Chapter 36: Rooks Ridge
Charon hugged the stone wall, rubbing his hands along the smooth surface as he took step after agonizing step.
’Don’t look down, don’t look down, don’t look down.’
It was easier said than done, the abyss almost tantalizing him to pause and stare.
Charon wasn’t afraid of heights, but this was its own situation entirely.
Ahead of him, Darius and Emerius were talking about training regimens, happily conversing as if they weren’t dangling on the precipice of certain death.
Just behind them, Red and Annie occasionally spoke, but the scarlet-haired girl wasn’t very good at it, causing Annie to try to talk to Charon instead.
"So, what is your element? I haven’t seen you use it yet."
He glanced past her at Emerius, considering the risk in revealing it.
’I told him, and he didn’t seem to know anything about it. Surely people who have lost all their memories won’t be more informed?’
"Soul, what’s yours?"
She looked back at him with muted surprise.
"High radiance. I’ve never heard of soul magic before. No one I’ve met has mentioned it, nor have all the books I’ve read."