Riding The Storm (The Gods Made Me Do It Book 4) by Lisa Oliver

Author:Lisa Oliver [Oliver, Lisa]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-09-14T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Fourteen

The warm glow Thor was feeling had nothing to do with the excellent meal, although it was delicious. There was something special about being out with his mate, and Thor felt a sense of pride at the number of lustful looks sent in Orin’s direction. He was confident his sweet mate would never stray, so knowing others were envious of him was a boost to his ego. But he’d promised an explanation and so, with Orin looking at him expectantly, Thor laid it all out about how Foggerty was given the book by the dark elves and how it was meant to be in Orin’s possession.

“I’m the only being in existence that can use that spell?” Orin’s whisper sounded horrified. “Why would it be given to me? My uncle was a distant relative at best. I never met him.”

“I doubt it was an inheritance angle, at least from the Fates’ perspective,” Thor said. “Elves can’t die, as such, they’re immortal much like the gods, but they can be put into stasis. Being in the presence of true evil is usually enough for that to happen. If your uncle came into contact with the dark elves; well, my father said he’d been killed, but it’s more likely he’s in stasis never to recover, probably in the underworld.”

“I still don’t understand why it came to me. Surely, there must be other family members on the elven realm who would keep it safe, even if they couldn’t read it?”

“Apparently not.” Thor shrugged. “Chances are the whole family line is lying in a sanitorium somewhere waiting for the love of their fated mate to revive them, which, unless their mate is another elf, is unlikely to ever happen. If my father says you’re the Keeper, then that’s it as far as I’m concerned.”

“I’ll never use it,” Orin’s lips set in a tight line, his eyes flashing with resolve. “Summoning any being, from a god to a squirrel is wrong. It takes away their free will. I’d die before I trapped someone that way.”

“You’re immortal too, sweetness, thanks to our mating, and I think you’re missing the point of a summoning. It doesn’t have to be a horror story.” Thor waved to the waiter for another bottle of wine. He waited until the bottle was brought over, sampled and approved, before topping up Orin’s glass. “You’re thinking of a summons as a means for a lesser person to shackle a greater force to do his bidding, like Foggerty and his need for immortality and world domination.”

“That seems to be what happens when magic users summon demons.”

“Ah, but those people are crackers to begin with. Every single person who’s summoned a demon ends up paying for it in one way or another. You know for yourself, when you expend magic, magic demands a price. For the pure of heart, that price is usually nothing more than a headache and the need for sleep. But evil doers, and they are usually the idiots who summon demons, their very soul is permanently tainted from the interaction.

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