Awakening (Telindell Book 1) by Darren Lee Read Free Book Online

wild resides in this valley except for a small village to the west. She is there.  The boy and the blade are somewhere along the mountain range.” Ansheth looked to the Telindells. “Something about the mountains shroud the boy and the blade from detection.”
    Ansheth bowed to Dreathous, then returned to his place, kneeling next to the other dark being.
    Dreathous turned away from the two and walked towards the tree line. “Dilintor… Rise and receive my orders,” he commanded.
    The being beside Ansheth rose. “Yes, Lord Commander. Speak and it shall be done,” said Dilintor.
    Dreathous continued to peer into the forest. “When the gate opens, I will take a squad of Ansheth’s battle sages and lay siege to the village.” Dreathous turned to face Dilintor. “Dilintor, I want you to order your enforcers to begin destroying the forest and prepare to tear down these mountains so we can march on Zaneen.” Dreathous then looked to Ansheth. “Ansheth, when that she-devil Roxees emerges with her Destroyers, have her order them to join the Enforcers.  I want her to await my return.  Do I make myself clear?”
    Dilintor bowed his head. “As you wish, my lord.”
    Ansheth nodded and looked to Dreathous. “My lord, if I may, it could be hours, maybe even days before the gate is completely open.”
    Dreathous smirked. “Just because you are far too weak to open the gate does not mean I am.” Dreathous raised his blade into the air and gripped it with his other hand.  He growled as the ominous red energy began to pulsate around the blade. “Do not doubt my power!” he screamed.
    He swung the blade down, striking the ground.  Sounding like a large terrible crack of thunder, the energy shot from the blade.  It flew across the ground, causing it to crack and bulge.  The gate trembled as the energy struck it, pulsating across it.  The parted Eternal Sea began to spread even farther as the gate widened.  The red glow expanded past the monoliths, causing them crack and crumble.  Dreathous’ forces began to emerge.  An element of Enforcers and Battlemages, each wearing armor to match that of their General, emerged from the Exodus Gate.  Dreathous raised his sword and slung it across his back.  He knelt down and picked up his faceplate from the sand. 
    Dreathous stood, clicking the faceplate into place. “Now, this world shall burn, and I shall bathe in the blood of the innocent!”  Dreathous let out a blood-curdling roar as the sun began to vanish behind the Telindell Mountains.
    Eva sat in the room, seeming lost in meditation.  Suddenly, she opened her eyes. “He comes,” she thought.
    Eva clutched her staff and stood up.  She looked around her home as if this were the last time she would ever lay eyes on it.  She opened the door and slowly walked outside.  The sky was beginning to darken as dusk quickly approached.  Her staff thumped along the ground as she drew near the rear gates where she had seen young Lian off.  Smoke could be seen rising into the air in the distance.  Villagers could be heard shouting to one another about it.  They were frightened of what could be in their forest.  The ground began to tremble.  The smoke drew closer as the villagers began to crowd behind Eva, who was standing twenty-five yards back from the gate amidst the huts and shacks of the village.
    Eva turned her head back toward the villagers crowding behind her. “Summon the rest of the people here.  Now,” she commanded.
    A frightened male villager nodded and ran off yelling for the few people that had not yet joined Eva to do so immediately.  The crackling of the flames burning the forest was quickly becoming audible to the villagers.  The fire was just outside the gates.
    Eva’s bony fingers wrapped tighter around her staff, “Any second…” she thought.
    Suddenly, the rear gates flew open, flying from their hinges and smashing against the ground.  Dreathous entered the village with ten battle sages