The Dark Forest: The Revelations of Oriceran (Soul Stone Mage Book 2) by Sarah Noffke & Martha Carr & Michael Anderle

Author:Sarah Noffke & Martha Carr & Michael Anderle [Noffke, Sarah]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi, azw3
Publisher: LMBPN Publishing
Published: 2017-09-19T06:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO

Sari stirred the potion in the scrying bowl, shaking her head back and forth as she did.

“Mother, why isn’t it working? Why can’t you scry Azure?” Emeri asked, tugging on a piece of her emerald-green hair and pulling it from its braid.

“Honestly, I don’t know. The potion was created correctly.” Sari tapped the side of the scrying bowl with her wand.

“But if you can’t scry her, that means…”

“Yes, it very well could mean that she’s dead,” the queen mother said matter-of-factly. She tilted forward, leaning so far over the scrying bowl that she looked like she was going to fall into it.

Emeri drew in a long breath, letting it out even more slowly. She breathed past the tears welling up in her throat. Azure couldn’t really be dead. The last thing they’d seen in the scrying bowl was the tribe of Orcs, but they wouldn’t have killed the Princess of Virgo. Emeri wanted to believe that, but knew it was entirely possible that those savage beasts had destroyed her daughter. All species looked out for themselves at the end of the day, and if Azure posed a threat to them they wouldn’t hesitate to take her out.

Sari turned, her eyes on the ancient wooden floors. She pulled the clip that held her soul stone from her hair and clasped it in her hands.

“What is it, Mother?” the queen asked, noting the confused expression in Sari’s eyes.

“I have a deep connection with my granddaughter, and I don’t believe anything fatal has happened to her.”

If Emeri had still possessed magic or her soul stone she might have been able to tap into the connecting force her mother was using. However, she barely had the strength to stand at this point.

“Eclipse?” Sari called for her familiar, a bright orange cat with yellow eyes. The animal lifted its head from its paws; it had been resting. “I want you to pop down and ask Finnegan for a scrying potion, just in case the issue is that mine has gone bad.”

The feline stretched into a standing position and hopped off the sofa before trotting away.

“You think the potion could be the problem?” Emeri asked, hope in her voice.

“I think it’s worth double-checking.” Sari turned to her daughter. “But honestly, so many things could be the problem. It could be the potion, or an enchantment made to protect Azure from being scried, or she could be gone from Oriceran either by death or by magic. If she was on Earth, for instance, we wouldn’t be able to see her.”

“You said she mentioned going to Earth when you two spoke last, right?”

“Yes, but I don’t know why that dimwit would pop off to Earth when she knows you need your soul stone and was already heading back here.”

“Maybe to avoid the Orcs?” Emeri said.

“It’s possible,” Sari mused.

“An enchantment placed on Azure would prevent us from being able to scry her,” Emeri said, rushing over to a large grimoire that sat on a stand by the fire. She flipped through the pages, her eyes scanning each as she did.

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