The Shadowsteel Forge by Holmberg D.K

Author:Holmberg, D.K.
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: ASH Publishing
Published: 2016-06-07T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 19

Rsiran stood in the trees, debating whether to return to Lower Town or Ilphaesn while waiting for Ephram. He’d been away long enough, and Jessa would not be thrilled if he returned to Ilphaesn—or even the Forgotten Palace—searching for more answers without her.

But he still had questions, and only one place that he thought he could find answers.

He emerged from his Slide inside Della’s home.

The hearth crackled and a medicinal odor hung in the air. He scanned the room, looking for the boy, or for Della, and saw neither. But she would be here. It wasn’t like Della to leave the hearth burning without remaining to watch it.

He stepped behind her counter and looked at the powders in tins and jars that she kept. Most were labeled, though he didn’t recognize half of what he saw. They were herbs, either collected by Della or bought, and many of them had exotic-sounding names.

“Your ability could be useful in my collecting,” she said, coming from the back room of her home. Della wore a simple dark dress with an orange scarf wrapped around her neck. Her bright green eyes sparkled as she looked at him.

“I wouldn’t know where to begin.”

She smiled. “I could teach you. It wouldn’t be the first time I’ve had a student. The last… that did not go as planned, but that doesn’t mean it wasn’t the right thing to do.”

“You’ve had other students?”

She came behind the counter and pulled a few tins off the shelves. As she opened each one and began to spoon them into a bowl, he recognized the distinct mint odor of the tea she mixed. “Only one. Most have no talent.”

He found her use of the word talent interesting. “He was able to Heal? Like you?”

“Not like me. I do not think the Great Watcher gives out this particular ability that often. As far as I know, I am unique with my Healing. But there is a knowledge of illness, and of herbs and medicines, that can be learned. That is what I attempted to teach.”

“What happened?”

“A mistake. As they usually do. He was much like you. His family chose to abandon him, but he had a good heart. I took him in, at first so that he had a place to go, but later, that turned into teaching.” She kept her eyes on the counter as she stirred the different powders of the mint tea together. “He had a keen mind and learned quickly.”

“You miss him,” Rsiran noted.

She nodded. “I miss the possibility of what he could have been. But, alas, that is gone.” She tapped the spoon on the side of the bowl and took a pot of water off the fire to pour both of them a cup of tea. “And you did not come to ask me of my past.”

“No, but I’d love to hear of it.”

“Another time, perhaps, when everything has settled. I have a feeling that I am not through with Galen yet.”

“Galen? Does he still live

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