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mist, turning into a pounding down pour. The water turned to steam as it hit Nathan. The rain finally overtook the power and Nate passed out.
Chapter 14
The Dark Queen rose out of her bed with a shriek, the mage has been found!
More death and destruction will follow, she had been lucky up until now. No one ever counted the orcs when they went into a village or when they came out. The whole no prisoners thing was her late husband ’ s mantra not hers. She was as much a prisoner of her title as the lands she held, but with the mages came the invasions.
The Dark Queen became troubled. Her hands clenched the furs on her bed tightly.
“ Chama! ” The queen bellowed.
“ Yes my lady. ”
“ Summon Mordock at once; there is another mage in Orlon who means my destruction! ”
“ Yes, my lady. ” Chama replied.
A few moments later Mordock stepped out of the shadows.
“ Mordock, there is a new mage! Go about your work, gather his soul so I may use him like the others! ” She ordered.
“ As you wish, my queen. ” Without another word Mordock vanished into the shadows.
So now there is a new threat. I felt his power only moments ago, he wielded fire as if it was his personal property. He is more powerful than the others. So he will be the next to join my collection of mages. Tirana thought ruefully.
So far, all the mages she had faced where in her dungeon working to reverse the curse on her. The mage slayer was a fierce weapon, but no one knew that it was actually a tool to capture, not kill the mages. That is except for Zorn, something had interfered with the arrow. It should have drained his life force, and returned to Mordock. The arrow did not return immediately, it took until morning to return. They had unburied Zorn ’ s lifeless body, but when the arrow was plunged back into the body instead of bringing Zorn back to life it did nothing. The Queen had checked the arrow three times after it had failed, because Zorn was the key to lifting the curse on her. She found nothing wrong with the mage slayer, so her key mage was denied her and the curse would plague her for the rest of her life or so it would seem.
A thought occurred to Tirana, if she could get the newest mage to join her, maybe he could break the spell! A thin grin fell upon Tirana ’ s face, she had to have him!
Chapter 15
“ Nate, Nate, wake up Nate, your task is not through yet. ” The voice was so beautiful, so serene; surely to wake from this place would be a crime. The slap came fast and hard rattling Nate ’ s teeth in his head.
“ Ouch, what the hell Lela! ”
“ Sorry, but you have been unconscious for some time. I was afraid you were not coming out of it. Nate what did you do? ”
“ What do you mean Lela? ”
“ Do not play coy with me Nate you killed a pack of howlers using fire. Did you invoke a charm, chant a spell, what did you do to have that kind of power? ”
“ I don ’ t know how I did it. ”
“ Nate do not lie to me, that is powerful magic, Zorn could not wield fire like you did, and he was powerful by mage standards. Did Crolin put some enchanted item in your pack? ”
“ No, Lela I don ’ t know how I did it. I ’ m not even sure I could do it again, but it scared me. It was like I wasn ’ t me. I felt cold, full of hate and rage. I should have cared what I did to those animals, but honestly the howlers could have been people and I don ’ t think I would have done anything different. Lela I ’ m scared. ”
The tone of Nate ’ s voice convinced Lela that he was telling the truth. He was all powerful when he killed the howlers, but then he passed out, what a strange human.
The night passed by slowly, but quietly, the forest seemed to be regrouping for another attack. Lela stayed up keeping watch and went over the day ’ s events.
Nate had come back for her, but he was dripping power. The energy had flooded the clearing. Lela could actually taste it in the air it was so thick. Nate was scared of the
Chapter 14
The Dark Queen rose out of her bed with a shriek, the mage has been found!
More death and destruction will follow, she had been lucky up until now. No one ever counted the orcs when they went into a village or when they came out. The whole no prisoners thing was her late husband ’ s mantra not hers. She was as much a prisoner of her title as the lands she held, but with the mages came the invasions.
The Dark Queen became troubled. Her hands clenched the furs on her bed tightly.
“ Chama! ” The queen bellowed.
“ Yes my lady. ”
“ Summon Mordock at once; there is another mage in Orlon who means my destruction! ”
“ Yes, my lady. ” Chama replied.
A few moments later Mordock stepped out of the shadows.
“ Mordock, there is a new mage! Go about your work, gather his soul so I may use him like the others! ” She ordered.
“ As you wish, my queen. ” Without another word Mordock vanished into the shadows.
So now there is a new threat. I felt his power only moments ago, he wielded fire as if it was his personal property. He is more powerful than the others. So he will be the next to join my collection of mages. Tirana thought ruefully.
So far, all the mages she had faced where in her dungeon working to reverse the curse on her. The mage slayer was a fierce weapon, but no one knew that it was actually a tool to capture, not kill the mages. That is except for Zorn, something had interfered with the arrow. It should have drained his life force, and returned to Mordock. The arrow did not return immediately, it took until morning to return. They had unburied Zorn ’ s lifeless body, but when the arrow was plunged back into the body instead of bringing Zorn back to life it did nothing. The Queen had checked the arrow three times after it had failed, because Zorn was the key to lifting the curse on her. She found nothing wrong with the mage slayer, so her key mage was denied her and the curse would plague her for the rest of her life or so it would seem.
A thought occurred to Tirana, if she could get the newest mage to join her, maybe he could break the spell! A thin grin fell upon Tirana ’ s face, she had to have him!
Chapter 15
“ Nate, Nate, wake up Nate, your task is not through yet. ” The voice was so beautiful, so serene; surely to wake from this place would be a crime. The slap came fast and hard rattling Nate ’ s teeth in his head.
“ Ouch, what the hell Lela! ”
“ Sorry, but you have been unconscious for some time. I was afraid you were not coming out of it. Nate what did you do? ”
“ What do you mean Lela? ”
“ Do not play coy with me Nate you killed a pack of howlers using fire. Did you invoke a charm, chant a spell, what did you do to have that kind of power? ”
“ I don ’ t know how I did it. ”
“ Nate do not lie to me, that is powerful magic, Zorn could not wield fire like you did, and he was powerful by mage standards. Did Crolin put some enchanted item in your pack? ”
“ No, Lela I don ’ t know how I did it. I ’ m not even sure I could do it again, but it scared me. It was like I wasn ’ t me. I felt cold, full of hate and rage. I should have cared what I did to those animals, but honestly the howlers could have been people and I don ’ t think I would have done anything different. Lela I ’ m scared. ”
The tone of Nate ’ s voice convinced Lela that he was telling the truth. He was all powerful when he killed the howlers, but then he passed out, what a strange human.
The night passed by slowly, but quietly, the forest seemed to be regrouping for another attack. Lela stayed up keeping watch and went over the day ’ s events.
Nate had come back for her, but he was dripping power. The energy had flooded the clearing. Lela could actually taste it in the air it was so thick. Nate was scared of the
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