Shadowglade (Gem Powers Series Book 2) by Ling Kay L

Author:Ling, Kay L. [Ling, Kay L.]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Published: 2017-04-18T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 19

Lana woke the next morning to whispers and scuffling feet. Last night, despite the drone of voices that had continued after she closed her eyes, she had fallen asleep and slept soundly.

Through half-opened eyelids she saw breghlin getting dressed for the day. Some would go down to the kitchen and cook for the rest of the staff, some would tend torches and oil lamps, and others would mend uniforms, clean rooms, deliver messages, and run errands.

Spending the night here had been a cross between a childhood sleepover and a college dorm party, and she was glad she hadn’t lost her nerve. They had listened to her views on nonviolence, and perhaps one or two had taken her message to heart. She considered that a major victory.

When the last one slipped from the room, she squinted at her wind-up watch. Ten minutes after five. Knowing Elias and Jules, they’d be up soon. After eating breakfast they’d head to Elias’s office and have coffee while they worked.

Lana stretched and yawned. She dressed quickly. Despite being a castle, Shadowglade was bleak and primitive. The massive stone block walls made it seem like a gigantic version of Elias’s cave, only it wasn’t as homey and there was no underground river for bathing. There wasn’t even a shower or a real toilet.

She put on her jacket, grabbed her gem pouch, and started for the terrace where she could see if it was still raining. The castle was silent at this hour, and in the wavering torch light she could almost imagine S walking down the passageway wearing a long black dress.

Lana was still thinking about S when she reached the terrace. How many times had the woodspirit sat drawing sketches while enjoying the view of her garden? S had ruled Shadow for generations, hated and feared by everyone. It didn’t seem like much of a life. But S had found pleasure in others’ misery, and if her life had been lonely, she hadn’t seemed to mind.

Lana hesitated in the doorway. The terrace floor was slick with rain. Water pooled in low spots. It must have rained all night, but right now there was only a light mist, and the air felt cool and refreshing.

According to Elias, parts of Shadow went months without rain, and here at Shadowglade, rain came infrequently in sporadic downpours. Shadow desperately needed rain, but this was too much of a good thing.

There had to be a way to stop it.

Lana stepped from the protection of the doorway. The sky was beginning to lighten with the approach of sunrise. She sat down on a bench and dug through her pouch to find aquamarines to boost her infused foresight. Elias and Jules had already used gem powers to look for a solution to the unnatural rain, and they hadn’t been successful, but that didn’t mean she shouldn’t try.

The gems grew warm in her palm, and she opened her mind to receive impressions. For a while the gloomy thoughts felt like her own,

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