense journey, but this time the odds were in their favor. It was late afternoon when they arrived back at the walls of Lilenoree. Yrabelle was watching for them at the gate, and when she saw them arrive, she ran out to meet them.

"Father is much better. He was concerned about you. I told him not to worry. I knew that you would be alright."

"You have more faith than I do," Ollie said. "We need to talk to the council. Are they in their chamber?"

"They are not meeting right now, but Imoneas will be there."

"Let's go," Ollie said. "Yrabelle, tell your father we're back."

"I'll go with her," George said. "We'll meet you at the council chamber."

Imoneas was very happy to see them when they rode up to the building. He called for stable hands to take care of the horses and then led them into his private chamber.

"It is good to see you returned safely. But... where is George? Did some evil befall him?"

"No," Ollie said. "He's fine. He went with Yrabelle to find Lylor. He needs to hear our story too."

He had no sooner finished speaking when the door opened and George, Lylor, and Yrabelle rushed in.

"Speak of the devil," Ian said.

"Watch your tongue," Imoneas said in a shocked tone. "To speak of the evil one is to call misfortune upon oneself."

"Sorry," Ian said. "In our world, it's just an expression."

When all were settled, the teens took turns telling the tale of their journey. Ollie showed the elves their treasure.

Lylor examined the key carefully. "A hidden key, and I was blind to the clue. It appears to be somewhat unremarkable, but looks are ever deceiving."

"It is destiny that these humans should find it," Imoneas said. "Just as it is destiny that they shall use it.

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