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.
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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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as always, I am left wanting more!
He he its getting good
Love this story!
Your killing me with the cliffhangers. But I do love it.
Oh please trust him!!! Great one Amber. Love this story.
Take the wand already!! LOL I can’t wait for more 🙂
Wow.. I wonder if he’ll take the wand. I can’t wait for the next installment.
More, more, MORE……
Need more.
He must take the wand!! I can not wait till tomorrow!! More please 🙂
Noooo don’t stop there lol
Another cliffhanger….now I can’t wait for tomorrow to come with the next installment! 🙂
Arrggh! I have a love/hate relationship with cliff hangers….Can’t wait!
Roll on tomorrow so I can find out what happens next, lol. 🙂
I am loving this, looking forward to tomorrow, !!!
WOW just WOW, love this story 🙂
it keeps getting better and better
Trust him! Trust him! 🙂 The story keeps getting better and better #totallyhooked..
on the edge of my seat!!This is such a good story.
Loving this story.
I have no choice but to wait until tomorrow but I won’t wait patiently… Love the installment.
Can’t wait to see how the new wand works out.
This is getting better and better with each passing day can’t wait for tomorrow..
Can’t wait for tomorrow, I love this story 🙂
Oh man, this is getting good!
Can hardly wait for tomorrow!!!
I wonder if the prince is going to listen to him or argue.
I would really like more 😉
Love it. I love how Cebrus was making a wand without realizing it.
hmm, I want to know more about wand magic now
Noooooooo, don’t stop there lol
Love! but hate all these good cliff hangers
Ohhhhhhhhhh so good, can’t wait for tomorrow
More waiting!:(
Arg!!!This is getting exciting OMG I can’t wait to read what’s happening next
ok who’s the voice?!?!?!
I can’t wait for what happens next. I just love this story so far.
Wow, what a meanie place to stop! And who is the voice?
Yeah sword fighting…but even better wand making on the fly 🙂
Really wait now?! I love this story!
Yikes! And bonus points for using a chimera–I haven’t seen one in ages in a story!
Wow, getting exciting. Can’t wait for more. Thanks Amber
I love it. Can’t wait for the next bit
No fair leaving us hanging, can’t wait till tomorrow.
Loving this story!
I hate waiting for the next bit. lol
Oh, man it ended at such an exciting moment…I’m looking forward to tomorrows installment.
This story keep getting better and I can’t wait till tomorrows entry.
oh no…..I wonder what happens next…..*taps foot*
How do you manage to always stop just when I need to know what’s going to happen!
Why do I have the Carrie Underwood song going around in my head, but with the words Cebrius take the Sheild! instead of Jesus take the wheel. LOL!