Waterstone: (A War of Light and Shadow Book 1) by Ryan Kirk

Author:Ryan Kirk [Kirk, Ryan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Aethon Books
Published: 2023-11-20T16:00:00+00:00

After another three days of travel, the two finally came in sight of Avgan’s walls. The journey had been uneventful, despite Laran’s misgivings. Twice more they’d gone off the road in an attempt to isolate any pursuit.

They emerged from the woods without answers. Laran reported that his feeling of uneasiness never left, but couldn’t point to any reasons why.

Jamie didn’t know what to make of it. He believed Laran, but was less certain Laran’s senses were as attuned as they once had been.

He’d asked Laran what had spooked him, and eventually Laran told him an unbelievable story about a demon. Had it come from anyone else, Jamie would have called it an outright lie.

But he knew Laran too well to make that claim.

At least now he understood why Laran and Gwen had crossed paths. And it explained why the sumar was jumping at shadows.

But the events of the trip made Jamie question Laran’s account of the demon, too.

He wanted to extend the benefit of the doubt to the sumar. It was obvious the man had suffered some deep wound he hid from the world, but it was hard to believe Laran without a shred of proof.

The lack of evidence did little to improve relations between them. Jamie tired of spending nights out in the wild, far away from the comfort and security of rests. He didn’t fear the wild the way most did, but he had no illusions about his preferences. Let those like Laran call him weak, but Jamie figured a bed was one of the greatest creations of the human mind, and it was only a fool who actively tried to avoid them.

And dammit, he’d tried.

He hadn’t complained, had respected the man’s preference for silence, and had even spent nights in the wild.

Hell, it was more than he did for most of the women he’d met.

All of it was pointless. Laran’s attitude towards him hadn’t budged an inch.

Unless Ronan could shoot lightning bolts from his eyes and cut down trees with a whisper, Jamie fully planned on returning to Lindra soon.

Not only did Laran detest Jamie, but he also grew tenser the closer they came to Avgan.

Jamie had guessed the sumar didn’t care for towns and cities anymore, but it fascinated him to see the physical change in his companion. His stride became less confident and his shoulders rose until they were nearly resting by his ears. Laran approached towns the way most cuvar approached battle.

So they were both in a bad mood when they caught their first glimpse of the walls.

Still, Jamie didn’t expect it when Laran stopped in mid-stride at the sight. Jamie almost ran into him. “Why did you—”

He answered his own question when he, too, saw the wall.

Avgan was a decent-sized town, though it paled in comparison to Lindra. The area around the walls had been cleared for hundreds of paces, and the wall itself looked to be in good repair.

But the gates were shut and the walls were crawling with people. Jamie’s face fell as he took in the scene.

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