The Weight of a Crown (The Azhaion Saga Book 1) by Kaeden Tavish

Author:Kaeden, Tavish [Kaeden, Tavish]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Tags: fantasy
Publisher: Diogenic Digital Media
Published: 2011-08-08T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter 25: Jeina

Fezi had convinced Jeina to stay her journey for one more day while he went to purchase travel supplies. In truth, she was glad to have another day of rest, for she was still exhausted from her flight from the silver mine. When she was not sleeping or eating, she spent the day trying to plan her path to the Blood Marsh on a map Fezi had given her. Looking at the many lines and symbols that were sprawled across the parchment, she had to fight from becoming overwhelmed by an utter sense of hopelessness. Before the famine and the war, she had spent her life in close proximity to the walls of the Iron City. Even afterwards she had traveled little, and the months spent plumbing dark caves somewhere in the Silver Mountains had not improved her knowledge of Esmoria's geography. Hardly a town, city, or even landmark on the map was familiar.

When she had fled the mining camp, her only thought had been to continue south. South was where the Blood Marsh was, she knew that much. As she looked at the map, however, and the point which Fezi had marked to indicate their current location, she saw that had she continued due south she would have plunged herself into a large forest, only to end up a great many miles east of the Blood Marsh capital…if she had survived for that long. In fact, there was only one road this far north that could take them to the capital, and that route actually took them eastward, skirting the forest's edge and leading them past Midnight Lake before turning in the direction of the Marsh.

Midnight Lake, at least, Jeina recognized. It was said to be the largest lake in Esmoria, and so deep that the waters were as dark as the midnight sky. But more than that, Midnight Lake was the final resting place of Terun Lodinos, Rekon's first and the only true prophet ever to tread upon the soil of Esmoria. According to the stories, Terun, hunted by the hounds of the Traitor-King Borelian, had been chased into the upper reaches of the Marsh, until he found himself trapped between the waters of Midnight Lake and the small army of soldiers and hounds sent to find him and end his life. As his pursuers bore down upon him from the south, however, he stepped into the water and waded into its depths until only his head and shoulders remained dry. And there he was said to have remained, watching as the hounds surrounded the bank, their owners shouting demands for his surrender. When he would not move, the men loosed some of the hounds into the water; only to find that no sooner had the beasts put one paw in the icy liquid, than they began to bark and yelp, springing back from the water as if burned. Try as they might, the men could not force the dogs into the water, and when the

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