Time of Shadows (The Saga of the Seven Stars Book 2) by Dayne Edmondson

Author:Dayne Edmondson [Edmondson, Dayne]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Dark Star Publishing
Published: 2014-02-17T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 22 - A New Day

Jason again knew consciousness. Like climbing out of a deep well his mind stumbled awake and he opened his eyes. He was amazed he was still alive, for surely he had felt his life end. One hand lifted as he touched his face to confirm he was still in his body and the other pinched his arm to make sure he was not dreaming. Reassured that he was both awake and alive, Jason sat up and looked around, his vision swirling for a moment. Across from him on his right was Bridgette, still in her cloak and other clothing, though her boots lay at the foot of the couch. She still appeared to be fast asleep. Jason wiggled his own toes and realized his, too, no longer resided in boots. Jason turned next to where the high-backed chair closest to the hidden panel sat and found the king seated there, perusing scrolls containing a great deal of writing.

The king, looking up and noticing that Jason was awake and looking at him began speaking, "Reports. They are quite boring, but since I cannot sleep I decided I would make good use of my time while I awaited the awakening of you both. Ah, she is awake, good." Indeed Bridgette had sat up as well and was looking around as dazed as Jason imagined he had been. So much for being fast asleep, Jason thought.

"What happened to us?" Jason asked. He was alive, Bridgette was alive and not in chains, but what had happened to them?

The king cleared his throat and took a sip from a cup of steaming liquid before answering. "Would either of you care for tea? It really is quite good," the king said as he lifted the tea kettle suggestively, his eyes passing between Jason and Bridgette. At the shake of their heads, he set the kettle down and leaned back in the high backed chair. "The two of you have been bonded to each other. Your minds are linked via a magic the Founders brought with them. With this bond you will begin to share emotions and feelings. When one feels anger the other will sense that anger; if one of you is in physical pain the other will feel that physical pain as if it were your own. The distance these emotions and feelings are felt at will increase the longer the two of you are alive. It will start that you will feel the other person only when you're in the same room as them, but then it will grow so that eventually you will feel it across the world. The bond also allows for you to communicate across vast distances."

Jason was shocked. He'd never heard of such “magic”. Memories of the bald man speaking of nanites flashed before him. Could he have told the truth? Had some sort of interface been built in his brain? This was madness! To the king, and others in this place, it must seem like magic.

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