Wandmaker Part 12 — Amber Kell’s birthday blog story continues!
As part of Amber’s birthday, you can find out about one of my most memorable birthdays ever, over on her blog here.
And enjoy Part 12 of Wandmaker. Comment here to win any e-book from my backlist. I’ll pick a winner at the end of November 15, to give more people a chance.
Wandmaker Part 12
All concerns left his head when he saw the chimera let out a burst of flame out of its snake tail and incinerate a knight. He hadn’t raised his shield in time and the screams carried over to where Cebrus stood.
The smell of charred flesh filled the wind. Cebrus swallowed repeatedly so he wouldn’t lose the food he’d eaten earlier.
Although he’d seen battles before he’d never witnessed anyone being burned alive. It was with no little satisfaction that he watched Silvan slice off the snake head with his sword.
“What are you making?”
The guard’s voice snapped him out of his trance. Looking down he saw the dark wood stick he’d picked up a few days ago in his left hand and his whittling knife in the other.
“I don’t know.”
Sometimes wand making had a magic all it’s own.
Make him a wand.
A soft female voice whispered in Cebrus’s mind.
“If you’re making that for the prince you’d best hurry,” the guard advised.
Cebrus snapped his attention back to the fight. The lion part of the chimera was snapping at Silvan as if he were a juicy steak. The loss of its snake tail didn’t seem to be affecting it too much. Especially when it’s goat head shot a fireball at an encroaching knight.
At least this knight had the sense to raise his shield. Cebrus let out a sigh of relief as the flames fizzled out. His knife flew as Cebrus concentrated on forming the perfect wand.
As soon as the stick reached wand potential, Cebrus took off down the hill his legs pumping to reach the prince in time. He could hear the guards chasing him but he knew if they caught him Silvan would survive the encounter.
“Cebrus watch out,” Silvan shouted.
Cebrus tucked and rolled. The whip of air over his head told him he’d just avoided something attacking him.
A hard grip wrapped around his wrist and pulled him from danger. “Stay behind me.”
“Here take this,” Cebrus held out the wand.
“With what hand?” Silvan snapped waving his sword and shield. They were tucked against a hill with Silvan protecting them both with his shield.
“Drop the sword.”
“No way. It’ll get us killed,” Silvan protested.
“Trust me.” Cebrus said. He knew they wouldn’t get out of there alive if Silvan didn’t listen to him.
83 Responses to “Wandmaker Part 12 — Amber Kell’s birthday blog story continues!”
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Love it. He has some fight train or experience. love it.
See, there’s that trust thing again, only now it’s going the other way. 🙂 Love this installment, Amber!
Oh he’s got to take the wand!
Still leaving us frustrated, but tomorrow always comes!
Cant wait for tomorrow! Great story.
Silvan really needs to listen to Cebrus. And who’s the voice?
I can’t wait to get up in the morning so I can read your next installment. Great story.
We all know that Silvan wants to get into Cebrus’ pants, but does he respect him enough to trust Cebrus and what he represents?
Trust . . . . very important! And sometime hard to have.
hmm this story gets more better and better
way to go on the suspense! can’t wait for tomorroew!
Can’t wait for the next installment!
Yvette
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Use the wand, Silvan! 🙂
Thanks EM and Amber.
Great installment, Amber.
Love this as all ways
Thanks for hosting EM. I think I shall go to bed early, maybe tomorrow will get here sooner.
LOL….
So brave cebrus. Trust him silvan. love it
Getting good. I wonder what Silvan’s wand will look like because you know Cebrus will make Silvan see it his way and put down the sword and use his new wand. The wand is mightier than the sword. Nice pun, Amber.
Yummy.Chimera BBQ.
I so want him to trust him. Love this!!!
can’t wait for tomorrows instalment.
Trust me. The test no one wants to take.
Thanks for the next section!
I love the cliffhanger and the trust issue at stake. Nice bonding moment 🙂
Oooo, what’s Silvan gonna do??
curious about the voice and trust issue
yeah! Cant wait for tomorrow 🙂
Oh Oh!
I hope he takes the wand.
Can’t wait to see what happens……
!!!! oh gosh!!! The suspense is killing me! lol… Tomorrow can’t come fast enough! lol…
Thanks for this installment!!
Trust him!
ohhh! its so exciting 😀