Holmberg, D K - The Volatar Saga 04 - The Raging Tide by Holmberg D K

Author:Holmberg, D K [Holmberg, D K]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: ASH Publishing
Published: 2020-07-20T16:00:00+00:00

The room was smaller than the last, though much like the last, a pale light glowed, giving everything a strange sort of energy. I looked around at Coldan, before pausing at Shae. The other Jahor remained in the main room, and though I was somewhat concerned about leaving them behind with the others, we needed answers. We had been summoned here.

Reldar sat upon a chair that seemed made of the roots of trees, protruding from the ground. It had taken me a while to realize that the entirety of this place seemed to be the inside of a tree. It was an enormous tree, and nothing like any that I had ever encountered before.

Reldar watched me, a question in his eyes. “What makes you believe the is’anish are responsible as you claim?”

“I have seen it,” I said.

“What have you seen, Volatar?”

“I am no longer the Volatar,” I said.

Reldar chuckled. “You would decline the title that you so willingly claimed before?”

I could feel Coldan tense. It was strange. I had always been aware of Coldan’s emotions before, but never quite like this. It was almost as if the connection he now shared to the elaron, which bound him more tightly to it, also bound him more tightly to me.

Why should that be the case? Could it be because I had been the one who had bonded him to the elaron?

“I am something other than the protector of the Jahor,” I said.

“And yet you still seek to protect the Jahor.”

“I’m not sure that I can do that the way I had before using the elaron and the ne’rash.”

“You believe the great powers take sides?”

I smiled. “I believe the great powers belong to certain people.”

“The great powers belong to the world, not to any particular people.” He waved his hands, and there came a swirling of elaron. It drifted out from him, heading toward the walls, working its way up the ceiling that arched overhead. This one wasn’t constructed of the branches of multiple trees. As far as I could tell, this seemed to be made of a single tree. “Once you learn to master the great powers, they can be taught to any.”

“You have control over both the elaron and the ne’rash?”

His face wrinkled in a frown. “I would not touch that one,” he said.

“Then you can’t speak to what can be mastered.”

Reldar smiled at me. “I have often wondered what it might be like for me to visit with the human known as the Volatar. Do you know that we have enjoyed the stories of your exploits?”

“You have enjoyed them?” Coldan leaned forward, his voice a low growl.

“How could we not? The Volatar sought to protect his people. He sought to unite them. For those like us, such a thing is useful.”

“What has happened to the dwul’ran that separated your people?”

Reldar watched me. “You don’t know.”

I shrugged. “I wouldn’t have asked if I did.”

“I only thought…” He forced a smile. There was something strange about the expression on his face, much like there was something strange to his musically accented words.

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