Burden of Stones by James Dale

Author:James Dale [dale, james]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-03-21T22:00:00+00:00

He arrived waking in the Greenrun Plains with the Highsword in his hands, Sunheart glowing hotly in its hilt. He would certainly try to be careful, trying not do anything foolish, but keeping his promise to Ailicia about not going waking was impossible. Nothing he could accomplish in his fight with Graith or the Dark One mattered if he did not go waking into the Land of Dream. Without going waking, he couldn’t cleanse the Land of Dreams of Gol’gar’s taint. He couldn't help Annawyn. He could not do anything of consequence unless he went into the heart of the shadow world in mind, spirit…and body.

"I see you have claimed Bright Flame, Great Lion," Long Tooth said, appearing at his side almost instantly. "I hope you can you use it."

"I'm learning," Jack replied.

"Learning?" the old wolf cuffed derisively.

"Fire Mane is in danger," Jack shrugged. "She cannot protect herself in the Land of Dreams...I must do it for her. I have faced Red Slayer today and survived. I learned much from our battle.”

"What do you plan to do, Great Lion?" Long Tooth asked.

"Bright Flame has shown me," Jack replied. "It will not be easy, but I have no choice. If Red Slayer assails her again, Or if she is attacked by the Lord of Shadows, I fear she will not survive." ‘If I haven’t already killed her,” he thought ruefully. But he blocked the thought from the old wolf.

"It is enough for me," answered Long tooth. "What must we do?"

“I am going to cleanse the Land of Dreams.” Jack replied. “To rid it of the Lord of Shadow’s touch once and for all.

"I hope Bright Flame is as powerful as the old tales recount," Long Tooth sighed. "Or this will be a very short night before we die."

“Shall we begin?” asked Jack.

“Let us be swift,” the old wolf replied. “The Lord of Shadow already knows you are here,” he warned, inclining his shaggy head to the eastern horizon. A red, angry glow was forming in the distance. “Every Dreamwalker with so much as a spark knows you are here. Where do we start, Great Lion?” the wolf asked.

“Where else?” Jack replied, looking to the east. “We are going to Gol’gar’s prison.” The Sa’tan was chained in Ul’gogrond, but his spirit retained the ability to trouble the earthe. Unless the breach in his prison was sealed, nothing he did would make their dreams safe.

“I have lived a long life,” the wolf sighed. “In this shadow land and the waking one. Do you think the packs will remember Long Tooth, the wolf who died fighting the Lord of Shadow?”

“Everyone will remember this night,” Jack promised. “How long they remember it depends on whether we live through it or not.” he thought to himself.

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