Raging Sea and Trembling Earth: Disciples of the Horned One Volume Two (Soul Force Saga Book 2) by James Wisher
Authors: James Wisher
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blast them?”
Kat growled deep in the back of her throat and thrust Amanda aside. Kat poked her head out a little ways, swore and ducked back in. “Take a look.”
Lon took her place and peeked outside. Six of the black-scaled monsters stood in a semicircle facing the door while a seventh, bigger creature pounded it with a fist the size of Lon’s head. Corruption ran through the creatures’ bodies, but they didn’t appear to have a core of power to draw on. Not demons then, but if not demons then what?
“Have you ever seen such creatures out here before?” Lon asked.
Kat shook her head. “I’ve never even heard of things like them. Just looking at them I wouldn’t guess they belonged in a cold area.”
“Let me blast them,” Amanda said.
Lon followed Kat’s lead and ignored the girl. “Their aura is corrupt. That probably gives them the strength to function in any environment.”
Lon sensed Amanda drawing on her soul force, but he turned too late to stop her from dropping an energy blast on the monsters’ heads. The golden energy streaked down. Lon braced himself, but nothing happened.
Kat grabbed Amanda by the arm and yanked her away from the window. “Idiot! Did I give you permission to attack?”
Lon looked out, curious to discover how much damage she’d inflicted. No crater marked the snow and no bodies lay broken around the base of the tower. One of the monsters glowed with power, its core full.
Behind him Kat continued to dress down her apprentice. Lon tuned them out and focused on the energized monster. It looked like the creature had absorbed Amanda’s attack. The glowing monster brushed its larger cousin aside and struck the door. The crunch was audible from the third floor.
Kat stopped yelling at Amanda and turned to Lon. “What was that?”
“The front door. We need to go, now.”
“How?” Kat asked. “We can’t fit through the window and the door’s blocked.”
Lon stepped back and blasted a hole in the wall. “Sometimes violence is the answer.”
Another crunch from downstairs.
“Hurry,” Lon said.
The click of toenails on stone reached them a moment ahead of the monster.
Kat and Amanda leapt out the hole and flew a safe distance into the sky. Lon followed a moment later. Three hundred feet above the tower Lon sat on his griffin and Kat and Amanda stood on a glowing platform.
Amanda rubbed her hands. “We can blast them from here.”
Kat grabbed the scruff of the girl’s neck and shook her. “If you draw a drop of soul force without my permission, so help me I’ll feed you to those things. What happened?”
The last was addressed to Lon. “They’re soul force eaters. I’ve read about them, but never imagined I’d see one. That monster absorbed Amanda’s blast and used the extra power to batter down the door. Those things are the perfect tool for killing sorcerers.”
“Yeah, but where did they come from?” Amanda asked. She had the good grace to look abashed at almost getting them all killed.
“That, my dear, is an excellent question.”
Chapter 16
L on brought his griffin down on the dirt patch inside The Citadel wall. He’d left Kat and Amanda at The Tower to make a full report to Thomas. Though eager to find David Weks, Connor’s other yearmate, he needed to speak to Fredric first. He strode past the students enjoying the warm afternoon sun while doing their forms in the yard and hurried up the steps to the main gate.
He took the right-hand passage down to Fredric’s office. If he didn’t find the commandant there he’d have to go hunting for him and Lon really didn’t want to waste that much time. Fredric’s door was closed and the gold shield nailed to it polished to a mirror shine. Lon crossed his fingers and knocked.
“Enter.”
Finally a bit of good luck. He pushed the door open and smiled to find Jennifer standing in front of the desk, her hands clasped behind her back. She wore the sword Damien had made for her, his soul force
Kat growled deep in the back of her throat and thrust Amanda aside. Kat poked her head out a little ways, swore and ducked back in. “Take a look.”
Lon took her place and peeked outside. Six of the black-scaled monsters stood in a semicircle facing the door while a seventh, bigger creature pounded it with a fist the size of Lon’s head. Corruption ran through the creatures’ bodies, but they didn’t appear to have a core of power to draw on. Not demons then, but if not demons then what?
“Have you ever seen such creatures out here before?” Lon asked.
Kat shook her head. “I’ve never even heard of things like them. Just looking at them I wouldn’t guess they belonged in a cold area.”
“Let me blast them,” Amanda said.
Lon followed Kat’s lead and ignored the girl. “Their aura is corrupt. That probably gives them the strength to function in any environment.”
Lon sensed Amanda drawing on her soul force, but he turned too late to stop her from dropping an energy blast on the monsters’ heads. The golden energy streaked down. Lon braced himself, but nothing happened.
Kat grabbed Amanda by the arm and yanked her away from the window. “Idiot! Did I give you permission to attack?”
Lon looked out, curious to discover how much damage she’d inflicted. No crater marked the snow and no bodies lay broken around the base of the tower. One of the monsters glowed with power, its core full.
Behind him Kat continued to dress down her apprentice. Lon tuned them out and focused on the energized monster. It looked like the creature had absorbed Amanda’s attack. The glowing monster brushed its larger cousin aside and struck the door. The crunch was audible from the third floor.
Kat stopped yelling at Amanda and turned to Lon. “What was that?”
“The front door. We need to go, now.”
“How?” Kat asked. “We can’t fit through the window and the door’s blocked.”
Lon stepped back and blasted a hole in the wall. “Sometimes violence is the answer.”
Another crunch from downstairs.
“Hurry,” Lon said.
The click of toenails on stone reached them a moment ahead of the monster.
Kat and Amanda leapt out the hole and flew a safe distance into the sky. Lon followed a moment later. Three hundred feet above the tower Lon sat on his griffin and Kat and Amanda stood on a glowing platform.
Amanda rubbed her hands. “We can blast them from here.”
Kat grabbed the scruff of the girl’s neck and shook her. “If you draw a drop of soul force without my permission, so help me I’ll feed you to those things. What happened?”
The last was addressed to Lon. “They’re soul force eaters. I’ve read about them, but never imagined I’d see one. That monster absorbed Amanda’s blast and used the extra power to batter down the door. Those things are the perfect tool for killing sorcerers.”
“Yeah, but where did they come from?” Amanda asked. She had the good grace to look abashed at almost getting them all killed.
“That, my dear, is an excellent question.”
Chapter 16
L on brought his griffin down on the dirt patch inside The Citadel wall. He’d left Kat and Amanda at The Tower to make a full report to Thomas. Though eager to find David Weks, Connor’s other yearmate, he needed to speak to Fredric first. He strode past the students enjoying the warm afternoon sun while doing their forms in the yard and hurried up the steps to the main gate.
He took the right-hand passage down to Fredric’s office. If he didn’t find the commandant there he’d have to go hunting for him and Lon really didn’t want to waste that much time. Fredric’s door was closed and the gold shield nailed to it polished to a mirror shine. Lon crossed his fingers and knocked.
“Enter.”
Finally a bit of good luck. He pushed the door open and smiled to find Jennifer standing in front of the desk, her hands clasped behind her back. She wore the sword Damien had made for her, his soul force
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