First Fire by S Lawrence

Author:S Lawrence [Lawrence, S]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: CreateSpace
Published: 2017-09-24T16:00:00+00:00

Asger is flat on his back, her power leveling him. Turning his head to the side, he sees the huge wolf also on the ground, breathing shallowly. Just beyond him was Ragnhild, hands gripping her spear on her knees. He notices her head hanging limply down and she earns more of his respect, even unconscious she kept hold of her weapon. He hisses in pain as Morrigan lays her hand on him, drawing his eyes.

“We must go. Quickly!” She looks at the others and Asger sees the worry on their faces. Except Odin, where Asger sees greedy excitement. Morrigan turns to her mother for help, as blackness creeps into his vision and he is lost to it.

He wakes in bed, the softness hurting him, and refuses to open his eyes. The smell of burnt meat reaches his nose and he understands that meat is him. If he looks, the pain will multiply, so he squeezes his eyes tightly shut.

“I see you are awake,” Loki’s voice comes from the foot of the bed. Steeling his nerves, Asger slits his eyes but keeps them focused on Loki’s gray ones. “I’m glad he did not quite kill you, Guardian. I think my niece was right, you are the link to get Ylva back.”

Sweat breaks out across Asger’s trembling body. The pain, oh, the pain. Morrigan moves into his line of sight. “I’m so sorry Asger. My father…,” her voice trembles with her shame.

Raising his good hand, he lays it gently on her cheek. His voice is rough and breaks as he speaks. “None of this is your fault. If anything we all underestimated him, underestimated his greed for power.” Her tears fall on his face. “No tears, my lady.”

Loki clears his throat, drawing their gazes. “We have an idea that might save you. It might heal you but it will be excruciating.”

Asger finally eases his gazes to his ruined left side, he had been right, seeing it was worse. The color drains from his face and chest, as nausea rolls through his stomach. His hand grips the covers as he tries to catch his breath. His entire left side looks like an animal cooked on the spit. He is ruined. Swallowing hard a few times, he builds his courage, “What is this plan?”

Loki grins. “The great tree likes you. She loves Ylva, who has long cared for the land around her. But the Berserker is destroying every living thing in her path. Morrigan says the tree gave you a gift. That is an extreme honor. Even as you lay unconscious, tendrils of her magic have whispered through the room, she checks on you. The Tree of Life believes, like we do, that you are the way to bring Ylva back. We have decided your best chance is to lie within her roots, wrap you in her magic. Her roots grow from this plane to the next, and on your side, they tap into the lines of magic that crisscross your world. The ley lines join all magics from all living things.

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