Underground Ring: Book 1 by M.M. Reid

Author:M.M. Reid [Reid, M.M.]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Published: 2013-04-22T17:00:00+00:00

Chapter 13

The world had changed, molding and shifting about me like flower petals blowing in the breeze. It was all very opaque and the confusion nearly overwhelmed me. I felt as if I was floating. Had I truly died? Was this heaven?

It was the smell. That was what made colours slowly blend together into some semblance of focus: the smell. The fresh meadow grass, mossy rocks, then, finally, the scent of split wood. I knew where I was before it became real. My childhood home.

The sunlight beamed through the canopy of trees and my feet hugged the dense vegetation beneath my dirty toes. I was convinced now that I had died and, having reached the other side, I would finally meet my father in the place where time held no meaning. A place where we could truly be free. I stood there, mystified by the simplicity of drinking in the moment. I swore I could even hear the echoes of my training cries reverberating in the wild. My eyes snapped open. That was me! And then I could sense something I had not in a long time: my father’s Vitae. Without a moment’s hesitation, I was in full sprint, heart pumping with excitement and pure exhilaration. It wasn’t long before I had rounded the last small creek, leaping over it into the field where Father and I usually trained. What I saw was confusing. My father was there, sweat and blood glinting off of his goatee and forehead in the midday sun, but he was not alone. Lokus, his hand resting on father’s shoulder, was with him.

“Father! Lokus!” I called to them, running across the bright field. Both men ignored me, more content on watching something across the open field. I felt an old pang of annoyance as I rushed in front of them. “Lokus? What are you doing here?”

There was a moment of silence before anyone spoke.

“Do you truly believe he is that important in your war?” My father was solemn.

“Augrais is the only one that could be powerful enough to stop him and save us all, old friend,” Lokus reassured him.

I was standing right in front of them but it was clear that their attention was not upon me. I glanced over my shoulder. What was so damn interesting that they ignored what was right in front of them? My body stiffened as I recognized the boy jogging upon the dirt path to his own freedom. I knew where that path would take him. I knew all too well.

“It will give him confidence to face the dangers of the world of humans,” Lokus went on to say brightly. The wounds I had inflicted on my father moments before were already starting to heal.

“Or the arrogance that will destroy him,” Father answered, brushing his friend’s hand off his shoulder. “Don’t you have a war to win?” My father turned away, striding back to our cabin.

Lokus’s eyes narrowed as he watched his colleague turn his back upon him. “You cannot keep him from this fight, Alexander.

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