Warrior of Darkness by Marie Bilodeau

Author:Marie Bilodeau
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: S&G Publishing

After almost two weeks of travel, Kryde pointed towards the largest mountain in the middle of the range, easy to spot now that they had reached this altitude. “There’s Siabala’s Rage. As far as we can tell, the center is there, but it spreads into the other mountains, too. We don’t know how far. It’s proven impossible to chart safely and efficiently.”

“How many fissures give way to your land?” Avarielle asked, squinting her eyes and shading them from the sun to see if she could spot any.

“We’re not sure,” Kryde said. “But there are quite a few near Stormhold. That’s where the main activities take place.”

“Yet Siabala never leaves his Rage?”

He shrugged. “The Circle said that something holds him there, still. Let’s hope that proves accurate.”

They stopped for a quick dry meal before heading off again, not speaking another word for the duration of the hard day’s travel. In the fading light of dusk, they found a shallow cave to sleep in for the night, too exhausted to do much more than hold onto each other in comfortable silence. Avarielle felt the rise and fall of Kryde’s deep breaths well into the long, quiet night, wondering if they were the last two souls alive and still human in all of Elihor.

As the sun started to rise, Avarielle woke suddenly, taking two steps before she bent over and threw up, the nausea rolling over her like the current of the straits. Kryde stopped and looked back, concern flickering in his dark eyes.

“Are you alright?” he asked. Avarielle tried to nod, but the simple motion made her retch again. There was no blood, but it was obvious that the sickness that had attacked Jayden had finally taken hold of her.

She closed her eyes for a few moments and took slow, steady breaths. She wasn’t of Graydon’s blood like Jayden, but still Elihor’s magic attacked her.

How long did she have until she could no longer function, or was even killed by the magic? And what could she do about it? She was too far from the straits to try crossing them again, too weak to cross Siabala’s Rage alone, and she couldn’t desert Kryde now. She had to help put an end to his people’s suffering.

She opened her eyes.

“We should get moving,” Avarielle said as she stood back up, not meeting his eyes. He examined her for a moment before nodding, and the two continued towards their goal as Avarielle wondered how much time she had left.

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