Agate- Then and Now by M D Grimm

Author:M D Grimm [Grimm, M D]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance, Adventure, Fantasy, magic, gay romance, mm romance
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

“She’s licking her wounds,” I told Breyln. “She was never good at healing magick. Doesn’t have the calm mind for it. She’s stuck using traditional means. That gives us some time to prepare.”

We’d reached the tribe’s other camping ground without incident. Tents were promptly put up and guards posted in every direction. They gathered the children close and gave them strict rules for safety. I’d put crystals in a large circle around the perimeter of the camp, to warn me if she was close, as well as to subtly influence the minds of travelers. The crystals would persuade strangers away from the camp’s area—the magick so subtle, it was nearly undetectable. I’d taken a cue from Puejuek, the peridot that resided in Happy Valley, the village in my territory.

Now I stood with the chief inside the tent where Aishe lay, asleep. He’d woken only once during the journey, with a cry of pain. Nunya had given him some strange leaf that took the edge off his pain, and then he’d fallen asleep again from pure exhaustion.

“Also, she didn’t look so well back there,” I said. “I’d say roughing it in the forest doesn’t agree with her. She was always one who demanded pampering.”

I stared at Aishe as I spoke. He would have looked relaxed while sleeping if it weren’t for the grayish pallor of his skin, the strain on his young face. He lay on his stomach, one arm hanging off the cot he slept on. A blanket covered him, hiding the lengths of cloth tied around his slim waist. It was a precaution against the skin splitting again. Nunya had given him a bath, washing away all the blood. I’d taken my own bath, not wanting his blood on me any longer. But I still felt it, smelled it, like a phantom nightmare.

“I went back to where we were attacked,” I said softly, “and burned his blood. Drasyln can’t use it against him.”

Breyln finally removed his gaze from his son and looked at me. I glanced at him and his eyes, full of exhaustion and worry, softened a little. “Thank you.”

I nodded. “I owed you. And him.” I looked back at Aishe. “I won’t fail again.”

“Fail?”

“He was hurt because I wasn’t quick enough.” My hand clenched into a fist. “That won’t happen again. I swear.”

Before he could say another word, I left the tent. There was another reason I’d gone back to that place. I stopped and pulled out a small vial from my pouch. I held it up and the sun glinted off the glass. Several leaves and grass were in the vial, covered with Drasyln’s blood. Aishe had made her bleed. His sacrifice would not be vain. I wanted to use it to cast a spell on her, despite the consequences. If a mage used hair or blood of another mage for an attack spell, then that spell would return on the caster threefold. And the spells I had in mind weren’t something I wanted to experience three times as hard.

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