The New Age Saga Box Set by Timothy A Ray

Author:Timothy A Ray [Ray, Timothy A]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-03-24T22:00:00+00:00

Part I

We're going off tonight,

To kick out every light,

Take anything we want,

Drink everything in sight,

We're going till the world stops turning,

While we burn it to the ground tonight.

Nickelback

“Burn it to the ground”

for Tabby

Chapter 1

Ferrets

I

While John fought for his life on a distant battlefield to the north, Tristan sat by himself, looking over the Jagre Plains, lost in the grief of what had been done to him. For an unknown reason, Merlin had led them back to the spot where they’d been kidnapped, more than likely because that’s where their pack horses had been left. Whether they’d continue by horse or on those enormous beasts, he neither cared nor wished to speculate.

During the battle, he had picked up on the name griffin, and that turned out to be exactly what these things were called. Whether he’d gleaned it from Merlin’s mind or recalled it from the recesses of his memory—didn’t really seem to matter. Another beast of legend had come to life, and yet his heart didn’t care to think on that either.

He watched the sun as it began to lower towards the horizon and thought back over what life had been like just a mere week before. The boring life that he’d led, the happiness he’d felt with his future wife by his side; he didn’t feel like he’d ever be that person again. Something had been stripped from his soul, his inner sanctum violated, and his body unclean. He was rubbing at his arms even now, as if covered in some grime that would never come off.

In the foreground was a river, which, if followed north, would take him back to Crystal Cove and his home. Though part of him wanted to do just that, get up and start walking, another felt that it was the one place he couldn’t bear to return. How could he look upon his brother’s face after what had just happened? Whether he could have done something about it or not didn’t matter; it had happened.

Ashamed, he began to rise but halted when he felt a hand touch him on the shoulder. Recoiling, he jerked from its touch, his flight reaction pushing him yards away before he turned to see Willow crouched down, her fingers extended, a worried look on her face. He couldn’t stop scrambling, feet digging into the ground, trying to get away from her as fast as possible.

He was unclean. He was not fit to be touched.

“Leave me alone,” he muttered, fear oozing through every word. She couldn’t touch him, not like this.

“Tristan,” she pleaded, trying to get through to him.

He knew she was hurting as well, but he couldn’t deal with that right now. He had enough to work through, including this itching feeling that his clothes were filled with the plague. He shook his head violently and got to his feet. Running, he stripped off all of his clothes and flung them as far as he could. Head down, he dove into the nearby stream, immersing his body in its cold welcoming hands.

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