Volinette's Song by Martin Hengst

Author:Martin Hengst [Hengst, Martin]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Literature & Fiction, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Fantasy, Teen & Young Adult, Coming of Age
Amazon: B00JNTIKZQ
Publisher: Ethergate Publishing Limited
Published: 2014-04-11T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fourteen

Volinette and Baris skidded to a halt. The entrance hall of the Great Tower of High Magic was deserted, save for the now familiar form of the lanky Grand Inquisitor in his cloak. When Volinette was small, her grandmother had told her stories of winged demons, creatures with ink black skin, red eyes, and six arms that sought only to snatch away unsuspecting children and spirit them away to the Deep Void. Adamon, in his cloak, stirred memories of that not-so-distant fear in her breast. He might not be a demon, but he was every bit as dangerous in his own way.

“Come along, both of you,” he said by way of a gruff greeting. “We are needed in the Head Master’s chambers at once. I’d suspected that you’d have come along before now.”

“I’m sorry,” Volinette said, stepping toward the brass cage that had carried them to the top of the tower on their previous visit.

“No, not that way.”

Adamon snapped his fingers to catch her attention and held out his hands. Baris seized the Inquisitor’s hand almost immediately. Volinette took only a moment longer, but she imagined that he’d known her hesitation, that she could see it in his eyes. Adamon spoke a series of words, and the world inverted.

To Volinette, it seemed as if all of Solendrea was passing through her at once, compressed down into a sickening knot in her stomach. She didn’t move. The world did. Different levels and rooms of the tower passed through her in an instant. Then they were standing in the Head Master’s antechamber.

“Fight it, we don’t have time for cleaning up,” Adamon said. It seemed a silly thing to Volinette, until a wave of crushing dizziness and nausea drove her to her knees.

She pressed the back of her hand to her mouth, fighting back the gorge that rose in her throat. Beside her, Baris looked as miserable as she felt. He swallowed loudly, gulping air in a fashion that would have been comical under any other circumstances. It took a few minutes, but they were both able to fight down the sickness that had overcome them.

“What was that?” Volinette asked, when she felt that speaking wouldn’t result in her lunch tumbling onto the smooth glass floor.

“Etherwalk,” Adamon said with a dismissive gesture. “Something you won’t be able to do until you’re far more experienced. Enter the Quintessential Sphere in one location, exit in another, then pull your physical form through behind you.”

“Does it always feel like that?” Baris asked.

“More or less. The more distance you cover, the worse it is. You can Etherwalk to any place on Solendrea, though I wouldn’t recommend it.”

There was a muted shout from behind the heavy curtains that had been drawn across the door to the Head Master’s office. Volinette hadn’t noticed the velvet partitions before, but then, they hadn’t been closed on her first visit to Maera’s domain.

“Our attendance is required. Come along.”

Baris tried to protest that he needed another moment to settle his roiling stomach, but his plea fell on deaf ears.

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