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Daniel was fighting off a pair of light-wielding Kithreiri when he sensed that Andrew was in danger. Neither of his opponents were particularly strong but the two of them together were already giving him trouble and the shock off the sudden impression made him stumble, allowing one of his opponents to kick his legs out from under him and stab down at him with a glowing sword. He desperately rolled out of the way before it hit, causing the sword to bury itself in the ground instead of his head, and found himself in the line of his other opponent’s claws. He closed his eyes as he realised there was no way to get out of the way this time – but the attack never hit. He opened them cautiously in time to see his attacker sliding off a blue ice blade. Read the rest of this entry »

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The image showed Xantaria and Mitakrian standing on the ground just below the floating rock that housed the dark sanctuary. Mitakrian was sitting on the ground with his hands palm-down the soil and his eyes closed while Xantaria hurled blood-red bolts of lightning at the floating rock. She would occasionally try to leap up to ledge by the entrance only to be buffeted away and smashed back into the ground by the winds. Still, it seemed to Lydia that she was getting closer each time. After a few moments, she realised that the rock was getting slowly closer to the ground and that the barren, windswept plain was looking lusher around Mitakrian. Read the rest of this entry »

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Lydia woke with a start as the walls began shaking.

What the hell?! She looked around wildly. What’s happening?

He who was Indirian didn’t answer immediately but she saw shadowy tendrils break off from the pillar of shadow and flow into the walls. After a moment, the shaking stopped and he finally spoke. Read the rest of this entry »

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He who was Indarian’s energy had a warm pleasant flavour to it and it was also very rich. Lydia had barely taken any and already she felt completely satiated. She purred like a cat and curled up on the cushions in her dragon form.

Thank you for that, she said mentally, recalling that her physical voice seemed to hurt people in this form. I feel better now.

Are you sure that’s all you need? He sounded surprised. Read the rest of this entry »

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Breakfast next morning was a quiet affair. No one seemed inclined to talk much, not even to rehash battle plans. The silence was oppressive and Lydia stared at her scrambled eggs and chewed her lip.

“Something isn’t right here,” she said finally. “We’re never this quiet and I feel so apprehensive but I’m not sensing anything. Is someone blocking us again?” Read the rest of this entry »

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Matthias leafed through the papers with a deepening scowl.

“What do they say, dad?” Karen attempted to read over his shoulder but the notes were extremely complex and at least partly in draconic.

“I only understand about half of this,” he replied. “But it’s bad. If I’m understanding this, whoever did this can use the heart bracelets to suck the energy out of the wearer. I think he’s saying that the bracelets are connected to something and were planning to use us as batteries.” Read the rest of this entry »

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What Laxmi had called Emms’s second lab turned out to be hidden in the reaches, not far enough from the Heartlands to be highly unstable or expose speakers to the effects of mabain but enough that the scrubby woodland around it seemed to shift slightly whenever Karen wasn’t looking at it. She wasn’t the only one to notice it because Andrew stopped in front of her and groaned. Read the rest of this entry »

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“Not much of a plan, really,” Matthias said quietly. “Darlryan is going to the point where Emms opened the tear. We’re going with him for backup on the Earth side of the tear. The dragons will take the Void side.”

“I’ll fire Andarian’s staff through the crack,” Darlryan said. “That should calm the void storm and then the crack should close naturally over the next two or three weeks. The staff may also speed the closure but I’m not completely certain of that.” Read the rest of this entry »

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The Dark Sanctuary wasn’t hard to spot even from the outside. The shimmering black spire hovered above the oddly twisted landscape of the air affinity area that lay around it. Lydia surveyed it thoughtfully. She could see a ledge at the bottom where there was apparently supposed to be an entrance but she could see no sign of how they were supposed to get up there or indeed of the door itself. Read the rest of this entry »

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“How are you doing?” Sonia smiled at Rantalryan. “Is your essence healing from your transformation?”

“It is,” he said. “I’m probably well enough to swear allegiance and join you soon.” He cast an enquiring look at Alaryia, who nodded.

“Another few days, I think,” Alaryia said. “Your essence seems settled now but Mitakrian did such a number on you by making you fight so soon that I want to be sure.” Read the rest of this entry »