Realm of Light
“Northern pale, drawn thin beneath the prominent cheekbones, the mouth a thin, uncompromising line. Bleak gray eyes that bored into Caelan’s soul.
He stared, unable to believe it. “Father?” he whispered.
Almost as he spoke, Elandra tugged at his hand as though she wanted to break free. Her gaze remained centered on the Guardian as though she were mesmerized.
“Bixia?” she said.
“How come you to this place?”
The Guardian swung its eyes toward Elandra and spoke something, but Caelan could not hear ...the words it said.
He frowned, his puzzlement and sense of alarm intensifying. This could not be his father. Beva was dead, killed by Thyzarene raiders years before. His soul had been released into the world of spirits, was now part of the spruce forests, part of the glacier, part of the rain and the falling snow.
Yet no matter how hard Caelan stared at the Guardian, it continued to be his father’s stern, unyielding face that he saw.
But what name had Elandra said? Whom did she see while she gazed up at the Guardian’s visage?MoreLess
He stared, unable to believe it. “Father?” he whispered.
Almost as he spoke, Elandra tugged at his hand as though she wanted to break free. Her gaze remained centered on the Guardian as though she were mesmerized.
“Bixia?” she said.
“How come you to this place?”
The Guardian swung its eyes toward Elandra and spoke something, but Caelan could not hear ...the words it said.
He frowned, his puzzlement and sense of alarm intensifying. This could not be his father. Beva was dead, killed by Thyzarene raiders years before. His soul had been released into the world of spirits, was now part of the spruce forests, part of the glacier, part of the rain and the falling snow.
Yet no matter how hard Caelan stared at the Guardian, it continued to be his father’s stern, unyielding face that he saw.
But what name had Elandra said? Whom did she see while she gazed up at the Guardian’s visage?MoreLess
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