Holmberg, D K - The Shadow Accords 04 - Shadow Lost by Holmberg D K

Author:Holmberg, D K [Holmberg, D K]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: ASH Publishing
Published: 2017-04-18T05:00:00+00:00

16

“They know something more than what they’ve told me, even if they don’t know what that is.”

Guya glanced at Carth, the sunlight reflecting in his eyes. He didn’t look nearly as tired as she felt this morning, even though she knew he’d stood at the helm most of the night, steering them to safety. He didn’t trust anyone else, and claimed not to need sleep. Carth wondered if the truth was that he could sleep standing up. She’d certainly seen him staring blankly a few times while traveling, making her suspect that was his secret.

After working throughout the night with Andin on driving the ship forward, she had sunk into her bunk, falling instantly asleep until being awoken by a particularly large wave that crashed into the ship, sending her rolling from her bunk and crashing to the floor. She rubbed the back of her neck, trying to work out the sore spot from falling, but it didn’t work.

“You know that you’re talking in circles? I thought I was the one who was tired.”

“Guya—”

“What do you think they know?”

Carth looked over at the shadow blessed now arranged around the railing. They’d played games throughout the morning, some she’d recognized, and now she noted how Lindy worked with them, teaching several of the younger ones how to use the shadows. She was surprised to learn that she knew many of the same tricks. They practiced cloaking and releasing the cloaking, one after another. The boy whose name she now knew to be Ragan worked with Lindy, and together the two of them demonstrated their abilities with shadows. Andin had climbed into the crow’s nest, hiding beneath the shadows of the highest sail, and she noted him watching both her and the students.

“They spoke of an attack on Ih-lash, one that sounds too much like what we saw with the blood priests.”

Guya shook his head. “I’ve never seen anything like those attacks before. There are stories of power, but none where people are slaughtered and their blood utilized to make their killers stronger. It would be a dangerous sort of magic, especially considering who else might want it.”

What would have happened if the Hjan had been able to use blood magic or the A’ras flame during the attack? They might have had the strength to withstand her attacks. The blood priests were able to withstand her shadow magic, and she had seen the Hjan withstand her shadows using something like a flash of light to burn them from her, but during the accords, they hadn’t been able to do so. She didn’t know if she had gotten stronger or they had lost the ability.

Then there was the fact that the Hjan had appeared in Lonsyn.

Why else would they have been there unless there was something for them to learn? Everything she had been taught about the Hjan told her that they sought power. What better source of power than those who could use the blood of their victims to gain increasing strength?

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